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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

	Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
	For the Quarterly Period Ended May 31, 2003

OR

	Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 0-19417

PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

14 Oak Park
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
(Address of principal executive offices)
Telephone Number: (781) 280-4000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:    Yes  X      No       

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):    Yes  X      No       

As of July 10, 2003, there were 34,581,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding.

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PROGRESS SOFTWARE CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2003

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PART 1.      FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.   Consolidated Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note 1: Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by Progress Software Corporation (the Company) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2002.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial statements, and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented. The operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year.

Note 2: Stock-based Compensation

Effective March 1, 2003, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and Disclosure — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 123” (SFAS 148). The Company accounts for stock-based compensation cost using the intrinsic value method in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees.” Accordingly, no compensation cost is recognized for stock options granted to employees at fair market value.

Had the Company recognized compensation expense for its stock option and purchase plans based on the fair value for awards under those plans in accordance with SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation,” pro forma net income and pro forma earnings per share would have been as follows:

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Note 3: Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when earned. Software license revenue is recognized upon shipment of the product provided that the license fee is fixed and determinable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and collection is probable. The Company does not license its software with a right of return and generally does not license its software with conditions of acceptance. If an arrangement does contain conditions of acceptance, recognition of the revenue is deferred until the acceptance criteria are met or the period of acceptance has passed. The Company generally recognizes revenue for products sold through indirect channels, including application partners, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and distributors, when the indirect channel partner places an order identifying the end user or reports the number of reproduced copies of the licensed software. Under certain circumstances, nonrefundable license fees from indirect channel partners, primarily OEMs, are recognized upon shipment of the product master provided that all other criteria are met.

Software licenses are generally sold with annual maintenance contracts and, in some cases, also with consulting services. For the undelivered elements, vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) of fair value is determined to be the price charged when the undelivered element is sold separately. VSOE for maintenance sold in connection with a software license is determined based on the amount that will be separately charged for the maintenance renewal period. VSOE for consulting services is determined by reference to amounts charged for consulting services when a software license sale is not involved.

Revenue from software licenses sold together with maintenance and/or consulting services is generally recognized upon shipment using the residual method, provided that the above criteria have been met. If payment of the software license fees is dependent upon the performance of consulting services or the consulting services are essential to the functionality of the licensed software, then both the software license and consulting fees are recognized under the percentage-of-completion method of contract accounting.

Maintenance revenue is deferred and recognized ratably over the term of the applicable agreement. Revenue from services, primarily consulting and customer education, is generally recognized as the related services are performed.

Note 4: Income Taxes

The Company provides for income taxes at the end of each interim period based on the estimated effective tax rate for the full fiscal year. Cumulative adjustments to the tax provision are recorded in the interim period in which a change in the estimated annual effective rate is determined.

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Note 5: Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of outstanding stock options using the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share on an interim basis:

Approximately 634,000 and 730,000 outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculations of diluted earnings per share in the three months ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and approximately 703,000 and 725,000 outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculations of diluted earnings per share in the six months ended May 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively, because these options were anti-dilutive. However, these options could be dilutive in the future.

Note 6: Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income includes foreign currency translation gains and losses, net of tax, and unrealized gains and losses on hedging contracts and investments, net of tax, that have been excluded from net income and reflected instead in shareholders’ equity. The following table sets forth the calculation of comprehensive income on an interim basis:

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Note 7: Segment Information

The Company conducts business through three principal operating units and a supporting research and business development unit. The first operating unit conducts business as the Progress Company and provides the OpenEdge platform, a set of development and deployment technologies, which includes the Progress RDBMS. The second operating unit, Sonic Software, is a provider of standards-based integration products and services. The third operating unit, PeerDirect, provides replication technology for distributed computing. PSC Labs has responsibility for research and new business development activities.

Segment information is presented in accordance with SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.” This standard is based on a management approach, which requires segmentation based upon the Company’s internal organization and disclosure of revenue and operating income based upon internal accounting methods.

