Aneel Zaman - Mar 15, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)

Role
Sr. Vice President
Signature
Ahalya Hildreth, Attorney-in-Fact for Aneel Zaman
Stock symbol
CDNS
Transactions as of
Mar 15, 2024
Transactions value $
-$14,060,021
Form type
4
Date filed
3/19/2024, 06:15 PM
Previous filing
Feb 28, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CDNS Common Stock Tax liability -$6.92M -23.2K -37.93% $298.44 38K Mar 15, 2024 Direct F1
transaction CDNS Common Stock Award $0 +10.1K +26.71% $0.00 48.1K Mar 15, 2024 Direct F2
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale -$457K -1.52K -3.16% $300.78 46.6K Mar 18, 2024 Direct F3, F4
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale -$1.41M -4.66K -10% $301.98 41.9K Mar 18, 2024 Direct F3, F5
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale -$4.82M -15.9K -37.97% $302.75 26K Mar 18, 2024 Direct F3, F6
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale -$455K -1.5K -5.77% $303.59 24.5K Mar 18, 2024 Direct F3, F7

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction CDNS Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) Award $0 +14.9K $0.00 14.9K Mar 15, 2024 Common Stock 14.9K $298.44 Direct F8
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Shares withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising out of vesting of Performance Stock Award.
F2 Grant of Performance-Based Incentive Stock Award.
F3 The transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on 5/2/2023 by the Reporting Person.
F4 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $300.285 to $300.88, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F5 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $301.32 to $302.31, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F6 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $302.32 to $303.25, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F7 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $303.32 to $303.93, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F8 Option vests at a rate of 1/48th per month.