Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-09-09
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000883241-25-000024
Chunk: 212

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-09-09
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 212
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 our U.S. operations may require us to raise cash in uncertain capital markets, which could negatively affect our financial condition.

Risks Related to the Ansys Merger

•We continue to be subject to certain divestiture commitments that, if not timely performed, could adversely affect our ability to realize the benefits of the Ansys Merger.

•Failure to realize the benefits expected from the Ansys Merger could adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. 

•Our significant debt may limit our financial flexibility following the Ansys Merger.

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•The covenants contained in the agreements governing our indebtedness following the Ansys Merger may impose restrictions on us and certain of our subsidiaries that may affect our ability to operate our businesses.

Legal and Regulatory Risks

•Changes in tax laws and regulations or interpretations thereof, or any change in the application of existing laws and regulations may adversely affect our effective tax rates and financial results.

•Our business is subject to evolving corporate governance and public disclosure regulations and expectations that could expose us to numerous risks.

•We may be subject to litigation proceedings that could harm our business.

General Risks

•Catastrophic events and the effects of climate change, pandemics or other unexpected events may disrupt our business and harm our operating results.

Factors that May Affect Future Results

Descriptions of risks associated with our business are set forth below. Some of these risks are highlighted in the following discussion and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, Legal Proceedings, Controls and Procedures and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of this Quarterly Report. The occurrence of any of these risks or additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and stock price. These risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report. Investors should carefully consider all relevant risks before investing in our common stock.

Industry Risks

Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, and its potential impact on the semiconductor and electronics industries, may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment, including the effects of, among other things, changes in U.S. and global trade policy, including the recently proposed and enacted tariffs by the U.S. and other governments, sustained global inflationary pressures and elevated interest rates, potential economic slowdowns or recessions, supply chain disruptions,