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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2010

or

For the transition period from              to            

Commission File Number: 1-11859

PEGASYSTEMS INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

(617) 374-9600

(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

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 has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

There were 37,022,810 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding on April 12, 2010.

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PEGASYSTEMS INC.

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PEGASYSTEMS INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PEGASYSTEMS INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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PEGASYSTEMS INC.

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Basis of Presentation

The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”) for complete financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

In the opinion of management, the Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements on the same basis as its audited financial statements, and these financial statements 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 year 2010.

Acquisition-related costs

Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred and include costs to effect an impending or completed acquisition and direct and incremental costs associated with an acquisition. During the first quarter of 2010, acquisition-related costs were primarily legal and advisory fees, finder’s fees and due diligence costs associated with our acquisition of Chordiant Software, Inc. (“Chordiant”). See Note 11 “Subsequent Event” for further discussion of the acquisition.

Fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, was established as follows: (Level 1) observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; (Level 2) inputs other than the quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly; and (Level 3) unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which requires the Company to develop its own assumptions. This hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. On a recurring basis, the Company measures certain financial assets at fair value, consisting of the Company’s marketable securities and cash equivalents.

The fair value hierarchy of the Company’s cash equivalents and marketable securities at fair value is as follows:

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Unbilled trade accounts receivable relate to services earned under time and material arrangements and license arrangements that had not been invoiced as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.

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Comprehensive income includes the Company’s net income plus the results of certain stockholders’ equity changes not reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. The components of comprehensive income are as follows:

For the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, stock-based compensation expense was reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income as follows:

During the first quarter of 2010, the Company issued approximately 251,000 shares to its employees under the Company’s share-based compensation plans.

During the first quarter of 2010, the Company granted approximately 46,000 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) in connection with the election by employees to receive 50% of their 2010 target incentive compensation under the Company’s Corporate Incentive Compensation Plan (the “CICP”) in the form of RSUs instead of cash. The total stock-based compensation of approximately $1.6 million associated with this RSU grant will be recognized over one year.

As of March 31, 2010, the Company had approximately $7.8 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to all unvested RSUs and unvested stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years.

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Basic earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding options, RSUs, and warrants, using the treasury stock method and the average market price of our common stock during the applicable period. Certain shares related to some of our outstanding stock options and RSUs were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were antidilutive in the periods presented, but could be dilutive in the future.

The Company accounts for income taxes at each interim period using its estimated annual effective tax rate. The provision for income taxes represents current and future amounts owed for federal, state, and foreign taxes. During the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, we recorded provisions of $2.4 million and $3.8 million, respectively, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 38.8% and 30.4%, respectively.

The increase in our effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter of 2009 was due to the geographic mix of income expected to be earned in higher tax jurisdictions in 2010 and the recording of a discrete item related to the nondeductible portion of acquisition-related costs incurred in the first quarter of 2010 associated with the Chordiant acquisition. These nondeductible acquisition-related costs accounted for 5.5% of our first quarter 2010 tax rate.

Our effective tax rate during the first quarter of 2009 was below the statutory federal income tax rate primarily due to the investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds and the benefit from the SEZ India tax holiday.

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10.    GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

The Company operates in one operating segment—rules-based Business Process Management (“BPM”) software. The Company derives substantially all of its revenue from the sale and support of one group of similar products and services. Substantially all of the Company’s assets are located within the U.S. The Company derived its revenue from the following geographic areas (sales outside the U.S. are principally through export from the U.S.):

There were no customers accounting for more than 10% of the Company’s trade receivables, net of allowances. The following table summarizes the Company’s concentration of credit risk associated with customers accounting for more than 10% of the Company’s total revenue and short and long-term license installments:

11.    SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On April 21, 2010, the Company acquired Chordiant, a leading provider of customer relationship management (“CRM”) software and services. The purchase price for Chordiant was approximately $109 million in cash, net of approximately $47.8 million of cash acquired. In addition, the Company issued approximately 236,000 stock options in exchange for outstanding Chordiant stock options at the date of the closing. The majority of the fair value of these stock options will be recorded as additional purchase price. The remaining fair value of these stock options will be recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the requisite service period. The Company is in the process of preparing an allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, but currently expects that a substantial portion of the Chordiant purchase price will ultimately be allocated to intangible assets, and that such assets are likely to include acquired core technology, customer related assets and goodwill. As of March 31, 2010, the Company incurred direct incremental expenses associated with the transaction of $1.5 million and expects to incur an additional $2.2 million.

The Company believes the acquisition will expand its global customer base and provide complementary solutions. Chordiant clients will be able to incorporate Pegasystems process automation to enhance their experience in their existing foundation and marketing solutions. Pegasystems’ clients will benefit from Chordiant’s decision management solutions and extensive CRM assets. In addition, the Company believes the combination of the two companies will expand the partner network and provide incremental business opportunity growth.

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

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains or incorporates forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about the industry and markets in which we operate and management’s beliefs and assumptions. In addition, other written or oral statements that constitute forward-looking statements may be made by us or on our behalf. Words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “may,” “target,” “project,” or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict.

We encourage you to carefully review the risk factors we have identified in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. We believe these risk factors, among other factors, could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make. We do not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Our products and services

We develop and license rules-based BPM software and provide professional services, maintenance, and training related to our software. We focus our sales efforts on target accounts, which are companies or divisions within companies, and are typically large organizations that are among the leaders in their industry. Our strategy is to sell initial licenses to these target accounts that are focused on a specific purpose or area of operations, rather than selling large enterprise licenses. This strategy allows our customers to quickly realize business value from our software and limits their initial investment. Once a customer has realized this initial value, we work with the customer to identify opportunities for follow-on sales.

Our license revenue is primarily derived from sales of our PegaRULES Process Commander (“PRPC”) software and related solution frameworks. PRPC is a comprehensive platform for building and managing BPM applications that unifies business rules and business processes. Our solution frameworks are built on the capabilities of PRPC and are purpose- or industry -specific collections of best practice functionality to allow organizations to quickly implement new customer-facing practices and processes, bring new offerings to market, and provide customized or specialized processing. These products often require less implementation assistance than prior generations of our software products. In many cases this has resulted in a shorter sales process and implementation period. PRPC and related solution frameworks can be used by a broad range of customers within financial services, insurance and healthcare markets, as well as other markets, such as life sciences and government.

We also offer SmartPaaS, which is our platform-as-a service offering that allows customers to create PRPC applications using an internet-based infrastructure. This offering enables our customers to immediately build their applications in a secure environment while minimizing their infrastructure and hardware costs.

Our customers typically request professional services and training to assist them in implementing our products. Almost all of our customers also purchase maintenance on our products, which includes rights to upgrades and new releases, incident resolution and technical assistance. Professional services are provided directly by us and through our network of partners. By utilizing these partners, we have increased the supply of skilled service consultants that can assist our customers.

Business overview

Our revenue grew by 20% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter of 2009 primarily because of the increase in professional services and maintenance revenues associated with higher number of license arrangements executed in 2009. We generated approximately $4.8 million and $13.9 million in cash from operations in the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, respectively.

The total value of new license arrangements in the first quarter of 2010 was higher in Europe and Asia than in the first quarter of 2009. However, in North America, the value was lower, primarily due to one large arrangement included in the first quarter of 2009 that was executed in 2008, but had a contingency that did not expire until the first quarter of 2009.

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We believe these results reflect our ability to quickly and successfully deliver our versatile Build for Change ® technology to Fortune ® 500 customers across industries and international borders, allowing these customers to reduce operating costs and increase revenues after a short implementation period. These operational efficiencies experienced by our customers are part of the strong value proposition our technology provides to our customers.

We believe that the ongoing challenges for our business include continuing to drive revenue growth despite increased competition, continuing to expand our expertise in new and existing industries, and maintaining our leadership position in the BPM market.

