CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
S-8, 1997-05-14
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        AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 14, 1997 

                                                 REGISTRATION NO. 333-__________

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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                       FORM S-8
                                REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                        UNDER
                              THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                             CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
                (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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            DELAWARE                                  77-0148231
    (State of Incorporation)           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

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                             CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
                             2655 SEELY ROAD, BUILDING 5
                                 SAN JOSE, CA  95134
                                    (408) 943-1234
            (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

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                   OPTIONS ASSUMED BY CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
             ORIGINALLY GRANTED UNDER THE COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
     1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN, 1993 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN AND 1995 DIRECTORS STOCK
               OPTION PLAN AND UNDER THE UNICAD, INC. STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                           
                              R.L. SMITH MCKEITHEN, ESQ.
                          VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                             CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.
                             2655 SEELY ROAD, BUILDING 5
                                 SAN JOSE, CA  95134
                                    (408) 943-1234
                                           
              (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                      including area code, of agent for service)

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                                      Copies to:
         R.L. Smith McKeithen, Esq.              Alan C. Mendelson, Esq.
    Vice President and General Counsel             Cooley Godward LLP
        Cadence Design Systems, Inc.             Five Palo Alto Square
         2655 Seely Road, Building 5              3000 El Camino Real
              San Jose, CA  95134                Palo Alto, CA  94306
                (408) 943-1234                       (415) 843-5000

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                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                     PROPOSED MAXIMUM              PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF SECURITIES                              OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE      AGGREGATE OFFERING PRICE      AMOUNT OF REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED         AMOUNT TO BE REGISTERED         (1)                         (1)                           FEE
<S>                             <C>                 <C>                         <C>                             <C>
Stock Options and Common        1,885,949           $0.04 - $36.77              $20,537,657.61                  $6,224
Stock (par value $.01)                 
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
    registration fee.  The offering price is based upon the exercise prices for
    shares previously granted under the Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. ("CCT")
    1989 Stock Option Plan (19,861 shares at prices ranging from $0.11 to $0.27
    per share), the CCT 1993 Equity Incentive Plan (1,806,139 shares at prices
    ranging from $0.28 to $36.77 per share), the Cooper & Chyan Technology,
    Inc. 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan (34,000 shares at $12.95 per share
    and 8,500 shares at $28.24 per share) and the UniCAD, Inc. Stock Option
    Plan (17,449 shares at prices ranging from $0.04 to $1.63 per share),
    pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    "Act").

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
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    The stock options to be registered hereunder have been assumed by Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. ("Cadence") pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger and
Reorganization, dated as of October 28, 1996, as amended by the First Amendment
thereto dated as of December 17, 1996, among Cadence, