SYNOPSYS INC 4

Executive Chair Aart de Geus exercised options and sold a total of 49,641 Synopsys Inc. common shares for roughly $20.5 million while also acquiring 22 shares through the employee stock purchase plan.

On August 31 and September 1, 2026, Synopsys Inc. Executive Chair Aart de Geus exercised in-the-money non-qualified stock options for 25,000 and 24,641 shares of common stock at $135.88 per share (aggregate exercise cost roughly $3.4 million) and immediately sold the same respective amounts at weighted average prices of $441.7646 and $419.4401 per share, generating total sale proceeds of roughly $20.5 million via a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In addition, on August 31 he reported the acquisition of 22 shares of common stock at $360.961 under the Synopsys Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Following these transactions, he directly owned 120,443 shares, with additional indirect holdings of 308,791 shares held by a family trust and 14,500 shares held by a partnership, representing a substantial continuing economic interest despite the sizable programmed sales.

Filing Facts

CIK

883241

Ticker

SNPS

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001249802-26-000010

Alert Tier

9