8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 14, 2002
 
 
Mentor Graphics Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
Oregon
   
0-13442
   
93-0786033
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
   
(Commission
File Number)
   
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
 
(503) 685-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 
ITEM 9.    REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
 
On November 14, 2002, the Registrant filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002 (the “Form 10-Q”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the following certifications are being made to accompany the Form 10-Q:
 
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Mentor Graphics Corporation (the “Company”) hereby certifies to such officer’s knowledge that:
 
(i)    the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(ii)    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
         
Dated:    November 14, 2002
  
/s/    WALDEN C. RHINES
       
Walden C. Rhines
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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Certification of Chief Financial Officer
 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned officer of Mentor Graphics Corporation (the “Company”) hereby certifies to such officer’s knowledge that:
 
(i)    the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(ii)    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
         
Dated:    November 14, 2002
  
/s/    GREGORY K. HINCKLEY
       
Gregory K. Hinckley
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely to accompany the Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
 
 
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.
 
 
Date:    November 14, 2002
  
MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION
(registrant)
       
By:
  
/s/    GREGORY K. HINCKLEY
       
Name:
  
Gregory K. Hinckley
       
Its:
  
President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer

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