To address these challenges, during the first quarter of 2010, we:

Chordiant Acquisition

On April 21, 2010, we acquired Chordiant, a leading provider of customer relationship management (“CRM”) software and services. The purchase price for Chordiant was approximately $109 million in cash, net of approximately $47.8 million of cash acquired. In addition, we issued approximately 236,000 stock options in exchange for outstanding Chordiant stock options at the date of the closing. The majority of the fair value of these stock options will be recorded as additional purchase price. The remaining fair value of these stock options will be recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the requisite service period. We are in the process of preparing an allocation of the purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, but currently expect that a substantial portion of the Chordiant purchase price will ultimately be allocated to intangible assets, and that such assets are likely to include acquired core technology, customer related assets and goodwill. As of March 31, 2010, we incurred direct incremental expenses associated with the transaction of $1.5 million and expect to incur an additional $2.2 million.

We believe the acquisition will expand our global customer base and provide complementary solutions. Chordiant clients will be able to incorporate Pegasystems process automation to enhance their experience in their existing foundation and marketing solutions. Our clients will benefit from Chordiant’s decision management solutions and extensive CRM assets. In addition, we believe the combination of the two companies will expand the partner network and provide incremental business opportunity growth.

We expect that Chordiant will contribute recurring revenue and profit to our operating results.

Critical accounting policies

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based upon the condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience, knowledge of current conditions, and beliefs of what could occur in the future given available information.

There have been no changes in our critical accounting policies as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. For more information regarding our critical accounting policies, we encourage you to read the discussion contained in Item 7 under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” and Note 2. “Significant Accounting Policies” included in the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

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Results of Operations

We continue to experience an increase in demand for our software products and related services, which we believe is due to the strong value proposition, short implementation period, and variety of licensing terms we offer our customers. Our success is also due to the growth in the BPM sector and our position as leader in that sector.

The increase in gross profit was primarily due to the increase in software license and maintenance revenue, and to a slightly lesser extent, the increase in professional services revenue. The decrease in income before provision for income taxes was primarily due to lower software license revenue as a percentage of total revenue, a $6.5 million increase in selling and marketing expenses, a $2.5 million increase in research and development expenses, $1.5 million of acquisition-related costs, and a $2.3 million increase in foreign exchange transaction losses.

A change in the number or size of high value license arrangements, or a change in the mix between perpetual and term licenses, can cause our revenues to fluctuate materially from quarter to quarter. The revenue growth rate achieved in any historical period is not necessarily indicative of the results expected for future periods.

Revenue

The mix between perpetual and term license arrangements fluctuates based on customer needs. Many of our perpetual license arrangements include extended payment terms and/or additional rights of use that delay the recognition of revenue to future periods. The aggregate value of payments due under these perpetual and certain subscription licenses was $51.6 million as of March 31, 2010 compared to $18.6 million as of March 31, 2009. See the table of future cash receipts by year from these perpetual licenses and certain subscription licenses on page 18.

We recognize revenue for our term license arrangements over the term of the agreement as payments become due or earlier if prepaid. The increase in term license revenue was primarily due to significant prepayments of term licenses by three customers. The increase in term license revenue was also due to the increase in the aggregate value of payments for term licenses signed during 2009, 2008, and 2007 for which a portion of the revenue was recognized during the first quarter of 2010. The remainder of the revenue under these agreements will be recognized in future periods. The aggregate value of payments due under these term licenses was $68.0 million as of March 31, 2010 compared to $84.4 million as of March 31, 2009. The aggregate value of future payments due under non-cancellable term licenses as of March 31, 2010 includes $17.7 million of term license payments that we expect to recognize as revenue during the remainder of 2010. However, we expect our actual term license revenue for the remainder of 2010 could be higher than $17.7 million as we complete new term license agreements in 2010 or if we receive prepayments from existing term license agreements. See the table of future cash receipts by year from these term licenses on page 18.

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Subscription revenue primarily relates to our arrangements that include a right to unspecified future products and is recognized ratably over the term of the arrangement. The increase in subscription revenue was primarily due to a new customer arrangement that began in the third quarter of 2009.

