The U.K. competition regulator said it could approve Synopsys’s $35 billion purchase of Ansys after the companies offered to sell off business units to ease regulators’ concerns.

Electronic design automation firm Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) said on Wednesday it is "pleased" the U.K.'s antitrust agency has provisionally accepted its proposed remedies in its pending $35B deal to acquire Ansys (NASDAQ:ANSS).

The UK's competition regulator said on Wednesday that it might accept remedies offered by the parties in chip design software maker Synopsys' $35 billion acquisition of Ansys. The Competition and Markets Authority said the undertakings offered on Dec.