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AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
2009 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
The Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan shall be amended as
follows, effective January 1, 2009.
1. The
references in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.2(c) to
“monthly” installment distributions shall be changed to
“annual” installment distributions.
2. The fourth
sentence of Section 3.2(e) shall be revised to read as
follows:
Subsequent
installments, if any, shall be made the following January and each
January thereafter.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, this instrument of amendment is executed this 29th
day of July, 2008.
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/s/ James J.
Cowie
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James J. Cowie
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Sr. Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
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AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
2009 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
The Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. 2009 Deferred Compensation Plan shall be amended as
follows, effective January 1, 2009:
1. Section 1.1
shall be revised by adding the following to the end
thereof:
Employer shall
maintain separate Accounts for an Employee who is participating in
the Plan and experienced a change in employment status (
i.e. , from employee to Non-Employee Director or vice
versa ) such that Employee will have a Non-Employee Director
Account and an employee Account.
2. A new
Section 2.2 shall be added to read as follows:
2.2 Change in
Status . A participating Employee who experiences a change in
employment status ( i.e. , from employee to Non-Employee
Director or vice versa ) shall be considered newly eligible
to participate in the Plan in his or her new capacity for all
purposes hereunder, including for purposes of making the elections
pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4 hereof, provided that the
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