The increase in maintenance revenue was due to the continued increase in the installed base of our software and new license arrangements executed in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Professional services are primarily consulting services related to new license implementations. The increase in consulting services and training revenue was due to higher demand for these services in North America associated with new license arrangements executed in 2009. In addition, two large fixed-price arrangements were completed in the first quarter of 2010, resulting in the recognition of the revenue associated with these arrangements that previously did not meet revenue recognition requirements.

Professional services gross profit increased due to higher realization rates associated with improving global economic conditions. We intend to continue our investment in the professional services organization to support our customers’ license implementations.

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Operating expenses

Selling and marketing expenses include compensation, benefits, and other headcount-related expenses associated with our selling and marketing personnel as well as advertising, promotions, trade shows, seminars, and other programs. The increase in selling and marketing expenses was primarily due to a $4.0 million increase in compensation and benefit expenses associated with higher headcount, a $0.7 million increase in travel expenses, a $0.5 million increase in marketing contractor expenses, and a $0.2 million increase in annual sales meeting expenses.

Almost half of the headcount increase occurred in the first quarter of 2010. We intend to continue to hire significantly more sales and marketing professionals.

Research and development expenses include compensation, benefits, contracted services, and other headcount-related expenses associated with research and development. The increase in research and development expenses was primarily due to a $1.4 million increase in compensation and benefit expenses associated with higher headcount, a $0.5 million increase in engineering contractor expenses, and a $0.4 million increase in facility related costs associated with the expansion of our research and development center in India.

A significant portion of the headcount increase occurred in the first quarter of 2010. We intend to continue to invest significantly in our research and development efforts.

General and administrative expenses include compensation, benefits, and other headcount-related expenses associated with the finance, legal, corporate governance, and other administrative headcount. It also includes accounting, legal, and other administrative fees. The general and administrative headcount includes employees in human resources, information technology and corporate services departments whose costs are allocated to the rest of the Company’s functional departments.

Acquisition-related costs

Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred and include costs to effect an impending or completed acquisition and direct and incremental costs associated with an acquisition. During the first quarter of 2010, the $1.5 million acquisition-related costs were primarily legal and advisory fees, finder’s fees and due diligence costs associated with our acquisition of Chordiant. We expect to incur an additional $2.2 million of transaction costs in the second quarter of 2010.

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Stock-based compensation

The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense included in our consolidated statements of income:

The stock-based compensation expense in the first quarter of 2010 reflects the refinement of our forfeiture estimate completed in the second quarter of 2009.

n/m = not meaningful

Non-operating income and expenses, net

The increase in foreign currency transaction losses was due to the significant decrease in the value of the British pound sterling and the Euro relative to the U.S. dollar and the higher total amount of foreign currency denominated net assets held in the U.S., consisting primarily of cash, receivables, license installments and accounts payable.

During the first quarter of 2010, other income consists of realized gains from the liquidation of our marketable securities in preparation to pay for the Chordiant acquisition.

Provision for income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes at each interim period using its estimated annual effective tax rate. The provision for income taxes represents current and future amounts owed for federal, state, and foreign taxes. During the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, we recorded provisions of $2.4 million and $3.8 million, respectively, which resulted in an effective tax rate of 38.8% and 30.4%, respectively.

The increase in our effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2010 compared to the first quarter of 2009 was due to the geographic mix of income expected to be earned in higher tax jurisdictions in 2010 and the recording of a discrete item related to the nondeductible portion of acquisition-related costs incurred in the first quarter of 2010 associated with the Chordiant acquisition. These nondeductible acquisition-related costs accounted for 5.5% of our first quarter 2010 tax rate.

Our effective tax rate during the first quarter of 2009 was below the statutory federal income tax rate primarily due to the investment in tax-exempt municipal bonds and the benefit from the SEZ India tax holiday.

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Liquidity and capital resources

We have funded our operations primarily from cash provided by operations. As of March 31, 2010, we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $202.1 million, which was consistent with December 31, 2009. Working capital was $190.7 million as of March 31, 2010 compared to $188.6 million as of December 31, 2009.

