UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

August 2, 2004

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

SYNOPSYS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

700 East Middlefield Road
Mountain View, California 94043

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 584-5000

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On August 2, 2004, Synopsys, Inc. (the “Company”) announced preliminary results of operations for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing such preliminary results dated August 2, 2004 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

This information set forth under this Item 12, including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: August 9, 2004	SYNOPSYS, INC.
	/s/ REX S. JACKSON
	Rex S. Jackson
	Vice President and General Counsel

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Title
99.1		Press release dated August 2, 2004 relating to Synopsys, Inc.’s preliminary results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004.

 

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