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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities
 and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;22, 2003</B>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Under<BR>The Securities Act of 1933
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="6"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS,
 INC.</B>
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 as specified in its charter)
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>(State or Other
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>77-0148231</B><BR>(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>2655
 Seely Avenue, Building 5<BR>San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>(Address of Principal
 Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>Options Assumed by Cadence
 Design Systems, Inc.<BR>originally granted under the<BR>BTA Technology, Inc. 1995
 Stock Option Plan<BR>BTA-Ultima, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan<BR>BTA Technology, Inc. 1999
 Stock Option Plan<BR>Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan<BR>Celestry
 Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Executive Stock Plan</B><BR>(Full title of the Plans)
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>R.L. Smith McKeithen<BR>Senior
 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>Cadence Design Systems, Inc.<BR>2655 Seely
 Avenue, Building 5, San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>(Name and Address of Agent for
 Service)<BR><B>(408) 943-1234</B><BR>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>Copies to:<BR>Gregory J. Conklin, Esq.<BR>Gibson,
 Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>One Montgomery Street, 31st Floor<BR>San Francisco, California
 94104<BR>(415) 393-8200</B>
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<B>Amount to be Registered<SUP>(2)</SUP></B>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Proposed
 Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering Price<SUP>(3)</SUP></B>
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Common Stock,
 par value $0.01 per share
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">1,614,092
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">6,859,891
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Includes, with respect to each share of Common Stock, Rights, pursuant to the
 registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 1,
 2000, between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Rights
 Agent, and until a triggering event thereunder, the Rights trade with, and cannot
 be separated from, the Common Stock.
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">This Registration Statement shall also cover
 any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the BTA Technology,
 Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan; the BTA-Ultima, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan; the BTA Technology,
 Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan; the Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option
 Plan; and the Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Executive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plans&#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. Common Stock.
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<FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule
 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the maximum offering
 price per share that such options may be exercised.
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item 8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f87087exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f87087exv23w1.txt">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f87087exv99w1.txt">EXHIBIT 99.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>Information Required in the Section 10(A)
 Prospectus</B>
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Pursuant to the instructions to Form S-8, Part I (Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus) is not filed as part
 of this Registration Statement.
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The shares of common stock subject to options registered hereunder have been assumed by
 the Registrant pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 12, 2003, among
 the Registrant, Celestry Design Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, Manatee, Inc., a
 California corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Richard Ding, as
 shareholder agent. These options were originally granted to directors, employees and consultants
 of Celestry Design Technologies, Incorporated under the Plans.
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<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents
 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K
 for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
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<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
 Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, 2002, June 29, 2002 and
 September 28, 2002, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
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<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">The
 Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 27,
 2002, June 28, 2002, July 18, 2002, August 13, 2002 and November 12, 2002;
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<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">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 August
 29, 1990; and
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<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">The description
 of the Registrant&#146;s Preferred Share Purchase Rights set forth in Exhibit
 99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
 February 16, 1996.
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
All documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, 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.
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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.
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<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<BR>
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS<BR>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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On March 22, 2002, the Registrant announced that it had appointed KPMG LLP to replace Arthur Andersen LLP
 (&#147;Andersen&#148;) as the Registrant&#146;s independent auditors. The Registrant&#146;s consolidated
 balance sheets as of December 29, 2001 and December 30, 2000, and the related
 consolidated statements of operations, stockholders&#146; equity and cash flows for each of
 the three fiscal years in the period ended December 29, 2001, incorporated by reference
 in this registration statement have been audited by Andersen, as stated in their report
 dated March 11, 2002, which is incorporated by reference herein. After reasonable
 efforts, the Registrant has been unable to obtain Andersen&#146;s consent to the incorporation
 by reference into this registration statement of its report with respect to these
 financial statements. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act of
 1933 permits us to file this registration statement without a written consent from
 Andersen. The absence of such consent may limit recovery by investors on certain claims.
 In particular, and without limitation, investors will not be able to assert claims
 against Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act. In addition, the ability of
 Andersen to satisfy any claims (including claims arising from Andersen&#146;s provision of
 auditing and other services to us) may be limited as a practical matter due to recent
 events regarding Andersen.
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Not Applicable.
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Not Applicable.
