Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000883241-25-000008
Chunk: 82

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 82
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 (Sassine Ghazi)             |     | •Limited cash severance benefits outside of a change in control and double trigger provisions in the event of a change in control, comparable to benefits offered by members of our peer group.                                                                              
 •Departing chief executive officer must sign a separation and release agreement as a condition to receiving post-employment compensation payments or benefits.                                                                                                               |     | •Offering benefits comparable to benefits offered by members of our peer group helps us attract talented executives and maintain a consistent management team.                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Executive Chair Agreement (Dr. Aart J. de Geus)                          |     | •No severance benefits outside of a change in control and double trigger provisions in the event of a change in control.                                                                                                                                                     
 •Departing executive chair must sign a separation and release agreement as a condition to receiving post-employment compensation payments or benefits.                                                                                                                       |     | •Offering benefits comparable to benefits offered by members of our peer group helps us attract talented executives and maintain a consistent management team, particularly for our chief executive officer.                                                                                                                   |
| Equity Plan                                                              |     | •If Synopsys is acquired and the surviving company does not assume, replace, or otherwise continue our outstanding equity awards, our 2006 Employee Plan provides that all equity awards held by employees will fully vest.                                                  |     | •We provide this benefit to all employees who hold equity awards under our 2006 Employee Plan to promote the stability and focused service of our workforce during a potentially uncertain time, particularly for our executive chair.                                                                                         |

See the subsection titled “Potential Payments upon Termination of Employment or Change of Control” in the “Executive Compensation Tables” section below for more information regarding each of these plans or arrangements as well as our potential or actual payment obligations as of the last day of fiscal 2024.

#### 2025 Proxy Statement77
| PROPOSAL 4 — Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation |

#### Key Fiscal 2025 NEO Compensation Decisions
Our Compensation Committee adjusted the compensation of certain of our NEOs for fiscal 2025 as follows:

• Mr. Ghazi received a Target TDC increase of approximately 18% for fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024. The change in Mr. Ghazi's Target TDC reflects an approximate 7% increase in his base salary and an approximate 20% increase in his target equity compensation. Approximately 50% of Mr. Ghazi's target equity compensation was comprised of performance-based equity tied to