CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Oct 29, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK: 0000813672
Period of Report: 2015-10-27

Reporting Person: Hsu Chi-Ping (Sr. Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-10-27	Common Stock	M	80000	$9.66	Acquired	263078	Direct
2015-10-27	Common Stock	M	41250	$11.62	Acquired	304328	Direct
2015-10-27	Common Stock	S	121250	$22.7058	Disposed	183078	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-10-27	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$9.66	M	80000	Disposed	2018-02-08	Common Stock (80000)	Direct
2015-10-27	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$11.62	M	41250	Disposed	2019-02-06	Common Stock (41250)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted by the Reporting Person.