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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2023
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware 000-15867 00-0000000
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		 (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2655 Seely Avenue, San Jose, California 95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(408) 943-1234
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per shareCDNSNasdaq Global Select Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐









Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e)    Amendment of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan

As described in Item 5.07 below, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) held on May 4, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”), Cadence stockholders approved an amendment of Cadence’s Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”). The board of directors of Cadence had previously approved the amendment of the Omnibus Plan on February 8, 2023, subject to stockholder approval. The amendment increased the number of shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the Omnibus Plan by 6,500,000 shares.

A more detailed description of the Omnibus Plan and related matters was set forth in Cadence’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2023 and further amended on April 18, 2023 (the “Proxy Statement”), under the heading “Proposal 2: Approval of the Amendment of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan” and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary and the summary set forth in the Proxy Statement do not purport to be a complete description of the Omnibus Plan. They are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Omnibus Plan, which is set forth in Appendix A to the Proxy Statement.


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the 2023 Annual Meeting, Cadence stockholders voted on the following proposals, which are described in detail in the Proxy Statement.
1.A proposal to elect the ten (10) directors named in the Proxy Statement to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until the director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Each of the ten (10) director nominees named in the Proxy Statement was elected as set forth below:
Nominee
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-Votes
Mark W. Adams
218,997,560
7,174,743
206,534
17,871,396
Ita Brennan
200,191,182
25,982,820
204,835
17,871,396
Lewis Chew
225,763,535
439,996
175,306
17,871,396
Anirudh Devgan
225,062,683
1,152,076
164,078
17,871,396
ML Krakauer
218,691,974
7,503,463
183,400
17,871,396
Julia Liuson
220,848,074
5,331,979
198,784
17,871,396
Dr. James D. Plummer
218,758,466
7,222,430
397,941
17,871,396
Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
218,192,766
8,024,433
161,638
17,871,396
Dr. John B. Shoven
216,253,281
9,747,546
378,010
17,871,396
Young K. Sohn
224,822,537
1,365,367
190,933
17,871,396
2.A proposal to approve the amendment of the Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
213,949,432
12,238,787
190,618
17,871,396
3.An advisory resolution to approve named executive officer compensation. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
201,155,587
24,903,646
319,604
17,871,396



4.An advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote on named executive officer compensation. A frequency of “1 Year” was approved as set forth below:

1 Year
 2 Years
3 Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
224,605,495
119,080
1,504,951
149,31117,871,396
In accordance with the recommendation of the board of directors of Cadence and the voting results on this advisory proposal, Cadence will hold an advisory vote to approve the named executive officer compensation every year.

5.A proposal to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Cadence for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. This proposal was approved as set forth below:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
243,918,188
185,601
146,444
N/A

6.A stockholder proposal to remove the one-year holding period requirement to call a special stockholder meeting. This proposal was not approved as set forth below:

For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
14,171,818
211,723,224
483,795
17,871,396



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: May 8, 2023
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
By: 
/s/ Karna Nisewaner
 
Karna Nisewaner
 
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary