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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-189362
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20170531
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170531

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:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19807
		FILM NUMBER:		17881487

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		690 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6505845000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		690 E MIDDLEFIELD RD
		CITY:			MOUNTAIN VIEW
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94043
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<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:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" 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:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM&nbsp;SD
</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:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SYNOPSYS,&nbsp;INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" 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>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">56-1546236</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>690 East Middlefield Road </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mountain View, California 94043 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John F. Runkel, Jr. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Synopsys, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>690 East
Middlefield Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mountain View, California 94043 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">584-5000</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in
this form applies: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13p-1)</FONT> for the reporting period from January&nbsp;1 to December&nbsp;31, 2016.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conflict Minerals Disclosure </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys, Inc. (&#147;<B><I>Synopsys</I></B>&#148;) has filed a Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. The report is also
publicly available on Synopsys&#146; website at: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://www.synopsys.com/company/global-citizenship/supply-chain.html </U></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibit </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys&#146; Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form
SD and is publicly available on Synopsys&#146; website at: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://www.synopsys.com/company/global-citizenship/supply-chain.html
</U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Section&nbsp;2 &#150; Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
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<TD VALIGN="top">Dated: May&nbsp;31, 2017</TD>
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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:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/&nbsp;J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> F. R<SMALL>UNKEL</SMALL>, J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Synopsys, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Conflict
Minerals Report </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>For The Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys, Inc. (referred to as &#147;Synopsys,&#148; &#147;we,&#148; and &#147;our&#148; in this report) has submitted this Conflict Minerals Report for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 in order to comply with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act, as amended. Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> was adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) to implement conflict minerals disclosure requirements, as directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1</FONT> imposes reporting obligations on SEC
registrants whose manufactured products contain conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Conflict minerals are currently defined as gold, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), wolframite, and
their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum, and tungsten (which, together with gold, are referred to as the 3TG metals). The definition includes these minerals regardless of their geographic origin or whether or not they fund armed
conflict. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1,</FONT> we conducted due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the
conflict minerals that were necessary to the functionality or production of the products we manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, in order to ascertain whether these conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or an
adjoining country (the Covered Countries) and financed or benefited armed groups in any of these countries. Our due diligence measures are described in this Conflict Minerals Report. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result of an order issued by the SEC on May&nbsp;2, 2014, registrants are not required to identify products as &#147;DRC conflict free,&#148; having
&#147;not been found to be &#145;DRC conflict free,&#146;&#148; or &#147;DRC conflict undeterminable,&#148; and Synopsys makes no such identification about its products in this report. Synopsys&#146; Conflict Minerals Report has not been subject to
an independent private sector audit because, under guidance provided by the SEC&#146;s Division of Corporate Finance on April&nbsp;29, 2014, an audit is not required unless a registrant voluntarily describes its products as &#147;DRC conflict
free.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Company Overview </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys provides software, intellectual property, and services used by designers
across the entire silicon to software spectrum, from engineers creating advanced semiconductors to software developers seeking to ensure the quality and security of their applications. We are a global leader in supplying the electronic design
automation software that engineers use to design and test integrated circuits, also known as chips. We also offer intellectual property (IP) products, which are <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-designed</FONT> circuits that engineers use as
components of larger chip designs rather than design those circuits themselves. We provide software and hardware used to develop the electronic systems that incorporate chips and the software that runs on them. To complement these offerings, which
are sold primarily to semiconductor and electronics companies, we provide technical services and support to help our customers develop advanced chips and electronic systems. We are also a leading provider of software tools that developers use to
improve the quality and security of software code in a wide variety of industries, including electronics, financial services, energy, industrials, and automotive. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we are primarily a software, IP, and service provider, we also offer hardware systems that engineers can use to simulate the chips they are in the
