MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP
10-K, 1994-03-31
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                              Form 10-K

                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20549

[X]     ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 

             For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993

                Commission file number 0 - 13442


                  MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION
      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Oregon                           93-0786033
   (State or other jurisdiction of         (IRS Employer
    ncorporation or organization)        Identification No.)


     8005 SW Boeckman Road                   97070-7777
       Wilsonville, Oregon                    (Zip Code)
 (Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (503) 685-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common 
Stock, without par value

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all 
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months 
(or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to 
file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing 
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes   X      No  ________ 

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-
affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $636,268,197 on 
March 1, 1994, based upon the last price of the Common Stock on 
that date reported in the NASDAQ National Market System.  On March 
1, 1994, there were 48,017,410 shares of the Registrant's Common 
Stock outstanding.  

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant 
to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will 
not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in 
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by 
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or in any amendment to 
this Form 10-K.  X   

                DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

     Document                             Part of Form 10-K into
                                          which incorporated

Portions of 1993 Annual Report            Parts I, II and IV
   to Shareholders
Portions of the 1994 Proxy Statement      Part III

                               PART I

Item 1.  Business

                               General

Mentor Graphics Corporation (Mentor Graphics or Company), an 
Oregon corporation organized in 1981, is headquartered in 
Wilsonville, Oregon.  The Company's common stock is traded in the 
NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol MENT.


                         Products and Services

The Company designs, manufactures, markets and supports electronic 
design automation (EDA) software for the integrated circuit (IC) 
and systems design markets.  The Company provides a broad range of 
EDA tools developed either by the Company or together with third 
parties to support the entire electronic design process.  The 
Company's software products enable engineers and designers to 
design, analyze, place and route, and test custom ICs, application 
specific ICs (ASICs), printed circuit boards, multichip modules 
and other electronic systems and subsystems.  The Company^s Falcon 
Framework software provides a common foundation for the Company's 
EDA software products.  Falcon Framework software also allows for 
the integration of third party software tools developed by other 
commercial EDA vendors and by customers for their own internal 
use.  The Company's products help customers reduce development 
time while producing innovative hardware products of high quality.  
In addition to software products, Mentor Graphics' Value Added 
Services division also offers consulting, support and training 
services to enhance customers' success in the design and 
manufacture of hardware products.  


                            Platforms

The Company's software runs on UNIX workstations in a broad range 
of price and performance levels, including workstations 
manufactured by Hewlett-Packard Company, Sun Microsystems, Inc.,  
Digital Equipment Corporation,  NEC Corporation and International 
Business Machines Corporation.  The above major computer 
manufacturers have a substantial installed base of workstations, 
and make frequent introductions of new products with significant 
price/performance improvements.

The Company has written virtually all of its software in the high 
level languages C++, C, Pascal, or Fortran to facilitate its 
portability to other platforms in the future, should availability 
of the Company's software on such platforms prove desirable. 


                        Marketing and Sales

The Company's marketing strategy emphasizes customer support, 
Value Added Services, a strong direct sales force and large 
corporate account penetration in the semiconductor, aerospace, 
computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics industries.  
Customers use the Company's products in the design of such diverse 
products as supercomputers, automotive electronics, missile 
guidance systems, signal processors, personal computers, gallium 
arsenide circuits, microprocessors and telecommunication switching 
systems.

Mentor Graphics sells and licenses its products primarily through 
its direct sales force in the United States, through the direct 
sales forces of its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Asia and Europe 
and through distributors.  During 1993, the Company transitioned 
from direct sales to distributorships in some Asian markets by 
assisting former employees to set up distributorship businesses 
for Company products.  The Company is considering making similar 
transitions to distributorships in other geographies.  During the 
years ended December 31, 1993 and 1992, sales outside of North 
America accounted for 46 and 48 percent, respectively, of total 
sales.  Additional information relating to foreign and domestic 
operations is contained in Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated 
Financial Statements on pages 34-35 of the 1993 Annual Report to 
Shareholders and is incorporated by this reference.  Fluctuating 
exchange rates and other factors beyond the Company's control, 
such as tariff and trade policies, domestic and foreign tax and 
economic policies and the relative stability of international 
economic and monetary conditions should continue to affect the 
level and profitability of sales outside the United States.

The Company's OpenDoor program coordinates and supports the 
integration of commercial EDA products and customers' internal 
products into the Company's EDA environment.  Under this program, 
the Company enables OpenDoor participant companies to develop 
interfaces from their products to the Company's products.  
OpenDoor participants can select from a range of integration 
technologies to achieve an optimal degree of integration for their 
products.  There are now approximately 115 OpenDoor participants. 

No material portion of the Company's business is dependent on a 
single customer.  The Company has traditionally experienced some 
seasonal fluctuations in receipt of orders, which are typically 
stronger in the second and fourth quarters of the year.  As is 
typical of many other companies in the electronics industry, the 
Company generally ships its products to customers within 10 to 90 
days after receipt of an order, and a substantial portion of 
quarterly shipments tend to be made in the last month of each 
quarter.  The Company believes that the dollar amount of its 
backlog is not material to an understanding of the Company's 
business.

The Company sells and licenses its products and some third-party 
products pursuant to purchase orders and master purchase and 
license agreements.  The Company has corporate agreements 
providing the general terms and conditions of sales and discounts 
to certain of its customers.  The Company schedules deliveries 
only after receipt of purchase orders under these agreements.  


                     Manufacturing Operations

The Company's manufacturing operations primarily consist of 
reproduction of the Company's software and documentation.  In 
North America, manufacturing occurs at the Company's facility in 
Wilsonville, Oregon.  Software and documentation distribution 
centers in The Netherlands, Japan and Singapore serve their 
respective regions.  The Company generally does not integrate 
Company software with hardware from suppliers.  The Company uses a 
manufacturing resource planning system which integrates 
purchasing, inventory control and accounting in all regions.


                        Product Development

The EDA market is competitive and characterized by rapid 
technological change, which requires continuous high expenditures 
for the enhancement of existing products and the development of 
new products.  The Company is committed to the creation of new 
products and intends to continue to enhance its existing products.  
During the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991, the 
Company expensed approximately $77,598,000, $73,947,000 and 
$79,539,000 respectively, and capitalized approximately 
$3,609,000, $6,120,000, and $9,917,000, respectively, related to 
product development.  Substantially all of these costs were 
related to the development of the Company's proprietary 
application software. 



                             Suppliers

The Company contracts with several suppliers who provide software 
products which the Company integrates into its product line, 
allowing the Company to both concentrate its development efforts 
on its core product line and offer its customers a more complete 
design solution.

The Company no longer integrates and resells computer hardware 
with the Company's products.  The Company believes that its 
customers realize little value in purchasing hardware through the 
Company.  As a service to its customers in Europe and Japan, where 
some customers prefer to purchase both hardware and software from 
one source, the Company will continue to accept orders for 
hardware which is shipped directly from the supplier to customers.

            Customer Support and Professional Services

The Company has a worldwide organization to meet its customers' 
needs for software support, training, consulting, custom IC design 
and documentation.  The Company offers support contracts providing 
software updates and support.  Most of the Company's customers are 
covered by software support contracts.  Some hardware support is 
provided to customers under subcontract by third-party hardware 
suppliers, although the Company will not be entering into any new 
hardware support agreements with customers in 1994.  The Company 
provides technical support for its products through a direct 
telephone support line and an electronic communications system.

Additional professional services are offered through the Company's 
Value Added Services division which provides consulting and 
training to help the Company's customers improve their design 
processes and make the most efficient use of their EDA software 
tools.  

                          Competition

The EDA industry is competitive and has been characterized by 
rapid technological advances in application software, operating 
systems and hardware.  The Company's principal competitors are 
Cadence Design Systems Inc., Synopsys Inc., Viewlogic Systems, 
Inc., COMPASS Design Automation, Inc., Zuken Incorporated, Racal 
Redac, Ltd., Intergraph Corporation, and Seiko Corporation.  The 
Company believes that other companies may be developing EDA 
systems.

Some of the Company's competitors and potential competitors may 
have greater financial and marketing resources than Mentor 
Graphics.  However, the Company believes the main competitive 
factors in the EDA industry are breadth and quality of application 
software, product integration, ability to respond to technological 
change, quality of a company's sales force, price, size of the 
installed base, level of customer support and value added 
services.  The Company believes that it generally competes 
favorably in these areas.  The Company can give no assurance, 
however, that it will have the financial resources, marketing, 
distribution and service capability, depth of key personnel or 
technological knowledge to compete successfully in the EDA market.


                            Employees

The Company and its subsidiaries employed approximately 2,100 
persons full time as of December 31, 1993 compared with 
approximately 2,200 persons at the end of 1992.  The Company's 
success will depend in part on its ability to attract and retain 
employees who are in great demand.  The Company continues to enjoy 
good employee relations.  No Company employees are represented by 
a collective bargaining unit.


                     Patents and Licenses

The Company owns United States and Canadian patents covering the 
technology underlying several of its software products.  The 
Company has also filed other patent applications on technology it 
has developed and intends to file additional patent applications 
in the future.  While the Company believes the pending 
applications relate to patentable devices, there can be no 
assurance that any patent will be issued or that any patent can be 
successfully defended.  The Company believes that patents are less 
significant to the success of its business than technical 
competence, management ability, marketing capability and customer 
support.

The Company regards its application software as proprietary and 
attempts to protect it with copyrights, trade secret laws, and 
internal non-disclosure safeguards, as well as patents, when 
appropriate, as noted above.  The Company typically incorporates 
restrictions on disclosure, usage and transferability into its 
agreements with customers and other third parties.


Item 2.  Properties

The Company's Wilsonville, Oregon facilities are located in six 
owned buildings of approximately 570,000 total square feet located 
on about 90 acres.  All corporate functions, as well as a majority 
of research and development and domestic activities, operate from 
this site.  In January 1993, the Company entered into a five-year 
lease with a third party covering the Company's former 
manufacturing and warehouse building on its Wilsonville site.  The 
building size is approximately 150,000 square feet.

The Company leases additional space in San Jose, California, and 
in various locations throughout the United States and in foreign 
countries, primarily for sales and customer service operations.  
The Company believes that it will be able to renew or replace its 
existing leases as they expire and that its current facilities 
will be adequate through at least 1994.


Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

There are no material legal proceedings pending against the 
Company.


Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No matters were submitted to a vote of the security holders of the 
Company during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1993.


Executive Officers of Registrant

The following are the executive officers of the Company:

      Name           Position               Age      Has Served As 
                                                       An Officer
                                                  of Company Since

Walden C.Rhines      President, Chief       47             1993
                     Executive Officer 
                     and Director

R. Douglas Norby     Senior Vice            58             1993
                     President and Chief 
                     Financial Officer

Waldo J Richards     Senior Vice President, 54             1993
                     Product Operations

Frank S. Delia       Vice President, Chief  47             1983
                     Administrative Officer,
                     General Counsel and 
                     Secretary 

James J.Luttenbacher Corporate Controller   38             1993
                     and Chief Accounting
                     Officer
     
Patricia J.O'Connor  Vice President, Human  38             1990
                     Resources 

The officers are elected by the Board of Directors of the Company 
at its annual meeting.  Officers hold their positions until they 
resign, are terminated or their successors are elected.  There are 
no arrangements or understandings between the officers or any 
other person pursuant to which officers were elected and none of 
the officers are related.

All of the officers named have been employed by Mentor Graphics 
for the last five years except:

1)     Mr. Rhines, who was employed from 1972 to 1993 by Texas
            Instruments, Incorporated where he held a variety of
            technical and management positions and was most
            recently Executive Vice President of Texas Instruments
            Semiconductor Group;

2)     Mr. Norby, who was employed from 1992 to 1993 by Pharmetrix 
            Corporation as President and Chief Executive Officer
            and from 1985 to 1992 by Lucasfilm, Ltd. where he last
            held the position of President and Chief Operating 
            Officer;

3)     Mr. Richards, who was employed from 1989 to 1993 by 
            Sequent Computer Systems Inc. in a variety of
            engineering management positions; and

4)     Mr. Luttenbacher, who was employed from 1981 to 1992 by 
            Hewlett-Packard Company in a variety of accounting
            positions, the most recent of which was Manager of the
            North American Financial Services Group.


PART II

Item 5.  Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and 
Related Stockholder Matters

The Company paid a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share during 
1992 and during the first three quarters of 1993.  The Company 
ceased payment of the dividend in the fourth quarter of 1993 and 
does not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.  
Additional information required by this item is included under 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and 
Financial Condition" on pages 17-22, under "Quarterly Financial 
Information" on page 36 and under the shareholder information 
included on page 38 of the Company's 1993 Annual Report to 
Shareholders.

Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

The information required by this item is included under "Selected 
Consolidated Financial Data" on page 16 of the Company's 1993 
Annual Report to Shareholders.

Item 7.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Results 
of Operations and Financial Condition

The information required by this item is included under 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations" on pages 17-22 of the Company's 1993 Annual 
Report to Shareholders.

Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The financial statements are included in the Company's 1993 Annual 
Report to Shareholders on pages 23-37 and are indexed here under 
Item 14(a)(1).  The supplementary data required by this item is 
included under "Quarterly Financial Information" on page 36 of the 
Company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders.  See also the 
financial statement schedules appearing here as indexed under Item 
14(a)(2).

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on 
Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

PART III

Item 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of Registrant

The information required by this item concerning the Company's 
Directors is included under "Election of Directors" in the 
Company's 1994 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by 
reference.  The information concerning the Company's Executive 
Officers is included herein on page 6 under the caption "Executive 
Officers of the Registrant."  No information is included in 
response to Item 405 of Regulation S-K.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation

The information required by this item is included under 
"Compensation of Directors," "Information Regarding Executive 
Officer Compensation" and "Certain Transactions" in the Company's 
1994 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners 
and Management

The information required by this item is included under "Election 
of Directors" and "Information Regarding Beneficial Ownership of 
Principal Shareholders and Management" in the Company's 1994 Proxy 
Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

The information required by this item is included under "Certain 
Transactions" in the Company's 1994 Proxy Statement and is 
incorporated herein by reference.

PART IV

Item 14.  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and 
Reports on Form 8-K

(a) 

(1)     Financial Statements
 
The documents listed are included on pages indicated in the 
Company's 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders:
                                                            Page

Consolidated Statements of Operations                        23
Consolidated Balance Sheets                                  24
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows                        25
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity              26
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements                 27-35
Independent Auditors' Report                                 37

(2)     Financial Statement Schedules

The documents and schedules listed below are filed as part of this 
report on the pages indicated:

Schedule                                                    Page
   I          Marketable Securities                          11
  II          Amounts Receivable from Related Parties 
                and Underwriters, Promoters, and 
              Employees other than Related Parties         12-13
   V            Property, Plant and Equipment                 14
  VI          Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization 
                of Property, Plant and Equipment              15
VIII          Valuation and Qualifying Accounts               16
  IX          Short-Term Borrowings                           17
   X          Supplementary Income Statement 
                Information                                   18


Independent Auditors^ Report on Financial 
Statement Schedules                                           19

All other financial statement schedules have been omitted since 
they are not required, not applicable or the information is 
included in the consolidated financial statements or notes.


(3)     Exhibits

3.     A.     1987 Restated Articles of Incorporation.  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Company's 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-
23024).

B.     Bylaws of the Company.

10.     *A.     1982 Stock Option Plan.  Incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.A to the Company's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1991 (1991 
10-K).

*B.     Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.  Incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.C to the Company's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1989 (1989 
10-K).

*C.     1986 Stock Plan.  Incorporated by reference to 
Exhibit 10.D to the Company's 1989 10-K.

*D.     1987 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan.  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.E. to the Company's 
1989 10-K.  

*E.     Stock Option Agreement under the 1986 Stock Plan 
dated October 15, 1993 between the Company and Walden C. 
Rhines.  

*F.     Form of Indemnity Agreement entered into between 
the Registrant and each of its officers and directors.  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to the Company's 
1987 Proxy Statement.

G.     Lease dated November 20, 1991, for 999 Ridder Park 
Drive and 1051 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California.  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.M to the Company's 
Form SE dated March 25, 1992.

H.     Amended and Restated Loan Agreement between Mentor 
Graphics Corporation and First Interstate Bank of Oregon, 
N.A. dated December 31, 1992 as amended.  Incorporated by 
reference to Exhibit 10.J to the Company's Form SE dated 
March 25, 1993.