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to
 indemnify any of its directors or officers who was or is a party or is threatened to be
 made a party to any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or
 was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
 fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
 by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted
 in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
 the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
 proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
 In a derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation is
 permitted to indemnify any of its directors or officers against expenses (including
 attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
 defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a
 manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
 the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have
 been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
 which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that such person
 is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such
 adjudication of liability.
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Article VII of the Registrant&#146;s currently effective Certificate of Incorporation
 eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of
 fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s
 duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
 good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
 under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction
 from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, as permitted
 by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the Registrant
 provide that: (a) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and
 persons serving in such capacities in other business entities (including, for example,
 subsidiaries of the Registrant) at the Registrant&#146;s request (such directors, officers and
 other persons are hereinafter referred to collectively as, &#147;Covered Persons&#148;), to the
 fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which
 indemnification would otherwise be discretionary; (b) the Registrant is required to
 advance expenses, as incurred to such Covered Persons in connection with defending a
 proceeding; (c) the indemnitee(s) of the Registrant have the right to bring suit, and to
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">be paid the expenses of prosecuting such suit if
 successful, to enforce the rights to indemnification under the Bylaws or to advancement
 of expenses under the Bylaws; (d) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive
 and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with such
 directors, officers and employees; (e) the Registrant is required to maintain director
 and officer liability insurance to the extent reasonably available; and (f) the
 Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaws indemnification provision in a way that
 is adverse to such Covered Persons.
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
 executive officers and directors that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to officers
 and directors by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Bylaws, as
 well as certain additional procedural protections. The Registrant also maintains a
 limited amount of director and officer insurance. The indemnification provision in the
 Bylaws, and the indemnity agreements entered into between the Registrant and its officers
 or directors, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s
 officers and directors for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Item 7.&#160;&#160;&#160;Exemption from Registration Claimed
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Not Applicable.
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits
</FONT>
<P>
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<TR>
<TD valign="top" width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Exhibit Number</B>
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="5%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Exhibit</B>
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR noshade align="left" size="1" width="90%"></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><HR noshade width="6%" align="left" size="1"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">4.1
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Instruments Defining Rights
 of Stockholders. Reference is made to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
 filed with the Commission on August 29, 1990 incorporated by reference pursuant to Items
 3(c) and (d).
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">5.1
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Opinion and consent
 of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">23.1
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Consent of Arthur Andersen
 LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">23.2
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Consent of Gibson,
 Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">24.1
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Power of Attorney (included
 on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">99.1
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">99.2
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">BTA-Ultima,
Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">99.3
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1999 Stock Option Plan.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">99.4
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Celestry Design
 Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">99.5
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Celestry
Design Technologies, Inc.
 2001 Executive Stock Plan.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Item 9.&#160;&#160;&#160;Undertakings
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The undersigned Registrant hereby
 undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
 post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus
 required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;);
 (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
 this Registration Statement (or the most recent posteffective amendment thereof) which,
 individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">II-3
</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) to include
 any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
 disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
 this Registration Statement; provided however, that clauses (1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not
 apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
 paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are
 incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of
 determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
 deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
 offering thereof, and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
 amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination
 of the offering under the Plans.
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
B.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
 arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons
 of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by reference in Item
 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
 such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is,
 therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
 liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
 director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
 any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
 person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
 the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
 to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
 against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final
 adjudication of such issue.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">II-4
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<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 22nd day of January, 2003.
</FONT>
<P>
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<TR>
<TD valign="top" width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">By:
&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;H. Raymond Bingham
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="3%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" colspan="2"><HR size="1" noshade width="50%" align="left"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="4%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">H. Raymond Bingham
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">President, Chief Executive Officer
 and Director
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
 below constitutes and appoints H. Raymond Bingham and R.L. Smith McKeithen, 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.
</FONT>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
 and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
<P>
<TABLE border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<TR>
<TD valign="top" width="22%" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Signature</B>
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="4%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="25%" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Title</B>
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="4%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" width="15%" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><B>Date</B>
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ H. Raymond Bingham
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">President, Chief Executive Officer
 and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;H. Raymond Bingham
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ William Porter
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
 Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;William Porter
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Donald L. Lucas
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Donald L. Lucas
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Susan L. Bostrom
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Susan L. Bostrom
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Dr. Leonard Y.W. Liu
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Dr. Leonard Y.W. Liu
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
</FONT></TD>
<TD valign="top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">&#160;
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 Sangiovanni Vincentelli
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<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">January 22, 2003
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 Sangiovanni Vincentelli
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<TD valign="top" rowspan="3"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
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Technology, Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
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 1995 Stock Option Plan.
