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FORM 4 - EDGAR PICKUP - PCNS 92-93

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FORM 4
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                                 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                          WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                               STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / CHECK BOX IF NO
    LONGER SUBJECT TO         Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
    SECTION 16. FORM 4            Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
    OR FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS         Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
    MAY CONTINUE. SEE             or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
    INSTRUCTION 1(b).                           Act of 1940

                                                                                                       
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 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*      2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol   6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
    IRELAND       DAVID               G.        PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION   PRGS               Issuer (Check all applicable)
- ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------------------------------       Director         10% Owner
  (Last)          (First)          (Middle)    3. IRS Identification      4. Statement for      ----              ---
 14 OAK PARK                                      Number of Reporting        Month/Year          X  Officer (give    Other (Specify
- ---------------------------------------------     Person, if an Entity       07/31/00           ----        title ---       below)
                 (Street)                         (Voluntary)             ------------------                below)
BEDFORD             MA             01730                                  5. If Amendment,     VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
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  (City)           (State)           (Zip)                                   (Month/Year)      ----------------------------------

                                                                                             7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                          ------------------    (Check applicable line)
                                                                                                 X    Form filed by one
                                                                                                ----  Reporting Person
                                                                                                      Form filed by more than
                                                                                                ----  one Reporting Person
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USA                      TABLE 1 -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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 1. Title of Security           2. Trans-   3. Transac-  4. Securities Acquired (A)  5.  Amount of Se-    6. Owner-      7. Nature
    (Instr. 3)                     action      tion         or Disposed of (D)           curities Benefi-    ship           of In-
                                   Date        Code         (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)          cially Owned at     Form:          direct
                                               (Instr. 8)                                End of Month        Direct         Benefi-
                                  (Month/                                                (Instr. 3 and 4)    (D) or         cial
                                   Day/     ---------------------------------------                          Indirect       Owner-
                                   Year)    Code    V       Amount   (A) or   Price                          (I)            ship
                                                                     (D)                                     (Instr. 4)     (Instr.
                                                                                                                            4)

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    COMMON STOCK                7/12/00       M             8,000     A    $ 6.00
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    COMMON STOCK                7/12/00       S             8,000     D    $17.00
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    COMMON STOCK                7/14/00       M             1,000     A    $ 6.00
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    COMMON STOCK                7/14/00       S             1,000     D    $17.00           3,398               D
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*If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.                   (Over)

                                                      (Print or Type Response)

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FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of (Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Expiration Securities Deriv- Price of (Month/ (Instr. Acquired (A) Date (Instr. 3 and 4) ative Deriv- Day/ 8) or Disposed (Month/Day/ Secur- ative Year) of (D) Year) ity Security (Instr. 3, (Instr. 5) 4, and 5) ----------------------------------- Date Expira- Amount or ---------------------------- Exer- tion Title Number of Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION $6.00 7/12/00 M 8,000 10/1/98(1) 9/2/07 COMMON STOCK 8,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION $6.00 7/14/00 M 1,000 10/1/98(1) 9/2/07 COMMON STOCK 1,000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Security Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Securities Derivative Beneficial Beneficially Security: Ownership Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4) of Month or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION 42,020(2) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION 45,082(3) D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Explanation of Responses: (1) The Option vests in equal monthly increments over a 48 month period commencing October 1, 1998. (2) On 7/31/2000, options to purchase 639 shares were vested. (3) On 7/31/2000, options to purchase 5,226 shares were vested. **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ David G. Ireland 8-9-00 See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Note. File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2 If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.