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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-14-443987
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141212
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141216

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYNOPSYS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000883241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				561546236
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19807
		FILM NUMBER:		141290134

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043-4033
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6509625000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		700 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043-4033
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 <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;12, 2014 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>SYNOPSYS,&nbsp;INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of
Registrant as specified in charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>700 East Middlefield Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Mountain View, California 94043 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of
principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (650)&nbsp;584-5000 </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>(d)</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Election of Director </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">On December&nbsp;12, 2014, the Board of Directors of Synopsys, Inc.
(&#147;<B><I>Synopsys</I></B>&#148;) increased the size of the Board of Directors from nine to ten directors and appointed Janice D. Chaffin to serve as a director effective on that date. Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin most recently served as Group President,
Consumer Business Unit, of Symantec Corporation from April 2007 to March 2013. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin will participate in Synopsys&#146; standard
non-employee director compensation arrangements, under which she will receive an annual cash retainer of $125,000, paid quarterly. Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin will also receive equity awards as provided by Synopsys&#146; 2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity
Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B><I>Directors Plan</I></B>&#148;). Upon her appointment, and in accordance with the Directors Plan, Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin was granted an initial stock option award for 30,000 shares and an interim stock option award with an
aggregate fair value of $31,250, prorated from $125,000 to reflect her service for a partial year. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">It has not yet been determined to which
committees of the Board of Directors Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin will be appointed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">The press release announcing the appointment of Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin to
Synopsys&#146; Board of Directors is furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press release dated December&nbsp;16, 2014 announcing the appointment of Janice D. Chaffin to the Board of Directors of Synopsys, Inc.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp;J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> F. R<SMALL>UNKEL</SMALL>,
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press release dated December&nbsp;16, 2014 announcing the appointment of Janice D. Chaffin to the Board of Directors of Synopsys, Inc.</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="right"><B>NEWS RELEASE </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>EDITORIAL CONTACT</B>: <B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Yvette Huygen </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Synopsys, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">650-584-4547 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><U>yvetteh@synopsys.com</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>INVESTOR CONTACT</B>:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Lisa L. Ewbank </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Synopsys, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">650-584-1901 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><U>Synopsys-ir@synopsys.com</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Synopsys Appoints Janice Chaffin
to Board of Directors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. </B>&#150; <B>Dec. 16, 2014</B> &#150; Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and
services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the appointment of Janice D. Chaffin to its board of directors, effective December&nbsp;12, 2014. Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin is an experienced technology industry
executive, specializing in strategic marketing and global operations. She has held several senior executive positions with Symantec Corporation, most recently as group president, consumer business unit from 2007 to 2013. Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin brings to
Synopsys extensive public company board experience. She currently serves on the boards of International Game Technology and PTC Inc., and formerly served on the board of Informatica Corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">&#147;Janice is an accomplished business leader in the software and hardware industries with extensive public company board experience,&#148; said Aart de Geus,
chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys. &#147;Her demonstrated expertise in global marketing, strategy, business development, R&amp;D management and product development complements the strong board we have at Synopsys.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Prior to leading Symantec&#146;s consumer business unit, Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin served as the company&#146;s executive vice president and chief marketing officer from 2006 to
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worked more than twenty years at Hewlett-Packard Company in a variety of management and marketing leadership positions. In addition to serving on the boards of International Game Technology and
PTC Inc., Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin also serves in supporting leadership roles for Ancestry.com LLC, the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Montalvo Arts Center and Illuminate Ventures. Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin graduated summa cum laude from the University of
California, San Diego, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was an Edward W. Carter Fellow. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">&#147;Synopsys is an admired global leader with a well-respected management team and long track record of success,&#148; said Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin. &#147;Synopsys stands
out for many reasons, especially for its focus on accelerating innovation for customers across the technology spectrum, and its emphasis on community involvement. I look forward to contributing to the company&#146;s strategy for continued growth and
leadership.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">With the addition of Ms.&nbsp;Chaffin, Synopsys&#146; board of directors now has ten members, eight of whom are independent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>About Synopsys </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) accelerates innovation in the
global electronics market. As a leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP, Synopsys delivers software, IP and services to help engineers address their design, verification, system and manufacturing challenges. Since 1986,
engineers around the world have been using Synopsys technology to design and create billions of chips and systems. Learn more at <U>www.synopsys.com</U>. </P>
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