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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000813672-22-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDNS"
cik: "0000813672"
company_name: "CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:52:18.749593+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadence Design Systems appoints Mary Louise Krakauer to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Mary Louise Krakauer elected effective Jan 31, 2022; serves on boards of Xilinx, Mercury Systems, DXC, Proterra.
- Received incentive stock award with grant date fair value of $13,013.70, fully vesting Feb 25, 2022.
- Compensation consistent with other non-employee directors as described in March 2021 proxy statement.
- Krakauer was EVP/CIO at Dell and held executive roles at EMC, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Compaq.
- Appointment supports Cadence's Intelligent System Design strategy; executive chairman Lip-Bu Tan commented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000813672-22-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDNS
- cik: 0000813672
- company_name: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367222000006/0000813672-22-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367222000006/cdns-20220131.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-22-000006
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-22-000006.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-22-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary Louise Krakauer was elected as director at CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On January 31, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) elected Mary Louise (ML) Krakauer as a director of Cadence, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367222000006/0000813672-22-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.