Based upon the aggregation criteria for segment reporting, the Company has two reportable segments: E-Business Application Development & Deployment, which primarily includes the Progress Company, PeerDirect and PSC Labs, and E-Business Integration, which includes Sonic Software and certain Sonic-related international sales and marketing functions within the Progress Company. The Company does not internally report its assets, capital expenditures, interest income or provision for income taxes by segment.

The following table sets forth the Company’s revenue and income from operations from the Company’s reportable segments on an interim basis:

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Amounts included under Eliminations represent intersegment sales. Total revenue from the Sonic product line, generated by both segments, was $11.0 million in the first six months of fiscal 2003 as compared to $7.2 million in the first six months of fiscal 2002.

Note 8: Acquisition of eXcelon Corporation

On December 19, 2002, the Company completed its acquisition of eXcelon Corporation (eXcelon), a provider of data management software. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase, and accordingly, the results of operations of eXcelon are included in the Company’s operating results from the date of acquisition. The acquisition was structured as a merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company with and into eXcelon. Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition, each outstanding share of eXcelon common stock was converted into the right to receive $3.19 in cash, without interest. In addition, as a result of the acquisition, holders of outstanding options to purchase eXcelon common stock with an exercise price of less than $3.19 per share were entitled to receive a cash payment equal to the number of shares of eXcelon common stock subject to such option multiplied by the amount by which $3.19 exceeded the exercise price per share of such option. The aggregate purchase price of approximately $34.9 million included $10.2 million for facilities closures and employee severance and $0.7 million for direct transaction costs.

Acquired in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) of $0.2 million was expensed when the acquisition was consummated because the technological feasibility of several products under development at the time of the acquisition had not been achieved and no alternate future uses had been established. Research and development costs to bring the acquired products to technological feasibility are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s future results of operations or cash flows. The Company used an independent appraiser to calculate the amounts allocated to assets and liabilities acquired including intangible assets and IPR&D. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price as of May 31, 2003 was as follows:

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The following table sets forth supplemental pro forma financial information that assumes the acquisition was completed at the beginning of the earliest period presented. The information for the three months ended May 31, 2002 includes the historical results of the Company for the three months ended May 31, 2002 and the historical results of eXcelon for the three month period ended March 31, 2002 and the information for the six months ended May 31, 2002 includes the historical results of the Company for the six months ended May 31, 2002 and the historical results of eXcelon for the six month period ended March 31, 2002 due to different fiscal period ends. The pro forma results include estimates and assumptions regarding increased amortization of intangible assets related to the acquisition and decreased interest income related to cash paid for the acquisition purchase price, which the Company believes are reasonable. However, pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of the results that would have occurred if the acquisition had occurred on the date indicated, or that may result in the future.

The net loss of eXcelon for the six month period ended March 31, 2002 included an impairment charge of $54.4 million for goodwill from a previous acquisition.

Note 9: Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

In November 2002, the FASB issued FIN No. 45, “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, an interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34” (FIN 45). FIN 45 requires that a guarantor recognize, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken by issuing the guarantee and requires additional disclosures to be made by a guarantor in its interim and annual financial statements about its obligations under certain guarantees it has issued. The adoption of FIN 45 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

The Company enters into standard indemnification agreements in the ordinary course of business. Pursuant to the Company’s end user license agreement, the Company will indemnify, hold harmless, and agree to reimburse the indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party, generally business partners or customers, in connection with patent, copyright or other intellectual property infringement claims by any third party with respect to the Company’s products. Other agreements provide indemnification for claims relating to property damage or personal injury resulting from the performance of services by the Company or its subcontractors. Historically, the Company’s costs to defend lawsuits or settle claims relating to such indemnity agreements have been insignificant. Accordingly, the estimated fair value of these indemnification provisions is immaterial.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 contains certain safe harbor provisions regarding “forward-looking statements.” This Form 10-Q contains, and other information provided by the Company or statements made by its directors, officers or employees from time to time may contain, forward-looking statements and information, which involve risks and uncertainties. Actual future results may differ materially. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, expectations, intentions, projections, developments, future events, performance or products, underlying assumptions and other statements which are other than statements of historical facts. In some cases, forward-looking statements are identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “contemplates,” “predicts,” “projects,” “continue” and other similar terminology or the negative of these terms. All such forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements contained in this Form 10-Q, including those set forth below under the heading “Factors That May Affect Future Results” and any other cautionary statements which may accompany the forward-looking statements. Although the Company has sought to identify the most significant risks to its business, the Company cannot predict whether, or to what extent, any of such risks may be realized, nor can there be any assurance that the Company has identified all possible issues which the Company might face. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements it makes.

