Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

On February 8, 2021, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of Synopsys, Inc. (the "Company") approved the Synopsys, Inc. Executive Severance Benefit and Transition Plan (the "Severance Plan") to offer severance benefits to designated key employees outside of a change of control. Each of our current executive officers is covered under the Severance Plan, except Drs. de Geus and Chan. The Severance Plan provides that in the event a participant is terminated without cause or resigns for good reason, such participant shall be entitled to (i) a cash severance payment equal to (a) 12 months of his or her base salary and (b) the cost of 12 months of COBRA premiums, and (ii) six months of vesting acceleration of his or her equity awards that remain subject only to time-based vesting conditions. In addition, such participant shall remain eligible to earn an annual cash incentive award under the Company's Executive Incentive Plan (the "EIP") based on actual results achieved or if lower, target, which will be pro-rated based on the number of months the participant served as a full-time employee during the applicable performance period.

Such severance benefits are subject to certain conditions, including the provision of up to 9 months of part-time employment (at a greater than 50% rate with proportionately reduced base salary) at the sole discretion and request of the Company, compliance with certain non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disparagement provisions, and the execution of a release of claims against the Company.

The foregoing summary of the Severance Plan does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Severance Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits



Exhibit
Number       Exhibit Title

10.1           Executive Severance Benefit and Transition Plan

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document).

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