CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Feb 10, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK: 0000813672
Period of Report: 2010-02-08

Reporting Person: Modi Nimish Harsukh (N/A)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-02-08	Common Stock	A	40000	—	Acquired	102190	Direct
2010-02-09	Common Stock	Z	18339	—	Acquired	30080	Indirect
2010-02-09	Common Stock	Z	18339	—	Disposed	83851	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-02-08	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.6	A	130000	Acquired	2017-02-08	Common Stock (130000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Option vests at a rate of 1/48th per month.

F2: Grant of performance based incentive stock.

F3: Amount of Securiteis Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) includes 606 shares and 1,214 share acquired by the reporting person through the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan on July 31, 2009 and January 29, 2010, respectively.