Company: SNPS
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-026140
Chunk: 10

Company: SYNOPSYS INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-17
Form: 425
Chunk 10
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 Agreement, shall in all instances continue to refer to January 15, 2024. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create new rights or obligations not expressly enumerated in this Amendment. Except as expressly amended hereby, each term and provision of the Merger Agreement remains in full force and effect. This Amendment and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto regarding the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Amendment (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in .PDF format or by facsimile shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms of this Amendment. The provisions of Sections 8.1 ( Amendment), 8.2 ( Waiver), 8.5 ( Applicable Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial), 8.8 ( Assignability; No Third-Party Beneficiaries), 8.10 ( Severability), 8.11 ( Remedies) and 8.12 ( Construction) of the Merger Agreement shall apply this Amendment, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth herein. [ Signature page follows.] 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ANSYS, Inc., Synopsys, Inc. and ALTA Acquisition Corp. have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

| ANSYS, INC.                                  |                   |
| By:                                          | /s/ Ajei S. Gopal |
| Name: Ajei S. Gopal                          |                   |
| Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |                   |

| SYNOPSYS, INC.                 |                   |
| By:                            | /s/ Sassine Ghazi |
| Name: Sassine Ghazi            |                   |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |                   |

| ALTA ACQUISITION CORP.      |                   |
| By:                         | /s/ Sassine Ghazi |
| Name: Sassine Ghazi         |                   |
| Title: Authorized Signatory |                   |

[ Signature Page to Merger Agreement Amendment]

Exhibit 99.1 Synopsys Completes Acquisition of Ansys Creating the Leader in Engineering Solutions from Silicon to Systems News Highlights:

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