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

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 25
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 Aart J. de Geus(1) |     |                             2 |     |                      2 |     | ü                   |
| John G. Schwarz        |     |                             2 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |
| Sassine Ghazi(1)       |     |                             1 |     |                      2 |     | ü                   |
| Luis Borgen            |     |                             3 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |
| Janice D. Chaffin      |     |                             3 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |
| Bruce R. Chizen        |     |                             4 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |
| Mercedes Johnson       |     |                             3 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |
| Robert G. Painter(1)   |     |                             2 |     |                      2 |     | ü                   |
| Jeannine P. Sargent    |     |                             2 |     |                      4 |     | ü                   |

(1) Dr. de Geus, Mr. Ghazi and Mr. Painter hold positions as public company executives. Dr. de Geus is our Executive Chair and Mr. Ghazi is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Painter is the president and chief executive officer of Trimble Inc.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement35
| Corporate Governance |

Director Compensation

#### Director Compensation Highlights
• Fees for committee service and service on the Board

• Emphasis on equity in the overall compensation mix

• Full-value equity grants with time-based vesting

• No performance-based equity awards or perquisites

• Robust stock ownership guidelines

• Stockholder-approved limits on non-employee director compensation

• Policies prohibiting hedging and pledging by our directors

#### Compensation Review Process
Our non-employee directors are compensated for serving on our Board of Directors. We do not pay our employees who serve on our Board any additional compensation for Board membership.

Our Compensation Committee reviews our non-employee director compensation with the assistance of a compensation consultant, Aon Reward Solutions (Aon), that it has determined to be objective and independent. The Compensation Committee reviews such compensation biennially, at a minimum, and recommends adjustments as appropriate.

Our Compensation Committee believes, based in part on market data provided by Aon (including a survey of market practices and trends among our peer group and the software and semiconductor