13.     Portions of the 1993 Annual Report to Shareholders that 
are incorporated herein by reference.  

21.     List of Subsidiaries of the Company.

23.     Consent of Accountants.
___________________
*  Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

(b)     No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the last 
quarter of the period covered by this Report.

                          SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused 
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized, on March 30, 1994.

                                   MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION

                                   By  _________________________
                                          Walden C. Rhines
                                        President and Chief
                                         Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, this report has been signed  by the following persons on 
behalf of the registrant on March 30, 1994 in the capacities 
indicated.

     Signature                      Title

(1)  Principal Executive Officer:

     ____________________________   President, Chief Executive
          Walden C. Rhines          Officer and Director

(2)  Principal Financial Officer:

     ____________________________   Senior Vice President and
          R. Douglas Norby          Chief Financial Officer

(3)  Principal Accounting Officer:

     _____________________________  Corporate Controller and
          James J. Luttenbacher     Chief Accounting Officer

(4)  Directors:

     _____________________________  Chairman of the Board and
          Thomas H. Bruggere        Director

     _____________________________  Director
          Marsha B. Congdon

     _____________________________  Director
          David R. Hathaway

     _____________________________  Director
          Fontaine K. Richardson

     _____________________________  Director
          Jon A. Shirley

     _____________________________  Director
          David N. Strohm

                                                        SCHEDULE I

            MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                        MARKETABLE SECURITIES (1)
                           (In Thousands)

                         Amount of Issue
                         Carried in the
                                     Market Value    Consolidated
 Name of     Title of     Cost of     of  Issue      Balance Sheet
 Issuer       Issue        Issue     at 12/31/93     at 12/31/93

 Various   Certificates  $ 14,105      $14,105          $14,105
            of Deposit

Bank of    Certificate     12,510       12,510           12,510
 Tokyo      of Deposit

Various     Euro CDs       10,477       10,477           10,477
             Paper
Various     Commercial      5,458        5,458            5,458

Various     Money Market    5,000        5,000            5,000
               Note

Various     Corporate       1,515        1,515            1,515
              Notes

Citibank     Floating Rate    995          995              995
              Notes 

Various     Money Funds       329          329              329

                                                       $ 50,389


________________________________


(1)     Individual issues not exceeding 2% of total assets were 
grouped according to type of security.  This schedule includes 
$36,779 of investments classified as cash equivalents on the 
consolidated balance sheet.


                                                       SCHEDULE II
            MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

        AMOUNTS RECEIVABLE FROM RELATED PARTIES AND UNDERWRITERS,
            PROMOTERS, AND EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN RELATED PARTIES
                             (In Thousands)

                        Beginning                           Ending 
                         Balance   Additions  Deductions   Balance

Year ended December 31, 1991:

Richard Anderson(1)    $   170    $     0      $    0     $  170
John Goldsworthy(2)        100          0         100          0
Michael Burstein(3)        150          0         150          0
Marvin Wolfson(4)          332          0         186        146
James Hammock(5)           505          0         505          0
Kathleen Herder(6)         140          0         140          0
James Painter(7)           150          0          30        120
Wendell Roberts(8)         100          0         100          0
Gary Geaslen  (9)            0        110           0        110
Dottie Wanat  (10)           0        125           0        125
Donald Ramble  (11)          0        250           0        250
                       $ 1,647     $  485     $ 1,211     $  921

Year ended December 31, 1992:

Richard Anderson       $   170     $    0     $   170     $    0
Marvin Wolfson             146          0         146          0
James Painter              120          0          30         90
Gary Geaslen               110          0         110          0
Dottie Wanat               125          0         125          0
Donald Ramble              250          0          50        200
James Luttenbacher  (12)     0        100         100          0
Garry Burt  (13)             0        150           0        150
                       $   921     $  250     $   731     $  440

Year ended December 31, 1993:

James Painter          $    90          0          90     $    0
Donald Ramble              200          0          50        150
Garry Burt                 150          0           0        150
                       $   440     $    0     $   140     $  300


(1)     Interest rate was 9% per annum.  Note was secured by 
shares of the Company's common stock, covered by various stock 
options granted to debtor and a second trust deed on real 
property owned by debtor.  Payment was made in full on 
February 26, 1992.  Individual is no longer employed by the 
Company.

(2)     Interest rate was 8% per annum.  Note was secured by 
a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  The 
employee was terminated and note was forgiven as part of the 
restructure in August 1991.

(3)     Interest rate was 8.34% per annum.  Note was secured 
by shares of the Company's common stock.  Payment was made in 
full on May 2, 1991.

(4)     Interest rate was 10.5% per annum (with no interest 
payable for the last six months of 1990).  Notes were secured 
by shares of the Company's common stock.  Payment of $186 was 
received January 29, 1991.  The remaining balance of $146 was 
paid in full on March 17, 1992.

(5)     Interest rate was 10% per annum.  Note was secured by 
shares of the Company's common stock.  Payment was made in 
full on February 13, 1991.

(6)     Interest rate was 10% per annum.  The Relocation 
Bridge Note was secured by a second trust deed on real 
property owned by debtor.  Payment was made in full on 
February 14, 1991. 

(7)     Interest rate was 8.36% per annum.  Note was secured 
by a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  Loan 
was to be forgiven at a rate of 20% per year, as long as 
employee remained employed by the Company on September 14 of 
each year through 1995.  Employee was terminated on January 
15, 1993 and $40 was forgiven by the Company at that time.  
The promissory note was revised to $50.  Payment was made in 
full on June 29, 1993.

(8)     Interest rate was 10% per annum.  Note was secured by 
a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  The 
employee was terminated and note was forgiven as part of the 
restructure in August 1991.

(9)     Interest rate was 9% per annum.  Notes were secured by 
various stock options granted to debtor.  Individual is no 
longer employed by the Company.  Payment of $12  was received 
March 14, 1992.  The remaining balance of $98 was paid on 
September 1, 1992.

(10)     Interest rate was 8.5% per annum.  Note was secured 
by a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  
Payment was made in full on January 24, 1992.

(11)     Interest rate is 8.5% per annum.  Note is secured by 
a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  Loan 
shall be forgiven a rate of 20% per year, as long as the 
employee remains employed by the Company on July 1 of each 
year through 1996.

(12)     Interest rate was 6% per annum.  The Relocation 
Bridge Note was secured by a second trust deed on real 
property owned by debtor.  Payment of $71 was made on December 
2, 1992.  The remaining balance of $29 was paid in full on 
December 19, 1992.

(13)     Interest rate is 6.5% per annum.  Note is secured by 
a second trust deed on real property owned by debtor.  A 
replacement note was made on December 31, 1993 which requires 
payment of net proceeds upon exercise of the Company's common 
stock and four annual installments of $20, plus accrued interest 
through December 31, 1997.  Upon payment of these amounts, 
remaining obligations under this note including principal and 
interest will be forgiven. 


                                                        SCHEDULE V

            MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
                            (In Thousands)


                                                  Effect of
                 Beginning  Additions             Currency  Ending
Classification    Balance    at Cost  Retirements Changes  Balance

Year ended 
  December 31, 1991:
  Computer 
    equipment and
    furniture      $108,450 $ 33,652  $(28,518) $   (75)  $113,509
  Buildings 
    and building 
    equipment            0    51,815       (14)       0     51,801
  Land and 
    improvements     5,121     9,101         0        0     14,222
  Leasehold 
    improvements    15,942     1,400    (9,141)      40      8,241
  Service spare
    parts            9,123     1,001    (7,820)     179      2,483
                  $138,636  $ 96,969  $(45,493) $   144   $190,256


Year ended 
  December 31, 1992:
  Computer 
    equipment and
    furniture     $113,509  $ 16,988  $ (9,505) $ (2,464) $118,528
  Buildings and 
    building 
    equipment       51,801     1,328         0         0    53,129
  Land and 
    improvements    14,222       345         0         0    14,567
  Leasehold 
    improvements     8,241     4,054    (1,918)     (320)   10,057
  Service spare 
    parts            2,483     2,021    (1,542)       36     2,998
                  $190,256  $ 24,736  $(12,965) $ (2,748) $199,279


Year ended 
  December 31, 1993:
  Computer 
    equipment and
    furniture     $118,528  $ 24,893 $ (20,345) $ (1,101) $121,975
  Buildings and 
    building 
    equipment       53,129       320      (123)        0    53,326
  Land and 
    improvements    14,567        74         0         0    14,641
  Leasehold 
    improvements    10,057        58      (483)      (19)    9,613
  Service spare 
    parts            2,998     1,284      (702)      277     3,857
                  $199,279  $ 26,629  $(21,653) $   (843) $203,412




                                                       SCHEDULE VI

              MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
                    OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
                           (In Thousands)



                          Additions
                          Charged to             Effect of
               Beginning  Costs and              Currency   Ending
Classification  Balance   Expenses   Retirements Changes   Balance

Year ended 
  December 31, 1991:
  Computer 
    equipment and
    furniture   $  57,676  $ 25,212  $(16,251)  $    (5)  $ 66,632
  Buildings and
    building 
    equipment           0     1,411         0         0      1,411
  Land and 
    improvements        0       332         0         0        332
  Leasehold 
    improvements   12,897     1,468    (8,844)       51      5,572
  Service spare
    parts           5,625     1,278    (4,943)      136      2,096
                $  76,198  $ 29,701  $(30,038)  $   182   $ 76,043


Year ended 
  December 31, 1992:
  Computer 
    equipment and 
    furniture   $  66,632  $ 21,434  $ (7,402)  $(1,552)  $ 79,112
  Buildings and
    building 
    equipment       1,411     1,578         0         0      2,989
  Land and 
    improvements      332       357         0         0        689
  Leasehold 
    improvements    5,572     1,316    (1,499)     (201)     5,188
  Service spare 
    parts           2,096     1,065    (1,388)      (52)     1,721
                $  76,043  $ 25,750  $(10,289)  $(1,805)  $ 89,699


Year ended 
  December 31, 1993:
  Computer 
    equipment and 
    furniture    $ 79,112  $ 23,230  $(17,202)  $  (733)  $ 84,407
  Buildings and
    building
    equipment       2,989     1,578       (29)        0      4,538
  Land and 
    improvements      689       361         0         0      1,050
  Leasehold 
    improvements    5,188     1,398      (379)      (11)     6,196
  Service spare
    parts           1,721     1,033      (595)      150      2,309
                 $ 89,699  $ 27,600  $(18,205)  $  (594)  $ 98,500



                                                     SCHEDULE VIII

            MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                 VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                          (In Thousands)

                                 Additions
                                 Charged to
                     Beginning    Cost &                   Ending
Description           Balance    Expenses    Deductions   Balance

Year ended 
  December 31, 1991:
  Allowance for 
    deferred 
    tax assets       $     0     $     0      $     0      $     0
  Allowance for
    doubtful 
    accounts         $ 3,155     $ 1,224      $   643 (1)  $ 3,736
  Allowance for 
    obsolete 
    inventory        $ 7,392     $11,198      $ 2,951 (2)  $15,639
  Accrued 
    restructure 
    costs            $     0     $27,100      $16,867 (3)  $10,233

Year ended 
  December 31, 1992:
  Allowance for 
    deferred 
    tax assets       $     0     $     0      $     0      $     0
  Allowance for
    doubtful 
    accounts         $ 3,736     $ 1,282      $   642 (1)  $ 4,376
  Allowance for
    obsolete 
    inventory        $15,639     $ 2,665      $ 5,868 (2)  $12,436
  Accrued 
    restructure 
    costs            $10,233     $14,500      $12,463 (3)  $12,270

Year ended 
  December 31, 1993:
  Allowance for 
    deferred 
    tax assets       $     0     $58,495(4)   $     0      $58,495
  Allowance for
    doubtful 
    accounts         $ 4,376     $   508      $   956 (1)  $ 3,928
  Allowance for 
    obsolete 
    inventory        $12,436     $ 1,924      $ 6,346 (2)  $ 8,014
  Accrued 
    restructure 
    costs            $12,270     $26,200      $10,096 (3)  $28,374



(1)     Deductions primarily represent accounts written off during 
the period.

(2)     Deductions primarily represent inventory scrapped during 
the period.

(3)      Deductions primarily represent payments made to carry out 
restructure plans and reversals of accrued restructure charges 
due to changes in estimates of $1,400 and $1,600 for the years 
ended December 31, 1993 and 1992, respectively.  

(4)     Addition represents adoption of Statement of Financial 
Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" on 
January 1, 1993 and increases to the valuation allowance during 
the year.  As such, the Company established a valuation 
allowance for certain deferred tax assets, including net 
operating loss and tax credit carryforwards.  Statement No. 109 
requires that such a valuation allowance be recorded when it is 
more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax 
assets will not be realized.


                                                       SCHEDULE IX

             MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

                       SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS (1)
                           (In Thousands)


                                                         Weighted
                                 Maximum    Average      Average
Category of           Weighted   Amount     Amount       Interest
Aggregate             Average  Outstanding Outstanding    Rate
Short-Term    Ending  Interest  During the During the   During the
Borrowings    Balance  Rate      Period     Period (3)  Period (4)

Year ended
  December 
   31, 1991:
  Lines of 
   credit (2) $ 4,459  8.88%     $14,087    $ 8,612       9.13%


Year ended
  December 
   31, 1992:
  Lines of 
   credit (2) $ 5,457  8.48%     $11,462    $ 6,825       8.65%

Year ended
  December 
   31, 1993:
  Lines of
   credit (2) $ 2,843  7.66%     $ 6,839     $ 5,160      7.92%

________________

(1)     Short-term borrowings on the consolidated balance sheets 
consist of drawings on various multi-currency unsecured line of 
credit agreements as well as the current portion of long-term 
debt of $3,521, $91, and $52 for the years ended 1993, 1992, 
and 1991, respectively.  See note 8 in the 1993 Annual Report 
to Shareholders for a more complete description of the 
Company's long-term debt.

(2)     The lines of credit generally have terms of one or two 
years and are subject to renewal upon expiration.

(3)     The average amount outstanding was computed by using the 
average monthly balances during the period.

(4)     The weighted average interest rates were computed by 
dividing the actual interest expense by the total of the 
average balance for each month for which an amount was 
outstanding, and then multiplying the result by twelve months 
to obtain an annual rate.  



                                                        SCHEDULE X

             MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

             SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT INFORMATION
                            (In Thousands)


                                 Charged to Costs and Expenses
                                    Year Ended December 31     

                                      1991     1992     1993

Item (1)

Advertising Costs                  $ 6,820  $ 8,084  $ 6,868

Maintenance & Repair               $ 5,756  $ 6,296  $ 6,407

Royalty Costs                      $10,139  $ 9,854  $ 9,815

________________________

(1)     Items not presented did not exceed 1% of revenues in any 
of the above periods.



Independent Auditors' Report


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Mentor Graphics Corporation:




Under date of February 1, 1994, we reported on the consolidated 
balance sheets of Mentor Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries as 
of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity for 
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 
1993, which are included in the 1993 annual report to 
stockholders.  These consolidated financial statements and our 
report thereon are incorporated by reference in the annual report 
on Form 10-K for the year 1993.  In connection with our audits of 
the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also have 
audited the related consolidated financial statement schedules as 
listed in the accompanying index.  These financial statement 
schedules are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial 
statement schedules based on our audits.

In our opinion, such financial statement schedules, when 
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial 
statements taken as a whole, present fairly, in all material 
respects, the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial 
statements, the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial 
Accounting Standards Board's Statement of Financial Accounting 
Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" in 1993.



                                         KPMG PEAT MARWICK 


Portland, Oregon
February 1, 1994














                                                      EXHIBIT 3.B



Page 1 - Bylaws of Mentor Graphics Corporation





                                BYLAWS

                                  OF

                       MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION


                               ARTICLE I

                             SHAREHOLDERS


1.1     Annual Meeting.   The annual meeting of the shareholders 
shall be held on the third Wednesday in the month of May in each 
year at the hour of 3:00 p.m., for the purpose of electing 
directors and transacting such other business as may come before 
the meeting.  If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a legal 
holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding Friday.

1.2     Failure to Hold Annual Meeting.   If the annual meeting is 
not held at the designated time, the President or the Board of 
Directors may call the annual meeting meeting at a time fixed by 
the calling party not more than 60 days after the designated time 
by proper notice designating the meeting as the annual meeting.  
If the annual meeting is not held at the designated time or during 
the 60-day period thereafter, the annual meeting may be called by 
the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled 
to vote at the meeting.  In such event, notice shall be given not 
more than 15 days after the expiration of such 60-day period.  The 
notice shall fix the time of the meeting at the earliest date 
permissible under the applicable notice requirements.

1.3     Special Meetings.   Special meetings of the shareholders 
may be called by the President or by the Board of Directors, and 
shall be called by the President at the request of the holders of 
not less than one-tenth of all the outstanding shares of the 
corporation entitled to vote at the meeting.

1.4     Place of Meetings.   Meetings of the shareholders shall be 
held at the principal business office of the corporation or at 
such other place as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

1.5     Notice of Meetings.  Written or printed notice stating the 
place, day and hour of the meeting and, in case of a special 
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, 
shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote at the 
meeting at the shareholder's address as it appears on the stock 
transfer records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, 
not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the 
meeting, by or at the direction of the President, the Secretary or 
the officer or persons calling the meeting.

1.6     Waiver of Notice.   Whenever any notice is required to be 
given to any shareholder of the corporation, a waiver thereof in 
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, 
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed 
equivalent to the giving of such notice.

1.7     Record Date.

              (a)        The Board of Directors may fix a record 
date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to 
notice of a shareholders' meeting, to demand a special meeting, to 
vote or to take any other action, which date shall not be more 
than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a 
determination of shareholders.


              (b)        If no record date is fixed for the 
determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at 
a shareholders' meeting, the record date shall be the close of 
business on the day before the first notice is delivered to 
shareholders.

              (c)        A determination of shareholders 
entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders' meeting is 
effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of 
Directors fixes a new record date, which it must do if the meeting 
is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for 
the original meeting.

1.8     Voting Records.   The officer or agent having charge of 
the stock transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make, 
at least 10 days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete 
record of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or 
any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order, with the 
address of and the number of shares held by each, which record, 
for a period of 10 days prior to such meeting, shall be kept on 
file at the registered office of the corporation and shall be 
subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual 
business hours.  Such record shall also be produced and kept open 
at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the 
inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the 
meeting.  The original stock transfer book shall be prima facie 
evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine such 
record or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of 
shareholders.  Failure to comply with the requirements of this 
section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at such 
meeting.

1.9     Quorum.   A majority of the outstanding shares of the 
corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, 
shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders.  If a 
quorum is present at a meeting, a majority may adjourn the meeting 
from time to time to a different time and place without further 
notice.  At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, 
any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at 
the meeting as originally held.  The shareholders present at a 
duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until 
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders 
to leave less than a quorum.

1.10    Manner of Acting.  Unless otherwise required by law or 
the articles of incorporation, any question submitted to the 
shareholders shall be approved if the number of shares voted in 
favor of such question exceeds the number of shares voted in 
opposition.  Any action which is required or permitted to be taken 
by the shareholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if 
a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed 
by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on the matter.  The 
action shall be effective on the date when the last signature is 
placed on the consent or at such earlier time as is set forth 
therein.  Such consent, which shall have the same effect as a 
unanimous vote of the shareholders, shall be filed with the 
minutes of the corporation.

1.11     Proxies.   At all meetings of shareholders, a 
shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the 
shareholder or by a duly authorized attorney in fact.  The proxy 
shall be filed with the Secretary of the corporation before or at 
the time of the meeting.  No proxy shall be valid after 11 months 
from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the 
proxy.

1.12     Voting of Shares by Certain Holders.

        (a)        Shares standing in the name of another 
corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the 
bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of 
such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may 
determine.

        (b)        Shares held be an administrator, executor, 
guardian or conservator may be voted by the holder, either in 
person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into the 
holder's name.  Shares standing in the  name of a trustee may be 
voted by that trustee, either in person or by proxy, but no 
trustee shall be entitled to vote shares without a transfer of 
such shares into the trustee's name.

        (c)        Shares standing in the name of a receiver may 
be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control 
of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer 
thereof into the receiver's name if authority to do so is 
contained in an appropriate order of the court by which such 
receiver was appointed.

        (d)        A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be 
entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been 
transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the 
pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

        (e)        Neither treasury shares, nor shares of its own 
stock held by the corporation in a fiduciary capacity, nor shares 
held by another corporation if a majority of the shares entitled 
to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation is 
held by the corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted 
in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given 
time. 

1.13     Acquisition of Control Shares.  As provided in Section 
10, Chapter 820, Oregon Laws 1987 and to the fullest extent 
permitted by that section, the corporation shall be authorized to 
require a holder of control shares to sell the control shares to 
the corporation for fair value.  The term "control shares" shall 
have the same meaning as that term has in Chapter 820, Oregon Laws 
1987.  The procedures for acquisition of control shares pursuant 
to this section shall be that the Board of Directors shall 
determine the fair value of the control shares and shall give 
notice to the holder of the control shares of the fair value and 
the time at which payment for the control shares will be 
available.  The corporation will then make payment for the control 
shares against delivery of the shares.

                              ARTICLE II

                          BOARD OF DIRECTORS


2.1     General Powers.   The business and affairs of the 
corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors.

2.2     Number, Tenure and Qualification.   The number of 
directors of the corporation shall be seven.  The directors shall 
hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and 
until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.  
Directors need not be residents of the State of Oregon or 
shareholders of the corporation.  The number of directors may be 
increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to the 
bylaws, but no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the 
term of any incumbent director.

2.3     Regular Meetings.   A regular meeting of the Board of 
Directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw 
immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of 
shareholders.  The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, 
the time and place, either within or without the State of Oregon, 
for the holding of additional regular meetings without other 
notice than the resolution.

2.4     Special Meetings.   Special meetings of the Board of 
Directors may be called by or at the request of the President or 
by one-third of the directors.  The person or persons authorized 
to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any 
place, either within or without the State of Oregon, as the place 
for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called 
by them.

2.5     Notice.   Written notice of any special meeting of the 
Board of Directors shall be given at least 10 days prior to the 
meeting by personal delivery, by mail or by telegram.  If mailed, 
notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United 
States mails addressed to the director at the director's business 
address, with postage thereon prepaid.  If by telegram, notice 
shall be deemed to be given when the telegram is delivered to the 
telegraph company.  The attendance of a director at a meeting 
shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where 
a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting 
to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not 
lawfully called or convened.  Neither the business to be 
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting 
of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or 
waiver of notice of such meeting.

2.6     Waiver of Notice.   Whenever any notice is required to 
be given to any director of the corporation, a waiver thereof in 
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, 
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed 
equivalent to the giving of such notice.

2.7     Quorum.   A majority of the number of directors fixed 
by  Section 2.2 of this Article II shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of 
Directors.

2.8     Manner of Acting.

       (a)        The act of the majority of the directors 
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act 
of the Board of Directors, unless a different number is provided 
by law, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.

       (b)        Members of the Board of Directors may hold a 
board meeting by conference telephone or similar communications 
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the 
meeting can hear each other.  Participation in such a meeting 
shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

       (c)        Any action which is required or permitted to be 
taken by the directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting 
if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is 
signed by all of the directors entitled to vote on the matter.  
The action shall be effective on the date when the last signature 
is placed on the consent or at such earlier time as is set forth 
therein.  Such consent, which shall have the same effect as a 
unanimous vote of the directors, shall be filed with the minutes 
of the corporation.

2.9     Vacancies.   Except as hereinafter provided, any 
vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the 
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though 
less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole 
remaining director.  Any directorship to be filled by reason of 
any increase in the number of directors of the corporation fixed 
by the bylaws may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority 
of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws prior to such 
increase; provided that not more than two such directorships may 
be filled by the directors during any one period between annual 
meetings of the shareholders of the corporation.  Any such 
directorship not so filled by the directors shall be filled by 
election at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a 
special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose.  A 
director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected to serve until 
the next annual meeting of shareholders and until a successor 
shall be elected and qualified.

2.10     Compensation.   By resolution of the Board of 
Directors, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of 
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be 
paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of 
Directors or a stated salary as director.  No such payment shall 
preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other 
capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

2.11     Presumption of Assent.   A director of the corporation 
who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which 
action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have 
assented to the action taken unless the director's dissent to the 
action is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless a 
written dissent to the action is filed with the person acting as 
the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or 
forwarded by certified or registered mail to the Secretary of the 
corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting.  The 
right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor 
of the action.

2.12     Transactions with Directors.

        (a)        Any contract or other transaction or 
determination between the corporation and one or more of its 
directors, or between the corporation and another party in which 
one or more of its directors are interested, shall be valid 
notwithstanding the relationship or interest or the presence or 
participation of such director or directors in a meeting of the 
Board of Directors or a committee thereof which acts upon or in 
reference to such contract, transaction, or determination, if:  
the fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to 
the Board of Directors or committee and it authorizes, approves or 
ratifies the contract, transaction or determination by a vote or 
consent sufficient for the purpose without counting the votes or 
consents of such interested directors; or the fact of such 
relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the shareholders 
entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such 
contract, transaction or determination by vote or written consent; 
or the contract, transaction or determination is fair and 
reasonable to the corporation.

        (b)        Common or interested directors may be counted 
in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board 
of Directors or committee which authorizes or ratifies such 
contract, transaction or determination.  The interested directors 
shall not be disqualified from voting as shareholders for 
ratification or approval of such contract, transaction or 
determination.

        (c)        None of the provisions of this section shall 
invalidate any contract, transaction or determination which would 
otherwise be valid under applicable law.

2.13     Removal.   All or any number of the directors may be 
removed, with or without cause, at a meeting called expressly for 
that purpose, by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares 
then entitled to vote at an election of directors.

                            ARTICLE III

                         EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

3.1      Designation.   The Board of Directors may designate two 
or more directors to constitute an executive committee.  The 
designation of an executive committee, and the delegation of 
authority to it, shall not operate to relieve the Board of 
Directors, or any member thereof, of any responsibility imposed by 
law.  No member of the executive committee shall continue to be a 
member thereof after ceasing to be a director of the corporation.  
The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to 
increase or decrease the number of members of the executive 
committee, to fill vacancies thereon, to change any member thereof 
and to change the functions or terminate the existence thereof.

3.2      Powers.   During the interval between meetings of the 
Board of Directors, and subject to such limitations as may be 
imposed by resolution of the Board of Directors, the executive 
committee may have and may exercise all the authority of the Board 
of Directors in the management of the corporation, provided that 
the executive committee shall not have the authority of the Board 
of Directors in reference to amending the articles of 
incorporation; adopting a plan of merger or consolidation; 
recommending to the shareholders the sale, lease, exchange, 
mortgage, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all 
the property and assets of the corporation otherwise than in the 
usual regular course of its business; recommending to the 
shareholders a voluntary dissolution of the corporation or a 
revocation thereof; or amending the bylaws of the corporation.

3.3      Procedures; Meetings; Quorum.

        (a)        The Board of Directors shall appoint a chairman 
from among the members of the executive committee and shall 
appoint a secretary who may, but need not, be a member of the 
executive committee.  The chairman shall preside at all meetings 
of the executive committee and the secretary of the executive 
committee shall keep a record of its acts and proceedings.

        (b)        Regular meetings of the executive committee, of 
which no notice shall be necessary, shall be held on such days and 
at such places as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by the 
executive committee.  Special meetings of the executive committee 
shall be called at the request of the President or of any member 
of the executive committee, and shall be held upon such notice as 
is required by these bylaws for special meetings of the Board of 
Directors, provided that notice by word of mouth or telephone 
shall be sufficient if received in the city where the meeting is 
to be held not later than the day immediately preceding the day of 
the meeting.

        (c)        Attendance of any member of the executive 
committee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the 
meeting.  A majority of the executive committee, from time to 
time, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of any business, and the act of a majority of the 
members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be 
the act of the executive committee.  Members of the executive 
committee may hold a meeting of such committee by means of 
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means 
of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each 
other, and participation in such a meeting shall constitute 
presence in person at the meeting.

        (d)        Any action which may be taken at a meeting of 
the executive committee may be taken without a meeting if a 
consent in writing setting forth the actions so taken shall be 
signed by all members of the executive committee entitled to vote 
with respect to the subject matter thereof.  The action shall be 
effective on the date when the last signature is placed on the 
consent or at such earlier time as is set forth therein.  The 
consent shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote of the 
executive committee.

        (e)        The Board of Directors may vote to pay the 
members of the executive committee a reasonable fee as 
compensation for attendance at meetings of the executive 
committee.

                           ARTICLE IV

                            OFFICERS

4.1     Number.   The officers of the corporation shall be a 
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, one 
or more Executive Vice Presidents, one or more Vice Presidents, a 
Secretary, and a Treasurer.  Such other officers and assistant 
officers as may be deemed necessary may be appointed by the Board 
of Directors and shall have such powers and duties as may be 
prescribed by the Board of Directors.  Any two or more offices may 
be held by the same person.

4.2     Election and Term of Office.   The officers of the 
corporation shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors 
at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after the 
annual meeting of the shareholders.  If the appointment of 
officers shall not be held at the meeting, it shall be held as 
soon thereafter as is convenient.  Each officer shall hold office 
until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have 
qualified or until the officer's death, resignation or removal in 
the manner hereinafter provided.

4.3     Removal.   Any officer or agent appointed by the Board 
of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in 
its judgment the best interests of the corporation would be served 
thereby, but removal shall be without prejudice to the contract 
rights, if any, of the person so removed.  Appointment of an 
officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

4.4     Vacancies.   A vacancy in any office because of death, 
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled 
by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

4.5     Chairman of the Board.   The Chairman of the Board of 
Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors 
and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time 
to time by the Board of Directors.  In the absence of the Chairman 
of the Board or in the event of the death, inability or refusal to 
act of the Chairman of the Board, the Board shall appoint an 
acting chair from the remaining directors; the acting chair shall 
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors until the return 
of the Chairman of the Board or until a new Chairman of the Board 
is selected.  

4.6     President and Chief Executive Officer.   The President 
and Chief Executive Officer (herein referred to as the 
"President") shall be the chief executive officer of the 
corporation and shall be in general charge of its business and 
affairs, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.  The 
President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders.  The 
President may execute on behalf of the corporation all contracts, 
agreements, stock certificates and other instruments, including 
all contracts, agreements and instruments calling for the 
signature of the president of the corporation.  The President 
shall from time to time report to the Board of Directors all 
matters within the President's knowledge affecting the corporation 
which should be brought to the attention of the Board.  The 
President may vote all shares of stock in other corporations owned 
by the corporation and shall be empowered to execute proxies, 
waivers of notice, consents and other instruments in the name of 
the corporation with respect to such stock.  The President shall 
perform such other duties as may be required by the Board of 
Directors.

4.7     Executive Vice President.   In the absence of the 
President, or in the event of the President's death, inability or 
refusal to act, the Executive Vice President (or, if there is more 
than one Executive Vice President, the Executive Vice Presidents, 
in the order designated by the Board of Directors) shall perform 
the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all of 
the powers of and be subject to all restrictions upon the 
President.  The Executive Vice Presidents may vote all shares of 
stock in other corporations owned by the corporation and shall be 
empowered to execute proxies, waivers of notice, consents and 
other instruments in the name of the corporation with respect to 
such stock.  The Executive Vice Presidents shall perform such 
other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the President 
or by the Board of Directors.  

4.8     Vice Presidents.   In the absence of the Executive Vice 
President or in the event of the death, inability or refusal  to 
act of the Executive Vice President, the Vice President (or in the 
event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents 
in the order designated at the time of their appointment, or in 
the absence of any designation, then in the order of their 
appointment) shall perform the duties of the Executive Vice 
President, and when so acting shall have all of the powers of, and 
be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Executive Vice 
President.  Any Vice President shall perform such other duties as 
may be assigned from time to time by the President or the Board of 
Directors.

4.9     Secretary.   The Secretary shall keep the minutes of 
all meetings of the directors and shareholders, and shall have 
custody of the minute books  and other records pertaining to the 
corporate business.  The Secretary may vote all shares of stock in 
other corporations owned by the corporation and shall be empowered 
to execute proxies, waivers of notice, consents and other 
instruments in the name of the corporation with respect to such 
stock.  The Secretary shall countersign all stock certificates and 
other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation and shall 
perform such other duties as may be required by the Board of 
Directors.  

4.10    Treasurer.        The Treasurer shall be the chief 
financial and accounting officer of the corporation.  The 
Treasurer shall keep correct and complete records of accounts 
showing the financial condition of the corporation.  The Treasurer 
shall be legal custodian of all moneys, notes, securities and 
other valuables that may come into the possession of the 
corporation.  The Treasurer shall deposit all funds of the 
corporation which come into the Treasurer's hands in depositories 
which the Board of Directors may designate.  The Treasurer shall 
pay the funds out only on the check of the corporation signed in 
the manner authorized by the Board of Directors.  The Treasurer 
shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may 
require.

4.11     Salaries.   The salaries of officers shall be fixed 
from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall 
be prevented from receiving such salary because the officer is 
also a director of the corporation.

                            ARTICLE V

           INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES
                         AND OTHER AGENTS

5.1     Directors and Officers.   The corporation shall 
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent 
permitted by the Oregon Business Corporation Act (Act), as the 
same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of 
alleged occurrences of actions or omissions preceding any such 
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the 
corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than the Act 
permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment).

5.2     Employees and Other Agents.   The corporation shall 
have power to indemnify its employees and other agents as set 
forth in the Act.

5.3     No Presumption of Bad Faith.  The termination of any 
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a 
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, 
create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and 
in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not 
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with 
respect to any criminal proceeding, that the person had reasonable 
cause to believe that the conduct was unlawful.

5.4     Advances of Expenses.   The expenses incurred by a 
director or officer in any proceeding shall be paid by the 
corporation in advance at the written request of the director or 
officer, if the director or officer:

        (a)        furnishes the corporation a written affirmation 
of such person's good faith belief that such person is entitled to 
be indemnified by the corporation; and

        (b)        furnishes the corporation a written undertaking 
to repay such advance to the extent that it is ultimately 
determined by a court that such person is not entitled to be 
indemnified by the corporation.  Such advances shall be made 
without regard to the person's ability to repay such expenses and 
without regard to the person's ultimate entitlement to 
indemnification under this bylaw or otherwise.

5.5     Enforcement.   Without the necessity of entering into 
an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances 
under this bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be 
effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract 
between the corporation and the director or officer who serves in 
such capacity at any time while this bylaw and relevant provisions 
of the Act and other applicable law, if any, are in effect.  Any 
right to indemnification or advances granted by  this bylaw to a 
director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the 
person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction 
if (a) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in 
whole or in part, or (b) no disposition of such claim is made 
within ninety (90) days of request therefor.  The claimant in such 
enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be 
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting a claim.  It 
shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action 
brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in connection 
with any proceeding in advance of its final disposition when the 
required affirmation and undertaking have been tendered to the 
corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of 
conduct which make it permissible under the Act for the 
corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but 
the burden of proving such defense shall be on the corporation.  
Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of 
Directors, independent legal counsel or its shareholders) to have 
made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that 
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances 
because the claimant has met the applicable standard of conduct 
set forth in the Act, nor an actual determination by the 
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal 
counsel or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such 
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action 
or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the 
applicable standard of conduct.

5.6     Non-Exclusivity of Rights.   The rights conferred on 
any person by this bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right 
which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, 
provision of the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws, agreement, 
vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both 
as to action in the person's official capacity and as to action in 
another capacity while holding office.  The corporation is 
specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with 
any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents 
respecting indemnification and advances, to the fullest extent 
permitted by the law.

5.7     Survival of Rights.   The rights conferred on any 
person by this bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased 
to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure 
to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such 
a person.

5.8     Insurance.   To the fullest extent permitted by the 
Act, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may 
purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted 
to be indemnified pursuant to this bylaw.

5.9     Amendments.   Any repeal of this bylaw shall only be 
prospective and no repeal or modification hereof shall adversely 
affect the rights under this bylaw  in effect at the time of the 
alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the 
cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

5.10    Savings Clause.   If this bylaw or any portion hereof 
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent 
jurisdiction, the corporation shall indemnify each director, 
officer or other agent to the fullest extent permitted by any 
applicable portion of this bylaw that shall not have been 
invalidated, or by any other applicable law.

5.11    Certain Definitions.   For the purposes of this bylaw, 
the following definitions shall apply:

        (a)           The term "proceeding" shall be broadly 
construed and shall include, without limitation, the 
investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement and 
appeal of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or 
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or 
investigative.

        (b)           The term "expenses" shall be broadly 
construed and shall include, without limitation, expense of 
investigations, judicial or administrative proceedings or appeals, 
attorneys' fees and disbursements and any expenses of establishing 
a right to indemnification under Section 5.5 of this bylaw, but 
shall not include amounts paid in settlement, judgments or fines.

        (c)          The term "corporation" shall include, in 
addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, any 
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a 
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its 
separate existence had continued, would have had power and 
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or 
agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, 
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was 
serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a 
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, 
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand 
in the same position under the provisions of this bylaw with 
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as the person 
would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its 
separate existence had continued.

        (d)           References to a "director," "officer," 
"employee," or "agent" of the corporation shall include, without 
limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request 
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or 
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or 
other enterprise.

        (e)          References to "other enterprises" shall 
include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" in the Act 
shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect 
to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the 
request of the corporation" shall include any service as a 
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which 
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, 
officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit 
plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted 
in good faith and in a manner the person  reasonably believed to 
be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an 
employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner 
"not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred 
to in this bylaw.


                            ARTICLE VI

              CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

6.1     Certificates for Shares.

        (a)        Certificates representing shares of the 
corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the 
Board of Directors.  Such certificates shall be signed by the 
President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant 
Secretary and may be sealed with the seal of the corporation or a 
facsimile thereof.  All certificates for shares shall be 
consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.

        (b)        The name and address of the person to whom the 
shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares 
and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of 
the corporation.  All certificates surrendered to the corporation 
for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be 
issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares 
shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case of 
a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new one may be issued 
therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the 
Board of Directors may prescribe.

6.2     Transfer of Shares.   Transfer of shares of the 
corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the 
corporation by the holder of record thereof or by the holder's 
legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of 
authority to transfer, or by the holder's attorney thereunto 
authorized by power of attorney duly executed  and filed with the 
Secretary of the corporation.  The person in whose name shares 
stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the 
corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes.

6.3     Transfer Agent and Registrar.   The Board of Directors 
may from time to time appoint one or more Transfer Agents and one 
or more Registrars for the shares of the corporation, with such 
powers and duties as the Board of Directors shall determine by 
resolution.  The signatures of the President or Vice President and 
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary upon a certificate may be 
facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a 
Transfer Agent or by a Registrar other than the corporation itself 
or an employee of the corporation.

6.4     Officer Ceasing to Act.   In case any officer who has 
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a stock 
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such 
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with 
the same effect as if the signer were such officer at the date of 
its issuance.

6.5     Fractional Shares.   The corporation shall not issue 
certificates for fractional shares.

                           ARTICLE VII

          CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS

7.1     Contracts.   The Board of Directors may authorize any 
officer or officers and agent or agents to enter into any contract 
or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf 
of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined 
to specific instances.

7.2     Loans.   No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the 
corporation and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its 
name unless authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors.  
Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. 

7.3     Checks, Drafts, etc.   All checks, drafts or other 
orders for the payment of money and notes or other evidences of 
indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed 
by such officer or officers and agent or agents of the corporation 
and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by 
resolution of the Board of Directors.

                         ARTICLE  VIII

                              SEAL

The seal of the corporation shall be circular in form and shall 
have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the state 
of incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal."

                           ARTICLE IX

                           AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new bylaws 
may be adopted by the Board of Directors at any regular or special 
meeting, subject to repeal or change by action of the shareholders 
of the corporation.


ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON DECEMBER 3, 1981.  
SECTION 2.2 WAS AMENDED ON MARCH 14, 1983.  SECTIONS 2.2, 
2.9 AND 4.1 WERE AMENDED, SECTIONS 4.5 AND 4.6 WERE 
DELETED, NEW SECTIONS 4.5-4.9 WERE ADDED AND SECTIONS 4.7-
4.9 WERE RENUMBERED AS SECTIONS 4.10-4.12 ON DECEMBER 6, 
1983, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 30, 1983.  SECTION 2.2 WAS 
AMENDED ON APRIL 12, 1984.  SECTIONS 4.1 AND 4.8 WERE 
AMENDED ON OCTOBER 11, 1984.  SECTION 1.1 WAS AMENDED ON 
FEBRUARY 20, 1986.  SECTION V WAS DELETED AND SECTION 5.1-
5.11 WERE ADDED ON MAY 20, 1987.  THE BYLAWS WERE RESTATED 
BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON OCTOBER 21, 1987.  SECTIONS 
1.5 AND 1.7 WERE AMENDED AND SECTION 1.13 WAS ADDED ON 
JANUARY 28, 1988.  SECTIONS 1.10, 4.1-4.3, 4.5-4.12 WERE 
AMENDED ON JULY 11, 1989.  SECTIONS 1.1, 4.1, 4.5 AND 4.8 
WERE AMENDED, SECTION 4.7 WAS DELETED, A NEW SECTION 4.6 
WAS ADDED AND SECTIONS 4.6 AND 4.8-4.11 WERE RENUMBERED ON 
DECEMBER 6, 1990.  SECTION 2.2 WAS AMENDED ON JULY 24, 
1991.  SECTION 2.2 WAS AMENDED ON JUNE 30, 1992.  SECTION 
2.2 WAS AMENDED ON JULY 19, 1992.  SECTION 2.2 WAS AMENDED 
ON MARCH 22, 1993.  SECTION 2.2 WAS AMENDED ON MAY 28, 
1993.  














                                                      EXHIBIT 10.E


Non-Employee Director Stock Option
April 27, 1993




1

100,000 shares                                     $1.00 per share



                     STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

                  Mentor Graphics Corporation

                    1986 Stock Option Plan

                       October 19, 1993


Mentor Graphics Corporation
an Oregon corporation
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, Oregon  97070-7777                  Company

Walden C. Rhines
9963 Rockbrook
Dallas, Texas  75220                            Optionee



The Company is pleased to inform you that it has granted you a 
nonqualified stock option to purchase shares under its 1986 Stock 
Option Plan (1986 Plan).  The 1986 Plan is administered by 
the Compensation Committee (Committee) of the Board of Directors 
for the benefit of non-employee directors of the Company.

The option agreement is as follows:

1.     Grant of Option.  The Company grants to you an option to 
purchase 100,000 shares of the 
Company's common stock for $1.00 per share.

2.     Vesting Provisions; Change in Control.

       2.1     This option is fully vested and will terminate on 
October 19, 2003, unless it is 
earlier terminated as provided below.

       2.2     Until it expires or is terminated and except as 
provided in 2.4 or 2.5, you may 
exercise this option from time to time to purchase shares up to 
the following limits:

      Years After 4/27/93                  Percent Exercisable

         Less than 1                               0%
           1 to 2                                 20%
           2 to 3                                 40%
           3 to 4                                 60%
           4 to 5                                 80%
           over 5                                100%


     2.3     The table in 2.2 is based on an 
Option Year.  An Option Year is a 12-month period 
starting on the date specified in the table or an anniversary of 
that date.

     2.4     On death the exercise limit will be at least 50 
percent.

     2.5     Upon the occurrence of a Change in 
Control, this option shall automatically become exercisable in 
full for the remainder of its term.  "Change in Control" means the 
occurrence of any of the following events:

             2.5.1     the approval by the Company's shareholders 
of:

                      (a)     any consolidation, merger or plan of 
share exchange involving the Company (Merger) in which the Company 
is not the continuing or surviving corporation or 
pursuant to which shares of Common Stock would be converted into 
cash, securities or other property, other than a Merger involving 
the Company in which the holders of the Company's Common Stock 
immediately prior to the Merger have the same proportionate 
ownership of Common Stock of the surviving corporation immediately 
after the Merger;

                      (b)     any sale, lease, 
exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of 
related transactions) of all, or substantially all, the assets of 
the Company; or

                      (c)     the adoption of any plan 
or proposal for the liquidation or 
dissolution of the Company;

             2.5.2    at any time during a period of two 
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period 
constituted the Board of Directors (Incumbent Directors) shall 
cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, 
unless each new director elected during such two-year period was 
nominated or appointed by two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors 
then in office and voting (new directors nominated or appointed by 
two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors shall also be deemed to be 
Incumbent Directors); or

             2.5.3    any person (as such term is used in Section 
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1934 Act) shall, as 
a result of a tender or exchange offer, open market 
purchases, privately negotiated purchases or otherwise, have 
become the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 
under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the 
Company ordinarily having the right to vote in the election of 
directors (Voting Securities) representing twenty percent (20%) or 
more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting 
Securities.

3.           Limited Stock Appreciation Rights.

     3.1     This option is granted in tandem with a limited stock 
appreciation right.

     3.2     The limited stock appreciation right shall entitle 
you to receive from the Company an amount equal to the excess of 
the fair market value at the time of exercise of one share of the 
Company's Common Stock over the option price per share under this 
option, multiplied by the number of shares exercised pursuant to 
the limited stock appreciation right.

     3.3     The limited stock appreciation right 
shall be exercisable only during the 60 calendar 
days immediately following a Change in Control and only if the 
immediate resale of shares acquired upon exercise of this option 
would subject you to liability under Section 16(b) of the 1934 
Act, provided, however, that the limited stock appreciation right 
may not be exercised within six months of its date of grant.  Upon 
exercise of the limited stock appreciation right, the option or 
portion thereof to which the right relates must be surrendered.

     3.4     Payment upon exercise of the limited 
stock appreciation right by the Company may 
be made only in cash.

     3.5     The limited stock appreciation right 
may not be assigned or transferred except on 
death, by will or operation of law and may be exercised only by 
you or by your successor or 
representative after death.

4.     Exercise Requirements.

     4.1     If you cease to be a director for any reason, the 
Company will establish an Option Reference Date.  Any portion of 
the option that is not exercisable on the Option Reference Date 
will lapse.  The Company will fix the Option Reference Date as 
follows:

             4.1.1   If you cease to be a director because of 
death or disability, the first day of the next Option Year will be 
the Option Reference Date.  You are disabled if as a result of 
illness or injury you suffer from a condition of mind or body that 
permanently prevents you from serving in your capacity as a 
director.  The Committee will conclusively determine disability.

             4.1.2   If 4.1.1 does not apply, the Option Reference 
Date will be your last day as a director.

     4.2     You may exercise any portion of the option that is 
exercisable on the Option Reference Date up to the earlier of the 
date in 2.1 or a date fixed as follows:

             4.2.1   On death or disability - one year 
after your last day as a director.

             4.2.2   If 4.2.1 does not apply - one month after the 
Option Reference Date.

5.   Nonassignability.  You may not assign or transfer 
this option except on death, by will or 
operation of law.  Only you or your successor or representative 
after death may exercise this 
option.

6.   Method of Exercise; Closing.

     6.1     You may exercise this option by 
written notice to the Company, attention: General Counsel, stating 
the number of shares you want to buy and the proposed date of 
closing.  Unless otherwise agreed to by you and the Company, the 
Company will fix the date of closing as the date 
the Company receives your exercise notice or the date the Company 
receives full payment for the shares, whichever is later.

     6.2     You or your successor purchaser must 
furnish to the Company before closing such 
other documents or representations as the Company may require to 
assure compliance with 
applicable laws and regulations.

     6.3     You must pay the full purchase price 
in cash or by delivery of Company stock at or 
before closing.  The Company will not issue any of the purchased 
shares and you will not have 
shareholder rights in them until you have made full payment.

     6.4     The Company will value stock you 
deliver in payment of the option in accordance 
with Section 7.5 of the Plan.

     6.5     You, or your successor purchaser, must deposit 
sufficient funds with the Company at closing to cover any income 
or other taxes to be withheld on account of the exercise.  If 
funds are not deposited or other arrangements made forwithholding, 
the Company may refuse to close or may retain shares having a 
value equal to the amount it is required to withhold.  If, after 
closing, withholding becomes required beyond any amount deposited 
at closing, you, or your successor purchaser, will pay such amount 
to the Company on demand.