In March 2010, we liquidated our marketable securities in preparation to pay for the Chordiant acquisition. In April 2010, we acquired Chordiant for a cash purchase price of approximately $109 million, net of approximately $47.8 million of cash acquired.

We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents, and cash flow from operations will be sufficient to fund our operations and our share repurchase program for at least the next 12 months.

Cash provided by operating activities

Cash provided by operating activities during the first quarter of 2010 decreased to $4.8 million compared to $13.9 million in the first quarter of 2009.

The primary components of cash provided by operations during the first quarter of 2010 were $3.9 million of net income and a $9.3 million increase in deferred revenue, partially offset by a $4.0 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses primarily related to the payment of incentive compensation and $3.9 million of excess tax benefits from exercise or vesting of equity awards.

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Future Cash Receipts from License Arrangements    

The following table summarizes the cash receipts due in connection with our existing license agreements as of March 31, 2010.

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

During the first quarter of 2010, we liquidated our marketable securities and invested the proceeds primarily in money market funds in preparation to pay for the Chordiant acquisition.

During the first quarter of 2009, cash used in investing activities was primarily for purchases of marketable debt securities of $12.6 million.

Cash used in financing activities

Cash used in financing activities during the first quarter of 2010 and 2009 was primarily for repurchases of our common stock and the payment of our quarterly dividend. Since 2004, our Board of Directors has approved annual stock repurchase programs that have authorized the repurchase in the aggregate up to $75.0 million of our common stock. Purchases under these programs have been made on the open market. The most recent $15.0 million repurchase program was announced on November 24, 2009 and expires on December 31, 2010.

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The following table is a summary of our repurchase activity under all of our repurchase programs during the first quarter of 2010 and 2009:

In addition to the share repurchases made under our repurchase programs, we net settled the majority of our employee stock option exercises and RSU vesting, which resulted in the withholding of shares to cover the option exercise price and the minimum statutory tax withholding obligations.

During the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, option and RSU holders net settled stock options and vested RSUs representing the right to purchase a total of 382,000 shares and 416,000 shares, respectively, of which only 186,000 shares and 186,000 shares, respectively, were issued to the option and RSU holders and the balance of the shares were surrendered to us to pay for the exercise price and the applicable taxes. During the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, instead of receiving cash from the equity holders, we withheld shares with a value of $3.4 million and $1.5 million, respectively, for withholding taxes and $3.8 million and $2.0 million, respectively, for the exercise price. The value of share repurchases and shares withheld for net settlement of our employee stock option exercises and vesting of RSUs offset the proceeds received under our various share-based compensation plans during the first quarter of 2010 and 2009.

Dividends

The Company declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per share for the first quarter of 2010 and 2009, and paid cash dividends of $1.1 million in both the first quarter of 2010 and 2009. It is our current intention to pay a quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share to shareholders of record as of the first trading day of each quarter, however, the Board of Directors may terminate or modify this dividend program at any time without notice.

Market risk represents the risk of loss that may affect us due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily related to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. We have not entered into derivative or hedging transactions to manage risk in connection with such fluctuations.

In March 2010, we liquidated our marketable securities and invested the proceeds primarily in money market funds in preparation to pay for the Chordiant acquisition, which is anticipated to close in April 2010. As a result, we are no longer subject to significant interest rate risk.

There were no other significant changes to our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk during the first quarter of 2010. Please refer to Part II, Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 for a more complete discussion of our market risk exposure.

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(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2010. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and our management necessarily applied its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2010.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II—Other Information:

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

We encourage you to carefully consider the risk factors identified in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. These risk factors could materially affect our business, financial condition and future results and could cause our actual business and financial results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or elsewhere by management from time to time. There have been no material changes during the first quarter ended March 31, 2010 to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table sets forth information regarding our repurchases of our common stock during the first quarter of 2010:

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such exhibits are filed as part of this report and such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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PEGASYSTEMS INC.

Exhibit Index

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