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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 Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Visier, Inc.                                          |     |           2007 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Sassine Ghazi, 54                                                                                                                           
 President and Chief Executive Officer, Synopsys                                                                                             |     |           2023 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Luis Borgen, 54                                                                                                                             
 Chief Financial Officer (Retired), athenahealth, Inc.                                                                                       |     |           2022 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Janice D. Chaffin, 70                                                                                                                       
 Group President (Retired), Consumer Business Unit, Symantec Corporation (now Gen Digital Inc.)                                              |     |           2014 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Bruce R. Chizen, 69Senior Adviser and PGO Partner, Permira Advisers LLP                                                                     |     |           2001 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Mercedes Johnson, 70Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Avago Technologies, Inc. (now Broadcom Inc.)                                         |     |           2017 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Robert G. Painter, 53President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Trimble Inc.                                                        |     |           2023 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |
| Jeannine P. Sargent, 60Senior Advisor and Venture Partner, Breakthrough Energy VenturesSenior Advisor, Generation Investment Management LLP |     |           2020 |     |                         |     |    |     |    |

(1) Represents committee members upon the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, assuming all nominees are elected.

(2) Effective upon the conclusion of the Annual Meeting, Mr. Schwarz will serve as the Lead Independent Director of the Board.

| AC          |     | Audit Committee |     | CC    |     | Compensation and Organizational Development Committee |     | GC |     | Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee |
| Independent |     | Member          |     | Chair |     |                                                       |     |    |     |                                               |

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| Proxy Statement Summary |

Purpose

The primary goal of the amendment of our 2006 Employee Plan is to provide us with a sufficient reserve of common stock to offer appropriate incentives to our