Ansys Limited - Trading Update

Shareholders are advised that Ansys is currently finalising its interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2009 and it is expected that Ansys earnings and headline earnings per share will be a loss of between 0.7 cents and 1.7 cents per share, which represents an improvement from the prior year's interim results of between 65% and 85%. The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed by Ansys' auditors.

Ansys specialises in the design and integration of monitoring and control systems for the transport, industrial and defence sectors, with most of its revenue obtained through the tender process. As a result of the usual delay in the award of tenders in the first half of the year, project revenue is also expected to be higher in the second half of the financial year than in the first half.
The interim results for the six months ended 31 August 2009 are expected to be published on SENS on 03 November 2009.