SYNOPSYS INC — Director's Dealing 2016

Dec 12, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOPSYS INC (SNPS)
CIK: 0000883241
Period of Report: 2016-12-08

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
2016-12-08	Common Stock	M	13325	$0.0	Acquired	14575	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	M	8725	$0.0	Acquired	23300	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	M	7365	$0.0	Acquired	30665	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	F	6953	$59.31	Disposed	23712	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	F	4553	$59.31	Disposed	19159	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	F	3844	$59.31	Disposed	15315	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	13325	Disposed	2016-12-08	Common Stock (13325)	Direct
2016-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	8725	Disposed	2017-12-08	Common Stock (8725)	Direct
2016-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	7365	Disposed	2018-12-08	Common Stock (7365)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	218152	Indirect
Common Stock	18500	Indirect
Common Stock	358551	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 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.