San Francisco / Portland / Boston / Mateo / New York / Sunnyvale / /
Company
General Electric Corporation / Tektronix Inc. / Computer Sciences / Templeton Investment Counsel LLC / Intel Products Group / KPMG LLP / Fidelity Management & Research Company / Applied Materials Inc. / Templeton/Franklin Investment Services Inc. / Blum L.P. / Dominion Nuclear Connecticut Inc. / Teseda Corporation / GP II L.L.C. / Fidelity Management Trust Company / Kryptiq Corp. / Templeton Alternative Strategies Inc. / Fidelity Funds / Intel Corporation / Design Tools Group / Synopsys Inc. / Apple Computer Inc. / Templeton Global Advisers Limited / J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated . / Advanced Computer-Aided Engineering Group / Beneficial Owner(1) FMR Corp. / Franklin Advisers Inc. / Merix Corporation / Ford Motor Company / Novellus Systems Inc. / Teradyne Inc. / Nanosys Inc. / Claris Clear Choice for Claris Corp. / Tallwood Venture Capital / Securities Dealers Inc. / RBCA Inc. / Avnet Inc. / Adobe Systems Incorporated / Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. / Blum Capital Partners L.P . / Templeton Global Advisors Ltd. / Chrysler Corporation / FMR Corp. / Franklin Resources / Design Re-Use Group / Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited / Templeton Private Client Group Inc. / Fidelity International Limited / The Nuclear Decommissioning Trust / D.F. King & Co. Inc. / SmartForest Ventures / RCBA Inc. / Parametric Technology Corporation / NEC Electronics / Richard C. Blum & Associates Inc. / Blum Strategic GP L.L.C. / /
Country
Switzerland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / General or Shareholder Meeting / Employment Change / Funding / Business Partnership / /
Facility
Stanford University / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology / Case Western Reserve University / University of Kansas / College of Engineering / University of California at Berkeley / University of Missouri / Southern Methodist University / /
IndustryTerm
internal accounting / energy / bank / venture capital partnership / venture capital / software industries / component manufacturing operations / electronics / technology applications / electronics distributor / circuit manufacturer / e - business / finance / imaging / annual independent audit / privately-held developer / healthcare / software / semiconductor products / semiconductor fabrication equipment / /
Organization
University of California / Compensation Each / Compensation Committee / office of the President / Audit Committee / University of Missouri / Strategy Committee / National Association of Securities Dealers / Grant Subcommittee / Governance Committee / Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee / Worldwide Field Organization / Southern Methodist University / Board committee / Board of Trustees / Information Fund / Case Western Reserve University / College of Engineering / University of Kansas / Global Technology Distribution Council / Securities and Exchange Commission / Board of Avnet / Executive Committee / Technology Committee / National Academy of Engineering / Stanford University / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne / /
Person
John Chilton / Antun Domic / William C. Morris / Deborah A. Coleman / Sasson Somekh / A. Richard Newton / Steven C. Walske / Roy Vallee / Andy D. Bryant / Bruce R. Chizen / Chi-Foon Chan / Edward C. Johnson III / Vicki L. Andrews / Abigail P. Johnson / /
Position
broker / Vice President / continuing director / Chairman / director / member of the Board / director candidates / director / executive officer / Vice President in January / lead independent director / Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board / Professor / investment adviser / President and Chief Executive Officer / Chairperson / Executive Vice President / Products and Marketing / General Manager / Microprocessor Division / Manager / Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer / Vice President and General Manager / investment advisor / Vice President of Materials Operations / Vice President and General Manager / Consumer Products Division / President and Chief Operating Officer / member of the Board of Directors / Enterprise Services Officer / Systems Group Controller / Director of Finance / Vice President and General Manager / Graphics Products Division / director qualifying / Executive Vice President and Chief / Chief Business Strategist / Chief Financial Officer / Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Operations / President / Chief Executive Officer / registered investment advisor / Group Vice President / Vice Chairman of the Board / Senior Vice President in January / Vice President of Application Engineering & Services / General Manager / DesignWare Operations and Senior Vice President / GENERAL INFORMATION The / Chief Financial Officer / Chairperson of the Board / General Partner / Acting Senior Vice President / Vice President and Director of Finance / Chairman / Chief Executive Officer and a Director / co-founder / senior vice presidents / independent director / Dean / 7APR200417270749 Aart J. de Geus Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Chairman / director / Vice President / Engineering and General Manager / DesignWare Operations and Senior Vice / Executive Vice President / Chair / Controller / Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing / Chairman of the Board / Chairperson of Committee / Chief / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Delaware / Massachusetts / New York / Missouri / Kansas / Oregon / /
6APR200410441135 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS May 26, 2004 To the Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc.: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc., a