Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-026144
Chunk: 22

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: 425
Chunk 22
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, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, had no
                        reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The determination contemplated by the preceding sentence shall be made by (i) a majority vote of those Directors who are not involved in such Proceeding (the “ Disinterested Directors ”); (ii) by the stockholders; or (iii) if directed by a majority of Disinterested Directors, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion. However, if more than half of the Directors are not Disinterested
                        Directors, the determination shall be made by (i) a majority vote of a committee of one or more disinterested Director(s) chosen by the Disinterested Director(s) at a regular or special meeting; (ii) by the stockholders; or (iii) by
                        independent legal counsel chosen by the Board of Directors in a written opinion.

SECTION 5. PRIOR TO FINAL DISPOSITION. Unless otherwise determined by (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) if more than half of the Directors are involved in
                        a Proceeding by a majority vote of a committee of one or more Disinterested Director(s) chosen in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 4 of this Article or (iii) if directed by the Board of Directors, by independent
                        legal counsel in a written opinion, any indemnification extended to an Officer or Non-Officer Employee pursuant to this Article VIII shall include payment by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company of Expenses as the same are
                        incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such Officer or Non-Officer Employee seeking indemnification to repay such payment if such Officer or
                        Non-Officer Employee shall be adjudicated or determined not to be entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII.

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SECTION 6. CONTRACTUAL NATURE OF RIGHTS. The foregoing provisions of this Article VIII shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and each
                        Officer and Non-Officer Employee who serves in such capacity at any time while this Article VIII is in effect, and any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state
                        of facts then or theretofore existing or any Proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. If a claim for indemn