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Technology, Inc.
 1999 Stock Option Plan.
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 2001 Executive Stock Plan.
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
 and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2003
Registration No. 333-
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
(State or Other
 Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
77-0148231
(I.R.S. Employer
 Identification No.)
2655
 Seely Avenue, Building 5
San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal
 Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Options Assumed by Cadence
 Design Systems, Inc.
originally granted under the
BTA Technology, Inc. 1995
 Stock Option Plan
BTA-Ultima, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan
BTA Technology, Inc. 1999
 Stock Option Plan
Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan
Celestry
 Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Executive Stock Plan
(Full title of the Plans)
R.L. Smith McKeithen
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)
Copies to:
Gregory J. Conklin, Esq.
Gibson,
 Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Montgomery Street, 31st Floor
San Francisco, California
 94104
(415) 393-8200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
(1)
Amount to be Registered
(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
 Price per Share
(3)
Proposed
 Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
(3)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(3)
Common Stock,
 par value $0.01 per share
1,614,092
 shares
$
4.25
$
6,859,891
$
632
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(1)
Includes, with respect to each share of Common Stock, Rights, pursuant to the
 registrant's Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 1,
 2000, between the Registrant and ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C., as Rights
 Agent, and until a triggering event thereunder, the Rights trade with, and cannot
 be separated from, the Common Stock.
(2)
This Registration Statement shall also cover
 any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the BTA Technology,
 Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan; the BTA-Ultima, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan; the BTA Technology,
 Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan; the Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option
 Plan; and the Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. 2001 Executive Stock Plan (the "Plans")
 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. Common Stock.
(3)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule
 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the maximum offering
 price per share that such options may be exercised.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2
EXHIBIT 99.3
EXHIBIT 99.4
EXHIBIT 99.5
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PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(A)
 Prospectus
Pursuant to the instructions to Form S-8, Part I (Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus) is not filed as part
 of this Registration Statement.
The shares of common stock subject to options registered hereunder have been assumed by
 the Registrant pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 12, 2003, among
 the Registrant, Celestry Design Technologies, Inc., a California corporation, Manatee, Inc., a
 California corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Richard Ding, as
 shareholder agent. These options were originally granted to directors, employees and consultants
 of Celestry Design Technologies, Incorporated under the Plans.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents
 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
 for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly
 Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 30, 2002, June 29, 2002 and
 September 28, 2002, including all material incorporated by reference therein;
(c)
The
 Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 27,
 2002, June 28, 2002, July 18, 2002, August 13, 2002 and November 12, 2002;
(d)
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 August
 29, 1990; and
(e)
The description
 of the Registrant's Preferred Share Purchase Rights set forth in Exhibit
 99.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
 February 16, 1996.
All documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
 amended, 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.
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.
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INFORMATION REGARDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
On March 22, 2002, the Registrant announced that it had appointed KPMG LLP to replace Arthur Andersen LLP
 ("Andersen") as the Registrant's independent auditors. The Registrant's consolidated
 balance sheets as of December 29, 2001 and December 30, 2000, and the related
 consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of
 the three fiscal years in the period ended December 29, 2001, incorporated by reference
 in this registration statement have been audited by Andersen, as stated in their report
 dated March 11, 2002, which is incorporated by reference herein. After reasonable
 efforts, the Registrant has been unable to obtain Andersen's consent to the incorporation
 by reference into this registration statement of its report with respect to these
 financial statements. Under these circumstances, Rule 437a under the Securities Act of
 1933 permits us to file this registration statement without a written consent from
 Andersen. The absence of such consent may limit recovery by investors on certain claims.
 In particular, and without limitation, investors will not be able to assert claims
 against Andersen under Section 11 of the Securities Act. In addition, the ability of
 Andersen to satisfy any claims (including claims arising from Andersen's provision of
 auditing and other services to us) may be limited as a practical matter due to recent
 events regarding Andersen.
Item 4.   Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to
 indemnify any of its directors or officers who was or is a party or is threatened to be
 made a party to any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or
 was a director or officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys'
 fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
 by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted
 in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
 the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
 proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was unlawful.
 In a derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation is
 permitted to indemnify any of its directors or officers against expenses (including
 attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
 defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a
 manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
 the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have
 been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
 which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that such person
 is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such
 adjudication of liability.
