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.

Synopsys announced its cash-and-stock deal for Ansys, whose software is used to make products ranging from airplanes to tennis rackets, in January last year.

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 it might accept remedies offered by chip design software maker Synopsys and Ansys to address the concerns raised over their $35 billion deal. Synopsys announced its cash-and-stock deal for Ansys,