UNITED STATES SECURITIES and EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 10-K
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) È ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the year ended October 31, 2013 OR ‘ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number 0-19807 SYNOPSYS, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 56-1546236 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (650) 584-5000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered Common Stock, $0.01 par value NASDAQ Global Select Market Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ‘ No È Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes È No ‘ Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. È Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer È Accelerated filer ‘ Non-accelerated filer ‘ Smaller Reporting Company ‘ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ‘ No È The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $3.8 billion. Aggregate market value excludes an aggregate of approximately 45.2 million shares of common stock held by the registrant’s executive officers and directors and by each person known by the registrant to own 5% or more of the outstanding common stock on such date. Exclusion of shares held by any of these persons should not be construed to indicate that such person possesses the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the registrant, or that such person is controlled by or under common control with the registrant. On December 13, 2013, 154,342,900 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value, were outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement relating to the registrant’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, scheduled to be held on April 2, 2014, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. Except as expressly incorporated by reference, the registrant’s Proxy Statement shall not be deemed to be part of this report. SYNOPSYS, INC. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K Year ended October 31, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. PART I Item 1. Business ............................................................. 2 Item 1A. Risk Factors ........................................................... 10 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments ............................................. 20 Item 2. Properties ............................................................ 20 Item 3. Legal Proceedings ..................................................... 20 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures ................................................. 21 PART II Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities .......................................... 22 Item 6. Selected Financial Data ................................................. 24 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations .......................................................... 25 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk .................... 40 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data .............................. 45 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure .......................................................... 85 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures ................................................ 85 Item 9B. Other Information ...................................................... 85 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance ...................... 86 Item 11. Executive Compensation ................................................ 86 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters .................................................. 86 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence ...... 86 Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services .................................... 86 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules ................................ 87 SIGNATURES ................................................................. 92 i Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this Form 10-K or Annual Report) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Any statements herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. For example, words such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project” or “continue” and the negatives of such terms are intended to identify forward-looking statements. This Form 10-K includes, among others, forward-looking statements regarding our expectations about: • our business, product and platform strategies; • our business outlook; • prior and future acquisitions, including the expected benefits of completed acquisitions; • the impact of macroeconomic conditions on our business and our customers’ businesses; • demand for our products and our customers’ products; • customer license renewals; • the completion of development of our unfinished products, or further development or integration of our existing products; • technological trends in integrated circuit design; • our ability to successfully compete in the electronic design automation industry; • the continuation of current industry trends towards vendor and customer consolidation; • our license mix; • litigation; • our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; • our cash, cash equivalents and cash generated from operations; and • our future liquidity requirements. These statements involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, time frames or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, those listed in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors of this Form 10-K. The information included herein represents our estimates and assumptions as of the date of this filing. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to Synopsys or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made in this report and in other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business. Fiscal Year End Our