SYNOPSYS INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 5, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOPSYS INC (SNPS)
CIK: 0000883241
Period of Report: 2011-12-02

Reporting Person: DE GEUS AART (Director, Chairman of the Board & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-02	Common Stock	M	31000	$24.7	Acquired	605761	Direct
2011-12-02	Common Stock	S	31000	$27.6633	Disposed	574761	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-02	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$24.7	M	31000	Disposed	2012-02-26	Common Stock (31000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	22000	Indirect
Common Stock	109305	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership by spouse

F2: 91,462 shares previously contributed to a grantor attained annuity trust were returned to the reporting person on September 24, 2011.

F3: The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.