Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001140361-25-026935
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Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-23
Form: S-8
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 of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provided that, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub would merge with and into ANSYS, with ANSYS continuing as the surviving corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (the “ Merger”). On July 17, 2025, the Registrant completed the Merger (the “ Closing Effective Time”). The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to register up to 1,132,822 shares of its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable under the ANSYS, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ 2021 ANSYS Plan”), the Fifth Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “ Fifth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan”) and the Fourth Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “ Fourth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan;” together with the 2021 ANSYS Plan and the Fifth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan, the “ ANSYS Plans”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act”). Pursuant to and subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Registrant assumed certain time-based restricted stock units and performance-based restricted stock units of ANSYS outstanding under the 2021 ANSYS Plan (the “ Restricted Stock Units” and “ Performance Stock Units,” respectively) and certain options outstanding under the Fifth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan and the Fourth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan (the “ Options”), in each case, in accordance with their terms, which Restricted Stock Units, Performance Stock Units and Options are settled in shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions of the underlying award agreements. The aggregate number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units under the 2021 ANSYS Plan is 1,127,904 shares. The aggregate number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock subject to the Options under the Fifth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan and the Fourth A&R 1996 ANSYS Plan is 4,918 shares. Unless the context otherwise requires, references made herein to “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “ours” refer to Synopsys