7.   Changes in Capital Structure.

     7.1     If any change is made in the outstanding common 
shares of the Company without the Company's receiving any 
consideration, the Company will make a corresponding change in the 
shares under this option so that you will be in the same position 
after exercise of the option as would have been the case if you 
had exercised the option before the change.  The Company will 
not change the total purchase price for the unexercised portion of 
the option.  The Company will disregard fractional shares.

     7.2     If the Company consolidates with another corporation 
or merges into another corporation, this will be a change to which 
7.1 applies.  The new corporation will revise the option 
or issue a new option giving you an equivalent right to buy the 
shares of the new corporation.

     7.3     The Board will make the adjustment under 7.1 or 7.2 
and its determination will be conclusive.

8.   Successorship.  Subject to the limits in 5, this agreement 
will be binding upon and benefit the parties, their successors and 
assigns.

9.   Notices.  Any notices under this option must be in 
writing and will be effective when actually delivered or, if 
mailed, when deposited postpaid.  Each party shall direct mail to 
the address stated in this option or to such other address as a 
party may certify by notice to the other party.  Each party will 
send notices to the Board at the Company's address

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION           OPTIONEE



By:___________________________        ___________________________
       Frank S. Delia                      Marsha B. Congdon
  Vice President and Chief 
   Administrative Officer








                                                        EXHIBIT 13


Selected Consolidated Financial Data

Year ended December31, 1993     1992      1991      1990      1989
In thousands, except per share data and percentages
Statement of Operations Data

Total revenues     $339,775 $350,766  $400,127  $435,185  $426,359
Research and development
    expense        $ 77,598 $ 73,947  $ 79,539  $ 76,315  $ 70,891
Operating income
    (loss)         $(29,392)$(40,732) $(60,501) $ 20,715  $ 60,150
Net income 
    (loss)         $(32,073)$(50,861) $(61,613) $ 23,625  $ 45,539
Gross margin percent  64.6%    56.4%     50.0%     58.3%     60.4%
Operating income(loss)
    as a percent
    of total revenues (8.7%)  (11.6%)   (15.1%)     4.8%     14.1%
Per Share Data

Net income (loss) 
    per common and 
    common equivalent
    share          $   (.69)$  (1.13) $  (1.43) $    .53  $   1.06
Cash dividends 
    per common share 
    outstanding    $    .18 $    .24  $    .24  $    .22  $    .15
Weighted average 
    number of common 
    and common 
    equivalent shares
    outstanding      46,410   45,142    43,153    44,833    43,073
Balance Sheet Data

As of December 31,     1993     1992      1991      1990      1989
Cash and short-term
     investments   $109,568 $108,783  $144,022  $161,755  $160,343
Cash and investments,
    long-term      $ 30,000 $ 30,000  $      ^  $      ^  $      ^
Working capital    $ 96,336 $108,892  $169,875  $208,223  $209,734
Property, plant and equipment,
    net            $104,912 $109,580  $114,213  $ 62,438  $ 51,563
Construction in
    progress       $      ^ $      ^  $  1,156  $ 60,603  $ 15,959
Total assets       $353,584 $ 378,565 $445,661  $504,287  $406,382
Short-term 
    borrowings     $  6,364 $   5,548 $  4,511  $ 11,953  $  9,933
Long-term debt     $ 54,321 $  55,709 $ 50,554  $ 50,167  $  7,729
Stockholders^
    equity         $195,711 $221,406  $267,667  $326,419  $297,850

MANAGEMENT^S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND 
FINANCIAL CONDITION

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Revenues and Gross Margins
                       1993   Change     1992     Change      1991
System and software
    revenues       $191,180   (10%) $ 212,397      (19%)  $262,608
System and software 
    gross margins  $138,879     7%  $ 130,404      (10%)  $145,694
    Percentage of
        revenues      72.6%             61.4%                55.5%
Service and support 
    revenues       $148,595     7%  $ 138,369        1%   $137,519
Service and support 
    gross margins  $ 80,704    20%  $  67,394       24%   $ 54,387
    Percentage of
        revenues      54.3%             48.7%                39.5%
Total revenues     $339,775    (3%)  $350,766       (12%) $400,127
Total gross 
    margins        $219,583    11%   $197,798        (1%) $200,081
    Percentage of 
        revenues      64.6%             56.4%                50.0%

System and Software

   System and software revenues declined 10% from 1992 to 1993 and 
19% from 1991 to 1992.  The primary factors contributing to the 
decline in system and software revenues include a significant 
reduction in hardware revenues and a generally poor world-wide 
economy, partially offset by the transition of customers to the 
Company^s Version 8 software.  During the last two years, the 
Company has been executing a plan to exit from the hardware 
business.  This transition has been slow while the Company 
attempted to meet the demands of some customers who prefer to 
purchase their electronic design automation (EDA) solutions from 
one vendor.  The majority of the Company^s customers meet their 
hardware needs by working directly with hardware vendors.  
Hardware revenue is expected to become immaterial to the Company^s 
financial statements in 1994.  
   The software component of system and software revenues 
increased 14% from 1992.  During the first quarter of 1993 the 
Company shipped Version 8.2 of its software.  This release 
included enhanced performance and reliability and was a key factor 
in the Company^s ability to increase the conversion of existing 
customers.  Customers who have transitioned or are in the process 
of transitioning from Version 7 to Version 8 increased from 30% in 
1992 to approximately 80% at the end of 1993.  With a reliable 
production quality release in place the Company will concentrate 
more effort toward identifying and developing enhancement options 
for the Version 8 software.   
   Revenues for the past three years continued to be negatively 
impacted by a poor international economy.  In 1993, the Company 
experienced improved order activity in North America while 
Japan and Europe results continued to reflect weakness.  The 
situation in Japan was particularly unfavorable as customers 
remain extremely cautious in their capital spending.  While 
difficult to predict, the Company^s revenue will likely continue 
to be negatively impacted by the economic recessions in Japan and 
Europe.
   System and software gross margin percentage improvements in 
1993 and 1992 are a result of increased software versus hardware 
sales each year.  This mix shift is expected to continue to 
favorably impact gross margin percentage at a much less 
accelerated rate as hardware product revenues will likely become 
immaterial in 1994.  Gross margins were negatively impacted by 
amortization of previously capitalized software development costs 
to system and software cost of revenues totalling $7,449, $5,875, 
and $3,961 for 1993, 1992, and 1991, respectively.   The 
increase is the result of higher levels of capitalization during 
development of Version 8 software products.  In 1994, 
amortization is expected to decrease as some Version 8 software 
products become fully amortized.

Service and Support

   The increase in service and support revenue in 1993 and 1992 is 
attributable to continued growth in professional services and 
continued customer acceptance of the Company^s software support 
programs.  The Company has focused resources in the past two years 
on development of a professional service business which provides 
consulting and training to meet customer needs for 
comprehensive EDA solutions.  The response to these services has 
been favorable as many customers seek external help to improve 
their EDA processes. In 1993, the Company received 
several large orders for combined software and services.  
Increased professional service revenue is expected in 1994 based 
on anticipated growth in customer demand. 
   The Company also recognized a one-time benefit from an 
individual service contract in the third quarter of 1993 
increasing service and support revenue by $2,100.  These positive 
factors were offset by reduced hardware service revenues as the 
Company continued to deemphasize hardware-related activities.
   Service and support gross margins have improved in 1993 and 
1992 as a result of exiting the hardware service business and 
focusing on higher margin software support.  The Company also 
experienced lower software update costs by implementing CD ROM 
technology for paperless documentation, and reducing the number of 
major update releases in the last two years. 
   Consistent with consulting and training business models, gross 
margins generated by the Company^s professional services 
activities have been, and are expected to continue to be, lower 
than software support.  Lower overall service and support gross 
margins are anticipated as growth in the professional service 
business is expected to be higher than growth in software support.    

Operating Expense
                          1993    Change    1992    Change    1991
Research and 
    development       $ 77,598      5%  $ 73,947     (7%) $ 79,539
    Percentage of total
        revenues         22.8%             21.1%             19.9%
Marketing, general, and
    administration    $146,577     (3%) $151,683     (1%) $153,943
    Percentage of total 
        revenues         43.1%             43.2%             38.5%
Restructure costs     $ 24,800      92% $ 12,900    (52%) $ 27,100
    Percentage of total 
        revenues          7.3%              3.7%              6.8%


Research and Development

   Gross research and development (R&D) costs were $81,207 for 
1993, a 1% increase from 1992 and a 9% reduction from 1991.  R&D 
expenditures were approximately flat in 1993 while the Company 
focused on performance improvements of its Version 8 software 
release.  Offsetting these expenses was a reduction in headcount 
for the year due to voluntary attrition.  
   1992 gross R&D costs were reduced from 1991 as a result of 
lower headcount due to Company restructuring.  In addition, 1991 
R&D costs included a charge of $2,106 related to the write-off of
previously purchased technology.  
   During 1993, the Company capitalized R&D costs of $3,609, 
compared to $6,120 and $9,917 for 1992 and 1991, respectively.  
The decline in R&D capitalization during 1993 relates to 
substantial completion of development activities associated with 
Version 8, a focus on performance improvements, and an effort 
toward transition of customers to the new software. Capitalization 
is expected to increase in 1994 as more resources are directed 
toward development of new products and enhancement of existing 
products.  
   Gross R&D costs are expected to decline from 1993 levels due to 
the Company restructuring plan approved in December 1993.  See 
Restructuring Costs discussion below.  These cost savings are 
expected to be realized in phases throughout 1994 as product group 
management will execute separate plans to meet their 1994 
financial goals.  Also, improvement of product development 
processes are expected to increase productivity in the coming 
year.   Negatively impacting R&D expenses will be the lifting of 
the October 1992 Company-wide salary freeze, which occurred in the 
third quarter of 1993.  Maintaining a competitive salary structure 
is a stated goal of management.  

Marketing, General, and Administration

   Marketing, general and administration (MG&A) expenses were 
$146,577 for 1993, a 3% and 5% reduction from 1992 and 1991, 
respectively.  The decline in 1993 represents continued headcount 
reductions due to  voluntary attrition, partially offset by 
increased recruiting costs associated with the successful hiring 
of several key management positions.   
   In 1994, MG&A expenses are expected to decline as actions 
associated with the December 1993 restructuring take place.  
Negatively impacting MG&A expenses will be the lifting of the 
October 1992 Company-wide salary freeze.  Also, the Company will 
experience additional costs for implementation of a new global 
information system in the coming year.  This system is expected to 
significantly improve management^s ability to capture and analyze 
financial and non-financial data.      

Restructuring Costs

   In December 1993, management of the Company approved a 
restructuring plan aimed at reducing operating expenses by 
streamlining and reorganizing Company operations.  Restructure 
costs of $24,800 to be incurred in executing this plan were 
recognized in 1993.  These costs consist primarily of costs 
directly related to the severance and relocation of employees, 
facilities closures, and write-offs of excess equipment and 
intangible software technology assets related to discontinued 
product development activities.  The plan will be implemented in 
phases throughout 1994.  The plan will be carried out within 
divisional and regional units based on their individual 
business plans.
   In 1994, implementation of the restructuring plan is expected 
to reduce expenses by approximately $10,000 which may be partially 
offset by increased expenditures in other areas.  When all 
elements of the restructuring plan have been fully implemented, 
the Company expects future costs and expenses to be reduced even 
further.  Also, approximately $22,000 of the 1993 restructure 
charge is expected to result in cash expenditures in 1994.  
Spending associated with certain facilities closures may extend 
beyond 1994.
   In August 1992 and 1991, the Company executed 
restructuring plans aimed at improving its focus on the core 
businesses of integrated circuit design and electronic 
systems design.  Costs associated with the restructurings of 
$12,900 and $27,100 were recognized in 1992 and 1991, 
respectively.  Restructuring costs included direct costs related 
to the severance and relocation of employees, consolidation of 
facilities, and write-offs of intangible software technology 
assets related to discontinued product lines.  The 1991 charge was 
offset by a net gain on the sale of certain assets and the 
subcontracting of the Company^s North America hardware service 
business to Hewlett-Packard Company.  See note 2 of Notes to 
Consolidated Financial Statements.

Other Income (Expense)

                       1993     Change     1992    Change     1991
Interest income    $  4,338     (18%)  $  5,284    (46%)  $  9,800
Interest expense   $ (4,404)    (19%)  $ (5,469)     1%   $(5,428)
Contract settlement$      ^        ^   $ (6,150)      ^   $      ^
Write-off of 
    non-operating
    items          $      ^        ^   $ (1,148)   (85%)  $(7,838)
Life insurance
    proceeds       $      ^        ^   $      ^      ^    $  1,000


Other Income (Expense)

   Interest income has declined significantly in the last three 
years due to reduced average cash balances and much lower interest 
rates on investments.  Interest expense declined significantly in 
1993 as a result of a reduction in the notional amount of the 
Company^s interest rate swap agreement from $50,000 to $17,500, 
and lower average debt outstanding through management of 
the Company^s long-term committed revolving credit facility.  The 
reduction in notional amount results in subjecting $32,500 of 
borrowings to more favorable floating rates.  The interest rate 
swap agreement converts floating rates on the remaining borrowings 
of $17,500 to a fixed rate of 9.55%.  1992 interest expense was 
relatively flat with 1991 levels, primarily a result of the 
interest rate swap agreement which essentially fixed interest 
rates on $50,000 of borrowings in each year.  
   Other expense for 1992 includes a charge of $6,150 related to 
termination of a contractual relationship with a third-party 
software supplier. The Company paid $4,250 in the fourth quarter 
of 1992 and took a write-off of $1,900 in balance sheet amounts 
related to the contract.  In exchange, the supplier relinquished 
all future claims against the Company, including cancellation of 
the obligation to pay royalties on sales of certain products 
through September 30, 1994.   Other expense also includes write-
downs for certain non-operating assets to net realizable value, 
totaling $1,148 and $7,838 for 1992 and 1991, respectively. In 
addition, the Company recorded a one-time benefit of $1,000 in 
other income related to the proceeds received from a key-man life 
insurance policy during 1991.  The Company is not the beneficiary 
of any other life insurance policy on any employee.

Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

   The provision for income taxes was $2,424 and $2,590 in 1993 
and 1992, respectively.  The Company recorded a benefit for income 
taxes of $1,390  in 1991.  The Company^s income tax position for 
each year combines the effects of available tax benefits in 
certain countries where the Company does business, benefits from 
available net operating loss carrybacks, and tax expense for 
subsidiaries with pre-tax income.  As such, the Company^s income 
tax position and resultant effective tax rate is uncertain in 
1994.  
   Effective January 1, 1993, the Company adopted Statement of 
Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, ^Accounting for Income 
Taxes.^  The cumulative effect of the change in the method of 
accounting for income taxes was not material to the Company^s 
financial statements, and is therefore not disclosed separately in 
the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended 
December 31, 1993.

