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Currency
USD / / /
Event
M&A / General or Shareholder Meeting / /
IndustryTerm
enterprise software / registered public accounting / Delaware law / media communication software / imaging / secure e-commerce services / design software / business intelligence software / storage management software / bank / manufacturing / access stockholder communications / venture capital / component manufacturing operations / infrastructure / media production / printing / software / electronics / semiconductor products / electronics distributor / /
Organization
Graphics Products Division / office of the President / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Audit Committee of KPMG LLP / Arizona Economic Resource Organization / Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee / Executive Board / Worldwide Field Organization / /
Person
Deborah A. Coleman / Alfred Castino / Bruce R. Chizen / Steven C. Walske / Somekh / Chi-Foon Chan / John Schwarz / Roy Vallee / / /
Position
Chairman of our Board / Corporate Secretary / vice chairman / President / BROKER / President / Chief Executive Officer / Vice President / Chief Executive Officer / attention Corporate Secretary / director nominees / directors and/or any / Chief Financial Officer / Vice President / Vice President / Engineering and General Manager / DesignWare Operations / President / Senior Vice President of Engineering and Senior Vice President of Marketing / Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / Managing Director / Vice President of Operations / President and Chief Executive Officer / Director Aart J. de Geus / Executive Vice President / Products and Marketing / Chief Financial Officer / General Manager / Microprocessor Division / General Partner / acting Chief Financial Officer / Manager / General Manager / broker / trustee / Vice President of Materials Operations / independent business consultant / Brian E. Cabrera Vice President / General Counsel and Corporate Secretary / independent consultant / President and Chief Operating Officer / member of the Board of Directors / Chief Executive Officer and chairman / strategic adviser / Chief Operating Officer / chairman / director nominations / Director / director nomination process / director / the proxies / Vice President of Finance / Vice President of Application Engineering and Services / Executive Vice President / Chief Business Strategist / Adviser / chairman of the board of directors / Chairman of the Board / board member / member / vice chairman of the board of directors / Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the board of directors / General Manager / Industry Solutions unit / Vice President of Finance and then Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer / /
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS March 25, 2010 To the Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc.: We hereby give you notice that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware corporation, will be held on