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 18, 2004

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 


 

SYNOPSYS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-19807

 

56-1546236

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

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)

 

 

 



 

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On August 18, 2004, Synopsys, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the Company’s results of operations for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing such results dated August 18, 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 18, 2004

SYNOPSYS, INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Rex S. Jackson

 

 

Rex S. Jackson

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Title

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated August 18, 2004 relating to Synopsys, Inc.’s results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2004.