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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2020

 

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-15867

 

00-0000000

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

2655 Seely Avenue, San Jose, California 95134

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 943-1234

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

 

CDNS

 

Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

 

 


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d) The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) have elected Ita Brennan and Lewis Chew to the Board of Cadence, and appointed each of them to the Audit Committee of the Board, effective March 15, 2020.

The compensation of Ms. Brennan and Mr. Chew will be consistent with Cadence’s compensation of its other non-employee directors in effect from time to time and as described in Cadence’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2019. Ms. Brennan and Mr. Chew were each granted an incentive stock award with a grant date fair value of $174,945.36 under Cadence’s 1995 Directors Stock Incentive Plan, which will vest on February 14, 2021. Ms. Brennan and Mr. Chew received such grant in connection with their initial election to the Board and for the portion of 2020 during which they will serve on the Board. Ms. Brennan and Mr. Chew have also entered into Cadence’s standard indemnification agreement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit
No.

   

Description

         
 

99.01

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Press Release dated March 16, 2020.

         
 

104

   

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 16, 2020

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.

     

By:

 

/s/ James J. Cowie

 

James J. Cowie

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

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