process of designing. This allows engineers to test and verify the behavior of chips, or begin to develop software for them, before the chips have been manufactured. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hardware products make up a small percentage of our revenue. Hardware revenue is one of the revenue sources reported in our &#147;upfront license
revenue&#148; category. The customers for our hardware products are typically semiconductor and electronic systems companies, not consumers. Our hardware products are used as part of our customers&#146; internal design processes and are not
integrated into our customers&#146; own products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our hardware products can be divided into four product groups: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our ZeBu<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> emulation systems, </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our Protolink<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> interface cards, and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">our DesignWare<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> ARC<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> development systems. </TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of these hardware products is an electronic hardware board or system. We have determined that some or all of
the 3TG metals can be found in our hardware products and are necessary to their functionality. Besides our four hardware product groups, we do not believe conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of any other Synopsys
products. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Supply Chain </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our hardware products
depend on a highly complex supply chain, and we are separated by many levels in the supply chain from the smelters and refiners that supply the underlying raw materials for our products. We rely on our direct suppliers for information on the origin
of the 3TG metals contained in the products supplied to us. It may take time for many suppliers to verify the origin of their 3TG metals because of the complexity of the supply chain. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conclusion of Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the 2016 reporting year, we sought to survey all of the direct suppliers for our hardware product groups regarding the sources of their 3TG metals. A
significant number of our suppliers did not provide us with sufficient data on the smelters and refiners in their supply chains. In addition, a significant number of the smelters and refiners that were identified by our suppliers are not yet
compliant with the assessment protocols of the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative&#146;s (CFSI) Conflict-Free Smelter Program (the CFS Program), resulting in uncertainty about the mines or locations of origin for the minerals used by these smelters
and refiners. Based upon the results of our reasonable country of origin inquiry, however, we have reason to believe that the 3TG metals contained in our hardware products may have originated from the Covered Countries. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Due Diligence Design </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys&#146; conflict minerals program has been designed to materially conform
with the framework set forth in <I>The Organisation for Economic <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-operation</FONT> and Development Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas</I>
&#150; <I>Third Edition</I> and the related <I>Supplement on Gold</I> and <I>Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten</I>. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Due Diligence Measures Performed </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Management Systems </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conflict Minerals Policy </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys maintains a conflict minerals policy that sets forth our expectation that our direct suppliers will assist us in our supply chain due diligence
efforts. Our policy is publicly available on our website at: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://www.synopsys.com/company/global-citizenship/supply-chain.html </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conflict Minerals Program Governance Team </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our
conflict minerals program governance team maintains our conflict minerals policy and manages our conflict minerals compliance program. The team consists of representatives from our legal and corporate affairs, finance, operations, and internal audit
functions and our hardware product groups, and is sponsored by our General Counsel. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Control Systems </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As we do not have a direct relationship with 3TG metal smelters or refiners, and because our hardware business is limited, we rely on industry-wide initiatives
to improve supply chain transparency and encourage responsible sourcing of minerals, particularly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-Sustainability</FONT> Initiative (GeSI). For the
2016 reporting year, we used the EICC-GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) to survey our direct suppliers regarding the origin of the 3TG metals contained in the products supplied to us. The EICC and GeSI identify upstream participants
in the supply chain and validate conflict-free smelters and refiners through the CFSI and associated CFS Program. As part of our due diligence program for the 2016 reporting year, we checked smelters and refiners identified by our direct suppliers
against the CFS Program&#146;s Compliant Smelter and Refiner Lists (Compliant Smelter and Refiner Lists). </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the 2016 reporting year, we engaged a third-party vendor to conduct outreach with our direct suppliers and manage the supplier survey process. The vendor
provided our suppliers with access to its Conflict Minerals Supplier Resource Center, through which our suppliers were able to review our conflict minerals policy, receive training regarding compliance with our conflict minerals program, and obtain
information on conflict minerals reporting requirements, the CFS Program, and the CMRT. The vendor oversaw the surveying of our direct suppliers, which included <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> and phone contact escalations for
unresponsive suppliers and requests for further information or clarification from suppliers that provided incomplete or inconsistent responses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Grievance Mechanism </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our public whistleblower
hotline is available to report, confidentially and anonymously, violations of our policies or unethical behavior, including grievances related to conflict minerals due diligence and reporting. Our hotline is hosted on a third-party server at: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/en/gui/21287/index.html </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Record Maintenance </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We stored the survey responses
