ANEEL ZAMAN - 26 Feb 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)

Signature
Ahalya Hildreth, Attorney-in-Fact for Aneel Zaman
Issuer symbol
CDNS
Transactions as of
26 Feb 2024
Net transactions value
-$726,376
Form type
4
Filing time
28 Feb 2024, 18:21:23 UTC
Previous filing
06 Feb 2024
Next filing
19 Mar 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction CDNS Common Stock Tax liability $359,569 -1,184 -1.9% $303.69 62,357 26 Feb 2024 Direct F1
transaction CDNS Common Stock Sale $366,807 -1,207 -1.9% $303.90 61,150 27 Feb 2024 Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 Shares withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising out of vesting of Performance Stock Award.
F2 The transaction reported in this Form 4 was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan adopted on May 2, 2023 by the Reporting Person.