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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-24-026367"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SNPS"
cik: "0000883241"
company_name: "SYNOPSYS INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:18:47.478335+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# China regulator says Synopsys must notify Ansys deal despite below threshold; closing H1 2025

## Summary
- On May 14, 2024, Synopsys received notice from China's SAMR that the Ansys acquisition is below Chinese merger notification thresholds but Synopsys is required to notify the transaction.
- Synopsys and Ansys are coordinating on next steps regarding the Chinese regulatory requirement.
- The transaction is still expected to close in the first half of 2025, subject to Ansys shareholder approval and other regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-24-026367
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SNPS
- cik: 0000883241
- company_name: SYNOPSYS INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000114036124026367/0001140361-24-026367-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/883241/000114036124026367/ef20029344_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-24-026367.txt

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