UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
   Bergantino, Jennifer J.
   851 Emerson Gardens Road
   Lexington, MA  02173
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
   Progress Software Corporation
   PRGS
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   
4. Statement for Month/Year
   June 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   Vice President, Marketing and Strategic Planning
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |06/26/|M | |23,334 |A |$13.50 | | | | |98 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |06/26/|M | |5,120 |A |$14.125 | | | | |98 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |06/26/|S | |28,454 |D |$39.9375 |0 | | | |98 | | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Nonqualified Stock Opt|$13.50 |06/26|M | |23,334 |D |03/01|08/01|Common Stock|23,334 | |26,666 (2) |D | | ion | |/98 | | | | |/96 (|/06 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |1) | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Nonqualified Stock Opt|$14.125 |06/26|M | |5,120 |D |03/01|03/03|Common Stock|5,120 | |14,080 (4) |D | | ion | |/98 | | | | |/97 (|/07 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |3) | | | | | | | | - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
Explanation of Responses: (1) Options vest in equal monthly increments over a 60 month period commencing March 1, 1996. (2) On 6/30/98, options to purchase 0 shares were vested. (3) Options vest in equal monthly increments over a 60 month period commencing March 1, 1997. (4) On 6/30/98, options to purchase 0 shares were vested. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Jennifer Bergantino DATE July 7, 1998