we received from our suppliers in an internal electronic file library. These records will be maintained for at least five years, in accordance with our internal document retention policy. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Identifying and Assessing Risk in the Supply Chain </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The complexity of our products and supply chain, as
well as the limited size of our hardware business, makes it difficult for us to map our supply chain. We rely on our direct suppliers to provide us with information about the sources of the 3TG metals contained in the products they supply. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Identifying Relevant Suppliers </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the 2016
reporting year, we sought to survey all of the direct suppliers of our hardware product groups. Additionally, for each hardware product group, we identified high-priority suppliers that made up a significant percentage of the product group&#146;s
spending (High-Priority Suppliers). High-Priority Suppliers received an enhanced review in our due diligence process, which we believe is consistent with a risk-focused approach to due diligence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Information Requests </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We used the CMRT to survey
our direct suppliers. The CMRT was developed to facilitate consistent disclosure regarding supplier sourcing of 3TG metals and to enable companies to comply with the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13p-1.</FONT> The CMRT can be
viewed in several languages and includes extensive written instructions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Reviewing Supplier Information </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our third-party vendor reviewed our direct suppliers&#146; responses for completeness and consistency. Synopsys also reviewed these responses against an
internally developed list of &#147;red flags&#148; designed to identify responses that are incomplete, implausible, or that indicate heightened risk, such as responses reporting sourcing of 3TG metal from a Covered Country. High-Priority Suppliers
were reviewed for additional red flags. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Smelter and Refiner Assessment </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our third-party vendor reviewed a consolidated list of the smelters and refiners identified by our direct suppliers and compared the smelter and refiner names
against the CFSI&#146;s list of standard smelter and refiner names (the Standard Reference List) and the U.S. Department of Commerce&#146;s list of known 3TG metal processing facilities in order to assess the quality of the information provided to
us and determine whether all identified smelters and refiners were, in fact, smelters and refiners. Our third-party vendor further compared smelter and refiner names against the Compliant Smelter and Refiner Lists. Validation under the CFS Program
is voluntary, and the CFS Program makes no conclusions about the conflict status of sourcing by a smelter or refiner that is not on the Compliant Smelter and Refiner Lists. We also reviewed the countries of the identified smelters and refiners, as
provided by our direct suppliers, to see if they are located in a high risk area, such as in or adjacent to the Covered Countries. </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Designing and Implementing a Strategy to Respond to Risks </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our conflict minerals program includes risk
mitigation measures. For the 2016 reporting year, our expectations regarding cooperation with our due diligence process were communicated to our direct suppliers in our conflict minerals policy (available on our website and through our third-party
vendor&#146;s Conflict Minerals Supplier Resource Center), through a cover letter accompanying the CMRT sent to suppliers, and through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">web-based</FONT> training offered by our third-party vendor. As described above,
we reviewed our direct suppliers&#146; responses for red flags. Our review was heightened for High-Priority Suppliers. We followed up with suppliers whose responses exceeded a specified number of red flags or whose responses otherwise indicated
heightened risk, such as responses reporting the sourcing of 3TG metal from a Covered Country. Suppliers that exceeded red flag limits for the immediately preceding and current reporting years, or that otherwise presented heightened risk, were
identified to relevant managers in our hardware product groups. We will evaluate, in light of all relevant factors, whether to continue our relationship with such suppliers. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The results of our due diligence process have been reviewed by our conflict minerals program governance team. This report and a summary of our results have
been reported to our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Co-CEOs,</FONT> CFO, General Counsel, and board of directors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will evaluate our risk mitigation
framework each year to determine if there are steps we can take to improve the completeness and accuracy of the information we receive. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Supporting Independent Third Party Audits of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not have a direct relationship with the smelters or refiners of the 3TG metals contained in our products, and we therefore did not perform or direct
audits of these entities. We relied on the CFSI&#146;s CFS Program to audit smelters and refiners and validate them as compliant with the assessment protocols of the CFS program. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Reporting on Supply Chain Due Diligence </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Conflict Minerals Report is publicly available on our
website at: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>https://www.synopsys.com/company/global-citizenship/supply-chain.html </U></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Due Diligence Results </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Smelters and Refiners </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We received responses from approximately 68% of our direct suppliers. These responses encompass products that account for over 90% of our spending on hardware
products for the 2016 reporting year. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our suppliers identified 134 gold refiners, 43 tantalum smelters, 84 tin smelters, and 46 tungsten smelters. We
compared these identified smelters and refiners against the CFSI&#146;s Standard Reference List, and 100% of such smelters and refiners appear on the CFSI&#146;s Standard Reference List. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We also compared these identified smelters and refiners against the CFSI&#146;s Compliant Smelter and Refiner Lists, as of May&nbsp;1, 2017, and approximately
73% of gold refiners, 100% of tantalum smelters, 83% of tin smelters, and 87% of tungsten smelters are compliant with the assessment protocols of the CFS Program. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Countries of Origin of Conflict Minerals </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
attached <U>Appendix</U> lists the country locations of the smelter and refiner facilities in our supply chain, as identified by our direct suppliers. The locations of these facilities do not necessarily indicate the countries of origin of the 3TG
