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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Dec. 31, 2023

Dec. 31, 2022

Jan. 01, 2022

Jan. 02, 2021

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table

PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE

As highlighted in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” one of the primary principles of our compensation program is to ensure that there is a substantial portion of executive officer pay that is at-risk and highly dependent on Cadence’s short-term and long-term financial, operational, and stock price performance.

For our executives, over 80% of their opportunity is tied to long-term equity incentives that depend on our stock price performance, while roughly 5% to 10% of our executive pay is tied to annual financial and operational performance. As a result, we would expect that our Compensation Actually Paid in the table below will have a stronger correlation with our TSR and stock price performance than our annual financial and operational performance. We expect a strong correlation to stock price performance through the combination of (a) having a significant portion of executive pay tied to long-term incentives (“LTI”) and (b) using options as part of our annual LTI mix (50% for our CEO and 34% for our other NEOs) and periodic LTP awards that require meeting material stock price growth hurdles before any value is delivered to our executives. Strong business performance (including increased revenues, operating margin, and net income) continued to drive the increase in Cadence’s stock price from 2023 to 2024.

In the charts and descriptions of the relationships presented below we note the following:

(a) We show two Principal Executive Officers (“PEOs”) over the five-year period due to our CEO transition in 2021 (Dr. Devgan is PEO #1 for 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 and Mr. Tan is PEO #2 for 2021 and 2020).

(b) As stated above, our Compensation Actually Paid may vary notably year-over-year. These swings occur primarily due to: (a) the Compensation Actually Paid calculation measuring the change in fair value of equity awards (not the absolute value), (b) the stock price performance differing meaningfully in certain years, and (c) our practice of granting options and periodic LTP awards with challenging stock price hurdles.

For example, the large increase in Compensation Actually Paid for 2023 compared to 2022 was a result of our stock price growing 70% in 2023 versus decreasing 14% in 2022. Additionally, the stock price increased to be above the LTP III price hurdles, leading to higher values vesting in March 2023 and March 2024. Further, the notable decrease in Compensation Actually Paid in 2024 reflects a relatively modest stock price increase of 10% (versus 70% for 2023), with the stock price being below the maximum price target for LTP IV awards and only slightly above the exercise price for options awarded in 2024.

These observed year-over-year changes in our Compensation Actually Paid demonstrate the strong alignment between our long-term equity incentives and stock price performance. As such, we would expect larger Compensation Actually Paid values in years with stronger stock price performance and smaller values in years with lower performance.

  

The following table sets forth additional compensation information of our PEO and our other (non-PEO) NEOs along with TSR, net income, and non-GAAP operating income performance results for our fiscal years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.

																										Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On:
Year (1)		Summary Comp Table Total for PEO#1 (2)				Compensation Actually Paid to PEO#1 (3)(4)				Summary Comp Table Total for PEO#2 (2)				Compensation Actually Paid to PEO#2 (3)(5)				Average Summary Comp Table Total for non-PEO NEOs (2)				Average Compensation Actually Paid to non-PEO NEOs (3)(6)				Cadence Design Systems’ Total Shareholder Return (7)		Peer Group Total Shareholder Return (7)		GAAP Net Income				Non-GAAP Operating Income (8)
(a)		(b)				(c)				(b)				(c)				(d)				(e)				(f)		(g)		(h)				(i)
2024			$19,292,503				$ 28,687,892				N/A				N/A				$ 5,477,021				$ 7,966,742			$433		$300			$1,055,484,000				$1,974,360,000
2023			$17,341,862				$119,135,192				N/A				N/A				$ 5,291,144				$34,337,386			$393		$211			$1,041,144,000				$1,717,212,000
2022			$32,216,034				$ 24,757,155				N/A				N/A				$10,293,930				$ 7,377,865			$232		$135			$  848,952,000				$1,436,357,000
2021			$21,735,794				$ 39,820,493				$11,166,016				$60,351,290				$ 5,188,515				$14,539,214			$269		$190			$  695,955,000				$1,110,755,000
2020			N/A				N/A				$ 9,604,640				$93,290,140				$ 4,251,412				$21,315,667			$197		$142			$  590,644,000				$  944,083,000

