CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Feb 11, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK: 0000813672
Period of Report: 2015-02-09

Reporting Person: Cowie James J (Sr. VP, General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-02-09	Common Stock	A	25000	$0.00	Acquired	60000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-02-09	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.16	A	65000	Acquired	2022-02-09	Common Stock (65000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	75773	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by the Cowie Family Trust UAD 12/14/2012, of which Reporting Person and Reporting Person's spouse are trustees.

F2: Grant of performance-based incentive stock.

F3: Option vests at a rate of 1/48th per month.