CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 6, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK: 0000813672
Period of Report: 2015-03-04

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-03-04	Common Stock	M	100000	$4.20	Acquired	291338	Direct
2015-03-04	Common Stock	M	113101	$5.60	Acquired	404439	Direct
2015-03-04	Common Stock	S	213101	$18.4646	Disposed	191338	Direct
2015-03-05	Common Stock	M	600	$5.60	Acquired	191938	Direct
2015-03-05	Common Stock	S	600	$18.4717	Disposed	191338	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-03-04	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$4.20	M	100000	Disposed	2016-02-05	Common Stock (100000)	Direct
2015-03-04	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.60	M	113101	Disposed	2017-02-08	Common Stock (113101)	Direct
2015-03-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$5.60	M	600	Disposed	2017-02-08	Common Stock (600)	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.