Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
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Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
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 shall not exceed one million (1,000,000) shares of Common Stock.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement125
| Appendix A |

(ii) Performance Cash Awards . A Performance Cash Award is a cash award that may be granted or paid upon the attainment during a Performance Period of one or more Performance Goals. A Performance Cash Award may also require the completion of a specified period of Continuous Service. The length of any Performance Period, the Performance Goals to be achieved during the Performance Period, and the measure of whether and to what degree such Performance Goals have been attained shall be conclusively determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The maximum benefit to be granted to any Participant in any calendar year attributable to Performance Cash Awards described in this Section 7(d)(ii) shall not exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000).

(e) Other Stock Awards . Other forms of Stock Awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock may be granted either alone or in addition to Stock Awards provided for under Section 6 and the preceding provisions of this Section 7. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Awards will be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such Other Stock Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock Awards. No Other Stock Award may have a term in excess of seven (7) years from the date of grant.

(f) Prohibition on Loans. No Participant will be permitted to execute a promissory note as partial or full consideration for the purchase of Shares.

#### 8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Use of Proceeds. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards shall constitute general funds of the Company.

(b) Stockholder Rights . No Participant shall be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to such Stock Award unless and until such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of, or the issuance of shares under, the Stock Award pursuant to its terms and the issuance of the Common Stock has been entered into the books and records of the Company. As determined by the Board, dividends and dividend equivalent rights may accrue with respect to Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan, but no dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid