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: RUNKEL JOHN F JR (General Counsel &)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-12-08	Common Stock	M	2136	$0.0	Acquired	10581	Direct
2016-12-08	Common Stock	F	803	$59.31	Disposed	9778	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-12-08	Restricted Stock Units	$0.0	D	2136	Disposed	2018-12-08	Common Stock (2136)	Direct

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.