Stock Repurchase Programs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Class of Stock Disclosures [Abstract]

In August 2023, Cadence’s Board of Directors increased the prior authorization to repurchase shares of Cadence common stock by authorizing an additional $1.0 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 2023, Cadence repurchased approximately 2.3 million shares on the open market, for an aggregate purchase price of 500.0 million.

In June 2023, Cadence also entered into an accelerated share repurchase (“ASR”) agreement with HSBC Bank USA, National Association (“HSBC”) to repurchase an aggregate of $200.0 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 2023, Cadence received an initial share delivery of approximately 0.6 million shares, which represented the number of shares at a market price equal to $140.0 million. An equity-linked contract for $60 million, representing the remaining shares to be delivered by HSBC under the ASR agreement, was recorded to stockholders' equity as of June 30, 2023. In August 2023, the ASR agreement settled and resulted in a delivery of approximately 0.3 million additional shares to Cadence. In total, Cadence received approximately 0.9 million shares under the ASR agreement at an average price per share of $228.26. The shares received were treated as repurchased common stock for purposes of calculating earnings per share.

As of December 31, 2023, approximately $1.4 billion of the share repurchase authorization remained available to repurchase shares of Cadence common stock.

In June 2022, Cadence also entered into an 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. 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.

The shares repurchased under Cadence’s repurchase authorizations and the total cost of repurchased shares, including commissions, during fiscal 2023, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:


	2023*		2022**		2021
	(In thousands)
Shares repurchased	3,145		6,602		4,401
Total cost of repurchased shares	$	700,134	$	1,050,091	$	612,297

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*Includes 276 thousand shares and $60 million equity forward contract from the June 2023 ASR settled in August 2023, and excludes $0.9 million of excise tax.

**Includes 109 thousand shares and $30 million equity forward contract from the June 2022 ASR settled in September 2022.