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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0148231</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR>
<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

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

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

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

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):</div>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Non-accelerated filer &nbsp; <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">Amount</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered (1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per share (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering price (2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">registration fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> </SUP>(2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">12,500,000 shares (3)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5.52</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$69,000,000.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,850.20</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which
become issuable under the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the outstanding shares of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) common stock.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the registration fee under Rules
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of common stock of the
Registrant on May 18, 2009, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents 12,500,000 additional shares of common stock authorized to be issued
under the Plan. Shares available for issuance under the Plan were initially registered on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September&nbsp;30, 1991 (Registration File No.&nbsp;33-43025).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION
OF ADDITIONAL SHARES AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION <BR>
BY REFERENCE PURSUANT TO
GENERAL INSTRUCTION E OF FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to 12,500,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01
per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant
and its affiliates under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). On September&nbsp;30, 1991, June&nbsp;4, 1992, May&nbsp;31, 1994, August&nbsp;29, 1997, December&nbsp;6, 2002,
June&nbsp;21, 2004, June&nbsp;14, 2006 and May&nbsp;15, 2008, the Registrant filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration File Nos.
33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693, 333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948,
respectively) (together, the &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;) relating to shares of Common Stock
issuable to eligible employees and consultants of the Registrant and its affiliates under the Plan.
The Prior Registration Statements are currently effective and the contents of the Prior
Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration
Statement, except as amended hereby. This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same
class as those to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance
with Section&nbsp;E of the General Instructions to Form S-8 regarding the Registration of Additional
Securities.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration File Nos. 33-43025, 33-48371, 33-53913, 333-34599, 333-101693,
333-116681, 333-135003 and 333-150948) filed on September&nbsp;30, 1991, June&nbsp;4,
1992, May&nbsp;31, 1994, August&nbsp;29, 1997, December&nbsp;6, 2002, June&nbsp;21, 2004, June&nbsp;14,
2006 and May&nbsp;15, 2008, respectively;</TD>
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<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be offered
hereby contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Commission on January&nbsp;12, 2006;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January&nbsp;8, 2009 and May&nbsp;14, 2009;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January&nbsp;3, 2009 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2009, including all
materials incorporated by reference therein;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;4, 2009 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2009; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the
end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on Form 10-K referred to in
(d)&nbsp;above.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however,
that the Registrant is not incorporating any information furnished in any Current Report on <BR>
Form
8-K.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this
Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference herein.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.<BR></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, state of
California, on this 26th day of May,
2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Lip-Bu Tan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Lip-Bu Tan, Kevin S. Palatnik and James J. Cowie, and each of them, his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Lip-Bu Tan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lip-Bu Tan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin S. Palatnik
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin S. Palatnik
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;John B. Shoven
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr. John B. Shoven</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald L. Lucas
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald L. Lucas</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George M. Scalise
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George M. Scalise</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Roger S. Siboni
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger S. Siboni</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John A.C. Swainson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John A.C. Swainson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;5.01</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&#091;LETTERHEAD OF GIBSON, DUNN &#038; CRUTCHER LLP&#093;
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">May&nbsp;26, 2009

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(415) 393-8200
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">C 18861-00004</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(415) 986-5309</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">San Jose, CA 95134</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Re:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><I>Cadence Design Systems, Inc.</I></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), of
Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), in connection with the offering by the Company of up to 12,500,000 shares of the
Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;), subject to issuance by the
Company under its Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have examined the originals, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the
Company and certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials and such other
documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below.
