Ansoft Corporation
(www.ansoft.com)
Ticker: ANST Four Station Square
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Industry: High-Tech (412) 261-3200

Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:2/15/96
U.S. Shares:1,500,000 Offer Date:4/3/96
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$8.00 - $10.00
Primary Shares:1,500,000 Offer Price:$8.50
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.60
Offering Amount: $13,500,000 Selling:$0.33
Expenses:$500,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:7,619,792
Spin out parent firm: American Banner Resources, Inc.

ManagerTierPhone
Janney Montgomery ScottLead Manager (215) 665-6520
Pennsylvania Merchant Group LtdCo-manager (215) 975-8120

Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
4/30/95 1/31/96 12/31/95 1/31/96
Revenue:$6.15$6.01$4.28Assets:$2.87
Net Income:-$0.31$0.40-$0.49Liabilities:$0.82
EPS:-$0.06$0.06-$0.09Equity:$2.05

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The Company develops, markets and supports electronic design automation software, based upon electromagnetic principles, for the design of electronic, communications and electromechanical components and systems. The Company believes that its proprietary products enable design engineers to develop smaller systems with higher performance and greater yields that can be developed with traditional EDA tools, and result in reduced time-to-market, lower risk of failure and elimination of costly and time-consuming product redesign. The Company's products are used by design engineers in the communications, semiconductor, automotive, computer, defense/aerospace and consumer electronics industries. The Company's customers include GM, Motorola, Raytheon, TRW, Mitsubishi, Texas Instruments, Hitachi, Lucky-Goldstar, AT&T; and Sun Microsystems.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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