John M. Wall - Dec 15, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)

Signature
Ahalya Hildreth, Attorney-in-Fact for John M. Wall
Stock symbol
CDNS
Transactions as of
Dec 15, 2023
Transactions value $
-$1,299,073
Form type
4
Date filed
12/18/2023, 07:28 PM
Previous filing
Nov 9, 2023
Next filing
Jan 22, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CDNS Common Stock Tax liability -$646K -2.38K -2.79% $271.52 83K Dec 15, 2023 Direct F1
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale -$653K -2.4K -2.89% $271.91 80.6K Dec 18, 2023 Direct F2
* 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 Restricted Stock Award.
F2 The transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on 2/21/2023 by the Reporting Person.