Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-026144
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Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: 425
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 the underlying RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, provided that for any RSU that was performance-based, the performance metrics applicable to such RSU do not apply following the Effective Time. The foregoing description of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the other transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

| Item3.01 | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing. |

The information contained in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01. In connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Company notified the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“ Nasdaq”) on July 17, 2025, of the consummation of the Merger and the conversion of the outstanding Company Common Stock into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. The Company requested that Nasdaq (i) suspend trading of the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq prior to the opening of trading on the Closing Date, (ii) withdraw the Company Common Stock from listing on Nasdaq and (iii) file with the SECa Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act”), on Form 25 to report that the Company Common Stock is no longer listed on Nasdaq and to apply for the deregistration of the Company Common Stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. As a result, the Company Common Stock, which previously traded under the symbol “ANSS,” will no longer be listed on Nasdaq, effective as of July 17, 2025. In addition, the Company intends to file a certification on Form 15 with the SEC requesting the termination of registration of all shares of Company Common Stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and suspension of the Company’s reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company Common Stock.

| Item3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |

The information contained in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03. As a result of the Mer