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Ansys acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Ansys bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
several strategic acquisitions (unnamed) Word for word“The combined purchase price of the acquisitions completed during the year ended December 31, 2022 was approximately $401.8 million, or $391.6 million net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	During the year ended December 31, 2022	approximately $401.8 million
Zemax Word for word“During the year ended December 31, 2021, we closed various acquisitions, including the acquisition of Zemax, which we completed on October 1, 2021 for a purchase price of $411.5 million, paid in cash, or $399.1 million net of cash acquired from Zemax.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	October 1, 2021	$411.5 million
strategic acquisition (unnamed) Word for word“In January 2023, we had a $120.7 million cash outflow (net of cash acquired) associated with a strategic acquisition.” 10-K for 2022	acquisition	January 2023	$120.7 million
DYNAmore Word for word“On January 3, 2023, we completed the acquisition of DYNAmore for a purchase price of $139.2 million, or $126.4 million net of cash acquired.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	On January 3, 2023	$139.2 million
PowerArtist RTL business Word for word“As part of our efforts to obtain regulatory approval for the merger, we have entered into a definitive agreement with Keysight Technologies, Inc. for the sale of our PowerArtist RTL business.” 10-K for 2024	agreed divestiture	—	—
Synopsys Word for word“On January 15, 2024, we entered into the Merger Agreement with Synopsys and Merger Sub, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Ansys with Ansys surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Synopsys.” 10-K for 2024	merger	January 15, 2024	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31	$7.9 million	$6.2 million
2017-12-31	$63.9 million	$36.4 million
2018-12-31	$283 million	$204.4 million
2019-12-31	$787.2 million	$842.6 million
2020-12-31	$572.3 million	—
2021-12-31	$510.8 million	—
2022-12-31	$386.3 million	—
2023-12-31	$208.9 million	—
2024-12-31	$1.6 million	—

Deal filings since 2016

2025-07-17 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2024-01-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-07-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-11-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-10-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-12-31 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-11-06 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2019-10-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Ansys’s annual reports (10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-02-19. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.