Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
Chunk: 66

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 66
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 stockholder interests through incentivizing long-term stock price growth and encourage retention while managing dilution. Have upside potential but deliver value even during periods of market or stock price underperformance. |     | •Four-year vesting subject to continued employment.                                             |     |         |     |                     |
| ANNUAL PRSUs            |     |                                |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     |                                                                                                 |     |         |     |                     |
| Chief Executive Officer |     | Average of Other NEOs          |     | Align interests of NEOs with long-term stockholder interests through incentivizing continued revenue and relative stock price performance over a multi-year performance period and encourage retention. Modifier helps align payouts with stockholder experience.       |     | •Vesting subject to achievement of revenue growth and rTSR performance:                         
 •Three-year performance period.                                                                 
 •Mandatory downward adjustment if rTSR below 50th percentile.                                   |     |         |     |                     |

(1) Amounts may not foot due to rounding.

(2) Mr. Ghazi succeeded Dr. de Geus as Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2024, at which time Dr. de Geus transitioned to Executive Chair. All references to and disclosures of Chief Executive Officer compensation for fiscal 2024 in this Proxy Statement reflect Mr. Ghazi's compensation for fiscal 2024, which includes the period prior to January 1, 2024 when he served as President and Chief Operating Officer.

(3) Excludes one-time equity grant in connection with Mr. Ghazi's promotion to Chief Executive Officer, 100% of which was in the form of PRSUs.

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| PROPOSAL 4 — Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation |

Base Salary

Base salaries compensate our NEOs for expected levels of day-to-day performance and are based on:

• each NEO’s role and responsibilities,

• our financial performance projections,

• pay at comparable companies,

• our budget for the coming year,

• historical salary levels (if applicable), and

• the resulting total target compensation that can be earned given the individual’s base salary and related target incentive opportunity.

The base salaries of our current NEOs for fiscal 2024 are set forth below.

| NEO                 |     | FISCAL 2024 
 BASE SALARY 
 ($)         |         |     | FISCAL 2023 
 BASE SALARY 
 ($)         |         |     | BASE SALARY