Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 13, 2006

Registration No. 333-            


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


ANSYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

04-3219960

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

ANSYS, Inc.

Southpointe

275 Technology Drive

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 


Third Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 


James E. Cashman III

President and Chief Executive Officer

ANSYS, Inc.

Southpointe

275 Technology Drive

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 15317

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(724) 746-3304

Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service.

 


Copies to:

John R. LeClaire, P.C.

Joseph L. Johnson, Esq.

Goodwin Procter LLP

Exchange Place

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 570-1000

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Each Class of Securities To Be Registered   

Amount

To Be

Registered(1)

   

Proposed

Maximum

Offering Price Per

Share(2)

  

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate

Offering Price

   

Amount of

Registration Fee

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

   2,000,000 (2)   $ 44.50    $ 89,000,000 (2)   $ 9,530

(1) This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of ANSYS, Inc. Common Stock as may be required in the event of a stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock or other similar event, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock of ANSYS, Inc. on September 8, 2006 as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

 



PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The contents of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously filed by ANSYS, Inc. (the “Registrant”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on July 23, 1996 (File No. 333-08613), pertaining to the Registrant’s 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan, July 17, 1998 (File No. 333-08613), pertaining to the Registrant’s 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan, September 17, 2001 (File No. 333-69506), pertaining to the Registrant’s 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan, and November 25, 2003 (File No. 333-110728), pertaining to the Registrant’s 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference. This incorporation is made pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 regarding the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which there has been filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel

John R. LeClaire, a partner of Goodwin Procter LLP, acts as the Registrant’s Assistant Secretary. He does not own any shares of the Registrant’s common stock.

Item 8. Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.  

Description of Exhibit

*5.1   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*23.2   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
*23.3   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
99.1   Third Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2006)

* Filed herewith.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Canonsburg, State of Pennsylvania, on this 13th day of September 2006.

 

ANSYS, Inc.
By:  

/s/ James E. Cashman III

  James E. Cashman III
  President and Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of ANSYS, Inc. hereby constitutes and appoints James E. Cashman III and Maria T. Shields, and each of them, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including post-effective amendments and other related documents or any Registration Statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act, hereby granting power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement and the foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date(s) indicated:

 

Signature

  

Capacity

 

Date

/s/ James E. Cashman III

James E. Cashman III

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

  September 13, 2006

/s/ Maria T. Shields

Maria T. Shields

  

Chief Financial Officer, Vice President,

Finance and Administration (Principal

Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

  September 13, 2006

/s/ Peter J. Smith

Peter J. Smith

   Chairman of the Board of Directors   September 13, 2006

/s/ Roger J. Heinen, Jr.

Roger J. Heinen, Jr.

   Director   September 13, 2006

/s/ Jacqueline C. Morby

Jacqueline C. Morby

   Director   September 13, 2006

/s/ Bradford C. Morley

Bradford C. Morley

   Director   September 13, 2006

/s/ John F. Smith

John F. Smith

   Director   September 13, 2006

/s/ Patrick J. Zilvitis

Patrick J. Zilvitis

   Director   September 13, 2006

/s/ Daniel H. Blumenthal

Daniel H. Blumenthal

   Director   September 13, 2006


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  

Description of Exhibit

*5.1   Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1   Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*23.2   Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
*23.3   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1   Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
99.1   Third Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit B to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Commission on May 12, 2006)

* Filed herewith.
Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP

Exhibit 5.1

September 13, 2006

ANSYS, Inc.

Southpointe

275 Technology Drive

Canonsburg, PA 15317

 

  Re: Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion letter is furnished to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of ANSYS, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), that may be issued pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “Plan”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinions expressed below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinion set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion expressed below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law (which includes applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and reported judicial decisions interpreting the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Constitution).

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plans, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Exhibit 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on Form S-8 of our reports dated March 1, 2006, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of ANSYS, Inc. and subsidiaries, and management’s report on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in and incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on

Form 10-K of ANSYS, Inc. and subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2005.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

September 13, 2006

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

Exhibit 23.3

Consent of Independent Auditors

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Third Amended and Restated ANSYS, Inc. 1996 Stock Option and Grant Plan of ANSYS, Inc. of our report dated February 17, 2006, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Fluent Inc. and subsidiaries for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2005, appearing in the Current Reports on Form 8-K/A of ANSYS, Inc. filed on July 14, 2006 and August 17, 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Manchester, New Hampshire
September 7, 2006