SEC Form 4 · accession 0001199719-15-000089

SYNOPSYS INC · SNPS

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chairman of the Board & Co-CEO · Director

Period of report

Dec 8, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Dec 10, 2015 · 1:47 pm EST

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000883241

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Common Stock^F1	Dec 8, 2015	F	8,702	$46.08	D	658,822	D
Common Stock^F1	Dec 8, 2015	F	6,953	$46.08	D	651,869	D
Common Stock^F1	Dec 8, 2015	F	4,553	$46.08	D	647,316	D
Common Stock	Dec 8, 2015	M	16,675	$0.00	A	663,991	D
Common Stock	Dec 8, 2015	M	13,325	$0.00	A	677,316	D
Common Stock	Dec 8, 2015	M	8,725	$0.00	A	686,041	D
Common Stock	holding	—	—		—	22,500	I	by Partnership

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	Dec 8, 2015	D	16,675	D	Dec 8, 2015	Dec 8, 2015	Common Stock	16,675	0	D
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	Dec 8, 2015	D	13,325	D	Dec 8, 2015	Dec 8, 2016	Common Stock	13,325	13,325	D
Restricted Stock Units	$0.00	Dec 8, 2015	D	8,725	D	Dec 8, 2015	Dec 8, 2017	Common Stock	8,725	17,450	D

F1These shares were retained by the Company in order to meet the tax withholding obligations of the award holder in connection with the vesting of an installment of the performance restricted stock unit award. The Compensation Committee approved the disposition of shares by the award holder and the amount retained by the Company was not in excess of the amount of the tax liability.