Exhibit 99.1 Press Release
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   November 8, 2001

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         
         
Delaware   1-10606   77-0148231
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation )
  (Commission File
Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
         
    2655 Seely Avenue, Building 5    
    San Jose, California 95134    
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)    
         

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 943-1234

 


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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
Exhibit 99.1   Press Release of the Registrant issued on November 8, 2001.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

         On November 8, 2001, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), issued a press release announcing that the Registrant entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Silicon Perspective Corporation, a California corporation.

 


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SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated as of November 16, 2001.

     
    CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
     
    By: /s/ William Porter
   
    William Porter
    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 


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Exhibit No.   Document        

 
       
Exhibit 99.1   Press Release of the Registrant issued on November 8, 2001.