Article VII of the Registrant's currently effective Certificate of Incorporation
 eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of
 fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's
 duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in
 good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
 under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction
 from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, as permitted
 by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the Registrant
 provide that: (a) the Registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers and
 persons serving in such capacities in other business entities (including, for example,
 subsidiaries of the Registrant) at the Registrant's request (such directors, officers and
 other persons are hereinafter referred to collectively as, "Covered Persons"), to the
 fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which
 indemnification would otherwise be discretionary; (b) the Registrant is required to
 advance expenses, as incurred to such Covered Persons in connection with defending a
 proceeding; (c) the indemnitee(s) of the Registrant have the right to bring suit, and to
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be paid the expenses of prosecuting such suit if
 successful, to enforce the rights to indemnification under the Bylaws or to advancement
 of expenses under the Bylaws; (d) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are not exclusive
 and the Registrant is authorized to enter into indemnification agreements with such
 directors, officers and employees; (e) the Registrant is required to maintain director
 and officer liability insurance to the extent reasonably available; and (f) the
 Registrant may not retroactively amend the Bylaws indemnification provision in a way that
 is adverse to such Covered Persons.
The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
 executive officers and directors that provide the maximum indemnity allowed to officers
 and directors by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Bylaws, as
 well as certain additional procedural protections. The Registrant also maintains a
 limited amount of director and officer insurance. The indemnification provision in the
 Bylaws, and the indemnity agreements entered into between the Registrant and its officers
 or directors, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant's
 officers and directors for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.   Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining Rights
 of Stockholders. Reference is made to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
 filed with the Commission on August 29, 1990 incorporated by reference pursuant to Items
 3(c) and (d).
5.1
Opinion and consent
 of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen
 LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gibson,
 Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included
 on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
99.1
BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.2
BTA-Ultima,
Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.3
BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1999 Stock Option Plan.
99.4
Celestry Design
 Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan.
99.5
Celestry
Design Technologies, Inc.
 2001 Executive Stock Plan.
Item 9.   Undertakings
A.     The undersigned Registrant hereby
 undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
 post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus
 required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act");
 (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of
 this Registration Statement (or the most recent posteffective amendment thereof) which,
 individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
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information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) to include
 any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
 disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
 this Registration Statement; provided however, that clauses (1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not
 apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
 paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are
 incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of
 determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
 deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
 offering thereof, and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective
 amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination
 of the offering under the Plans.
B.     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
 arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons
 of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by reference in Item
 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
 such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is,
 therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
 liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
 director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
 any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
 person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
 the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
 to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
 against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final
 adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 22nd day of January, 2003.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
 /s/  H. Raymond Bingham
H. Raymond Bingham
President, Chief Executive Officer
 and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
 below constitutes and appoints H. Raymond Bingham and R.L. Smith McKeithen, 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, as amended, this
 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ H. Raymond Bingham
President, Chief Executive Officer
 and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
January 22, 2003
H. Raymond Bingham
/s/ William Porter
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
 Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
January 22, 2003
William Porter
/s/ Donald L. Lucas
Chairman of the Board of Directors
January 22, 2003
Donald L. Lucas
/s/ Susan L. Bostrom
Director
January 22, 2003
Susan L. Bostrom
/s/ Dr. Leonard Y.W. Liu
Director
January 22, 2003
Dr. Leonard Y.W. Liu
/s/ Dr. Alberto
 Sangiovanni Vincentelli
Director
January 22, 2003
Dr. Alberto
 Sangiovanni Vincentelli
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/s/ George M. Scalise
Director
January 22, 2003
George M. Scalise
/s/ John B. Shoven
Director
January 22, 2003
Dr. John B. Shoven
/s/ Roger S. Siboni
Director
January 22, 2003
Roger S. Siboni
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining Rights
 of Stockholders. Reference is made to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
 filed with the Commission on August 29, 1990 incorporated by reference pursuant to Items
 3(c) and (d).
5.1
Opinion and consent
 of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen
 LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
23.2
Consent of Gibson,
 Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included
 on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
99.1
BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.2
BTA-Ultima,
Inc.
 1995 Stock Option Plan.
99.3
BTA
Technology, Inc.
 1999 Stock Option Plan.
99.4
Celestry Design
 Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan.
99.5
Celestry
Design Technologies, Inc.
 2001 Executive Stock Plan.