Stock Repurchase Programs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2013

Cadence's Board of Directors has authorized the following programs to repurchase shares of Cadence's common stock in the open market, which remained in effect on December 28, 2013:



			Remaining
Authorization Date	Amount		Authorization
	(In thousands)
February 2008	$	500,000	$	314,389
August 2008	500,000		500,000
Total remaining authorization			$	814,389

As described in Note 3, Cadence's revolving credit facility restricts certain payments, including share repurchases. There were no shares repurchased under Cadence's stock repurchase programs during fiscal 2013, 2012 or 2011.