UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
 
SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
 
(Amendment No. 8)*
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(Name of Issuer)
 
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
 
743312100
(CUSIP NUMBER)
 
Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC
1411 Broadway – 29th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Tel. No.: (212) 821-1495
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
 
March 27, 2017
(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)
 
 If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D/A, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g) check the following box  ☐
 
 
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.
 
*
The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CUSIP No.  743312100
 
13D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC
 
  2
 
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
 
  3
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
  4
 
SOURCE OF FUNDS*
 
OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)
  5
 
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐
 
  6
 
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
Delaware
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
 
  
  7 
  
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
4,167,190
  
  8
  
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
  
  9
  
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
4,440,037
  
10
  
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
11
 
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
4,440,037
12
 
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*☐
 
13
 
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
9.1%
14
 
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
IA
 
*
SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
  


 
 
 
 
 
CUSIP No.  743312100
 
13D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Kevin Oram
  2
 
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
 
  3
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
  4
 
SOURCE OF FUNDS*
 
OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)
  5
 
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐
 
  6
 
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
United States of America
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
 
  
  7 
  
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
4,167,190
  
  8
  
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
  
  9
  
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
4,440,037
  
10
  
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
11
 
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
4,440,037
12
 
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*☐
 
13
 
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
9.1%
14
 
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
IN, HC
 
*
SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
CUSIP No.  743312100
 
13D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1 
 
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Peter Uddo
  2
 
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
(a)  ☐        (b)  ☐
 
  3
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
  4
 
SOURCE OF FUNDS*
 
OO (Funds from Investment Advisory Clients)
  5
 
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)  ☐
 
  6
 
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
United States of America
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
 
  
  7 
  
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
4,167,190
  
  8
  
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
0
  
  9
  
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
4,440,037
  
10
  
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
0
11
 
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
4,440,037
12
 
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*☐
 
13
 
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
9.1%
14
 
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
 
IN, HC
 
*
SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT
 
 

SCHEDULE 13D
 
This Amendment No. 8 supplements the information set forth in the Schedule 13D filed on behalf of (i) Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Praesidium”), (ii) Kevin Oram and (iii) Peter Uddo (together with Praesidium and Mr. Oram the “Reporting Persons”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 19, 2011, as amended and supplemented by Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on March 14, 2012, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on October 26, 2012, Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on January 31, 2013, Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on February 6, 2014, Amendment No. 5 filed with the SEC on January 11, 2016, Amendment No. 6 filed with the SEC on September 14, 2016, and Amendment No. 7 filed with the SEC on January 6, 2017 (the “Schedule 13D”), relating to common stock (“Common Stock”), of Progress Software Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”).

All capitalized terms contained herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.  Information given in response to each item shall be deemed incorporated by reference in all other items, as applicable.
 
Item 2.
Identity and Background

Item 2(a) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) This statement is filed by: (i) Praesidium Investment Management Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Praesidium”), (ii) Kevin Oram and (iii) Peter Uddo (together with Praesidium and Mr. Oram, the “Reporting Persons”).

Praesidium, in its capacity as investment manager to certain managed accounts and investment fund vehicles on behalf of investment advisory clients (collectively, the “Accounts”), has sole power to vote 4,167,190 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts and to dispose of 4,440,037 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts. As the managing members of Praesidium, each of Kevin Oram and Peter Uddo may be deemed to control Praesidium.
 
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

The net investment costs (including commissions, if any) of the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Accounts is approximately $23.34 per share.  The source of these funds for the Accounts was their working capital.

Purchases of some securities for certain Accounts were effected through margin accounts maintained with brokers, which may extend margin credit as and when required to open or carry positions in the margin accounts, subject to applicable federal margin regulations, stock exchange rules and the brokers’ credit policies. In such instances, the positions held in the margin accounts may be pledged as collateral security for the repayment of debit balances in the accounts.
 
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of Schedule 13D is supplemented and superseded, as the case may be, as follows:

This Amendment No. 8 is being filed to report dispositions of beneficial ownership of Common Stock in an amount equal to one percent or more of the Issuer’s outstanding Common Stock since the Reporting Persons’ previous amendment to Schedule 13D.  The disclosure in Item 5(c) below regarding transactions in the Common Stock effected during the previous 60 days is incorporated by reference herein.

