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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYNAPTICS Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000817720
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				770118518
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0626

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		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-49602
		FILM NUMBER:		251389181

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		STREET 1:		1109 MCKAY DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95131-1706
		BUSINESS PHONE:		408-904-1100

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		STREET 1:		1109 MCKAY DRIVE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Equity is needed to Drive Business Transformation Towards Edge AI Strategy</div>
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              <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Equity Program is</font>&#160;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Broad-Based and Performance-Oriented &#8211; </font>reinforcing a culture of ownership among employees to align with stockholder interests</div>
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              <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Responsiveness to Investor Feedback&#160; </font>- resulted
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              <div>Synaptics is executing a multi-year transformation toward edge AI, wireless connectivity, and low power processors.</div>
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              <div>Equity has been instrumental in driving this transformation &#8211; enabling the integration of Broadcom&#8217;s engineering team, which is accelerating innovation and expanded design capabilities.</div>
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              <div>Sustaining equity capacity is essential to attract, motivate, and retain world-class engineers and innovators who drive the next generation of AI-enabled products and long-term value
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              <div>Synaptics&#8217; strong operational and financial results year-over-year reflect the success of this transformation, and the pivotal role equity plays in aligning talent with strategic
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              <div>The market for AI engineering talent is experiencing unprecedented competition as technology, semiconductor, and cloud companies expand into artificial intelligence and edge computing.</div>
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              <div>This imbalance between supply and demand has created a global &#8220;AI talent war,&#8221; with companies competing aggressively for a limited pool of specialized engineers in machine learning, edge
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              <div>In this environment, equity compensation is a critical differentiator&#8212;serving both to attract and retain high-impact engineers and to align key contributors with long-term stockholder
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              <div>For Synaptics, maintaining sufficient share capacity under the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan is therefore essential to:</div>
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              <div>Offsetting Dilution via Buybacks: Synaptics actively offsets equity dilution through substantial share repurchases&#8212;$128 million in FY25, with an additional $150 million authorization
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              <div>Avoidance of Excessive Cash Compensation: Without approval of the requested share increase under the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan, Synaptics would need to rely more heavily on
                cash-based compensation, raising fixed costs and reducing flexibility for corporate growth investments and share buybacks, as well as the ability to compete for and retain strong talent interested in driving long-term shareholder value.</div>
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              <div>Adjusted Overhang: As of August 29, 2025, total overhang was ~15.7%, or ~11.5% excluding one-time Broadcom and certain retention grants. While overhang is above typical peer norms, this
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              <div>Limited One-Time Awards: The elevated FY25 overhang primarily reflects nonrecurring, strategic grants&#8212;in particular, make-whole awards for Broadcom engineering hires and modest retention
                grants to preserve continuity during the CEO transition. We expect overhang to decline as inducement awards roll off, as we maintain disciplined share requests and grant practices, and as our stock price and industry conditions improve.</div>
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              <div>Commitment to Future Discipline: We do not anticipate making similar one-time equity awards in the near term except in the event of extraordinary circumstances, reflecting the Company&#8217;s
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              <div>Flexibility to Address Special Circumstances: Discretion to accelerate the vesting of equity awards in special circumstances is an important element of a competitive equity compensation
                program and consistent with market practice. The plan does not contain a liberal change in control definition and provides for double-trigger vesting. While the plan, like most equity plans, permits the Committee or Board discretion to
                accelerate vesting, it is their intent to limit acceleration to qualifying events (e.g., termination) and, in the case of a change in control, only with a double-trigger. Consistent with this approach, the Committee has not exercised its
                discretion to accelerate vesting outside of qualifying events.</div>
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              <div>Synaptics&#8217; three-year average burn rate (FY23&#8211;FY25) was 5.0%, or ~4.0% when adjusted for one-time awards&#8212;closer to peer medians.</div>
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              <div>FY25&#8217;s adjusted burn rate of ~4.0% improved from 4.45% in FY24, demonstrating effective controls and continued optimization in equity grant practices.</div>
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              <div>The Company&#8217;s request for 1.9 million additional shares under the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan&#8212;representing roughly 4.9% of outstanding shares as of August 29, 2025&#8212;is limited
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              <div>Unlike many companies that seek stockholder approval for multi-year equity pools, Synaptics&#8217; annual authorization approach strengthens transparency and enables stockholders to review
                equity plan use annually.</div>
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              <div>At the FY24 Annual Meeting, stockholders approved a share reserve increase under the Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan with ~81% support under the majority of votes cast standard
                (which excludes abstentions and broker non-votes), which we believe was reflective of confidence in Synaptics&#8217; pay-for-performance philosophy and balanced equity management practices.</div>
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              <div>In 2024 and 2025, Synaptics engaged extensively with investors on compensation, governance, and equity practices&#8212;reaching stockholders representing over 70% of shares outstanding and
                meeting with nearly 60%.</div>
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              <div>Our Compensation Committee and Board incorporated this feedback into refinements to the equity plan design and disclosure in the current proxy, reinforcing Synaptics&#8217; commitment to active
                dialogue, ongoing responsiveness to investor feedback and alignment with governance best practices in equity plan design.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; font-weight: bold;">CONCLUSION</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify;"><font style="font-weight: bold;">We urge you to vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; Proposal 3</font>.
          We believe the equity plan represents a balanced, stockholder-aligned approach with strategic use of equity to attract and retain top talent in a highly competitive market necessary to drive our Edge AI transformation and long-term value while
          maintaining transparency and accountability to our shareholders.</div>
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      <div>Sincerely,</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">The Board of Directors</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Synaptics Incorporated</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">For any questions, contact:</div>
      <div>John Bryan, Managing Director - Mackenzie Partners, Inc.</div>
      <div>Tel. 212.929.5500 / 800.322.2885</div>
      <div>Email: jbryan@mackenziepartners.com</div>
      <div>or</div>
      <div>Munjal Shah</div>
      <div>VP, Head of Investor Relations &#8211; Synaptics Incorporated</div>
      <div>Tel. 408.518.7639</div>
      <div>Email: munjal.shah@synaptics.com</div>
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