Effects of Foreign Currency Fluctuations

   The Company experienced net gains from foreign currency 
transactions of $247, $297 and $827 in 1993, 1992 and 1991, 
respectively.  These amounts are composed of realized gains and 
losses on cash transactions involving various foreign currencies, 
and unrealized gains and losses related to foreign currency 
receivables and payables resulting from exchange rate fluctuations 
between the various currencies in which the Company operates.  
Foreign currency gains and losses are included as a component of 
other income and expense.  
   The ^foreign currency translation adjustment,^ as reported in 
the stockholders^ equity section of the Consolidated Balance 
Sheets, increased to $7,539 at December 31, 1993, from $5,467 at 
the end of 1992.  This reflects the increase in the value of net 
assets denominated in foreign currencies since year-end 1992, as a 
result of a weaker U.S. dollar at the close of 1993.  
   During 1993 and 1992, the U.S. dollar was volatile against the 
European currencies in which the Company does business, primarily 
the Deutsche mark, British pound, and French franc.  The U.S. 
dollar strengthened relative to the European currencies during the 
first three months and last six months of the year.  The dollar 
weakened when compared to the yen during the first nine months of 
1993 and rebounded slightly in the fourth quarter. Foreign 
currency fluctuations in Europe and Japan resulted in a slightly 
weaker U.S. dollar overall during 1993.  A weaker U.S. dollar 
results in the Company^s products being more affordable in foreign 
markets, which generally results in favorable economics for the 
Company.  The weakening of the dollar relative to the foreign 
currencies also has a positive impact on revenues as local 
currency revenues translate into more U.S. dollars.  However, this 
translation also results in higher reported expenses in U.S. 
dollar terms.  
   In 1994, the Company implemented a hedging strategy focused on 
further reducing its exposure to foreign currency exchange rate 
fluctuations.  This strategy effectively hedges a percentage of 
anticipated future foreign currency revenues against exchange rate 
fluctuations.  The Company generates approximately half of its 
revenues outside of the United States and expects this to 
continue in the future.  As such, the Company^s business and 
operating results will continue to be impacted by the effects of 
future foreign currency fluctuations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources     

Year Ended December 31,                   1993      1992     1991
Cash and short-term investments       $109,568  $108,783 $144,022
Cash and investments, long-term       $ 30,000  $ 30,000 $      ^
Inventory                             $  2,299  $  9,683 $ 23,329
Other assets                          $ 20,584  $ 30,998 $ 35,885
Long-term debt                        $ 54,321  $ 55,709 $ 50,554
Cash provided by operating activities $ 25,289  $ 13,610 $ 30,790
Cash used for investing activities, 
    excluding short-term investments  $(26,754) $(29,559)$(42,172)
Cash provided (used) 
by financing activities               $  1,862  $(18,354)$ (6,429)

Cash and Investments

   Total cash and investments remained relatively flat with an 
increase of $785 during 1993.  Cash provided by operating 
activities was $25,289, an increase of $11,679 from 1992.  
Negatively impacting cash provided by operating activities was the 
net loss incurred for the year and reductions in accounts payable. 
These uses of cash were offset by a reduction in trade accounts 
receivable, continued transition out of the hardware business 
resulting in lower inventory levels, and increased accrued 
liabilities associated with the year-endrestructuring.  
   Cash and short-term investments were positively impacted by the 
proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock 
options and employee stock plan purchases in the amount of 
$10,672.   This increase was offset by dividends paid to 
stockholders during 1993 of $8,291.  See Dividends discussion 
below.  In addition, the Company spent $22,790 for property, plant 
and equipment which was primarily UNIX-based design environment 
equipment.  See Capital Resources discussion below.

Inventory

   Inventory was down $7,384 from December 31, 1992 as a result of 
the Company^s move away from selling hardware to emphasize 
software sales.  As this transition has been implemented, the 
Company has instituted drop shipment programs to minimize the risk 
of holding inventory for resale. Operating inventory levels are 
near zero as the transition to a software-only business model is 
in the final stages.  Demonstration equipment included in 
inventory amounted to $1,835 and $4,626 at December 31, 1993 and 
1992, respectively.  

Other Assets

   Other assets were down $10,414 from December 31, 1992.  Net 
capitalized software development costs were lower by $4,364 as 
amortization and restructuring-related write-offs exceeded 
capitalization for the year.  In September 1993, the Company 
received a partial refund of a rent deposit totalling $4,800 as a 
result of renegotiating a long-term office lease in Japan.

Capital Resources

   Total capital expenditures decreased to $23,145 for 1993, 
compared to $23,439 and $38,255 for 1992 and 1991, respectively.  
Expenditures for property and equipment were $22,790 and $18,784 
in 1993 and 1992, respectively.  During 1992, the Company 
continued its commitment to invest in a high quality software 
development environment, purchasing the latest workstations for 
engineers.  In 1993, the Company made additional investments in 
new computer equipment for development engineers as the Company^s 
research and development efforts were fully transitioned to a 
UNIX-based design environment.  Future capital expenditure plans 
include maintaining a state-of-the-art design environment for 
research and development, maintaining updated sales demonstration 
equipment, and implementing a new global information system.  
Also, approximately $22,000 of the 1993 restructure charge of 
$24,800 is expected to result in cash expenditures during 1994.  
Spending associated with certain facilities closures may extend 
beyond 1994.    

Long-term Debt

   Long-term debt decreased $1,388 from December 31, 1992.  As of 
December 31, 1993 the Company had no commercial paper outstanding 
compared to borrowings of $3,096 as of December 31, 1992.  The 
Company does not anticipate issuing commercial paper in the 
foreseeable future.  
   The Company had borrowings outstanding of $55,000 and $50,000 
under its $55,000 committed revolving credit facility as of 
December 31, 1993 and 1992 respectively.  Due to required 
commitment reductions of $840 annually beginning in July 1994, the 
Company classified $840 of the credit facility borrowings as 
current which are included in short-term borrowings on the 
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1993. 
   During the third quarter of 1992, the Company^s Japanese 
subsidiary entered into an agreement to borrow 300 million Yen 
($2,681 and $2,405 at December 31, 1993 and 1992 exchange rates, 
respectively).  These borrowings mature on July 20, 1994 and have 
a maximum interest rate of 5.95%.  As such, the debt is classified 
as current and is included in short-term borrowings on the 
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1993.  

Dividends 

   In October 1993, the Board of Directors voted to discontinue 
paying a quarterly dividend to shareholders.  The Company intends 
to reinvest future earnings in opportunities for growth.  
Dividends were paid during the first three quarters of 1993 
totalling $8,291.  

Consolidated Statements of Operations

Year ended December 31,                   1993      1992      1991
In thousands, except per share data
Revenues:
     System and software              $191,180  $212,397  $262,608
     Service and support               148,595   138,369   137,519
          Total revenues               339,775   350,766   400,127

Cost of revenues:
     System and software                52,301    81,993   116,914
     Service and support                67,891    70,975    83,132
          Total cost of revenues       120,192   152,968   200,046
          Gross margin                 219,583   197,798   200,081

Operating expenses:

     Research and development (note 6)  77,598    73,947    79,539
     Marketing, general, and
          administration              146,577   151,683   153,943
     Restructure costs (note 2)        24,800    12,900    27,100
          Total operating expenses    248,975   238,530   260,582
          Operating loss              (29,392)  (40,732)  (60,501)
     Other expense, net (note 12)        (257)   (7,539)   (2,502)
          Loss before income taxes    (29,649)  (48,271)  (63,003)
     Provision (benefit) for 
     income taxes (note 4)              2,424     2,590    (1,390)
          Net loss                  $ (32,073)$ (50,861)$ (61,613)
          Net loss per common
          and common
          equivalent share          $    (.69)$   (1.13)$   (1.43)
     Weighted average number
          of common and
          common equivalent shares 
          outstanding                  46,410    45,142    43,153
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of December 31,                            1993           1992
In thousands

Assets

Current assets:
     Cash and cash equivalents            $ 95,958       $ 72,012
     Short-term investments                 13,610         36,771
     Trade accounts receivable,
          net of allowance for doubtful 
          accounts of $3,928 in 1993 and
          $4,376 in 1992                    72,655         75,604
     Other receivables                       4,167          4,678
     Inventory                               2,299          9,683
     Prepaid expenses and other              9,399          9,239
          Total current assets             198,088        207,987
Property, plant and equipment,
     net (notes 5 and 8)                   104,912        109,580
Cash and investments, long-term  (note 8)   30,000         30,000
Other assets (note 6)                       20,584         30,998
          Total assets                    $353,584       $378,565
Liabilities and Stockholders^ Equity
Current liabilities:
     Short-term borrowings 
     (notes 7 and 8)                      $  6,364       $  5,548
     Accounts payable                       10,637         17,185
     Income taxes payable (note 4)           9,974          9,079
     Accrued payroll and related 
         liabilities                        14,162         12,043
     Accrued restructure costs (note 2)     28,374         12,270
     Accrued and other liabilities          14,603         17,122
     Deferred revenue                       17,638         25,848
          Total current liabilities        101,752         99,095
Long-term debt  (note 8)                    54,321         55,709
Other long-term deferrals                    1,800          2,355
     Total liabilities                     157,873        157,159
Stockholders^ equity: (notes 9 and 10)
     Common stock, no par value, authorized 
          100,000 shares; 47,659 and 45,597 
          issued and outstanding 
          for 1993 and 1992,
          respectively                      243,951       231,354
     Incentive stock, no par value, 
          authorized 1,200 shares;
          none issued                             ^             ^
     Accumulated deficit                    (55,779)      (15,415)
     Foreign currency translation 
          adjustment                          7,539         5,467
          Total stockholders^ equity        195,711       221,406
Commitments and contingencies (note 11)
          Total liabilities and stockholders'
               equity                 $     353,584      $378,565
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Year ended December 31,          1993          1992          1991
In thousands
Operating Cash Flows:
Net loss                     $(32,073)     $(50,861)     $(61,613)
Adjustments to reconcile net 
     loss to net cash 
     provided by 
     operating activities:
     Depreciation and 
         amortization of 
         property, plant 
         and equipment         27,600        25,750        29,701
     Deferred taxes              (259)        2,512         3,594
     Amortization of other
         assets                 8,217         8,743         8,800
     Amortization of nonqualified 
         stock options          1,418           237           676
     Write-down of assets ^ 
         restructure
        (note 2)                  524           935         7,895
     Write-down of
        assets ^ other            288         5,153        14,580
Changes in operating assets 
     and liabilities:
     Trade accounts receivable  2,788        23,490        18,562
     Inventory                  7,771        13,934           593
     Prepaid expenses 
        and other assets        6,623         9,409        (5,881)
     Accounts payable          (5,845)       (9,383)        6,913
     Accrued liabilities       16,634        (8,078)         (606)
     Other liabilities 
        and deferrals          (8,397)       (8,231)        7,576
Net cash provided by 
     operating activities      25,289        13,610        30,790
Investing Cash Flows:
     Net maturities (purchases)
        of short-term 
        investments            23,161        28,831        (4,888)
     Purchases of property,
        plant and equipment   (22,790)      (18,784)      (31,235)
     Capitalization of 
        software development
        costs                  (3,609)       (6,120)       (9,917)
     Development of corporate
        facilities               (355)       (4,655)       (7,020)
     Proceeds from sale of
        hardware service 
        business (note 2)           ^             ^         6,000
Net cash used by investing 
     activities                (3,593)         (728)      (47,060)
Financing Cash Flows:
     Proceeds from issuance
        of common stock        11,179        16,074        10,864
     Proceeds (repayment) of
        short-term borrowings     (89)        1,222        (6,836)
     Proceeds (repayment) of 
        long-term debt           (937)        5,176          (110)
     Dividends paid to
        stockholders           (8,291)      (10,826)      (10,347)
     Increase in cash and
        investments, long-term      ^       (30,000)            ^
Net cash provided (used) by 
     financing activities       1,862       (18,354)       (6,429)
Effect of exchange rate changes
     on cash and cash 
     equivalents                  388          (992)          181
Net change in cash and 
     cash equivalents          23,946        (6,464)      (22,518)
Cash and cash equivalents at
     beginning of period       72,012        78,476       100,994
Cash and cash equivalents 
     at end of period        $ 95,958      $ 72,012       $78,476
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

                              Retained       Foreign       Total
                              Earnings,      Currency      Stock-
               Common Stock (Accumulated   Translation    holders^
In thousands, 
  except per
  share data  Shares   Amount   Deficit)     Adjustment    Equity
  Balance at 
  December 31,
  1990        42,397  $203,417  $118,232      $  4,770   $326,419
Stock issued 
  under stock 
  option and 
  stock 
  purchase 
  plans        1,198    10,950         ^             ^     10,950
Compensation 
  related to
  nonqualified 
  stock 
  options 
  granted 
  (note 10)        ^       676         ^             ^        676
Foreign currency
  translation 
  adjustment       ^         ^         ^         1,582      1,582
Net loss           ^         ^   (61,613)            ^    (61,613)
Cash dividends 
  ($.24 per common 
  share
  outstanding)     ^         ^   (10,347)            ^    (10,347)
Balance at 
  December 31,
  1991        43,595   215,043    46,272         6,352    267,667
Stock issued 
  under stock 
  option and 
  stock 
  purchase
  plans        2,002    16,074         ^             ^     16,074
Compensation 
  related to 
  nonqualified 
  stock options
  granted  
  (note 10)        ^       237         ^             ^       237
Foreign currency
  translation 
  adjustment       ^         ^         ^          (885)     (885)
Net loss           ^         ^   (50,861)            ^   (50,861)
Cash dividends 
  ($.24 per 
  common 
  share 
  outstanding)     ^         ^   (10,826)            ^   (10,826)
Balance at
  December 31,
  1992        45,597   231,354   (15,415)        5,467   221,406
Stock issued 
  under stock 
  option and 
  stock 
  purchase 
  plans        1,641    10,672         ^             ^    10,672
Stock issued 
  for acquisition 
  of business 
  (note 3)       421       507         ^             ^       507
Compensation 
  related to
  nonqualified 
  stock options
  granted  
  (note 10)        ^     1,418         ^             ^     1,418
  Foreign currency 
  translation 
  adjustment       ^         ^         ^         2,072     2,072
Net loss           ^         ^   (32,073)            ^   (32,073)
Cash dividends 
  ($.18 per 
  common 
  share 
  outstanding)     ^         ^    (8,291)            ^    (8,291)
Balance at
  December 31,
  1993        47,659  $243,951  $(55,779)     $  7,539  $195,711
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


All numerical references in thousands, except percentages and 
per share data

1. Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

   The consolidated financial statements include the financial 
statements of Mentor Graphics Corporation and its wholly owned and 
majority-owned subsidiaries (the Company).  All significant 
intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in 
consolidation.

Foreign Currency Translation

   Local currencies are the functional currencies in the Company^s 
foreign subsidiaries except for the Netherlands and Singapore 
where the U.S. dollar is used as the functional currency.  Assets 
and liabilities of foreign operations are translated to U.S. 
dollars at current rates of exchange, and revenues and expenses 
are translated using weighted average rates.  Gains and losses 
from foreign currency translation are included as a separate 
component of stockholders^ equity.  Foreign currency transaction 
gains and losses are included as a component of other income and 
expense (note 12).

Financial Instruments

   The Company enters into forward foreign exchange contracts as a 
hedge against foreign currency sales commitments.  Remeasurement 
gains and losses on these contracts are deferred and recognized 
when the sales occur.  All subsequent remeasurement gains and 
losses are recognized as they occur to offset remeasurement gains 
and losses recognized on the related foreign currency accounts 
receivable balances (note 14).
   The Company has entered into an interest rate swap agreement to 
manage exposure to interest rate fluctuations.  The differential 
to be paid or received is accrued and recognized over the life of 
the agreement as an adjustment to interest expense (note 8).
   The Company places its cash equivalents and short-term 
investments with major banks and financial institutions.  The 
investment policy limits the Company^s creditexposure to any one 
financial institution.  Concentrations of credit risk with respect 
to trade receivables are limited due to the large number of 
customers comprising the Company^s customer base, and their 
dispersion across different businesses and geographic areas.  The 
carrying amounts of cash equivalents, short-term investments, 
trade receivables, accounts payable, and short-term borrowings 
approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these 
instruments. 
   The Company has evaluated Statement of Financial Accounting 
Standards No. 115, ^Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and 
Equity Securities,^ issued in May 1993.  As required, the Company 
will adopt Statement No. 115 effective January 1, 1994, 
prospectively.  The Statement requires reporting of investments as 
either held to maturity, trading or available for sale.  The 
Company owns common stock and common stock warrants of an 
independent public company with a carrying cost of $0 and a market 
value of $1,375 as of December 31, 1993.  Pursuant to rule 144 
under the Securities Act of 1933 the Company must follow a 
restricted schedule for selling these equity securities.  It is 
anticipated that the shares will be sold when restriction 
milestones have been met.  Accordingly, under Statement No. 115, 
the securities will be classified as held for sale which, upon 
adoption in the first quarter of 1994, will require the difference 
between carrying cost and market value to be recognized and 
included as a separate component of stockholders^ equity.  No 
other investments owned by the Company are expected to be 
materially impacted by the provisions of this Statement as the 
underlying carrying values approximate market.   

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Short-Term Investments

   The Company classifies highly liquid investments purchased with 
an original maturity of three months or less as cash equivalents.  
Short-term investments consist of certificates of deposit, 
commercial paper and other highly liquid investments with original 
maturities in excess of three months.  It is the Company^s intent 
to hold these investments for less than one year.

