SYNOPSYS INC — Director's Dealing 2011

Mar 2, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOPSYS INC (SNPS)
CIK: 0000883241
Period of Report: 2011-03-01

Reporting Person: BEATTIE BRIAN M (CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-03-01	Common Stock	M	25000	$21.15	Acquired	38058	Direct
2011-03-01	Common Stock	S	25000	$27.5819	Disposed	13058	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-03-01	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.15	M	25000	Disposed	2013-01-17	Common Stock (25000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The average price of $27.5819 consists of 200 at 27.30, 400 at 27.31, 300 at 27.32, 300 at 27.33, 200 at 27.34, 891 at 27.35, 489 at 27.36, 400 at 27.37, 700 at 27.38, 600 at 27.39, 1100 at 27.40, 800 at 27.41, 400 at 27.42, 700 at 27.43, 600 at 27.44, 300 at 27.45, 500 at 27.46, 500 at 27.47, 100 at 27.48, 300 at 27.49, 100 at 27.50, 100 at 27.51, 349 at 27.52, 400 at 27.53, 500 at 27.54, 300 at 27.55, 1100 at 27.56, 300 at 27.57, 200 at 27.58, 300 at 27.60, 100 at 27.61, 100 at 27.62, 500 at 27.64, 200 at 27.65, 200 at 27.66, 100 at 27.67, 300 at 27.68, 587 at 27.69, 1013 at 27.70, 551 at 27.71, 300 at 27.72, 300 at 27.73, 700 at 27.74, 672 at 27.75, 1100 at 27.76, 1100 at 27.77, 300 at 27.78, 800 at 27.79, 830 at 27.80, 418 at 27.81, 700 at 27.82, 200 at 27.83, 400 at 27.85, 100 at 127.86

F2: The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.