Tan Lip Bu Form 4 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS / LIP BU TAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

TAN LIP BU

(Last) (First) (Middle)

2655 SEELY AVENUE, BLDG. 5

(Street)

SAN JOSE CA 95134

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC [ CDNS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/08/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock								31,400	I	Held by IRA(1)
Common Stock								51,000	I	Held by Child 1
Common Stock								15,000	I	By Trust 1(2)
Common Stock								7,000	I	By Trust 3(3)
Common Stock	12/18/2015		Z		4,800(4)	D	$0.00	886,144	I	By Trust 2(5)
Common Stock	02/08/2016		A		100,000(6)	A	$0.00	287,498	D
Common Stock	02/08/2016		A		200,000(6)	A	$0.00	487,979(7)	D
Common Stock	02/03/2016		Z		481(8)	D	$0.00	487,498	D
Common Stock	02/03/2016		Z		481	A	$0.00	886,625	I	By Trust 2(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$19.6	02/08/2016		A		500,000(9)		03/08/2016	02/08/2023	Common Stock	500,000	$0.00	500,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares held by IRA FBO Lip-Bu Tan DB Securities Inc. Custodian Rollover Account DTD 5/19/1997.

2. Shares held by A&E Investment LLC, the sole member of which is the Lip-Bu Tan and Ysa Loo Trust dated 2/3/1992.

3. Shares held by L Tan & N Lee & W Lee Trustees, Pacven Walden Inc.

4. Shares transferred was a bona fide gift from the Lip-Bu Tan and Ysa Loo Trust dated 2/3/1992.

5. Shares held by the Lip-Bu Tan and Ysa Loo Trust dated 2/3/1992.

6. Grant of performance-based incentive stock.

7. Amount of securities beneficially owned includes 481 shares acquired by the Reporting Person through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan on January 29, 2016.

8. Shares transferred to the Lip-Bu Tan and Ysa Loo Trust dated 2/3/1992.

9. Option vests at a rate of 1/48th per month.

Remarks:

	Yoonie Y. Chang, Attorney-in-Fact for Lip-Bu Tan	02/10/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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