Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC (CDNS)

John Wall

A named executive officer of CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$17,119,862

FY2024: $6,254,651

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 25, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-09-24.

John Wall compensation by year

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS Summary Compensation Table · all 7 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$375,000$448,462$500,000$550,000$575,000$575,000$600,000
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,999,992$1,419,019$7,310,069$8,528,597$3,050,188$3,344,319$15,736,804
Option awards$543,396$730,724$1,189,938$1,218,800$1,568,773$1,718,649$0
Non-equity incentive$490,636$688,197$788,207$845,326$705,606$604,053$769,614
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$9,444$10,160$10,572$11,022$11,772$12,630$13,444
Total$4,418,468$3,296,562$9,798,786$11,153,745$5,911,339$6,254,651$17,119,862

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC DEF 14A filed March 25, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-124264, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$4.4M
$3.3M
$9.8M
$11.2M
$5.9M
$6.3M
$17.1M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU84,000$26,256,720—
PSU82,251$25,710,018—
RSU16,337$5,106,619—
PSU8,416$2,630,673—
RSU5,604$1,751,698—
PSU4,208$1,315,337—
RSU2,505$783,013—
Option6,910—$202.94
Option1,556—$142.50
Option9,276—$298.44

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

8 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 25, 2026)
current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-09-17Tax withholding—1,433$280.7679,459
2026-09-15Tax withholding—983$273.9680,892
2026-05-05Sale10b5-11,907$348.6883,535
2026-05-05Sale10b5-11,280$349.4182,255
2026-05-05Sale10b5-1380$351.3281,875
2026-05-05Sale10b5-1412$346.6886,463
2026-05-05Sale10b5-11,021$347.7585,442
2026-04-16Sale10b5-121,500$309.4586,875

The 8 most recent of 8 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Anirudh DevganPresident and Chief Executive Officer$56,683,576
John Wall · this pageSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$17,119,862
Paul ScannellSenior Vice President, Customer Success Team$15,699,536
Paul CunninghamSenior Vice President, GM, System Verification Group$15,207,257
Chin-Chi TengSenior Vice President, GM, Digital & Signoff Group$15,185,652

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