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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <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>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; 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>(Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
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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"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>675 Almanor Ave.</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sunnyvale, California</B></P></TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Synopsys, Inc. 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Synopsys, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </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>675
  Almanor Ave. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sunnyvale, California 94085 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; 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>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Synopsys, Inc. (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) to register (i)&nbsp;an additional 1,600,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), issuable to eligible persons under its 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as
  amended (the &#147;<U>Equity Incentive Plan</U>&#148;) and (ii)&nbsp;an additional 2,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable to eligible persons under its Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the &#147;<U>ESPP</U>&#148;). </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant previously filed Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> Registration Statements Nos. <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000110465906040857/a06-13229_1s8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-134899</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000110465909015599/a09-7235_1s8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-157791</FONT></A>,<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312511153392/ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-174587</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312512258768/d359931ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-181875</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312513243512/d547337ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-189019</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312514220125/d734523ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-196428</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312515294724/d54420ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-206458</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312516687585/d208362ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-213246</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312517113615/d371870ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-217177</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312518175472/d590641ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-225237</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312519157140/d766927ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-231761</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000883241/000119312520150227/d832760ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-238629</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312521169378/d455702ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-256387</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312522156219/d353612ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-265121</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312523149395/d458028ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-272097</FONT></A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312524147118/d740195ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-279729</FONT></A> relating to shares of Common Stock issuable
  under the Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the &#147;<U>Prior Equity Incentive Plan Registration Statements</U>&#148;). The Registrant previously filed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;
  S-8</FONT> Registration Statements Nos. <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/0000891618-98-001889.txt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-50947</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/0000891618-99-001974.txt">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-77597</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000089161800003232/0000891618-00-003232-0001.txt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-38810</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000089161801501227/f73286ors-8.txt">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-63216</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000116847403000029/s8espp.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-108507</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000110465905025365/a05-9752_2s8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-125224</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000110465908034873/a08-14746_2s8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-151067</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312510091811/ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-166274</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312512258768/d359931ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-181875</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312514220125/d734523ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-196428</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312516687585/d208362ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-213246</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312518175472/d590641ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-225237</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000883241/000119312520150227/d832760ds8.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-238629</FONT></A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000119312522156219/d353612ds8.htm">
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-265121</FONT></A> relating to shares of Common Stock issuable under the ESPP (collectively, the &#147;<U>Prior ESPP Registration Statements</U>&#148; and, together with the Prior Equity Incentive Plan
  Registration Statements, the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statements</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as
  those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, including all
  attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following: </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2024 (the
  &#147;<U>Annual Report</U>&#148;), filed with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;), on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000883241/000088324124000024/snps-20241031.htm">December
  <U></U>&nbsp;19, 2024</A>; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
  covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;
  above; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) The description of the Common Stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000088324120000015/a103120exhibit42.htm">Exhibit
   4.1</A> of the Annual Report, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all documents
  subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment of this Registration Statement is filed, which indicates that all securities being offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (other than information deemed to have been &#147;furnished&#148; rather than &#147;filed&#148; in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules), shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof) furnished on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
  supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on
  the 28th day of May, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John F. Runkel, Jr.</P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Shelagh Glaser and John F. Runkel, Jr., and
  each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith,
  with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
  Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Shelagh Glaser</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ Aart J. de Geus</P>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  SYNOPSYS, INC.
  (Exact
  Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  56-1546236
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  675 Almanor Ave.
  Sunnyvale, California
  94085
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Synopsys, Inc. 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
  Synopsys, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  John F. Runkel, Jr.
  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  Synopsys, Inc.
  675
  Almanor Ave.
  Sunnyvale, California 94085
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (650)
  584-5000
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
  Synopsys, Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ") is filing this Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
  "
  Commission
  ") to register (i) an additional 1,600,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share ("
  Common Stock
  "), issuable to eligible persons under its 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as
  amended (the "
  Equity Incentive Plan
  ") and (ii) an additional 2,200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable to eligible persons under its Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "
  ESPP
  ").
  The Registrant previously filed Form
  S-8
  Registration Statements Nos.
  333-134899
  ,
  333-157791
  ,
  333-174587
  ,
  333-181875
  ,
  333-189019
  ,
  333-196428
  ,
  333-206458
  ,
  333-213246
  ,
  333-217177
  ,
  333-225237
  ,
  333-231761
  ,
  333-238629
  ,
  333-256387
  ,
  333-265121
  ,
  333-272097
  and
  333-279729
  relating to shares of Common Stock issuable
  under the Equity Incentive Plan (collectively, the "
  Prior Equity Incentive Plan Registration Statements
  "). The Registrant previously filed
  Form 
  S-8
  Registration Statements Nos.
  333-50947
  ,
  333-77597
  ,
  333-38810
  ,
  333-63216
  ,
  333-108507
  ,
  333-125224
  ,
  333-151067
  ,
  333-166274
  ,
  333-181875
  ,
  333-196428
  ,
  333-213246
  ,
  333-225237
  ,
  333-238629
  and
  333-265121
  relating to shares of Common Stock issuable under the ESPP (collectively, the "
  Prior ESPP Registration Statements
  " and, together with the Prior Equity Incentive Plan
  Registration Statements, the "
  Prior Registration Statements
  ").
  This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as
  those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
  S-8,
  the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference, including all
  attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
  2
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following:
  (a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024 (the
  "
  Annual Report
  "), filed with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange Act
  "), on
  December
  19, 2024
  ;
  (b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year
  covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) 
  above; and
  (c) The description of the Common Stock contained in
  Exhibit
   4.1
  of the Annual Report, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  In addition, all documents
  subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment of this Registration Statement is filed, which indicates that all securities being offered
  hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold (other than information deemed to have been "furnished" rather than "filed" in accordance with the Commission's rules), shall be deemed to be
  incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report (or portion thereof) furnished on Form
  8-K
  prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
  shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
  supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Number
  Exhibit Description
  Incorporated By Reference
  Filed
  Herewith
  Form
  File No.
  Exhibit
  Filing Date
  5.1
  Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
  X
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  X
  23.2
  Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  X
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in signature page)
  X
  99.1
  2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
  8-K
  000-19807
  10.1
  04/10/2025
  99.2
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
  8-K
  000-19807
  10.2
  04/10/2025
  107
  Filing Fee Exhibit
  X
  3
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California, on
  the 28th day of May, 2025.
  SYNOPSYS, INC.
  By:
  /s/ John F. Runkel, Jr.
  Name: John F. Runkel, Jr.
  Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  Power of Attorney
  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
  , that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Shelagh Glaser and John F. Runkel, Jr., and
  each or any one of them, his or her true and lawful
  attorney-in-fact
  and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
  name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith,
  with the 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their, his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
  Attorney may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the
  Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Sassine Ghazi
  Sassine Ghazi
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
  and Member of the Board of Directors
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Shelagh Glaser
  Shelagh Glaser
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Sudhindra Kankanwadi
  Sudhindra Kankanwadi
  Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Aart J. de Geus
  Aart de Geus
  Executive Chair of the Board of Directors
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Luis Borgen
  Luis Borgen
  Director
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Janice D. Chaffin
  Janice D. Chaffin
  Director
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Bruce R. Chizen
  Bruce R. Chizen
  Director
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Mercedes Johnson
  Mercedes Johnson
  Director
  May 28, 2025
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  /s/ Robert Painter
  Robert Painter
  Director
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ Jeannine P. Sargent
  Jeannine P. Sargent
  Director
  May 28, 2025
  /s/ John G. Schwarz
  John G. Schwarz
  Director
  May 28, 2025
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