Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

We have an insider trading policy (the “Securities Trading Policy”) governing the purchase, sale and other dispositions of our securities that applies to all of our personnel, including directors, officers, employees, and other covered persons. We also follow procedures for our repurchase of our securities. We believe that our Securities Trading Policy and repurchase procedures are reasonably designed to promote compliance with applicable insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards. A copy of our Securities Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Form 10-K.

The information required by Item 10 as to directors is incorporated herein by reference from the sections entitled “Proposal 1 - Election of Directors” and, as applicable, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management - Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in our definitive proxy statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Our executive officers are listed at the end of Item 1 of Part I of this Annual Report.

The information required by Item 10 as to Cadence’s code of ethics is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Corporate Governance - Code of Business Conduct” in our definitive proxy statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

The information required by Item 10 as to the director nomination process and our Audit Committee is incorporated by reference from the section entitled “Board of Directors - Committees of the Board” in our definitive proxy statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.