In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and
competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Based upon the foregoing examination and in reliance thereon, and subject to the assumptions
stated and in reliance on statements of fact contained in the documents that we have examined, we
are of the opinion that the Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than
the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;). We are not admitted to practice in the State of
Delaware; however, we are generally familiar with the DGCL as currently in effect and have made
such inquiries as we consider necessary to render the opinions above. This opinion is limited to
the effect of the current state of the law of the DGCL and the facts as they currently exist. We
assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such
law or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In
giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">The Board of Directors<BR>
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We consent to the use of our reports dated March&nbsp;2, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance
sheets of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January&nbsp;3, 2009 and December&nbsp;29,
2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders&#146; equity and
comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
January&nbsp;3, 2009, and the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of January&nbsp;3, 2009, incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our report dated March&nbsp;2, 2009 refers to changes in the accounting for uncertainty in income
taxes, effective December&nbsp;31, 2006, due to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board
Interpretation (FIN)&nbsp;No.&nbsp;48, <I>Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes&#151;an interpretation of FASB
Statement No.&nbsp;109</I>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Mountain View, California<BR>
May&nbsp;26, 2009

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;<I>Purpose</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Plan initially was established effective as of January&nbsp;30, 1990 (the &#147;Initial Plan&#148;)
and has been amended subsequently from time to time. The Initial Plan hereby is amended and
restated in its entirety as the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan effective as of
the date of its adoption. The terms of the Initial Plan shall remain in effect and apply to all
Rights granted pursuant to the Initial Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which Employees of the Company and
certain designated Affiliates may be given an opportunity to purchase Shares of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of such Employees, to
secure and retain the services of new Employees and to provide incentives for such persons to exert
maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The Company intends that the Rights to purchase Shares granted under the Plan be
considered options issued under an &#147;employee stock purchase plan,&#148; as that term is defined in
Section 423(b) of the Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;<I>Definitions</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Affiliate</I>&#148; means any parent corporation or subsidiary corporation, whether now or
hereafter existing, as those terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and (f), respectively, of the
Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Board</I>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Code</I>&#148; means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Committee</I>&#148; means a committee of the Board appointed by the Board in accordance with
subsection 3(c) of the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Company</I>&#148; means <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Cadence Design Systems, Inc</B></FONT>., a Delaware corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Director</I>&#148; means a member of the Board.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Eligible Employee</I>&#148; means an Employee who meets the requirements set forth in the Offering
Memorandum for eligibility to participate in the Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Employee</I>&#148; means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director&#146;s fee shall be
sufficient to constitute &#147;employment&#148; by the Company or the Affiliate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Employee Stock Purchase Plan</I>&#148; means a plan that grants rights intended to be options
issued under an &#147;employee stock purchase plan,&#148; as that term is defined in Section 423(b) of the
Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Exchange Act</I>&#148; means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Fair Market Value</I>&#148; means the value of a security, as determined in good faith by the
Board. If the security is listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other established stock
exchange or traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Fair Market Value of the security shall be the closing sales price (rounded up
where necessary to the nearest whole cent) for such security (or the closing bid, if no sales were
reported) as quoted on such exchange or market (or, in the event that the security is traded on
more than one such exchange or market, the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading
in the relevant security of the Company) on the trading day occurring on or closest to the relevant
determination date, as reported in
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The Wall Street Journal </I>or such other source as the Board deems reliable, and on the date as
determined more precisely in the Offering Memorandum.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Non-Employee Director</I>&#148; means a Director who either (i)&nbsp;is not a current Employee or
Officer of the Company or its parent or subsidiary, does not receive compensation (directly or
indirectly) from the Company or its parent or subsidiary for services rendered as a consultant or
in any capacity other than as a Director (except for an amount as to which disclosure would not be
required under Item 404(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act
(&#147;Regulation&nbsp;S-K&#148;)), does not possess an interest in any other transaction as to which disclosure
would be required under Item 404(a) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K, and is not engaged in a business
relationship as to which disclosure would be required under Item 404(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K; or (ii)
is otherwise considered a &#147;non-employee director&#148; for purposes of Rule&nbsp;16b-3.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Offering</I>&#148; means the grant of Rights to purchase Shares under the Plan to Eligible
Employees.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Offering Date</I>&#148; means a date selected by the Board for an Offering to commence.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Offering Memorandum</I>&#148; means a memorandum describing the terms of the then current or
otherwise relevant Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Outside Director</I>&#148; means a Director who either (i)&nbsp;is not a current employee of the
Company or an &#147;affiliated corporation&#148; (within the meaning of the Treasury regulations promulgated
under Section 162(m) of the Code), is not a former employee of the Company or an &#147;affiliated
corporation&#148; receiving compensation for prior services (other than benefits under a tax qualified
pension plan), was not an officer of the Company or an &#147;affiliated corporation&#148; at any time, and is
not currently receiving direct or indirect remuneration from the Company or an &#147;affiliated
corporation&#148; for services in any capacity other than as a Director, or (ii)&nbsp;is otherwise considered
an &#147;outside director&#148; for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(q)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Participant</I>&#148; means an Eligible Employee who holds an outstanding Right granted pursuant
to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Right granted under the
Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(r)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Plan</I>&#148; means this Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(s)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Purchase Date</I>&#148; means one or more dates established by the Board during an Offering on
which Rights granted under the Plan shall be exercised and purchases of Shares carried out in
accordance with such Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(t)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Right</I>&#148; means an option to purchase Shares granted pursuant to the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(u)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Rule&nbsp;16b-3</I>&#148; means Rule&nbsp;16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule&nbsp;16b-3 as in
effect with respect to the Company at the time discretion is being exercised regarding the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Securities Act</I>&#148; means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(w)&nbsp;&#147;<I>Share</I>&#148; means a share of the common stock of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;<I>Administration</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to
a Committee, as provided in subsection 3(c). Whether or not the Board has delegated administration,
the Board shall have the final power to determine all questions of policy and expediency that may
arise in the administration of the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Board (or the Committee) shall have the power, subject to, and within the limitations
of, the express provisions of the Plan:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To determine when and how Rights to purchase Shares shall be granted and the provisions
of each Offering of such Rights (which need not be identical).
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To designate from time to time which Affiliates of the Company shall be eligible to
participate in the Plan.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Rights granted under it, and to establish,
amend and revoke rules and regulations for its administration. The Board, in the exercise of this
power, may correct any defect, omission
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">or inconsistency in the Plan, in a manner and to the extent it shall deem necessary or
expedient to make the Plan fully effective.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) To amend the Plan as provided in Section&nbsp;14.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as it deems necessary or
expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and its Affiliates and to carry out the
intent that the Plan be treated as an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Board may delegate administration of the Plan to a Committee of the Board composed of
two (2)&nbsp;or more members, all of the members of which Committee may be, in the discretion of the
Board, Non-Employee Directors and/or Outside Directors. If administration is delegated to a
Committee, the Committee shall have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers
theretofore possessed by the Board, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee of two (2)&nbsp;or
more Outside Directors any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise
(and references in this Plan to the Board shall thereafter be to the Committee or such a
subcommittee), subject, however, to such resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Plan, as may be adopted from time to time by the Board. The Board may abolish the Committee at any
time and revest in the Board the administration of the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;<I>Shares Subject to the Plan</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;13 relating to adjustments upon changes in
securities, the Shares that may be sold pursuant to Rights granted under the Plan shall not exceed
in the aggregate 66,500,000 Shares. If any Right granted under the Plan shall for any reason
terminate without having been exercised, the Shares not purchased under such Right shall again
become available for the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Shares subject to the Plan may be unissued Shares or Shares that have been bought on
the open market at prevailing market prices or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;<I>Grant of Rights; Offering</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Board may from time to time grant or provide for the grant of Rights to purchase
Shares of the Company under the Plan to Eligible Employees in an Offering on one or more Offering
Dates selected by the Board. Each Offering shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
423(b)(5) of the Code that all Employees granted Rights to purchase Shares under the Plan shall
have the same rights and privileges. The terms and conditions of an Offering shall be incorporated
by reference into the Plan and treated as part of the Plan. The provisions of separate Offerings
need not be identical, but each Offering shall include (through incorporation of the provisions of
this Plan by reference in the Offering Memorandum or otherwise) the period during which the
Offering shall be effective, which period shall not exceed twenty-seven (27)&nbsp;months beginning with
the Offering Date, and the substance of the provisions contained in Sections&nbsp;6 through 9,
inclusive.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;If a Participant has more than one Right outstanding under the Plan, unless he or she
otherwise indicates in agreements or notices delivered hereunder: (i)&nbsp;each agreement or notice
delivered by that Participant will be deemed to apply to all of his or her Rights under the Plan,
and (ii)&nbsp;an earlier-granted Right (or a Right with a lower exercise price, if two Rights have
identical grant dates) will be exercised to the fullest possible extent before a later-granted
Right (or a Right with a higher exercise price if two Rights have identical grant dates) will be
exercised.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.&nbsp;<I>Eligibility</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Rights may be granted only to Employees of the Company or, as the Board may designate as
provided in subsection 3(b), to Employees of an Affiliate. Except as provided in subsection 6(b),
an Employee shall not be eligible to be granted Rights under the Plan unless, on the Offering Date,
such Employee has been in the employ of the Company or the Affiliate, as the case may be, for such
continuous period preceding such grant as the Board may require, but in no event shall the required
period of continuous employment be equal to or greater than two (2)&nbsp;years.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Board may provide that each person who, during the course of an Offering, first
becomes an Eligible Employee will, on a date or dates specified in the Offering which coincides
with the day on which such person becomes an Eligible Employee or which occurs thereafter, receive
a Right under that Offering, which Right shall thereafter be deemed to be a part of that Offering.
Such Right shall have the same characteristics as any Rights originally granted under that
Offering, as described herein, except that:
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all purposes, including determination of the exercise price of such Right;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) the period of the Offering with respect to such Right shall begin on its Offering Date
and end coincident with the end of such Offering; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) the Board may provide that if such person first becomes an Eligible Employee within a
specified period of time before the end of the Offering, he or she will not receive any Right
under that Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;No Employee shall be eligible for the grant of any Rights under the Plan if, immediately
after any such Rights are granted, such Employee owns stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of
the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or of any
Affiliate. For purposes of this subsection 6(c), the rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall
apply in determining the stock ownership of any Employee, and stock which such Employee may
purchase under all outstanding rights and options shall be treated as stock owned by such Employee.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;An Eligible Employee may be granted Rights under the Plan only if such Rights, together
with any other Rights granted under all Employee Stock Purchase Plans of the Company and any
Affiliates, as specified by Section&nbsp;423(b)(8) of the Code, do not permit such Eligible Employee&#146;s
rights to purchase Shares of the Company or any Affiliate to accrue at a rate which exceeds twenty
five thousand dollars ($25,000) of the fair market value of such Shares (determined at the time
such Rights are granted) for each calendar year in which such Rights are outstanding at any time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The Board may provide in an Offering that Employees who are highly compensated employees
within the meaning of Section&nbsp;423(b)(4)(D) of the Code shall not be eligible to participate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.&nbsp;<I>Rights; Purchase Price</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;On each Offering Date, each Eligible Employee, pursuant to an Offering made under the
Plan, shall be granted the Right to purchase up to the number of Shares purchasable either:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) with a percentage designated by the Board not exceeding fifteen percent (15%) of such
Employee&#146;s Earnings (as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period which begins on
the Offering Date (or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends
on the date stated in the Offering, which date shall be no later than the end of the Offering; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) with a maximum dollar amount designated by the Board that, as the Board determines for
a particular Offering, (1)&nbsp;shall be withheld, in whole or in part, from such Employee&#146;s Earnings
(as defined by the Board in each Offering) during the period which begins on the Offering Date
(or such later date as the Board determines for a particular Offering) and ends on the date
stated in the Offering, which date shall be no later than the end of the Offering and/or (2)
shall be contributed, in whole or in part, by such Employee during such period.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Board shall establish one or more Purchase Dates during an Offering on which Rights
granted under the Plan shall be exercised and purchases of Shares carried out in accordance with
such Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;In connection with each Offering made under the Plan, the Board may specify a maximum
amount of Shares that may be purchased by any Participant as well as a maximum aggregate amount of
Shares that may be purchased by all Participants pursuant to such Offering. In addition, in
connection with each Offering that contains more than one Purchase Date, the Board may specify a
maximum aggregate amount of Shares which may be purchased by all Participants on any given Purchase
Date under the Offering. If the aggregate purchase of Shares upon exercise of Rights granted under
the Offering would exceed any such maximum aggregate amount, the Board shall make a pro rata
allocation of the Shares available in as nearly a uniform manner as shall be practicable and as it
shall deem to be equitable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The purchase price of Shares acquired pursuant to Rights granted under the Plan shall be
not less than the lesser of:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the Shares on
the Offering Date; or
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) an amount equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the fair market value of the Shares on
the Purchase Date.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.&nbsp;<I>Participation; Withdrawal; Termination</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;An Eligible Employee may become a Participant in the Plan pursuant to an Offering by
delivering a participation agreement to the Company within the time specified in the Offering
Memorandum, in such form as the Company provides. Each such agreement shall authorize payroll
deductions of up to the maximum percentage specified by the Board of such Employee&#146;s Earnings
during the Offering (as defined in each Offering). The payroll deductions made for each Participant
shall be credited to a bookkeeping account for such Participant under the Plan and either may be
deposited with the general funds of the Company or may be deposited in a separate account in the
name of, and for the benefit of, such Participant with a financial institution designated by the
Company. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may reduce (including to zero) or
increase such payroll deductions. To the extent provided in the Offering, a Participant may begin
such payroll deductions after the beginning of the Offering. A Participant may make additional
payments into his or her account only if specifically provided for in the Offering and only if the
Participant has not already had the maximum permitted amount withheld during the Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;At any time during an Offering, a Participant may terminate his or her payroll deductions
under the Plan and withdraw from the Offering by delivering to the Company a notice of withdrawal
in such form as the Company provides. Such withdrawal may be elected at any time prior to the end
of the Offering except as provided by the Board in the Offering. Upon such withdrawal from the
Offering by a Participant, the Company shall distribute to such Participant all of his or her
accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to
acquire Shares for the Participant) under the Offering, without interest unless otherwise specified
in the Offering, and such Participant&#146;s interest in that Offering shall be automatically
terminated. A Participant&#146;s withdrawal from an Offering will have no effect upon such Participant&#146;s
eligibility to participate in any other Offerings under the Plan but such Participant will be
required to deliver a new participation agreement in order to participate in subsequent Offerings
under the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Rights granted pursuant to any Offering under the Plan shall terminate immediately upon
cessation of any participating Employee&#146;s employment with the Company and its designated Affiliates
for any reason (subject to any post-employment participation period required by law) or other lack
of eligibility. The Company shall distribute to such terminated Employee all of his or her
accumulated payroll deductions (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to
acquire Shares for the terminated Employee) under the Offering, without interest unless otherwise
specified in the Offering. If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited with the
Company&#146;s general funds, then the distribution shall be made from the general funds of the Company,
without interest. If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited in a separate account
with a financial institution as provided in subsection 8(a), then the distribution shall be made
from the separate account, without interest unless otherwise specified in the Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;Rights granted under the Plan shall not be transferable by a Participant otherwise than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution, or by a beneficiary designation as provided in
Section&nbsp;15 and, otherwise during his or her lifetime, shall be exercisable only by the person to
whom such Rights are granted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.&nbsp;<I>Exercise</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;On each Purchase Date specified therefor in the relevant Offering, each Participant&#146;s
accumulated payroll deductions and other additional payments specifically provided for in the
Offering (without any increase for interest) will be applied to the purchase of Shares up to the
maximum amount of Shares permitted pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the applicable Offering,
at the purchase price specified in the Offering. No fractional Shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of Rights granted under the Plan unless specifically provided for in the Offering and
permitted by law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Offering, the amount, if any, of accumulated
payroll deductions remaining in any Participant&#146;s account after the purchase of Shares that is
equal to the amount required to purchase one or more whole Shares on the final Purchase Date of the
Offering shall be distributed in full to the Participant at the end of the Offering, without
interest. If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited with the Company&#146;s general
funds, then the distribution shall be made from the general funds of the Company, without interest.
If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited in a separate account with a financial
institution as provided in subsection 8(a), then the distribution shall be made from the separate
account, without interest unless otherwise specified in the Offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The amount, if any, of accumulated payroll deductions remaining in any Participant&#146;s
account after the purchase of Shares that is less than the amount required to purchase one whole
Share on the final Purchase Date of the Offering shall be carried forward, without interest, into
the next Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;No Rights granted under the Plan may be exercised to any extent unless the Shares to be
issued upon such exercise under the Plan (including Rights granted thereunder) are covered by an
effective registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act and the Plan is in material
compliance with all applicable state, foreign and other securities and other laws applicable to the
Plan. If on a Purchase Date in any Offering hereunder the Plan is not so registered or in such
compliance, no Rights granted under the Plan or any Offering shall be exercised on such Purchase
Date, and the Purchase Date shall be delayed until the Plan is subject to such an effective
registration statement and such compliance, except that the Purchase Date shall not be delayed more
than twelve (12)&nbsp;months and the Purchase Date shall in no event be more than twenty-seven (27)
months from the Offering Date. If, on the Purchase Date of any Offering hereunder, as delayed to
the maximum extent permissible, the Plan is not registered and in such compliance, no Rights
granted under the Plan or any Offering shall be exercised and all payroll deductions accumulated
during the Offering (reduced to the extent, if any, such deductions have been used to acquire
Shares) shall be distributed to the Participants, without interest unless otherwise specified in
the Offering. If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited with the Company&#146;s general
funds, then the distribution shall be made from the general funds of the Company, without interest.
If the accumulated payroll deductions have been deposited in a separate account with a financial
institution as provided in subsection 8(a), then the distribution shall be made from the separate
account, without interest unless otherwise specified in the Offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.&nbsp;<I>Covenants of the Company</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;During the terms of the Rights granted under the Plan, the Company shall ensure that the
amount of Shares required to satisfy such Rights are available.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company shall seek to obtain from each federal, state, foreign or other regulatory
commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to issue
and sell Shares upon exercise of the Rights granted under the Plan. If, after reasonable efforts,
the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority which
counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Shares under the Plan,
the Company shall be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Shares upon exercise
of such Rights unless and until such authority is obtained.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.&nbsp;<I>Use of Proceeds from Shares</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from the sale of Shares pursuant to Rights granted under the Plan shall constitute
general funds of the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.&nbsp;<I>Rights as a Stockholder and Employee</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;A Participant shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a
holder with respect to, Shares subject to Rights granted under the Plan unless and until the
Participant&#146;s Shares acquired upon exercise of Rights under the Plan are recorded in the books of
the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Neither the Plan nor the grant of any Right thereunder shall confer any right on any
Employee to remain in the employ of the Company or any Affiliate or restrict the right of the
Company or any Affiliate to terminate such Employee&#146;s employment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.&nbsp;<I>Adjustments Upon Changes in Securities</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Subject to any required action by the stockholders of the Company, the number of Shares
covered by each Right under the Plan that has not yet been exercised and the number of Shares that
have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but have not yet been placed under a Right
(collectively, the &#147;Reserves&#148;), as well as the price per Share covered by each Right under the Plan
that has not yet been exercised, shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in
the number of issued Shares resulting from a stock split or the payment of stock dividend (but only
on the Common Stock) or any other increase or decrease in the number of Shares effected without
receipt of consideration by the Company; provided, however, that conversion of any convertible
securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been &#147;effected without receipt of
consideration.&#148; Such adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose determination in that respect
shall be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">herein, no issue by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible
into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made
with respect to, the number or price of Shares subject to a Right.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any and all
Offerings shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action, unless
otherwise provided by the Board. The Board may, in the exercise of its sole discretion in such
instances, declare that the Rights under the Plan shall terminate as of a date fixed by the Board
and give each Participant the right to exercise his or her Right. In the event of a proposed sale
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with or into
another corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation when the Company is not
the surviving corporation, any and all Offerings shall terminate immediately prior to the
consummation of such proposed action, unless otherwise provided by the Board. The Board may, in the
exercise of its sole discretion in such instances, and in lieu of assumption or substitution of the
Rights, provide that each Participant shall have the right to exercise his or her Right. If the
