James E. Cashman III, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANSYS, Inc.,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Thursday, April 6, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

ANSYS, Inc.

James E. Cashman III, President and Chief Executive Officer of ANSYS, Inc., presides over the opening bell. ANSYS will be celebrating its 10th anniversary being listed on NASDAQ this summer. The invitation to ring the Opening Bell is further validation of ANSYS' strong performance and signals the growing importance of computer-aided simulation for businesses -- ANSYS' sole focus for more than three decades.

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