Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Our common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “SNPS.” As of December 8, 2021, we had 228 stockholders of record.

Performance Graph

The following graph compares the five-year total return to stockholders of our common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 Index, the S&P Information Technology Index and the Nasdaq Composite Index. The graph assumes that $100 was invested in Synopsys common stock on October 28, 2016 (the last trading day before the beginning of our fifth preceding fiscal year) and in each of the indexes on October 28, 2016 (the closest month end) and that all dividends were reinvested. No cash dividends were declared on our common stock during such time. The comparisons in the table are not intended to forecast or be indicative of possible future performance of our common stock.

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*

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The information presented above in the stock performance graph shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C, except to the extent that we subsequently specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporate it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act.

Stock Repurchase Program

Our Board of Directors (Board) previously approved a stock repurchase program pursuant to which we were authorized to purchase up to $500.0 million of our common stock, and has periodically replenished the stock repurchase program to such amount. Our Board approved a replenishment of the stock repurchase program up to $500.0 million on June 17, 2021. As of October 31, 2021, $110.0 million remained available for future repurchases under the program. In December 2021, our Board approved a new stock repurchase program with authorization to purchase up to $1.0 billion of our common stock, that replaced the prior stock repurchase program in its entirety.

In August 2021, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the August 2021 ASR) to repurchase an aggregate of $175.0 million of our common stock. Pursuant to the August 2021 ASR, we made a prepayment of $175.0 million to receive initial deliveries of shares valued at $140.0 million. The remaining balance of $35.0 million was settled in November 2021. Total shares purchased under the August 2021 ASR were approximately 0.5 million shares, at an average purchase price of $325.00 per share.

The table below sets forth information regarding our repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended October 31, 2021:

(1) Amounts are calculated based on the settlement date.