Board makes a Right exercisable in lieu of assumption or substitution in the event of a merger or
sale of assets, the Board shall notify the Participant that the Right shall be fully exercisable
for a period of twenty (20)&nbsp;days from the date of such notice (or such other period of time as the
Board shall determine), and the Right shall terminate upon the expiration of such period.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Board may, if it so determines in the exercise of its sole discretion, also make
provision for adjusting the Reserves, as well as the price per Share covered by each outstanding
Right, in the event that the Company effects one or more reorganizations, recapitalizations, rights
offering, or other increases or reductions of outstanding Shares, and in the event of the Company
being consolidated with or merged into any other corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.&nbsp;<I>Amendment of the Plan</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Board at any time, and from time to time, may amend the Plan. However, except as
provided in Section&nbsp;13 relating to adjustments upon changes in securities and except as to minor
amendments to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account of a change in legislation or
to obtain or maintain favorable tax, exchange control or regulatory treatment for Participants or
the Company or any Affiliate, no amendment shall be effective unless approved by the stockholders
of the Company to the extent stockholder approval is necessary for the Plan to satisfy the
requirements of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code, Rule&nbsp;16b-3 under the Exchange Act or any Nasdaq or other
securities exchange listing requirements. Currently under the Code, stockholder approval within
twelve (12)&nbsp;months before or after the adoption of the amendment is required where the amendment
will:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Increase the amount of Shares reserved for Rights under the Plan;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) Modify the provisions as to eligibility for participation in the Plan to the extent
such modification requires stockholder approval in order for the Plan to obtain employee stock
purchase plan treatment under Section&nbsp;423 of the Code; or
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) Modify the Plan in any other way if such modification requires stockholder approval in
order for the Plan to obtain employee stock purchase plan treatment under Section&nbsp;423 of the
Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;It is expressly contemplated that the Board may amend the Plan in any respect the Board
deems necessary or advisable to provide Employees with the maximum benefits provided or to be
provided under the provisions of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder relating to
Employee Stock Purchase Plans and/or to bring the Plan and/or Rights granted under it into
compliance therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Rights and obligations under any Rights granted before amendment of the Plan shall not be
impaired by any amendment of the Plan without the consent of the person to whom such Rights were
granted, or except as necessary to comply with any laws or governmental regulations, or except as
necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or Rights granted under the Plan comply with the requirements
of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.&nbsp;<I>Designation of Beneficiary</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;A Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive any Shares
and/or cash, if any, from the Participant&#146;s account under the Plan in the event of such
Participant&#146;s death subsequent to the end of an Offering but prior to delivery to the Participant
of such Shares and cash. In addition, a Participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary
who is to receive any cash from the Participant&#146;s account under the Plan in the event of such
Participant&#146;s death during an Offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Participant may change such designation of beneficiary at any time by written notice.
In the event of the death of a Participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated
under the Plan who is living at the time of such Participant&#146;s death, the Company shall deliver
such Shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the Participant, or if no
such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company,
in its sole discretion, may deliver such Shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more
dependents or relatives of the Participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the
Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.&nbsp;<I>Termination or Suspension of the Plan</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Board in its discretion may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Unless sooner
terminated, the Plan shall terminate at the time that all of the Shares subject to the Plan&#146;s
reserve, as increased and/or adjusted from time to time, have been issued under the terms of the
Plan. No Rights may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is
terminated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Rights and obligations under any Rights granted while the Plan is in effect shall not be
impaired by suspension or termination of the Plan, except as expressly provided in the Plan or with
the consent of the person to whom such Rights were granted, or except as necessary to comply with
any laws or governmental regulation, or except as necessary to ensure that the Plan and/or Rights
granted under the Plan comply with the requirements of Section&nbsp;423 of the Code.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17.&nbsp;<I>Effective Date of Plan</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan shall become effective upon adoption by the Board.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18.&nbsp;<I>Reorganization of Cadence Design Foundry Business</I>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to restrict the ability of the Company to effect the
transactions, amendments and termination described in Section&nbsp;A.2. of that certain Plan of
Reorganization for Cadence Design Foundry Business, adopted by the Board on October&nbsp;30, 2002, and
the Plan shall hereby deemed to be amended in accordance therewith; provided that such transactions
shall be effected in a manner consistent with applicable law.
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