Item 5. 03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
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Item 5. 03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On December 10, 2020, the Board of Directors amended and restated the bylaws of the Company (as so amended, the Amended and Restated Bylaws), effective immediately. The Amended and Restated Bylaws, among other things: (i) add the ability for stockholders holding not less than 20% of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, which shares are held for not less than one (1) year prior to the date of the request, to request a
special meeting of the stockholders; and (ii) provide that directors shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by stockholders with respect to his or her election at a meeting for the election of directors, except that, if the number of nominees for election at any such meeting exceeds the number of directors to be elected at such meeting, each director to be so elected shall be elected by a plurality of votes cast by stockholders.
The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and are incorporated herein by reference.
PART III
| Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance |
For information with respect to our executive officers, see Executive Officers of the Registrant in Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report.
All other information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference from our definitive Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting (the Proxy Statement) scheduled to be held on April 8, 2021, as provided under the headings “Proposal 1: Election of Directors,” “Audit Committee Report,” and “Corporate Governance.”
| Item 11. Executive Compensation |
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement, as provided under the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” (and all subheadings thereunder), "Executive Compensation Tables" (and all subheadings thereunder), "Director Compensation," “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation,” and “Compensation Committee Report.”
| Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters |
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement, as provided under the headings “Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”
| Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence |
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement, as provided under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance” (under the subheading “Director Independence”).
| Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
The information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference from the Proxy Statement, as provided under the subheadings "Fees and Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and "Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures" under the proposal titled “Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.”
PART IV
| Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
| (a) | The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K: |
| (1) | Financial Statements |
The following documents are included as Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K:
| (2) | Financial Statement Schedules |
Schedules not listed above have been omitted because the information required to be set forth therein is not applicable or is shown in the financial statements or notes herein.
| (3) | Exhibits |
See Item 15(b) below.
| (b) | Exhibits |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Incorporated By Reference | Filed or Furnished Herewith | ||||||||
| Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||
| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation | 10-Q | 000-19807 | 3.1 | 9/15/2003 | ||||||
| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws | X | |||||||||
| 4.1 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate | S-1 | 33-45138 | 4.3 | 2/24/1992 (effective date) | ||||||
| 4.2 | Description of Synopsys' Stock | X |
| Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | Incorporated By Reference | Filed or Furnished Herewith | ||||||||
| Form | File No. | Exhibit | Filing Date | ||||||||
| 32.1 | Certification of Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer furnished pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Exchange Act and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code | X | |||||||||
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document | X | |||||||||
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | X | |||||||||
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | X | |||||||||
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | X | |||||||||
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | X | |||||||||
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | X | |||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
- Indicates a management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
† We have requested confidential treatment for certain portions of this document pursuant to an application for confidential treatment sent to the SEC. We omitted such portions from this filing and filed them separately with the SEC.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| SYNOPSYS, INC. | ||||
| Date: December 14, 2020 | By: | /s/ Trac Pham | ||
| Trac Pham Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Aart J. de Geus, Chi-Foon Chan and Trac Pham, and each of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and reconstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Name | Title | Date | ||
| /S/ AART J. DE GEUS | Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer) and Chairman of the Board of Directors | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Aart J. de Geus | ||||
| /S/ CHI-FOON CHAN | Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer), President and Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Chi-Foon Chan | ||||
| /S/ TRAC PHAM | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Trac Pham | ||||
| /S/ SUDHINDRA KANKANWADI | SVP, Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Sudhindra Kankanwadi | ||||
| /S/ JANICE D. CHAFFIN | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Janice D. Chaffin | ||||
| /S/ BRUCE R. CHIZEN | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Bruce R. Chizen | ||||
| /S/ MERCEDES JOHNSON | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Mercedes Johnson | ||||
| /S/ CHRYSOSTOMOS L. NIKIAS | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Chrysostomos L. Nikias | ||||
| /s/ JEANNINE SARGENT | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Jeannine Sargent | ||||
| /S/ JOHN G. SCHWARZ | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| John G. Schwarz | ||||
| /S/ ROY VALLEE | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Roy Vallee | ||||
| /S/ STEVEN C. WALSKE | Director | December 14, 2020 | ||
| Steven C. Walske |
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