(1)  NEOs included in the above compensation columns reflect the following:

Year		PEO #1		PEO #2		Non-PEO NEOs
2024		Dr. Devgan		—		Messrs. Wall, Beckley, Cunningham, Teng and Scannell
2023 2022		Dr. Devgan Dr. Devgan		—  —		Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Cunningham and Teng Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Cunningham and Teng
2021		Dr. Devgan		Mr. Tan		Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Teng and Beckley
2020		—		Mr. Tan		Messrs. Devgan, Wall, and Teng and Ms. Flaminia

(2)  Amounts reported in this column represent (i) the total compensation as reported in the Summary Compensation Table for the applicable year in the case of Dr. Devgan and Mr. Tan (for each year they served as PEO) and (ii) the average of the total compensation as reported in the Summary Compensation Table for Cadence’s other NEOs for the applicable year.

(3)  The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of equity awards in the “Compensation Actually Paid” columns has been estimated pursuant to the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 718: Compensation–Stock Compensation (“ASC Topic 718”). The fair values of restricted share awards that are subject to solely service-based vesting criteria equals the closing price on applicable year-end date(s) or, in the case of vesting dates, the closing price on the applicable vesting dates. The fair values of LTP awards that vest upon the attainment of both stock price targets and TSR hurdles relative to a group of peer companies were estimated with a Monte Carlo simulation model as of the applicable year-end date(s) using the same methodology as used to estimate the grant date fair value, but using each company’s closing stock price on the applicable revaluation date as the current market price and volatility assumptions and risk free rates determined as of the revaluation date based on the length of the LTP award’s remaining performance measurement period. The vest date values of the LTP awards equals the closing price on the applicable vesting dates. The fair values of stock options were estimated using the Black Scholes option pricing model as of the applicable year-end or vesting date(s), using the same methodology as used to estimate the grant date fair value but using (a) the closing stock price on applicable revaluation date as the current market price, (b) an expected remaining life assumption that is based on the stock options remaining contractual term as the applicable revaluation date and the degree to which the revaluation date stock price is greater than or less than the exercise price, with stock options that have an exercise price that is less than the revaluation date stock price having a shorter remaining expected life and stock options that have an exercise price that is greater than the revaluation date stock price having a longer remaining expected life, (c) expected volatility assumptions and risk free rates determined as of the revaluation date based on the length of the expected remaining life, and (d) an expected dividend rate of 0%. For additional information on the assumptions used to estimate the fair value of the awards, see the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Cadence’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and prior fiscal years.

  

(4)  Compensation Actually Paid to PEO #1 (Dr. Devgan) reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024					2023					2022					2021					2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)			$	19,292,503				$	17,341,862				$	32,216,034				$	21,735,794					—
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT			($	17,351,776	)			($	15,392,704	)			($	30,098,153	)			($	19,996,360	)				—
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding			$	15,440,701				$	20,512,907				$	33,730,111				$	20,926,797					—
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested			$	6,094,969				$	65,834,172				($	31,069,495	)			($	4,318,614	)				—
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year			$	1,326,066				$	1,733,185				$	962,229				$	557,207					—
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year			$	3,885,430				$	29,105,769				$	19,016,429				$	20,915,668
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year			($	0	)			($	0	)			($	0	)			($	0	)
Total Adjustments			$	9,395,389				$	101,793,329				($	7,458,879	)			$	18,084,699
Compensation Actually Paid			$	28,687,892				$	119,135,192				$	24,757,155				$	39,820,493

  