Overview

The Company develops, markets and distributes software to simplify and accelerate the development, deployment, integration and management of business applications. The mission of the Company is to deliver software products and services that empower partners and customers to improve their development, deployment, integration and management of quality applications worldwide. The Company’s products include development tools, databases, application servers, messaging servers, application management tools and integration products for distributed and Web-based applications as well as for client/server and host/terminal applications.

The Company has three principal operating units and a supporting research and business development unit. The first operating unit conducts business as the Progress Company and is a division of the Company. The other two operating units, Sonic Software Corporation and PeerDirect Corporation, seek to address the needs of emerging markets and operate as subsidiaries of the Company. PSC Labs, a division of the Company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, focuses on new business development, research and strategic investments.

The Progress Company provides the OpenEdge™ platform, a set of development and deployment technologies, including the Progress® RDBMS, one of the leading embedded databases. Sonic Software is a provider of standards-based integration products and services. Sonic Software delivers a standards-based, flexible infrastructure that connects applications and orchestrates business processes across the extended enterprise. PeerDirect Corporation is a supplier of technology for distributed application deployment and management. Its flagship product suite, PeerDirect™ Distributed Enterprise, allows companies to centrally manage distributed applications with synchronized databases deployed across widely distributed locations.

In December 2002, the Company completed its acquisition of eXcelon Corporation, which had two principal product groups: object-oriented database products, principally ObjectStore, and XML (eXtensible Markup Language) technology-based products. The Company is managing the ObjectStore group within the Progress Company and combining the XML-related products and functions with Sonic Software.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Company makes estimates and assumptions in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual results may differ from these estimates.

The Company has identified the following critical accounting policies that require the use of significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements. This listing is not a comprehensive list of all of the Company’s accounting policies. For further information regarding the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 1 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2002.

Revenue Recognition — The Company’s revenue recognition policy is significant because revenue is a key component affecting results of operations. In determining when to recognize revenue from a customer arrangement, the Company is often required to exercise judgment regarding the application of its accounting policies to a particular arrangement. For example, judgment is required in determining whether a customer arrangement has multiple elements. If such a situation exists, judgment is also involved in determining whether vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) of fair value for the undelivered elements exists. While the Company follows specific and detailed rules and guidelines related to revenue recognition, significant management judgments and estimates are made and used in connection with the revenue recognized in any reporting period, particularly in the areas described above as well as collectibility. If management made different estimates or judgments, material differences in the timing of the recognition of revenue could occur.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts — The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of customers to make required payments. This allowance is established using estimates that the Company makes based on factors such as the composition of the accounts receivable aging, historical bad debts, changes in payment patterns, customer creditworthiness and current economic trends. If the Company used different estimates, or if the financial condition of its customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional provisions for doubtful accounts would be required and would increase bad debt expense.

Deferred Income Taxes — The Company had a net deferred tax asset of $22.1 million at May 31, 2003. The Company records valuation allowances to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. The Company considers scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, ongoing tax planning strategies and other matters in assessing the need for and the amount of a valuation allowance. If the Company were to change its assumptions or otherwise determine that it was unable to realize all or part of its net deferred tax asset in the future, an adjustment to the deferred tax asset would be charged to income in the period that such change or determination was made.

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Results of Operations

     The following table sets forth certain income and expense items as a percentage of total revenue, and the percentage change in dollar amounts of such items compared with the corresponding period in the previous fiscal year: