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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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2025 Registration No. 333- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 SYNOPSYS, INC. (Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)

| Delaware                                                       |     | 56-1546236                          |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |     | -I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |

| 675 Almanor Ave.Sunnyvale, California    |     |     94085 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) |     | -Zip Code |

ANSYS, Inc. 2021 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan Fifth Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan Fourth Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (Full Title of the plans) Janet Lee General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Synopsys, Inc. 675 Almanor Ave. Sunnyvale, California 94085 (Name and address of agent for service) (650) 584-5000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

| Large accelerated filer ☒ | Accelerated filer ☐         | Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
|                           | Smaller reporting company ☐ | Emerging growth company ☐                                             |

If an emerging growth company, indicated by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐ EXPLANATORY NOTE On January 15, 2024, Synopsys, Inc. (the “ Registrant”), ANSYS, Inc. (“ ANSYS”), and ALTA Acquisition Corp., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan