ADVISORY/Cadence Chief Financial Officer Bill Porter To Present at the Merrill Lynch Software and Internet Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:            Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) today
                announced that Chief Financial Officer Bill Porter
                will present at the Merrill Lynch Software and
                Internet Conference on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:10
                A.M. (Pacific) in Monterey, CA.

WHAT:           You are invited to attend the Webcast of the Cadence
                presentation at the Merrill Lynch Software and
                Internet Conference.

WHEN:           The on-demand Webcast will be available beginning
                Wednesday, November 7, 2001 at 10:10 A.M. (Pacific) /
                1:10 P.M. (Eastern) and will be posted on the Cadence
                Web site through Wednesday, December 5 at 5:00 P.M.
                (Pacific).

WHERE:          You may access the Webcast at
                http://www.cadence.com/company/investor_relations.

REQUIREMENTS:   Minimum requirements to listen to the
                Webcast include at least a 14.4K bps connection to the
                Internet.