MORGAN STANLEY PLC/CALL/SYNOPSYS/860/0.01/20.06.25 Stock

Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.; - provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).