Stock Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock-based compensation expense is reflected in Cadence’s condensed consolidated income statements for the three months ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016
	(In thousands)
Cost of product and maintenance	$	529	$	464
Cost of services	761		681
Marketing and sales	6,008		5,536
Research and development	15,482		13,897
General and administrative	4,656		4,054
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	27,436	$	24,632

Cadence had total unrecognized compensation expense related to stock option and restricted stock grants of $201.0 million as of April 1, 2017, which will be recognized over the remaining vesting period. The remaining weighted-average vesting period of unvested awards is 2.2 years.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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