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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000813672-22-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220406
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220406

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000813672
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				770148231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0101

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-15867
		FILM NUMBER:		22811354

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2655 SEELY AVENUE BLDG 5
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4089431234

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2655 SEELY AVENUE
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ECAD INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880609
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i44702ae8026c4bb7b6345db63d078eaf_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="margin-top:12pt;text-align:center"><font 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Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2022 regarding the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 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This Proxy Supplement, our Notice of 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, our Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2022 are available at </font><font style="color:#0563c1;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">http&#58;&#47;&#47;www.envisionreports.com&#47;CDNS</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The primary purpose of this Proxy Supplement is to provide an update with respect to Mr. Adams, one of Cadence&#8217;s current directors and a nominee for election to Cadence&#8217;s Board of Directors named in Proposal 1&#58;  Election of Directors in the Proxy Statement. On March 30, 2022, Seagate Technology plc (&#8220;Seagate&#8221;) reported that Mr. Adams notified Seagate&#8217;s board of directors that he will retire from Seagate&#8217;s board and will not stand for re-election at Seagate&#8217;s 2022 annual general meeting of shareholders. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Proxy Supplement also corrects immaterial errors in the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2021 and the Security Ownership tables in the Proxy Statement. The correct aggregate nonqualified deferred compensation balance at fiscal year end for Mr. Wall was $1,938,628 and for Mr. Teng was $2,384,598. 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