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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i30fb3fc302d748058410d262fdc155a8_1"></div><div style="min-height:28.08pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:7pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:right;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333- </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>UNDER<br>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Delaware</font></div><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">00-0000000</font></div><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">San Jose, California 95134&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Karna Nisewaner</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Cadence Design Systems, Inc. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">San Jose, California 95134&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Name and address of agent for service) </font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(408) 943-1234&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Copy to&#58; </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Mark M. Bekheit</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Tad J. Freese</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Kathleen M. Wells</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Latham &#38; Watkins LLP </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">140 Scott Drive</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Menlo Park, California 94025 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">(650) 328-4600</font></div><div style="padding-left:99pt;padding-right:99pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:24.903%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:8pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. 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Statement&#8221;) is being filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;), for the purpose of registering an additional 3,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), to be issued to eligible employees of the Registrant and its affiliates pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan&#160;(the &#8220;ESPP&#8221;). 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000095013408009680/f40829sv8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-150948</a></font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">,&#160;</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000089161809000188/f52517sv8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-159486</a></font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000119312513207706/d531910ds8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-188449</a></font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> and </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000119312518223801/d473428ds8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">333-226293</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">) are effective. In accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the contents of the above-referenced prior registration statements are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference herein or therein.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PART II</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 3. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporation of Documents by Reference&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(a)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby&#58; The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000813672/000081367224000034/cdns-20231231.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> for the year ended December 31, 2023, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant&#8217;s latest fiscal year, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024&#59; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.34pt">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report referred to in (a) above&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:24.91pt">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000034/ex404cdns12312023.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit 4.4</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> of the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K&#160;for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition, all documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents, exhibits or other information that is deemed to have been &#8220;furnished&#8221; to, rather than &#8220;filed&#8221; with, the SEC.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits</font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.101%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.808%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.521%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.414%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.205%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.199%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.052%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit<br>Number</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Description</font></td><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Incorporated By Reference</font></td></tr><tr style="height:20pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Form</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">File No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit<br>No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Filing Date</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Provided<br>Herewith</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000100/ex31cdns05022024.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">The Registrant&#8217;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 3, 2024.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">8-K</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">000-15867</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5&#47;6&#47;2024</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.101%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.808%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.521%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.414%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.205%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.199%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:8.052%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367223000082/ex31cdns11022023.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">The Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective as of November 2, 2023</a>.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">8-K</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">000-15867</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">11&#47;3&#47;2022</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.3</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Specimen Certificate of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock.</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">S-4</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">033-43400</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.01</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">10&#47;17&#47;1991</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(P)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="ex51cdns10292024.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Latham &#38; Watkins LLP.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">X</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">23.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="ex51cdns10292024.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Latham &#38; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">23.2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="ex232cdns10292024.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">X</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">24.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i30fb3fc302d748058410d262fdc155a8_77" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8). </a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">X</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">99.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000813672/000119312524073902/d649284ddef14a.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">The Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">DEF 14A</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">000-15867</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Appendix A</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3&#47;21&#47;2024</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">107.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="exfilingfees.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Filing Fee Table.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">X</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:15.384%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(P) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Paper exhibit. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i30fb3fc302d748058410d262fdc155a8_77"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURES </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 29th day of October, 2024. &#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:247.5pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-22.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:47.756%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.960%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.148%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.492%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Anirudh Devgan</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Anirudh Devgan</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:226.8pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Anirudh Devgan, John M. Wall and Karna Nisewaner, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 or she 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 or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;margin-top:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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 dates indicated. </font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.912%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:44.224%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.564%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; Anirudh Devgan</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></div><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Anirudh Devgan</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:24pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; John M. Wall</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">John M. Wall</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; Mary Louise Krakauer</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chair of the Board of Directors</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mary Louise Krakauer</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Mark W. Adams</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mark W. Adams</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; Ita Brennan</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Director</font></div></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">October 29, 2024</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ita Brennan</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.6pt;padding-right:1.6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2024
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
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
00-0000000
(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)
Karna Nisewaner
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate 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:
Mark M. Bekheit
Tad J. Freese
Kathleen M. Wells
Latham & Watkins LLP
140 Scott Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 328-4600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), for the purpose of registering an additional 3,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be issued to eligible employees of the Registrant and its affiliates pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP"). These additional shares of Common Stock are additional securities of the same class as other securities relating to the ESPP for which registration statements on Form S-8 (File Nos.
333-34599
,
333
-
65116
,
333-101693
,
333-116681
,
333-135003
,
333-150948
,
333-159486
,
333-188449
and
333-226293
) are effective. In accordance with Section E of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the contents of the above-referenced prior registration statements are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document, which is incorporated by reference herein or therein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference
(a)
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to the extent not replaced hereby: The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2023, which includes audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024;
(b)
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 Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in
Exhibit 4.4
of the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2024, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents that the Company subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any documents, portions of documents, exhibits or other information that is deemed to have been "furnished" to, rather than "filed" with, the SEC.
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 subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.    Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
Incorporated By Reference
Form
File No.
Exhibit
No.
Filing Date
Provided
Herewith
4.1
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective May 3, 2024.
8-K
000-15867
3.1
5/6/2024
4.2
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective as of November 2, 2023
.
8-K
000-15867
3.1
11/3/2022
4.3
Specimen Certificate of the Registrant's Common Stock.
S-4
033-43400
4.01
10/17/1991
(P)
5.1
Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
X
23.1
Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
X
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
X
99.1
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
DEF 14A
000-15867
Appendix A
3/21/2024
107.1
Filing Fee Table.
X
(P)     Paper exhibit.
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 29th day of October, 2024.
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Anirudh Devgan
Anirudh Devgan
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Anirudh Devgan, John M. Wall and Karna Nisewaner, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 or she 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 or her 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 dates indicated.
/s/ Anirudh Devgan
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
October 29, 2024
Anirudh Devgan
/s/ John M. Wall
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
October 29, 2024
John M. Wall
/s/ Mary Louise Krakauer
Chair of the Board of Directors
October 29, 2024
Mary Louise Krakauer
/s/ Mark W. Adams
Director
October 29, 2024
Mark W. Adams
/s/ Ita Brennan
Director
October 29, 2024
Ita Brennan
/s/ Lewis Chew
Director
October 29, 2024
Lewis Chew
/s/ Julia Liuson
Director
October 29, 2024
Julia Liuson
/s/ James D. Plummer
Director
October 29, 2024
James D. Plummer
/s/ Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Director
October 29, 2024
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
/s/ Young K. Sohn
Director
October 29, 2024
Young K. Sohn