(5)  Compensation Actually Paid to PEO #2 (Mr. Tan) reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024					2023					2022					2021					2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)				—					—					—				$	11,166,016				$	9,604,640
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT														—				($	8,999,650	)			($	7,498,545	)
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding				—					—					—				$	12,344,763				$	16,413,875
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested				—					—					—				$	6,806,871				$	48,081,970
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year				—					—					—				$	1,003,000				$	1,244,473
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year				—					—					—				$	38,030,290				$	25,443,727
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year				—					—					—				($	0	)			($	0	)
Total Adjustments				—					—					—				$	49,185,274				$	83,685,500
Compensation Actually Paid				—					—					—				$	60,351,290				$	93,290,140

  

(6)  The average Compensation Actually Paid to the non-PEO NEOs reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024				2023				2022				2021				2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)		$	5,477,021			$	5,291,144			$	10,293,930			$	5,188,515			$	4,251,412
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT		($	4,440,047	)		($	4,105,718	)		($	9,032,300	)		($	3,999,937	)		($	3,206,240	)
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding		$	4,175,195			$	5,483,961			$	10,165,513			$	5,017,287			$	6,219,548
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested		$	1,268,894			$	16,894,138			($	11,766,789	)		($	1,923,004	)		$	8,360,210
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year		$	222,918			$	314,241			$	216,729			$	208,366			$	236,946
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year		$	1,262,760			$	10,459,620			$	7,500,782			$	10,047,986			$	5,453,791
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)
Total Adjustments		$	2,489,720			$	29,046,242			($	2,916,064	)		$	9,350,699			$	17,064,255
Compensation Actually Paid		$	7,966,742			$	34,337,386			$	7,377,865			$	14,539,214			$	21,315,667

(7)  Peer group TSR reflects the S&P 500 Information Technology Index performance as reflected in the Annual Report pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K. For Cadence’s and the peer group’s TSR, each year reflects what the cumulative value of $100 would be, including reinvestment of dividends, if such amount were invested on December 28, 2019.

(8)  We identified Non-GAAP Operating Income Dollars as our company selected measure which is defined as operating income adjusted for amortization of acquired intangibles, stock-based compensation expense, non-qualified deferred compensation expenses or credits, restructuring charges or credits, acquisition- and integration-related costs, and special charges. A reconciliation of our non-GAAP to GAAP financial results is set forth in Appendix A to this proxy statement.

Company Selected Measure Name

Non-GAAP Operating Income

Named Executive Officers, Footnote

(1)  NEOs included in the above compensation columns reflect the following:

Year		PEO #1		PEO #2		Non-PEO NEOs
2024		Dr. Devgan		—		Messrs. Wall, Beckley, Cunningham, Teng and Scannell
2023 2022		Dr. Devgan Dr. Devgan		—  —		Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Cunningham and Teng Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Cunningham and Teng
2021		Dr. Devgan		Mr. Tan		Messrs. Wall, Zaman, Teng and Beckley
2020		—		Mr. Tan		Messrs. Devgan, Wall, and Teng and Ms. Flaminia

Peer Group Issuers, Footnote

Peer group TSR reflects the S&P 500 Information Technology Index performance as reflected in the Annual Report pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K. For Cadence’s and the peer group’s TSR, each year reflects what the cumulative value of $100 would be, including reinvestment of dividends, if such amount were invested on December 28, 2019.

Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote

(4)  Compensation Actually Paid to PEO #1 (Dr. Devgan) reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024					2023					2022					2021					2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)			$	19,292,503				$	17,341,862				$	32,216,034				$	21,735,794					—
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT			($	17,351,776	)			($	15,392,704	)			($	30,098,153	)			($	19,996,360	)				—
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding			$	15,440,701				$	20,512,907				$	33,730,111				$	20,926,797					—
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested			$	6,094,969				$	65,834,172				($	31,069,495	)			($	4,318,614	)				—
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year			$	1,326,066				$	1,733,185				$	962,229				$	557,207					—
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year			$	3,885,430				$	29,105,769				$	19,016,429				$	20,915,668
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year			($	0	)			($	0	)			($	0	)			($	0	)
Total Adjustments			$	9,395,389				$	101,793,329				($	7,458,879	)			$	18,084,699
Compensation Actually Paid			$	28,687,892				$	119,135,192				$	24,757,155				$	39,820,493

