Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
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Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 such resignation in the Board’s exclusive discretion. Synopsys will publicly disclose the decision reached by our Board of Directors and the reasons for such decision.

#### Information about Voting

#### Who can vote?
If you are a stockholder of record or a beneficial owner who owned our common stock at the close of business on the Record Date of February 10, 2025, you are entitled to attend and vote at the Annual Meeting. For further details on how to vote, please see the questions below.

As of the Record Date, 154,619,236 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. You are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock you held on the Record Date. The names of stockholders of record entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available to stockholders entitled to vote for ten days until the end of the day before the Annual Meeting for any purpose relevant to the Annual Meeting. If you want to inspect this list, email our Investor Relations department at synopsys-ir@synopsys.com.

Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy.

What is the difference between a stockholder of record and a beneficial owner?

• Stockholder of Record: If on the Record Date your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Computershare, then you are a stockholder of record.

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• Beneficial Owner: If on the Record Date your shares were held through a broker, bank, or other agent and not in your name, then you are the beneficial owner of our common stock. If you are a beneficial owner, your shares are held in street name, as is the case for most of our stockholders.

#### How can I vote if I am a stockholder of record?
There are four ways to vote:

• In person (virtually). If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote in person (virtually) at the Annual Meeting using your 16-digit control number provided in the proxy card or Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials.

• Via the Internet. You may vote by proxy via the Internet by following the instructions provided in the proxy card or Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials.

• By Telephone. If you received printed copies of the proxy materials, you may vote by proxy by calling the toll free number found on the proxy card. If you only received a Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials and wish to vote by