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accession: "0000813672-25-000157"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDNS"
cik: "0000813672"
company_name: "CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T19:32:39.101267+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cadence appoints imec CEO Luc Van den hove to board effective Jan 1, 2026

## Summary
- Appointment effective Jan 1, 2026; Van den hove receives equity grant of $82,849 vesting by May 8, 2026 or annual meeting.
- Van den hove has been imec CEO since 2009 and will continue through March 31, 2026, then become imec board chair.
- Board chair ML Krakauer cited Van den hove's AI and semiconductor expertise as key to Cadence's strategy.
- Van den hove holds a PhD in electrical engineering from KU Leuven and also serves as a director of Proximus plc.
- Cash compensation consistent with other non-employee board members as described in 2025 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000813672-25-000157
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDNS
- cik: 0000813672
- company_name: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367225000157/0000813672-25-000157-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367225000157/cdns-20251117.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000813672-25-000157.txt

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