Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
Chunk: 101

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 101
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4,424 |     |                  |    776,313 |     |                   | 15,970 |     |  9,223,737 |
| John F. Runkel, Jr. |     |                  |                   |  5,902 |     |                  |  1,691,385 |     |                   |  7,749 |     |  4,275,384 |

(1) The value realized on exercise for stock options equals the difference between the sales price per share of our common stock at the time of exercise and the exercise price per share of such stock options, multiplied by the number of shares of our common stock acquired upon exercise.

(2) Such number of shares represents the gross number of shares acquired by the NEO on the vesting date. Synopsys withholds shares for tax purposes and the NEO receives a smaller number of shares.

(3) The value realized on vesting for stock awards equals the closing price per share of our common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on the vesting date, multiplied by the gross number of shares acquired on vesting as described above in note (2).

#### 2025 Proxy Statement89
| PROPOSAL 4 — Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation |

#### Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
We maintain a non-qualified deferred compensation program for a select group of management and highly compensated employees so that an eligible employee may elect, on a prospective basis, to defer the receipt of a portion of the compensation they receive from us. The program is administered under the Synopsys Amended and Restated Deferred Compensation Plan II (Deferred Compensation Plan II). The amount of earnings (or losses) that accrue to a participant’s account under the Deferred Compensation Plan II depends on the performance of investment alternatives selected by the participant. The investment alternatives under the plan consists of various investment funds that are generally consistent with the investment opportunities provided to our employees under our 401(k) plan, which are selected and monitored by our Deferred Compensation Plans Committee. Therefore, we do not regard the returns from these investment alternatives as above-market or preferential. We do not supplement or guarantee the returns on amounts deferred under the plan. We have entered into a trust agreement, with a third-party provider acting as trustee, to hold certain funds in connection with the program. All funds held in the trust are subject to the claims of our creditors.

The Deferred Compensation Plan II was originally adopted in 2005 in order to comply