secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)
CIK:        0000813672
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000813672-24-000125
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cadence enters $700M term loan to finance BETA CAE acquisition; issues 1.74M shares as partial consideration
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- $700M two-year senior unsecured term loan at SOFR+0.875%-1.375% or base+0%-0.375%, depending on debt rating.
- Proceeds fully used to finance the May 30, 2024 acquisition of BETA CAE Systems International AG.
- Issued 1,740,931 shares of common stock (unregistered) to BETA CAE shareholders as part of the acquisition consideration.
- Loan covenant requires funded debt/Consolidated EBITDA ratio ≤3.25x (step-up to 3.75x for one year after major acquisition).
- Initial Applicable Rate set at Pricing Level II (A3/A-/A-).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000125/0000813672-24-000125-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367224000125/cdns-20240530.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-24-000125

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