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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0148231</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James J. Cowie, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.<BR>
2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;943-1234</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copy to:<BR>
Stewart L. McDowell, Esq.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
555 Mission Street, Suite&nbsp;3000<BR>
San Francisco, California 94105<BR>
(415)&nbsp;393-8200</B></DIV>

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</div>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering price (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">registration fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> </SUP>(2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,500,000 shares (3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5.52</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$69,000,000.00</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,850.20</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the outstanding shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) common stock.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee under Rules
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of common stock of the
Registrant on May 18, 2009, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents 12,500,000 additional shares of common stock authorized to be issued
under the Plan. Shares available for issuance under the Plan were initially registered on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September&nbsp;30, 1991 (Registration File No.&nbsp;33-43025).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION
OF ADDITIONAL SHARES AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION <BR>
BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO
GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to 12,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant
and its affiliates under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). On September&nbsp;30, 1991, June&nbsp;4, 1992, May&nbsp;31, 1994, August&nbsp;29, 1997, December&nbsp;6, 2002,
June&nbsp;21, 2004, June&nbsp;14, 2006 and May&nbsp;15, 2008, the Registrant filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration File Nos.
33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693, 333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948,
respectively) (together, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;) relating to shares of Common Stock
issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan.
The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective and the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration
Statement, except as amended hereby. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same
class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance
with Section&nbsp;E of the General Instructions to Form S-8 regarding the Registration of Additional
Securities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration File Nos. 33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693,
333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948) filed on September&nbsp;30, 1991, June&nbsp;4,
1992, May&nbsp;31, 1994, August&nbsp;29, 1997, December&nbsp;6, 2002, June&nbsp;21, 2004, June&nbsp;14,
2006 and May&nbsp;15, 2008, respectively;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be offered
hereby contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on January&nbsp;12, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January&nbsp;8, 2009 and May&nbsp;14, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January&nbsp;3, 2009 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2009, including all
materials incorporated by reference therein;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;4, 2009 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in
(d)&nbsp;above.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however,
that the Registrant is not incorporating any information furnished in any Current Report on <BR>
Form
8-K.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this
Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference herein.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.<BR></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, state of
California, on this 26th day of May,
2009.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Lip-Bu Tan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Lip-Bu Tan, Kevin S. Palatnik and James J. Cowie, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lip-Bu Tan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin S. Palatnik
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin S. Palatnik
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;John B. Shoven
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr. John B. Shoven</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald L. Lucas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald L. Lucas</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George M. Scalise
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George M. Scalise</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger S. Siboni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger S. Siboni</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A.C. Swainson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A.C. Swainson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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S-8).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0148231
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James J. Cowie, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5
San Jose, California 95134
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 943-1234
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Stewart L. McDowell, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 393-8200
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
to be registered (1)
offering price per share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
12,500,000 shares (3)
$5.52
$69,000,000.00
$3,850.20
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the outstanding shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") common stock.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee under Rules
457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of common stock of the
Registrant on May 18, 2009, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(3)
Represents 12,500,000 additional shares of common stock authorized to be issued
under the Plan. Shares available for issuance under the Plan were initially registered on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 30, 1991 (Registration File No. 33-43025).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.01
EX-23.01
EX-99.01
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REGISTRATION
OF ADDITIONAL SHARES AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO
GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Registrant"), relating to 12,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant
and its affiliates under the Registrant's Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"Plan"). On September 30, 1991, June 4, 1992, May 31, 1994, August 29, 1997, December 6, 2002,
June 21, 2004, June 14, 2006 and May 15, 2008, the Registrant filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration File Nos.
33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693, 333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948,
respectively) (together, the "Prior Registration Statements") relating to shares of Common Stock
issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan.
The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective and the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration
Statement, except as amended hereby. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same
class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance
with Section E of the General Instructions to Form S-8 regarding the Registration of Additional
Securities.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration File Nos. 33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693,
333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948) filed on September 30, 1991, June 4,
1992, May 31, 1994, August 29, 1997, December 6, 2002, June 21, 2004, June 14,
2006 and May 15, 2008, respectively;
(b)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered
hereby contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on January 12, 2006;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January 8, 2009 and May 14, 2009;
(d)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January 3, 2009 filed with the Commission on March 2, 2009, including all
materials incorporated by reference therein;
(e)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 4, 2009 filed with the Commission on May 1, 2009; and
(f)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in
(d) above.
All documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however,
that the Registrant is not incorporating any information furnished in any Current Report on
Form
8-K.
Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this
Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
5.01
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.01
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.02
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.01).
24.01
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).
99.01
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, state of
California, on this 26th day of May,
2009.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
Lip-Bu Tan
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Lip-Bu Tan, Kevin S. Palatnik and James J. Cowie, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
Lip-Bu Tan
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 26, 2009
/s/ Kevin S. Palatnik
Kevin S. Palatnik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
May 26, 2009
/s/ Dr. John B. Shoven
Chairman of the Board of Directors
May 26, 2009
Dr. John B. Shoven
/s/ Donald L. Lucas
Director
May 26, 2009
Donald L. Lucas
/s/ Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Director
May 26, 2009
Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
/s/ George M. Scalise
Director
May 26, 2009
George M. Scalise
/s/ Roger S. Siboni
Director
May 26, 2009
Roger S. Siboni
/s/ John A.C. Swainson
Director
May 26, 2009
John A.C. Swainson
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
5.01
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.01
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.02
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.01).
24.01
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).
99.01
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.