Inventory 

   Inventory, consisting principally of computer hardware and 
demonstration equipment, is stated at the lower of average cost or 
market.  Demonstration equipment comprised $1,835 and $4,626 of 
the total inventory balance at December 31, 1993 and 1992, 
respectively.

Property, Plant and Equipment

   Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost and consists of 
land and land improvements, buildings and building equipment, 
computer equipment and furniture, leasehold improvements, 
and service spare parts (note 5).  Expenditures for additions to 
property, plant and equipment are capitalized.  The cost of 
repairs and maintenance is expensed as incurred.  Depreciation of 
buildings and building equipment, and land improvements, is 
computed on a straight-line basis over lives of forty and 
twenty years, respectively.  Depreciation of computer equipment 
and furniture is computed principally on a straight-line basis 
over the estimated useful lives of the assets,  generally three to 
five years.  Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-
line basis over the lesser of the term of the lease or estimated 
useful lives of the improvements.  Service spare parts are 
amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful 
lives, generally four years.

Income Taxes

   In February 1992, the Financial Accounting Standards Board 
issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, 
^Accounting for Income Taxes^.  Statement No. 109 requires a 
change from the deferred method under APB Opinion 11 to the asset 
and liability method of accounting for income taxes.  Under the 
asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are 
recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to 
temporary differences between the financial statement carrying 
amounts and tax balances of existing assets and liabilities.  
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax 
rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which 
those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled.  Under Statement No. 109, the effect on deferred taxes of 
a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that 
includes the enactment date.
   Effective January 1, 1993, the Company adopted Statement No. 
109.  The cumulative effect of that change in the method of 
accounting for income taxes was not material to the Company^s 
financial statements, and is therefore not disclosed separately in 
the Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ending 
December 31, 1993.
   Pursuant to the deferred method under APB Opinion 11, which was 
applied in 1992 and prior years, deferred income taxes are 
recognized for income and expense items that are reported in 
different years for financial reporting purposes and income tax 
purposes using the tax rate applicable for the year of 
calculation.  Under the deferred method, deferred taxes are not 
adjusted for subsequent changes in tax rates.

Revenue Recognition

   Revenues from system sales and software licenses are recognized 
at the time of shipment.  Contract service revenues are billed in 
advance and recorded as deferred revenue.  Service 
revenues are then recognized ratably over the contractual period 
as the services are performed.  Training and consulting revenues 
are recognized as the related services are performed.  Custom 
design and software porting revenues are recognized using the 
percentage of completion method or as contract milestones are 
achieved.

Software Development Costs

   The Company capitalizes certain software development costs 
incurred.  These capitalized costs are amortized over the 
estimated economic life of the software, not exceeding three 
years, computed principally on a straight-line basis.  
Amortization is included in system and software cost of 
revenues in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.  All other 
research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Net Loss Per Common and Common Equivalent Share

   For 1993, 1992 and 1991, the weighted average number of common 
and common equivalent shares outstanding was calculated using only 
common shares outstanding.  Common stock equivalents, related to 
stock options outstanding, are anti dilutive as the Company is in 
a loss situation and, therefore, are not included.  

Reclassifications

   Certain reclassifications have been made in the accompanying 
consolidated financial statements for 1991 and 1992 to conform 
with the 1993 presentation.

2. Restructuring

   In December 1993, the Company recorded a charge of $24,800 
associated with a restructuring plan aimed at reducing operating 
expenses by streamlining and reorganizing company operations.  
These costs consist primarily of direct costs related to the 
severance and relocation of employees, facilities closures, and 
write-offs of excess equipment and intangible software technology 
assets related to discontinued product development.  The plan will 
be implemented in phases during 1994.
   In August 1992 and 1991, the Company executed restructuring 
plans aimed at improving its focus on the core businesses of 
integrated circuit design and electronic systems design.  
Restructure costs of $12,900 and $27,100 were recognized in 1992 
and 1991, respectively.  These restructuring costs included direct 
costs related to the severance and relocation of employees, 
consolidation of facilities, and write-offs of intangible software 
technology assets related to discontinued product 
lines.  The 1991 restructure costs were offset by a net gain on 
the sale of certain assets and the subcontracting of the Company^s 
North American hardware service business to Hewlett-Packard
Company.
   Following is a summary of the major elements of the 
restructure charges:

Year ended December 31,            1993         1992         1991
Employee severance
     and relocation            $ 19,400     $  5,700     $  9,700
Asset write-offs 
     and product 
     discontinuance costs         2,300        6,435       16,300
Facilities closures and 
     consolidation                4,300        1,800        2,600
Sale of hardware 
     service business                 ^            ^       (2,400)
Reversal of accrued
     restructure costs due to
     change in estimates         (1,400)      (1,600)           ^
Other                               200          565          900
     Total                     $ 24,800     $ 12,900     $ 27,100

3. Business Acquisition

   On December 1, 1993, the Company issued approximately 421 
shares of its common stock for all the outstanding common and 
preferred stock of CheckLogic Systems, Inc. (CheckLogic).  In 
addition, up to 35 common shares were reserved for issuance with 
respect to CheckLogic employee stock options outstanding.  
CheckLogic is a developer of automatic test pattern generation 
point tools used to test designs of application specific 
integerated circuits.  The Company has accounted for this 
transaction as a pooling of interests, and the financial results 
for the year ended December 31, 1993 include the accounts of 
CheckLogic.  The separate financial results of CheckLogic prior to 
the acquisition are not material, and accordingly the consolidated 
financial statements for 1992 and 1991 have not been restated.

4. Income Taxes

   As discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted Statement No. 109 
as of January 1, 1993.  The cumulative effect of this change in 
accounting for income taxes was not material to the Company^s 
financial statements, and is therefore not disclosed separately in 
the Consolidated Statement of Operations, for the year ended 
December 31, 1993.  Prior years^ financial statements have not 
been restated to apply the provisions of Statement No. 109.
   Domestic and foreign pre-tax income (loss) is as follows:

Year ended December 31,          1993          1992          1991
Domestic                     $(23,682)     $(41,322)     $(72,570)
Foreign                        (5,967)       (6,949)        9,567
     Total                   $(29,649)     $(48,271)     $(63,003)

The provision (benefit) for income taxes 
is as follows:
Year ended December 31,          1993          1992          1991
Current:
     Federal                 $      ^     $  (1,141)     $(13,292)
     State                       (162)          138          (311)
     Foreign                    2,041         1,081         8,619
                                1,879            78        (4,984)
Deferred:
     Federal                      655           102         5,515
     Foreign                     (110)        2,410        (1,921)
                                  545         2,512         3,594
     Total                   $  2,424     $   2,590     $  (1,390)

The effective tax (benefit) rate differs from the Federal 
statutory rates as follows:

Year ended December 31,          1993          1992          1991
Federal statutory tax 
     (benefit) rate             (35.0%)       (34.0%)      (34.0%)
State taxes, net of Federal 
     tax benefits                (2.3)          0.3          (0.5)
Differences in foreign 
     tax rates                    8.0           0.3           2.9
Losses from foreign 
     subsidiaries                 0.6           7.7           2.6
Unrealized benefit of net 
     operating loss carryforwards   ^          26.9           8.2
Unrealized benefit of tax 
     credit carryforwards           ^             ^          16.6
Alternative minimum tax             ^             ^           2.0
Adjustment of deferred 
     tax assets due to net 
     operating loss                 ^           4.2          21.4
Reduction of income tax 
     liability due to net 
     operating loss                 ^             ^         (21.4)
Adjustment of beginning of 
     year balance of deferred tax
     assets and liabilities for
     settlement of Federal income
     tax obligations              2.5             ^             ^
Change in valuation 
     allowance for deferred 
     tax assets                  29.5             ^             ^
Other, net                        4.9             ^             ^
Effective tax (benefit) rate      8.2%          5.4%        (2.2%)

The significant components of deferred income tax expense for the 
year ended December 31, 1993 are as follows:

Net changes in deferred tax 
     assets and liabilities                             $  (8,205)
Increase in beginning-of-year
     balance of the 
     valuation allowance 
     for deferred tax assets                               8,750
     Total                                              $    545

   For the years ended December 31, 1992 and 1991, deferred income 
tax expense of $2,512 and $3,594, respectively, results from 
timing differences in the recognition of income and expense for 
income tax and financial reporting purposes.  The sources and tax 
effects of those timing differences are presented below:

As of December 31,                            1992          1991
Depreciation                               $ 1,198      $ (5,267)
Inventory valuation 
     adjustments                               556        (1,155)
Accrued vacation and other 
     compensation                              822         1,562
Other asset valuation 
     adjustments                               413        (1,040)
Capitalization of software 
     development costs                        (152)          138
Customer service accruals                      901          (419)
Accrued restructure costs                     (292)       (3,512)
Adjustment of deferred tax assets 
     due to net operating loss              (1,296)       13,485
Other, net                                     362          (198)
     Total                                $  2,512      $  3,594

The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards which 
gave rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:

As of December 31,                                          1993
Deferred tax assets:
Property and equipment, principally 
 due to differences in depreciation 
 and capitalized interest                               $    810
Inventories, principally due to adjustments 
 to lower of cost or market                                3,358
Accounts receivable, principally due 
 to allowance for doubtful accounts                        1,241
Compensated absences and other 
 compensation, principally due to accrual 
 for financial reporting purposes                          3,105
Restructure costs, principally due to accrual 
 for financial reporting purposes                          9,642
Net operating loss carryforwards                          29,576
Tax credit carryforwards                                  11,523
Other, net                                                 1,663
     Total gross deferred tax assets                      60,918
     Less valuation allowance                            (58,495)
     Net deferred tax assets                               2,423
Deferred tax liabilities:
Capitalization of software development 
 costs for financial reporting purposes                   (3,634)
Net deferred tax liabilities                            $ (1,211)

   The Company has established a valuation allowance for certain 
current deferred tax assets, and net operating loss and tax credit 
carryforwards. Statement No. 109 requires that such a valuation 
allowance be recorded when it is more likely than not that some 
portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  The 
valuation allowance as of January 1, 1993 was $49,745. 
   The effect of Statement No. 109 on the consolidated effective 
tax rate for 1993 and future years, compared to those rates which 
would have applied under APB Opinion 11, is not expected to be 
material to the Company^s financial statements.
   As of December 31, 1993, the Company has net operating loss 
carryforwards for income tax purposes of approximately $74,100.  
Such carryforwards will expire from 1996 to 2008 if not 
used by the Company to reduce income taxes payable in future 
periods. 
   As of December 31, 1993 the Company has foreign tax credits and 
research and experimentation tax credits totaling approximately 
$11,500.  These tax credits can be applied against Federal tax 
liabilities from 1994 through 2008 subject to various limitations 
under current tax law.  
   The Company has not provided for Federal income taxes on 
approximately $64,600 of undistributed earnings of foreign 
subsidiaries at December 31, 1993, since these earnings have 
been invested indefinitely in subsidiary operations.  Upon 
repatriation, some of these earnings would generate foreign tax 
credits which will reduce the Federal tax liability associated 
with any future foreign dividend.  
   The Company has settled its Federal income tax obligations 
through 1991.  The Company believes the provisions for income 
taxes for years since 1991 are adequate.

5. Property, plant and Equipment

A summary of property, plant and equipment follows:

As of December 31,                             1993          1992
Computer equipment 
     and furniture                         $121,975      $118,528
Buildings and building 
     equipment                               53,326        53,129
Land and improvements                        14,641        14,567
Leasehold improvements                        9,613        10,057
Service spare parts                           3,857         2,998
                                            203,412       199,279
Less accumulated depreciation 
     and amortization                       (98,500)      (89,699)
     Property, plant  and 
        equipment, net                     $104,912      $109,580

   In January, 1993, the Company entered into an agreement to 
lease a portion of its headquarters site in Wilsonville, Oregon.  
Under terms of the five-year agreement, approximately 150 square 
feet of space will be made available to a third party on a firm 
take-down schedule.  The agreement results in rental payments of 
$3,985 over the remaining term of the lease.

6. Other Assets

A summary of other assets follows:
As of December 31,                             1993          1992
Software development 
     costs, net                            $  9,085      $ 13,449
Long-term deposits                            5,613        10,119
Investment in real estate                     2,935         2,935
Long-term receivables                         2,453         2,693
Purchased technology, net                       106           744
Long-term prepaid royalties 
     and licenses                                63           794
Other                                           329           264
     Total                                 $ 20,584      $ 30,998

   The Company capitalized software development costs of $3,609, 
$6,120, and $9,917 in 1993, 1992, and 1991, respectively.  Related 
amortization expense of $7,449, $5,875, and $3,961 was 
recorded for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991, 
respectively.  
   Purchased technology is carried at cost and is 
amortized over the estimated economic life of the technology, 
generally three years.  Related amortization expense of $565, 
$636, and $3,183 was recorded for the years ended December 31, 
1993, 1992, and 1991, respectively.  
   During 1993, 1992 and 1991, certain purchased technology and 
software development costs were written off due to product 
discontinuances resulting from the December 1993, August 1992 and 
August 1991 restructurings.  These write-offs, combined with 
write-downs of certain other software development, prepaid 
royalties, and purchased technology to net realizable value, 
totaled $812, $1,005 and $11,774 in 1993, 1992 and 1991, 
respectively.

7. Short-Term Borrowings

   Short-term borrowings represent drawings by subsidiaries under 
multi-currency unsecured credit agreements and the current portion 
of long-term debt.  Interest rates are generally based on the 
applicable country^s prime lending rate depending on the currency 
borrowed.  The Company has available lines of credit of 
approximately $25,255 as of December 31, 1993.  Certain agreements 
require compensatory balances which the Company has met.  

8. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt is comprised of the following:
As of December 31,                             1993          1992
Revolving term credit facility             $ 55,000      $ 50,000
Bank note                                     2,681         2,405
Commercial paper                                  ^         3,096
Other                                           161           299
                                             57,842        55,800
Less current portion                         (3,521)          (91)
     Total                                 $ 54,321      $ 55,709

   Effective December 31, 1992, the Company amended its committed 
credit facility with First Interstate Bank of Oregon, N.A.  Under 
terms of the amendment, the revolving credit facility 
remains in effect until July 2000 and the commitment level was 
established at $55,000.  Interest on borrowings under the credit 
facility remain floating-rate based.  Borrowings are 
collateralized by cash and investments of $30,000 and a trust deed
on the Company^s headquarters site in Wilsonville, Oregon of 
$25,000.  The amendment requires commitment reductions of $840 
annually beginning in July 1994, therefore $840 is classified as 
current and included in short-term borrowings on the Consolidated 
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 1993.
   In conjunction with the loan amendment, the Company also 
modified its interest rate swap agreement with First Interstate 
Bank of Oregon, N.A., reducing the notional amount from $50,000 
to $17,500 without any negative financial impact.  The interest 
rate swap agreement effectively converts floating rates on $17,500 
of borrowings to a fixed rate of 9.55% until expiration of the 
agreement in January 2000.  The amendment allowed the Company to 
subject $32,500 of 9.55% fixed rate borrowings to more favorable 
floating rates.  The average floating interest rate as of 
December 31, 1993 was approximately 5%.  While the Company may be 
exposed to credit risk in the event of nonperformance by the 
counterparty to the interest rate swap agreement, the risk of 
incurring losses due to nonperformance by the counterparty is 
considered remote 
   During 1992, the Company^s Japanese subsidiary borrowed 300 
million Yen ($2,681 and $2,405 at December 31, 1993 and 1992 
exchange rates, respectively) from a local bank to finance its 
local operations.  The interest rate on these borrowings is 
floating-rate based with a cap of 5.95%.  The effective rate on 
these borrowings during 1993 was approximately 4%.  The entire 
bank note matures on July 20, 1994 and is classified as current 
and included in short-term borrowings on the Consolidated Balance 
Sheet as of December 31, 1993.
   The fair market value of the Company^s long-term debt 
approximates its carrying value as the interest rates on 
borrowings are floating-rate based.  The Company would incur a 
cost of approximately $3,660 to terminate its interest rate swap 
agreement as of December 31, 1993.  This cost is based on dealer 
quotes taking into consideration current interest rates and the 
current creditworthiness of the counterparties.