  

(5)  Compensation Actually Paid to PEO #2 (Mr. Tan) reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024					2023					2022					2021					2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)				—					—					—				$	11,166,016				$	9,604,640
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT														—				($	8,999,650	)			($	7,498,545	)
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding				—					—					—				$	12,344,763				$	16,413,875
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested				—					—					—				$	6,806,871				$	48,081,970
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year				—					—					—				$	1,003,000				$	1,244,473
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year				—					—					—				$	38,030,290				$	25,443,727
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year				—					—					—				($	0	)			($	0	)
Total Adjustments				—					—					—				$	49,185,274				$	83,685,500
Compensation Actually Paid				—					—					—				$	60,351,290				$	93,290,140

Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount

$ 5,477,021

$ 5,291,144

$ 10,293,930

$ 5,188,515

$ 4,251,412

Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount

$ 7,966,742

34,337,386

7,377,865

14,539,214

21,315,667

Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote

(6)  The average Compensation Actually Paid to the non-PEO NEOs reflects the following adjustments from Total compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table:

		2024				2023				2022				2021				2020
Total Reported in Summary Compensation Table (SCT)		$	5,477,021			$	5,291,144			$	10,293,930			$	5,188,515			$	4,251,412
Less, value of Stock Awards reported in SCT		($	4,440,047	)		($	4,105,718	)		($	9,032,300	)		($	3,999,937	)		($	3,206,240	)
Plus, Year-End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding		$	4,175,195			$	5,483,961			$	10,165,513			$	5,017,287			$	6,219,548
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to indicated year-end) of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested		$	1,268,894			$	16,894,138			($	11,766,789	)		($	1,923,004	)		$	8,360,210
Plus, FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year		$	222,918			$	314,241			$	216,729			$	208,366			$	236,946
Plus, Change in Fair Value (from prior year-end to vesting date) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year		$	1,262,760			$	10,459,620			$	7,500,782			$	10,047,986			$	5,453,791
Less Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)		($	0	)
Total Adjustments		$	2,489,720			$	29,046,242			($	2,916,064	)		$	9,350,699			$	17,064,255
Compensation Actually Paid		$	7,966,742			$	34,337,386			$	7,377,865			$	14,539,214			$	21,315,667

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return

Compensation Actually Paid versus Total Shareholder Return

As indicated above, we believe there is a strong alignment between Compensation Actually Paid and our TSR as we have outperformed our peer group. Specifically, when our stock price has grown (in 2020, 2021, 2023, and 2024), the Compensation Actually Paid has been above our Summary Compensation Table values and when our stock price has decreased (2022) the Compensation Actually Paid has been below our Summary Compensation Table values (and lower than prior years). The 2020 Compensation Actually Paid values for Mr. Tan reflect the impact of prior option awards and prior LTP awards that had meaningful changes in fair value because of our significant stock price gains in 2020. As noted above, the lower Compensation Actually Paid values in 2021 compared to 2020, and in 2024 compared to 2023, are a result of several factors including lower price growth and fewer outstanding LTP awards included in the calculations. The higher Compensation Actually Paid values in 2023 compared to 2022 are a result of several factors including significant stock price growth and the use of options and periodic LTP grants in the program.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income

Compensation Actually Paid versus GAAP Net Income and non-GAAP Operating Income (Company Selected Metric)

As alluded to above, and compared to correlation with TSR, we see a weaker correlation between our financial and operational metrics and Compensation Actually Paid. In each of the past three years our GAAP Net Income and non-GAAP Operating Income has grown; however, our Compensation Actually Paid has varied over that same period of time (higher values in 2020, 2021, 2023 and lower values in 2022 and 2024). This underscores that our compensation program is materially tied to stock price performance and creates alignment with the stockholder experience.

Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure

Tabular List, Table

The following is a list of financial performance and non-financial performance measures, which in our assessment represent the most important measures used by Cadence to link Compensation Actually Paid to the NEOs for 2024:

Revenue

Non-GAAP Operating Income Dollars

Non-GAAP Operating Income Margin

Stock Price Performance

For additional details regarding these performance measures, please see the sections titled “Short-Term Cash Incentive Compensation under the Senior Executive Bonus Plan” and “Equity Incentive Compensation” in our “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” elsewhere in this proxy statement.

Total Shareholder Return Amount

$ 433

393

232

269

197

Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount

300

211

135

190

142

Net Income (Loss)

$ 1,055,484,000

$ 1,041,144,000

$ 848,952,000

$ 695,955,000

$ 590,644,000

Company Selected Measure Amount

1,974,360,000

1,717,212,000

1,436,357,000

1,110,755,000

944,083,000

Minimum Stock Price

5.00%

Maximum Stock Price

10.00%

Decreasing in Stock Price

70.00%

14.00%

Increase in Stock Price

10.00%

70.00%

Measure:: 1

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Name

Revenue

Measure:: 2

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Name

Non-GAAP Operating Income Dollars

Non-GAAP Measure Description

We identified Non-GAAP Operating Income Dollars as our company selected measure which is defined as operating income adjusted for amortization of acquired intangibles, stock-based compensation expense, non-qualified deferred compensation expenses or credits, restructuring charges or credits, acquisition- and integration-related costs, and special charges. A reconciliation of our non-GAAP to GAAP financial results is set forth in Appendix A to this proxy statement.

Measure:: 3

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Name

Non-GAAP Operating Income Margin

Measure:: 4

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Name

Stock Price Performance

Dr. Devgan [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

PEO Total Compensation Amount

$ 19,292,503

$ 17,341,862

$ 32,216,034

$ 21,735,794

PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount

$ 28,687,892

$ 119,135,192

$ 24,757,155

$ 39,820,493

PEO Name

Dr. Devgan

Dr. Devgan

Dr. Devgan

Dr. Devgan

Mr. Tan [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

PEO Total Compensation Amount

$ 11,166,016

$ 9,604,640

PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount

$ 60,351,290

$ 93,290,140

PEO Name

Mr. Tan

Mr. Tan

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Total Adjustments [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

$ 9,395,389

$ 101,793,329

$ (7,458,879)

$ 18,084,699

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Value of Stock Awards reported in SCT [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

(17,351,776)

(15,392,704)

(30,098,153)

(19,996,360)

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Year End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

15,440,701

20,512,907

33,730,111

20,926,797

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

6,094,969

65,834,172

(31,069,495)

(4,318,614)

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

1,326,066

1,733,185

962,229

557,207

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Change in Fair Value (from prior yearend) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

3,885,430

29,105,769

19,016,429

20,915,668

PEO | Dr. Devgan [Member] | Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

0

0

0

0

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Total Adjustments [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

49,185,274

$ 83,685,500

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Value of Stock Awards reported in SCT [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

(8,999,650)

(7,498,545)

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Year End value of Awards Granted in Fiscal Year that are Unvested and Outstanding [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

12,344,763

16,413,875

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Prior Years awards that are Outstanding and Unvested [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

6,806,871

48,081,970

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | FMV of Awards Granted and Vested in the indicated Year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

1,003,000

1,244,473

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Change in Fair Value (from prior yearend) of Prior Year awards that Vested this year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

38,030,290

25,443,727

PEO | Mr. Tan [Member] | Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

0

0

Non-PEO NEO | Total Adjustments [Member]

Pay vs Performance Disclosure

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29,046,242

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9,350,699

17,064,255

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Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

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(4,105,718)

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Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

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5,483,961

10,165,513

5,017,287

6,219,548

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Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

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16,894,138

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(1,923,004)

8,360,210

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Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

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314,241

216,729

208,366

236,946

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Pay vs Performance Disclosure

Adjustment to Compensation, Amount

1,262,760

10,459,620

7,500,782

10,047,986

5,453,791

Non-PEO NEO | Prior Year Fair Value of Prior Year awards that Failed to vest this year [Member]

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