Consistent with their investment purpose, the Reporting Persons may make, or cause, further dispositions of Common Stock from time to time.  In addition, the Reporting Persons may acquire, or cause to be acquired, additional shares of Common Stock, in each case depending on market conditions and other factors.
 
Additionally, the Reporting Persons expect to continue to engage in communications with one or more of the Issuer’s officers, members of the Issuer’s Board of Directors, representatives, shareholders of the Issuer and other relevant parties concerning specific initiatives, including strategic acquisitions, and topics such as the business, management, operations, assets, capitalization, financial condition, governance, including Board structure and Board composition, strategy and future plans of the Issuer that may result in the Reporting Persons proposing one or more ideas that, if effectuated, may result in any of the actions described in subsections (a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D. Depending on such communications, and subject to the conditions below, the Reporting Persons may make additional purchases or may sell or transfer Common Stock beneficially owned by them from time to time in public transactions. Any such transactions may be effected at any time or from time to time subject to any applicable limitations imposed on the sale of the Common Stock by applicable law. The Reporting Persons may, at any time and from time to time, review or reconsider their position and/or change their purpose and/or formulate plans or proposals with respect thereto.
 
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) - (b) The Reporting Persons beneficially own 4,440,037 shares of Common Stock, which represents approximately 9.1% of the Issuer’s outstanding shares of Common Stock. The percentage of beneficial ownership of the Reporting Persons, as reported in this Schedule 13D, was calculated by dividing (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each Reporting Person as of March 29, 2017, as set forth in this Schedule 13D, by (ii) the 48,734,771 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of January 23, 2017, according to the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2017.

Praesidium, in its capacity as investment manager to the Accounts, has sole power to vote 4,167,190 shares of Common Stock and the power to dispose of 4,440,037 shares of Common Stock held in the Accounts. As the managing members of Praesidium, each of Kevin Oram and Peter Uddo may be deemed to beneficially own the Common Stock held in the Accounts.

(c) Transactions in the Issuer’s securities by the Reporting Persons during the last 60 days are listed in Annex A attached hereto.

(d) Not Applicable.

(e) Not Applicable.
 
 

 
 

 

Signature
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Dated: March 29, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRAESIDIUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
 
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Kevin Oram
 
 
Name:
 
Kevin Oram
 
Title:
 
Managing Member
 
 
 
KEVIN ORAM
 
By:
 
/s/ Kevin Oram
 
 
 
 
PETER UDDO
 
By:
 
/s/ Peter Uddo
 
 
 

Annex A

 
Except as set forth below, there have been no transactions in the Common Stock by the Reporting Persons or, to the knowledge of the Reporting Persons, by any of the other persons named in Item 2 during the past 60 days.
 
During the past 60 days, inclusive of transactions effected through 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 28, 2017, the Reporting Persons effected the following sales of shares of Common Stock in open market transactions:
 
 
Nature of
Transaction
Date of
Purchase/Sale
 
Amount
Purchased/(Sold)
 
 
        Price
   Per Share
 
Sale
2/03/2017
   
(100,000
)
 
$
27.90
 
Sale
2/16/2017
   
(75,000
)
 
$
29.05
 
Sale
2/17/2017
   
(50,000
)
 
$
29.11
 
Sale
2/22/2017
   
(13,455
)
 
$
29.04
 
Sale
2/23/2017
   
(25,000
)
 
$
28.91
 
Sale
2/24/2017
   
(40,000
)
 
$
28.86
 
Sale
2/27/2017
   
(75,000
)
 
$
29.04
 
Sale
2/28/2017
   
(1,683
)
 
$
28.82
 
Sale
3/01/2017
   
(31,736
)
 
$
29.13
 
Sale
3/02/2017
   
(2,701
)
 
$
29.23
 
Sale
3/07/2017
   
(14,688
)
 
$
28.96
 
Sale
3/08/2017
   
(20,000
)
 
$
28.97
 
Sale
3/16/2017
   
(17,068
)
 
$
29.09
 
Sale
3/24/2017
   
(2,230
)
 
$
28.21
 
Sale
3/27/2017
   
(22,239
)
 
$
28.07
 
Sale 3/28/2017      (26,180   28.28