Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000883241-25-000014
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Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
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 other security breaches could compromise sensitive information belonging to us or our customers and could harm our business and our reputation.

•If we fail to protect our proprietary technology, our business will be harmed.

•We may not be successful in our AI initiatives, which could adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition.

•If we fail to timely recruit and/or retain senior management and key employees globally, our business may be harmed.

•We may pursue new product and technology initiatives or expand into adjacent markets, and if we fail to successfully carry out these initiatives, we could be adversely impacted.

•We may have to invest more resources in research and development than anticipated, which could increase our operating expenses and negatively affect our operating results.

•Product errors or defects could expose us to liability and harm our reputation and we could lose market share.

•Our hardware products, which primarily consist of prototyping and emulation systems, subject us to distinct risks.

•From time to time, we are subject to claims that our products infringe on third-party intellectual property rights.

•We may not be able to continue to obtain licenses to third-party software and intellectual property on reasonable terms or at all, which may disrupt our business and harm our financial results.

•Liquidity requirements in 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 may fail to complete the Ansys Merger or may not complete it on the terms described herein or in our other filings with the SEC.

•The Ansys Merger is subject to the receipt of governmental approvals that may impose conditions that could have an adverse effect on us or, if not obtained, could prevent completion of the Ansys Merger.

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

•As a result of the Ansys Merger, we anticipate that the scope and size of our operations and business will substantially change and will result in certain incremental risks to us, including increased competition. We may not realize the full expected benefits of the Ansys Merger.

•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