secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK:        0000813672
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000813672-24-000100
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 3.03, 5.07, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cadence CRO Neil Zaman departs; Paul Scannell promoted to SVP Worldwide Field Operations
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- Neil Zaman steps down as SVP WW Field Ops and CRO effective May 6; becomes Senior Advisor through May 12, 2025.
- Paul Scannell promoted to SVP WW Field Ops, effective May 6, 2024.
- Stockholders approved charter amendments: written consent modifications and officer liability limit.
- All nine director nominees elected; advisory say-on-pay and PwC ratifications approved.
- Shareholder golden parachute proposal rejected with 93% of votes against.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000100/0000813672-24-000100-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000100/cdns-20240502.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-24-000100

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