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Cadence Design Systems filings document an operating software company with common stock listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under CDNS. Its reports include 8-K disclosures for operating results and financial condition, including management commentary and related earnings materials for its electronic design automation, design IP, and system design and analysis businesses.
The filing record also covers proxy governance matters, shareholder voting items, capital-structure disclosures, material agreements, and equity issuance activity. Cadence’s acquisition-related filings document the completed purchase of the Hexagon design and engineering business, including the issuance of common stock as partial consideration and the securities-law exemption used for that issuance.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC senior vice president Chin-Chi Teng reported a mix of open-market sales and an option exercise in company common stock. On 2026-05-22, he sold a total of 4,500 shares of common stock in multiple open-market transactions at prices generally between $361.88 and $380.77 per share, with prices disclosed as weighted averages for each trade. These transactions were carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on February 20, 2026. On the same date, he exercised a non-qualified stock option to acquire 1,000 shares at an exercise price of $202.94 per share. Following these transactions, Teng directly holds 153,281 shares of common stock, and 11,668 non-qualified stock options remain outstanding, which vest at a rate of 1/48th per month.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC President and CEO Anirudh Devgan reported a pre-planned combination of stock option exercise and share sale. On May 22, 2026, he sold 51,887 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction at $370.00 per share.
On the same date, he exercised non-qualified stock options covering 25,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $78.76 per share. Following these transactions, he directly held 355,412 shares of common stock and 26,821 non-qualified stock options. The filing notes the activity was carried out under a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on 9/6/2024 and first amended on 8/6/2025.
Issuer: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (broker/intermediary listed) and related executing parties submitted a Form 144 notice showing proposed dispositions of Common Stock. The filing lists a proposed sale tied to an exercise of stock options for 4,000 shares on 05/22/2026 and proposed disposition of 14,232 performance stock units dated 08/25/2023.
The filing records numeric values including 6,535,442.72 and 275,816,000 (present in the excerpt) and identifies NASDAQ as the market. The document is a routine notice of intended sale under federal rules and does not state execution details or cash‑flow recipients beyond the labeled methods.
Cadence Design Systems affiliate files a Form 144 proposing resale of common shares. The filing lists proposed sales tied to performance shares awarded on 03/17/2025 (21,560 shares) and 03/15/2026 (5,327 shares), and a stock option exercise on 05/22/2026 (25,000 shares) with cash consideration noted for the exercise.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC senior vice president Paul Scannell reported an open-market sale of 1,071 shares of common stock at $345.06 per share. In a separate transaction, 75 shares were withheld to cover tax obligations from the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award. After these transactions, he directly holds 32,181 shares of Cadence common stock. The filing notes it was submitted late due to an inadvertent administrative oversight and that the sale was made under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on 9/9/2025.
Cadence Design Systems senior vice president Paul Scannell reported an open-market sale of 1,071 shares of common stock at $345.06 per share. After this sale, he directly holds 32,181 shares. Earlier, 75 shares were withheld at $347.24 per share to cover tax obligations from the vesting of a Restricted Stock Award, which is a non-market disposition. The filing notes that the sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by Scannell, indicating the transaction was scheduled in advance rather than timed discretionarily.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC executive Marc Taxay, SVP & General Counsel, reported two tax-withholding dispositions of common stock tied to equity awards. On the same date, a total of 2,799 shares were withheld at $347.24 per share to satisfy tax obligations upon vesting of a Performance Stock Award and a Restricted Stock Award. Following these non-market transactions, he directly holds 24,014 shares after the latest entry, indicating these were administrative tax events rather than open-market sales.
Paul Scannell filed a Form 144 notifying a proposed sale of Common stock. The filing reports a 10b5-1 sale of 10,500 shares on 05/01/2026 for $3,559,500. It also lists securities to be sold including 955 Performance Stock Awards (05/06/2026) and 116 Restricted Stock Units (05/15/2026).
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. stockholders approved an amendment to the company’s Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan at the 2026 Annual Meeting. The amendment increases the shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the plan by 5,000,000 shares and removes the fixed expiration date so the plan continues until terminated by the board or all available shares are issued. Stockholders also elected eleven directors to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting, approved the amended equity plan, passed an advisory resolution on named executive officer compensation, and ratified PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Cadence’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. filed an amendment to a current report to update the board committee assignment of a recently appointed director. The Board had previously appointed Dr. Luc Van den hove as a director effective January 1, 2026, but had not yet determined his committee role.
This amendment discloses that on May 7, 2026, the Board designated Dr. Van den hove as a member of the Compensation Committee, effective that same date. All other information from the original report remains unchanged.