{"url_path":"/sec/pega/10-k/2026/item-9a","section_key":"item-9a","section_title":"Item 9A CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-02-10","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013857/0001013857-26-000017-index.html","accession_number":"0001013857-26-000017","cik":"0001013857","ticker":"PEGA","issuer_name":"PEGASYSTEMS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013857/0001013857-26-000017-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001013857","primary_entity_name":"PEGASYSTEMS INC"},"word_count":331,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES\n\nEvaluation of disclosure controls and procedures\n\nOur management, with the participation of our CEO and Chief Financial Officer (“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 December 31, 2025. 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.\n\nBased on this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of December 31, 2025.\n\nManagement’s report on and changes in internal control over financial reporting\n\nOur management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our CEO and CFO, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 based on the framework in the updated Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).\n\nBased on this evaluation, management has concluded that (i) our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2025 and (ii) no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act) occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2025 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.\n\nDeloitte & Touche LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm which also audited our consolidated financial statements, has issued an attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is included in Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”."}