J. & W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated . / Advanced Computer-Aided Engineering Group / General Electric Corporation / Merix Corporation / Tektronix Inc. / Ford Motor Company / Computer Sciences / Intel Products Group / KPMG LLP / Claris Clear Choice for Claris Corp. / Applied Materials Inc. / Viewpoint Corporation / Scitex Corporation Ltd. / Adobe Systems Incorporated / Mayfield Fund / Design Reuse Group / Chrysler Corporation / Convera Corporation / InvestorCom Inc. / Intel Corporation / Design Tools Group / SmartForest Ventures / Synopsys Inc. / Apple Computer Inc. / Parametric Technology Corporation / NEC Electronics / Silicon Light Machines / /
Country
Switzerland / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Employment Change / General or Shareholder Meeting / Accounting Change / /
Facility
University of California at Berkeley / University of Missouri / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology / Case Western Reserve University / University of Kansas / Southern Methodist University / College of Engineering / /
IndustryTerm
owned subsidiary / car allowances / e - business / finance / imaging / content management solutions / component manufacturing operation / venture capital partnership / information technology / 3D product / Internet Design / long-term technology strategy / digital imaging products / display systems / term life insurance / software / electronics / semiconductor fabrication equipment / /
Movie
Mr. Jones / /
Organization
Nominating Committee / University of California / Compensation Committee / office of the President / Audit Committee / Case Western Reserve University / University of Missouri / Board of Directors and Committees / College of Engineering / University of Kansas / Human Resources and Compensation Committee / Grant Subcommittee / Securities and Exchange Commission / Worldwide Field Organization / Technology Committee / Nominating and Board Affairs Committee / Corporate Governance Committee / Southern Methodist University / Board Committee / Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne / /
Person
Andy D. Bryant / David P. Burrow / William W. Lattin / Raul Camposano / Harvey C. Jones / Jr. / Deborah A. Coleman / Robert B. Henske / David P. Burow / Sasson Somekh / A. Richard Newton / Bruce R. Chizen / Steven C. Walske / Chi-Foon Chan / Vicki L. Andrews / Steven K. Shevick / /
Position
President / Vice President / Chief Executive Officer / divisional Vice President / Vice President / Investor Relations and Legal / General Counsel / /s/ Aart J. de Geus Aart J. de Geus Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board / acting President and Chief Executive Officer / Group Vice President / Vice President in January / Senior Vice President in January / Vice President of Application Engineering & Services / Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board / Professor / Executive / Director of the Company / General Manager / DesignWare Operations and Senior Vice President / President and Chief Executive Officer / Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors / Director Aart J. de Geus / GENERAL INFORMATION The / Executive Vice President / Products and Marketing / Chief Financial Officer / General Manager / Microprocessor Division / Board member / General Partner / Acting Senior Vice President / Vice President and Director of Finance / Manager / Chairman / Chief Executive Officer and a Director / co-founder / Project Manager / Vice President and General Manager / Vice President of Materials Operations / Vice President and General Manager / Consumer Products Division / Chief Executive Officer and the President / President and Chief Operating Officer / Dean / Named Executive / Enterprise Services Officer / Chief Operating Officer / Senior Vice President Internet Design and Services Raul Camposano / director / Senior Vice President / Systems Group Controller / Director of Finance / Vice President / Engineering and General Manager / DesignWare Operations and Senior Vice / Executive Vice President / Chair / Vice President and General Manager / Graphics Products Division / Executive Vice President and Chief / Executive Compensation Executive / Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer / Chief Business Strategist / Chief Financial Officer / Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Operations / Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing / Controller / CFO / Chairman of the Board / Senior Vice President World Wide Sales / Senior Vice President Internet Design and Services / /
ProvinceOrState
New York / Missouri / California / Kansas / Oregon / Delaware / Massachusetts / /
Technology
information technology / content management / digital imaging / /
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS April 23, 2001 ________________ To the Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc.: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (th