Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-026140
Chunk: 9

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: 425
Chunk 9
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 and WHEREAS, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub desire to amend the Merger Agreement as set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agree as follows: 1. Amendment to the Merger Agreement. Section 7.1(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “by either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by 11:59 p.m. (California time) on August 15, 2025 (the “ End Date”); provided, however, that: (i) if, on August 15, 2025, any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(d), Section 6.1(e), Section 6.1(f)or Section 6.1(g)has not been satisfied or waived, then either Parent or the Company may, by providing written notice thereof to the other party at or prior to 11:59 p.m. (California time) on August 15, 2025, extend the End Date to November 14, 2025; and (ii) a party shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)if the failure to consummate the Merger by the End Date is primarily attributable to a failure on the part of such party to perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement required to be performed by such party at or prior to the Effective Time in breach of such party’s obligations hereunder;” 2. General Provisions. Each reference in the Merger Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import referring to the Merger Agreement, and any reference to the Merger Agreement in any other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents that are executed and delivered in connection with the Merger Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Merger Agreement as amended by this Amendment. All references in the Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, to “the date hereof,” “the date of this Agreement” and words of similar import, and all references to the date of the Merger Agreement in any other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents that are executed and delivered in connection with the Merger