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    SEC Form S-8 filed by Synopsys Inc.

    5/28/25 4:46:23 PM ET
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    S-8 1 d839901ds8.htm S-8 S-8

    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2025

    Registration No. 333-   

     

     
     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    Washington, D.C. 20549

     

     

    FORM S-8

    REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    UNDER

    THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

     

     

    SYNOPSYS, INC.

    (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware   56-1546236
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of
    Incorporation or Organization)
      (I.R.S. Employer
    Identification No.)

     

    675 Almanor Ave.

    Sunnyvale, California

      94085
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

    Synopsys, Inc. 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended

    Synopsys, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended

    (Full Title of the Plan)

    John F. Runkel, Jr.

    General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    Synopsys, Inc.

    675 Almanor Ave.

    Sunnyvale, California 94085

    (Name and address of agent for service)

    (650) 584-5000

    (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

     

     

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

     

    Large accelerated filer   ☒    Accelerated filer   ☐
    Non-accelerated filer   ☐    Smaller reporting company   ☐
         Emerging growth company   ☐

    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

     

     
     


    REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

    PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E

    Synopsys, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to register (i) an additional 1,600,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable to eligible persons under its 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) and (ii) an additional 2,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable to eligible persons under its Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”).

    The Registrant previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statements Nos. 333-134899, 333-157791, 333-174587, 333-181875, 333-189019, 333-196428, 333-206458, 333-213246, 333-217177, 333-225237, 333-231761, 333-238629, 333-256387, 333-265121, 333-272097 and 333-279729 relating to shares of Common Stock issuable under the Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Prior Equity Incentive Plan Registration Statements”). The Registrant previously filed Form  S-8 Registration Statements Nos. 333-50947, 333-77597, 333-38810, 333-63216, 333-108507, 333-125224, 333-151067, 333-166274, 333-181875, 333-196428, 333-213246, 333-225237, 333-238629 and 333-265121 relating to shares of Common Stock issuable under the ESPP (collectively, the “Prior ESPP Registration Statements” and, together with the Prior Equity Incentive Plan Registration Statements, the “Prior Registration Statements”).

    This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.

     

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    PART II

    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

    The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following:

    (a) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 (the “Annual Report”), filed with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on December  19, 2024;

    (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant’s Annual Report referred to in (a)  above; and

    (c) The description of the Common Stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the Annual Report, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

    In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment of this Registration Statement is filed, which indicates that all securities being offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (other than information deemed to have been “furnished” rather than “filed” in accordance with the Commission’s rules), shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof) furnished on Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

    Item 8. Exhibits

     

    Exhibit
    Number
      

    Exhibit Description

       Incorporated By Reference      Filed
    Herewith
     
       Form      File No.      Exhibit      Filing Date  
     5.1    Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP                  X  
    23.1    Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm                  X  
    23.2    Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)                  X  
    24.1    Power of Attorney (included in signature page)                  X  
    99.1    2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended      8-K        000-19807        10.1        04/10/2025     
    99.2    Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended      8-K        000-19807        10.2        04/10/2025     
    107    Filing Fee Exhibit                  X  

     

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    SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on the 28th day of May, 2025.

     

    SYNOPSYS, INC.
    By:  

    /s/ John F. Runkel, Jr.

      Name: John F. Runkel, Jr.
      Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

    Power of Attorney

    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Shelagh Glaser and John F. Runkel, Jr., and each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

     

    Signature    Title   Date

    /s/ Sassine Ghazi

    Sassine Ghazi

       Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
    and Member of the Board of Directors
      May 28, 2025

    /s/ Shelagh Glaser

    Shelagh Glaser

       Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Sudhindra Kankanwadi

    Sudhindra Kankanwadi

       Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Aart J. de Geus

    Aart de Geus

       Executive Chair of the Board of Directors   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Luis Borgen

    Luis Borgen

       Director   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Janice D. Chaffin

    Janice D. Chaffin

       Director   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Bruce R. Chizen

    Bruce R. Chizen

       Director   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Mercedes Johnson

    Mercedes Johnson

       Director   May 28, 2025

     

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    /s/ Robert Painter

    Robert Painter

       Director   May 28, 2025

    /s/ Jeannine P. Sargent

    Jeannine P. Sargent

       Director   May 28, 2025

    /s/ John G. Schwarz

    John G. Schwarz

       Director   May 28, 2025

     

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