Pegasystems (PEGA) Form 4 PEGASYSTEMS / EFSTATHIOS A KOUNINIS ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KOUNINIS EFSTATHIOS A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O PEGASYSTEMS INC.

1 ROGERS STREET

(Street)

CAMBRIDGE MA 02142

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PEGASYSTEMS INC [ PEGA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
VP of Finance & CAO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/03/2020

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. 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 (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/05/2020		M		128(1)	A	$0.00	441	D
Common Stock	03/05/2020		F		45	D	$91.86	396(2)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Restricted Stock Units(3)	$0.00	03/03/2020		A		642(4)		03/03/2021	(5)	Common Stock	642	$0.00	642	D
Restricted Stock Units(3)	$0.00	03/03/2020		A		1,533(6)		03/03/2021	(5)	Common Stock	1,533	$0.00	1,533	D
Stock Options	$90.05	03/03/2020		A		6,074(7)		03/03/2021	03/03/2030	Common Stock	6,074	$0.00	6,074	D
Restricted Stock Units(3)	$0.00	03/05/2020		M			128(1)	03/05/2019	(5)	Common Stock	128	$0.00	1,535	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 5% vesting on March 5, 2020. The original grant was 2,558 restricted stock units, with 20% vesting on March 5, 2019, and remaining 80% vesting in equal quarterly installments over the remaining four years.

2. Does not include shares of common stock subject to unvested restricted stock units and/or options awards.

3. Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive, following vesting, on share of the issuer's common stock.

4. Represents election by the individual, as part of the Company's Corporate Incentive Plan (CICP), to receive half of their annual bonus in RSUs, based upon the Company's stock price as of March 3, 2020. All RSUs vest 100% on March 3, 2021, subject to the attainment of the CICP performance threshold funding for the year ending December 31, 2020.

5. Once vested, the shares of common stock are not subject to expiration.

6. RSUs will vest 20% on March 3, 2021, with the remaining 80% vesting in equal quarterly installments over the remaining four years.

7. Options will vest 20% on March 3, 2021, with the remaining 80% in equal quarterly installments over the remaining four years.

Remarks:

	/s/ Janet Mesrobian, Esq., Attorney-in-Fact for Efstathios A. Kouninis	03/05/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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