Insider trade

CFO exercised or converted 8,000 CDNS derivative securities

Traded Dec 16, 2025 · Filed Dec 19, 2025

Cadence Design SystemsCDNS

8,000
Derivative units

Why it stands out

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 16, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 19, 2025

CFOOption exercise

Context

Classification

option exercise

Code M — exercise or conversion of a derivative security

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references vesting of compensation awards

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000813672-25-000164

Filed / recorded

Dec 19, 2025, 3:17 AM UTC

Added to OQRO

Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC

Parser

form4-xml-v1

Data quality

Verified: identifiers matched exactly

Issuer

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC

Issuer CIK

813672

Ticker

CDNS

Reporting person

John M Wall

Relationship

Officer

Officer title

Sr. VP & CFO

Security

Non- Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)

Table

Derivative (Table II)

Transaction date

Dec 16, 2025

Transaction code

M

Shares / units

8,000

Price per share

$0.00

Acquired / disposed

Disposed (D)

Shares owned after

1,888

Ownership form

Direct

Amendment

No

Footnotes from the filing

These options vested at a rate of 1/48th per month starting on April 15, 2022.

Around the same time

9mo ago

3,000Shares · @ $78.76

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

Officer sold ~$2.01M of Cadence Design Systems

Scheduled in advance9mo ago

9mo ago

3,000Derivative units

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record