metals processed by such facilities. If a smelter or refiner is not compliant with the assessment protocols of the CFS Program or certified under a similar initiative, it may not be possible to draw a reliable conclusion about the ultimate source of
its metals. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, a majority of suppliers provided smelter and refiner information at a company or divisional level, rather than at a product
level. We therefore cannot be sure whether all of the identified smelters and refiners provided 3TG metal that was included in the products actually supplied to us. For these reasons, we have incomplete information regarding the countries of origin
of our conflict minerals. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a downstream company that is separated by many levels in the supply chain from the smelters and refiners that supply the underlying raw materials for our
products, we have determined that surveying our direct suppliers with the CMRT and collecting the resulting smelter and refiner information is the most reasonable available approach to determining the mines or locations of origin of 3TG metals in
our supply chain. We rely on the CFSI&#146;s CFS Program to identify and validate smelters and refiners that source 3TG metals as compliant with the CFS Program&#146;s assessment protocols. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Further Steps to Mitigate Risk </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to take the following steps to help mitigate the risk that the
necessary conflict minerals in our products could finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Continue to engage with our direct suppliers in order to attempt to increase their response rate and to improve the content of their CMRT responses. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Monitor suppliers that indicate potential sourcing of 3TG metals from the Covered Countries to determine whether such sourcing is being conducted in a responsible way, such as through smelters and refiners that are
compliant with the assessment protocols of the CFS Program. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Evaluate, in light of all relevant factors, whether to continue our relationship with suppliers that are unresponsive to our requests for conflict minerals information or that present a heightened risk of sourcing
linked to conflict without a plan to remediate such risk. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Statements relating to further risk mitigation are forward-looking in nature and are based on Synopsys&#146; current expectations or beliefs. These
forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors that may be outside of Synopsys&#146; control and that could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Country Locations of Smelter and Refiner Facilities</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Australia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Brazil</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Belgium</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Austria</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Austria</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">China</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Bolivia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Brazil</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Belgium</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Estonia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Brazil</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">China</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Brazil</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Germany</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Canada</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Germany</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Canada</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">India</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">China</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Japan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">China</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Japan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Indonesia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Philippines</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Czech Republic</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Kazakhstan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Japan</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Russia</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">France</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mexico</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Malaysia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">South Korea</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Germany</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Russia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Peru</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">United States</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">India</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thailand</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Philippines</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vietnam</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Indonesia</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">United States</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Poland</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Italy</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Spain</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Japan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Taiwan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Kazakhstan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thailand</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Kyrgyzstan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">United States</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Malaysia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vietnam</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Mexico</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Netherlands</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">New Zealand</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Philippines</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Poland</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Russia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Saudi Arabia</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Singapore</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">South Africa</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">South Korea</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Spain</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Sudan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Sweden</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Switzerland</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Taiwan</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thailand</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Turkey</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">United&nbsp;Arab&nbsp;Emirates</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">United Kingdom</TD>
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