Founders Nicholas Csendes, President and CEO of Ansoft Corporation,
Rings The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Wednesday, May 17, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Ansoft Corporation

Founders Nicholas Csendes, President and CEO, Zoltan Cendes PhD, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer and Thomas Miller, CFO of Ansoft Corporation (Nasdaq: ANST) preside over the closing bell to celebrate its 10 year listing anniversary.

Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art electronic products, such as cellular phones, Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs), automotive electronic systems and power electronics. Ansoft markets its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit http://www.ansoft.com.

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