SYNOPSYS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Dec 10, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOPSYS INC (SNPS)
CIK: 0000883241
Period of Report: 2015-12-08

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-12-08	Common Stock	F	8702.0	$46.08	Disposed	658822	Direct
2015-12-08	Common Stock	F	6953.0	$46.08	Disposed	651869	Direct
2015-12-08	Common Stock	F	4553.0	$46.08	Disposed	647316	Direct
2015-12-08	Common Stock	M	16675.0	$0.0	Acquired	663991	Direct
2015-12-08	Common Stock	M	13325.0	$0.0	Acquired	677316	Direct
2015-12-08	Common Stock	M	8725.0	$0.0	Acquired	686041	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	16675.0	Disposed	2015-12-08	Common Stock (16675)	Direct
2015-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	13325.0	Disposed	2016-12-08	Common Stock (13325)	Direct
2015-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	8725.0	Disposed	2017-12-08	Common Stock (8725)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	22500	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These 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.