Stock Repurchase Programs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

In August 2022, Cadence’s Board of Directors increased the prior authorization to repurchase shares of Cadence common stock by authorizing an additional $1 billion. The actual timing and amount of repurchases are subject to business and market conditions, corporate and regulatory requirements, stock price, acquisition opportunities and other factors.

During fiscal 2022, Cadence repurchased approximately 6.0 million shares on the open market, for an aggregate purchase price of $950.1 million.

In June 2022, Cadence also entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with Royal Bank of Canada to repurchase an aggregate of $100.0 million of Cadence common stock. The ASR agreement was accounted for as two separate transactions (1) a repurchase of common stock and (2) an equity-linked contract on Cadence’s own stock. In June 2022, Cadence received an initial share delivery of approximately 0.5 million shares, which represented the number of shares at a market price equal to $70.0 million. An equity-linked contract for $30.0 million, representing the remaining shares to be delivered by Royal Bank of Canada under the ASR agreement, was recorded to stockholders’ equity as of July 2, 2022. In September 2022, the ASR agreement settled and resulted in a delivery to Cadence of approximately 0.1 million additional shares. In total, approximately 0.6 million shares were repurchased under the ASR agreement at an average price per share of $167.07. The shares received were treated as a repurchase of common stock for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

As of December 31, 2022, approximately $1.1 billion of the share repurchase authorization remained available to repurchase shares of Cadence common stock.

The shares repurchased under Cadence’s repurchase authorizations and the total cost of repurchased shares, including commissions, during fiscal 2022, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:


	2022		2021		2020
	(In thousands)
Shares repurchased	6,602		4,401		4,247
Total cost of repurchased shares	$	1,050,091	$	612,297	$	380,064