Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
Chunk: 134

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 134
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’s Mailing Address, attention Corporate Secretary, regarding such nominations or proposals and provide the information concerning the stockholder and the proposal or nominee and satisfy the other requirements set forth in the Bylaws.

To be timely, a stockholder who intends to present nominations or a proposal (other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the Exchange Act) at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must provide the information set forth in the Bylaws to our Corporate Secretary not earlier than the close of business on September 17, 2025 and not later than the close of business on October 17, 2025. Our Bylaws contain different notice submission date requirements in the event our annual meeting is held more than 30 days before or after April 10, 2025.

In addition to satisfying the requirements set forth in our Bylaws, in order to comply with the universal proxy rules, stockholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide us with a notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 no later than October 17, 2025.

It is the Governance Committee's policy to consider candidates suggested by properly presented stockholder nominations. We reserve the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any nomination or proposal that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements.

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| Additional Information |

Forward-Looking Statements

This proxy statement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “seeks,” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. This proxy statement includes, among others, forward-looking statements regarding business and market outlook, opportunities, strategies and technological trends, such as artificial intelligence; planned acquisitions and their expected impact, including our pending acquisition of ANSYS, Inc.; short-term and long-term financial targets, expectations and objectives; expected or future equity usage, burn rate or shares outstanding; and expected use and enforcement of our compensation decisions.

These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied. For a more detailed discussion of these factors, see the information under “Risk Factors,” “Management’s