9. Incentive Stock Plan

   The Board of Directors has the authority to issue incentive 
stock in one or more series and to determine the relative rights 
and preferences of the incentive stock (note 10).  The incentive 
stock is convertible into common stock upon attainment of 
specified objectives or upon the occurrence of 
certain events to be determined by the Board of Directors.

10. Employee Stock and Savings Plans

   The Company has five stock option plans.  The three common 
stock option plans provide for the granting of incentive and 
nonqualified stock options to key employees, officers, and non-
employee directors of the Company and its subsidiaries.  
   The three stock option plans are administered by the 
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and permit 
accelerated vesting of outstanding options upon the occurrence of 
certain changes in the control of the Company.
   The Company also has a stock plan which provides for the sale 
of common stock to key employees of the Company and its 
subsidiaries.  Shares can be awarded under the plan at no purchase 
price as a stock bonus, and the stock plan also provides for the 
granting of nonqualified stock options.
   In addition, the Company has an incentive stock option plan and 
has reserved 600 shares of incentive stock for issuance.  No 
options have been granted under this plan.
   Options under all five plans generally become exercisable over 
a five-year period from the date of grant or from the commencement 
of employment at prices generally not less than the fair market 
value at the date of grant.  The excess, if any, of the fair 
market value of the shares at the measurement date over the option 
price is charged to operations ratably over the vesting period.  
At December 31, 1993, options for 2,451 shares were exercisable, 
19,810 shares were reserved for issuance, and 1,674 shares were 
available for future grant.  Stock options outstanding and 
transactions involving the stock option plans are summarized as 
follows:
                                                        Price per
                                         Shares           Share
Balance at December 31,   1991            7,886    $  .12 ^ 19.76
Granted                                   4,637      6.00 ^ 20.25
Exercised                                (1,433)      .12 ^ 18.13
Canceled                                 (4,514)     2.08 ^ 20.25
Balance at December 31, 1992              6,576       .21 ^ 19.76
Granted                                   1,180       .07 ^ 12.63
Exercised                                (1,021)      .21 ^ 13.00
Canceled                                   (834)     4.95 ^ 18.13
Balance at December 31, 1993              5,901    $  .07 ^ 19.76

   In October 1992, the Board of Directors adopted a resolution to 
offer employees holding incentive and nonqualified stock options 
for 5,840 shares the opportunity to exchange their existing 
options for nonqualified stock options.  The exchange allowed 
employees to receive options for the same number of shares at 
$6.00 per share, the then current market price.  The new options 
vest ratably over between two to five years, depending on the 
vesting status of exchanged options as of January 2, 1993.  The 
offer was made because the Board of Directors believes lower-
priced options provide a greater incentive to key employees and 
officers.  Options holders elected to exchange options covering 
3,808 shares.
   In May 1989, the shareholders adopted the 1989 Employee Stock 
Purchase Plan and reserved 1,400 shares for issuance.  In April 
1992, the shareholders amended the plan to reserve an 
additional 2,000 shares for issuance.  Under the plan, each 
eligible employee may purchase up to six hundred shares of stock 
per quarter at prices no less than 85% of its fair market value 
determined at certain specified dates.  Employees purchased 605 
and 569 shares under the plan in 1993 and 1992, respectively.  At 
December 31, 1993, 1,324 shares remain available for future 
purchase under the plan.  The plan will expire upon either 
issuance of all shares reserved for issuance or at the discretion 
of the Board of Directors.  There are no plans to terminate the 
plan at this time.
   The Company has an employee savings plan (the Savings Plan) 
that qualifies as a deferred salary arrangement under Section 
401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Under the Savings Plan, 
participating U.S. employees may defer a portion of their pretax 
earnings, up to the Internal Revenue Service annual contribution 
limit.  The Company currently matches 50% of eligible employee^s 
contributions, up to a maximum of 6% of the employee^s earnings.  
Employer matching contributions vest over 5 years, 20% for each 
year of service completed.  The Company^s matchingcontributions to 
the Savings Plan were $1,896, $1,989, and $2,140 in 1993, 1992, 
and 1991, respectively.

11. Commitments

The Company leases a majority of its field office facilities under 
noncancellable operating leases.  In addition, the Company leases 
certain equipment used in its research and development activities.  
This equipment is generally leased on a month-to-month basis after 
meeting a six-month lease minimum.  
   The Company rents its Japanese facilities under a two-year 
cancellable lease with a six month notice of cancellation.  The 
total commitment under this cancellable lease is $6,444, of which 
the first six month^s payments in 1994 of $1,878 are included in 
the schedule below.  Future minimum lease payments under 
noncancellable operating  leases are approximately as follows:
                                                         Operating
Annual periods ending                                      Lease
December 31:                                              Payments
1994                                                    $  10,054
1995                                                        6,704
1996                                                        5,298
1997                                                        4,258
1998                                                        3,928
Later years                                                14,348
     Total                                              $  44,590

   Rent expense under operating leases was approximately $16,776, 
$16,156, and $16,709 for the years ending December 31, 1993, 1992, 
and 1991, respectively.

12. Other Expense

Other expense is comprised of the following:
Year ended December 31,              1993        1992        1991
Interest income                  $  4,338    $  5,284    $  9,800
Interest expense                   (4,404)     (5,469)     (5,428)
Foreign exchange gain                 247         297         827
Contract settlement                     ^      (6,150)          ^
Write-off of non-
     operating items                    ^      (1,148)     (7,838)
Life insurance proceeds                 ^           ^       1,000
Other, net                           (438)       (353)       (863)
     Total                        $  (257)   $ (7,539)   $ (2,502)

13. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

   The following provides additional information concerning 
supplemental disclosures of cash flow activities:
Year ended December 31,              1993        1992        1991
Cash paid (received) for: 
     Interest expense, net of 
       capitalized interest       $  4,042   $  5,030    $  4,969
     Income taxes                 $  2,403   $ (2,662)   $  5,936

14. Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts

   At December 31, 1993 and 1992, the Company had forward 
contracts outstanding of $13,847 and $18,899, respectively, to buy 
and sell various foreign currencies.  These contracts generally 
have maturities which do not exceed six months.  At December 31, 
1993, the estimated fair value of these contracts was $13,797 
based on dealer quotes.  The Company does not anticipate non-
performance by the counterparties to these contracts.

15. Industry and Geographic Information

   The Company designs, manufactures, markets and provides related 
service for electronic design automation software for the 
integrated circuit (IC) and systems design markets.  The Company^s 
software products enable engineers and designers to design, 
analyze, place, route, layout and test custom ICs, application 
specific ICs (ASIC), printed circuit boards, multichip modules and 
other electronic systems and subsystems
   Foreign operations consist of offices whose principal 
activities are the sale, distribution, and service of the 
Company^s products.  Foreign offices purchase the computer 
workstations on which the Company^s software operates principally 
from suppliers located in each respective geographic area.  
Software reproduction facilities operate in both Europe and 
Asia-Pacific to supply the Company^s software directly to these 
market areas.
   Intercompany transfers are accounted for at amounts generally 
above cost.  Corporate expenses are general expenses which are not 
allocated to the operations of each geographic area.  For the 
purposes of determining operating income, research and development 
and certain marketing expenses are allocated based on each 
region^s percentage of total revenue contribution.  Corporate 
assets are comprised of capital assets used in research and 
development activities, short-term investments, and cash and 
investments classified as long-term in the consolidated balance 
sheets.  Geographic information for 1993, 1992 and 1991 is set 
forth in the table below.




Geographic Information        N. America     Europe   Asia-Pacific

1993
Revenues from unaffiliated 
   customers                   $184,303     $ 87,178     $68,294 
Intercompany transfers            1,282        5,016      20,948
Total revenues                 $185,585     $ 92,194     $89,242
Operating income (loss)        $   (195)    $(14,564)    $ 1,678
Identifiable assets            $152,514     $124,956     $64,271

1992
Revenues from unaffiliated
   customers                   $180,716     $ 99,481     $ 70,569
Intercompany transfers            1,611       11,849       15,187
Total revenues                 $182,327     $111,330     $ 85,756
Operating income (loss)        $(21,151)    $ (7,267)    $    735
Identifiable assets            $164,614     $116,174     $ 53,518

1991
Revenues from unaffiliated 
customers                      $195,796     $110,203     $ 94,128
Intercompany transfers            6,254        9,700       20,087
Total revenues                 $202,050     $119,903     $114,215
Operating income (loss)        $(51,876)    $ (5,082)    $  7,454
Identifiable assets            $193,001     $117,597     $ 77,692

Geographic Information     Eliminations   Corporate   Consolidated

1993
Revenues from unaffiliated
   customers                   $      ^     $      ^     $339,775
Intercompany transfers          (27,246)           ^            ^
Total revenues                 $(27,246)    $      ^     $339,775
Operating income (loss)        $ (2,939)    $(13,372)    $(29,392)
Identifiable assets            $(92,258)    $104,101     $353,584

1992
Revenues from unaffiliated
   customers                   $      ^     $      ^     $350,766
Intercompany transfers          (28,647)           ^            ^
Total revenues                 $(28,647)    $      ^     $350,766
Operating income (loss         $(1,538)     $(11,511)    $(40,732)
Indentifiable assets           $(60,471)    $104,730     $378,565

1991
Revenues from unaffiliated 
   customers                   $      ^     $      ^     $400,127
Intercompany transfers          (36,041)           ^            ^
Total revenues                 $(36,041)    $      ^      400,127
Operating income (loss)        $    985     $(11,982)    $(60,501)
Identifiable assets            $(54,147)    $111,518     $445,661


Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

Quarter ended      March 31   June 30   September 30   December 31
In thousands, except per share and shareholders of record data
1993
Total revenues    $  82,639  $  88,416   $ 84,950      $ 83,770
Gross margin      $  52,371  $  56,214   $ 56,378      $ 54,620
Operating income
  (loss)          $  (3,317) $     633   $  1,888      $(28,596)
Net income 
  (loss)          $  (4,298) $     290   $  1,490      $(29,555)
Net income (loss)
  per common
  and common 
  equivalent
  share           $    (.09) $     .01   $    .03     $    (.63)
1992
Total revenues    $ 100,115  $  89,085   $ 77,540     $  84,026
Gross margin      $  55,660  $  50,690   $ 39,385     $  52,063
Operating income 
  (loss)          $     491  $  (6,819)  $(35,720)    $   1,316
Net income (loss) $   1,227  $  (6,885)  $(45,550)    $     347
Net income (loss)
  per common and 
  common 
  equivalent share$     .03  $    (.15)  $  (1.01)    $     .01

Common stock market price:
Quarter ended         March 31  June 30  September 30  December 31
1993
     High         $      11  $      12   $ 11 1/2     $  15 1/2
     Low          $   7 7/8  $   7 7/8   $  8 3/8     $      10
1992
     High         $  22 1/4  $  16 1/2   $ 10 1/4     $   9 1/2
     Low          $  14 1/4  $   9 1/2   $  6 1/2     $   5 1/4

The table above sets forth for the quarters indicated the high and 
low sales prices for the common stock as reported on the NASDAQ 
National Market System.  As of December 31, 1993, the Company had 
1,843 shareholders of record.

Report of Management

   Management of Mentor Graphics Corporation is responsible for 
the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial 
statements.  The consolidated financial statements have been 
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting 
principles appropriate in the circumstances and necessarily 
include some amounts which represent the best estimates and 
judgments of management.  The consolidated financial statements 
have been audited by KPMG Peat Marwick, independent auditors, 
whose report is included on this page.
   The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors is comprised of 
two directors who are not officers or employees of Mentor Graphics 
Corporation or its subsidiaries.  These directors meet with 
management and the independent auditors in connection with their 
review of matters relating to the Company^s annual financial 
statements, the Company^s system of internal accounting controls, 
and the services of the independent auditors.  The Committee meets 
with the independent auditors, without management present, to 
discuss appropriate matters.  The Committee reports its findings 
to the Board of Directors and also recommends the selection and 
engagement of independent auditors.





R. Douglas Norby
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer




Walden C. Rhines
President and Chief Executive Officer



Independent Auditors^ Report
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Mentor Graphics 
Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of 
Mentor Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 
1993 and 1992, and the related consolidated statements of 
operations, stockholders^ equity, and cash flows for each of the 
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1993.  These 
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the 
Company^s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion 
on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
   We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted 
auditing standards.  Those standards require that we plan and 
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 
the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An 
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the 
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit 
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and 
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating 
the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our 
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
   In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of Mentor Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries as of 
December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the results of their operations 
and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year 
period ended December 31, 1993, in conformity with generally 
accepted accounting principles.
   As discussed in Notes 1 and 4 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board^s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, ^Accounting for Income Taxes^ in 1993.



Portland, Oregon
February 1, 1994


Shareholders' Information

Directors
Thomas H. Bruggere
Chairman of the Board of Directors Mentor Graphics Corporation
Walden C. Rhines
President and Chief Executive Officer 
Mentor Graphics Corporation
Marsha B. Congdon
Vice President, Policy and Strategy US West Communications
David R. Hathaway
General Partner 
Venrock Associates
Fontaine K. Richardson 
General Partner 
Eastech Management Company, Inc.
Jon A. Shirley
Private Investor
David N. Strohm
General Partner 
Greylock Management Corporation

Corporate Office
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777
(503) 685-7000





Executive Officers
Walden C. Rhines
President and Chief Executive Officer Mentor Graphics Corporation
Waldo J Richards
Senior Vice President 
Product Operations
R. Douglas Norby
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer
Frank S. Delia
Vice President 
Chief Administrative Officer 
General Counsel and Secretary
Patricia J. O^Connor
Vice President 
Human Resources
James J. Luttenbacher
Corporate Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer

Counsel
Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey
Attorneys-at-Law
900 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Suite 2300
Portland, Oregon 97204

Independent Certified Public Accountants
KPMG Peat Marwick
1211 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Suite 2000
Portland, Oregon 97204

Transfer Agent and Registrar
First Interstate Bank 
Security Holder Relations Division
26610 West Agoura Road
Calabasas, CA  91302
1-800-522-6645



Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of shareholders will be held at 5:00 p.m., 
Pacific Time, on April 26, 1994 at:
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777

Investor Relations
For additional information on the Company, or to obtain a copy of 
Mentor Graphics^ Annual 
Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, contact:
Investor Relations Manager
Mentor Graphics Corporation
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777

For financial and company information, call 1-800-546-4628.

Stock Trading
Mentor Graphics Corporation^s common stock traded publicly in the 
NASDAQ National Market 
System under the symbol MENT.




All references to market share in this report are based upon 
Dataquest preliminary 1993 EDA market share and growth estimates.














                                                       EXHIBIT 21


       LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF MENTOR GRAPHICS CORPORATION


                                                   Jurisdiction of
                Name                                Organization 

Mentor Graphics (UK) Limited                        England
Mentor Graphics (France) SARL                       France
Mentor Graphics Italia SpA                          Italy
Mentor Graphics (Deutschland) GmbH                  West Germany
Mentor Graphics (Denmark)                           Denmark
Mentor Graphics (Netherlands) B.V.                  Netherlands
Mentor Graphics Finance B.V.                        Netherlands
Mentor Graphics (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.              Singapore
Mentor Graphics Japan Co., Ltd.                     Japan
Mentor Graphics (Scandinavia) AB                    Sweden
Mentor Graphics (Finland) AB                        Finland
Mentor Graphics (Canada) Ltd.                       Canada
Mentor Graphics (Schweiz) AG                        Switzerland
European Development Center                         Belgium







                                                       EXHIBIT 23




Consent of Accountants


The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Mentor Graphics Corporation:



We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration 
statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 33-11291, 33-18259, 2-90577, 33-
30036, 2-99251 and 33-30774) and on Form S-3 (33-52419) of Mentor 
Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries of our reports dated 
February 1, 1994, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of 
Mentor Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 
1993 and 1992, and the related consolidated statements of 
operations, cash flows and stockholders' equity and related 
schedules for each of the years in the three-year period ended 
December 31, 1993, which reports appear or are incorporated by 
reference in the December 31, 1993 annual report on Form 10-K of 
Mentor Graphics Corporation and subsidiaries.  Our reports refer 
to a change in the method of accounting for income taxes.



                                         KPMG PEAT MARWICK 



Portland, Oregon
March 30, 1994









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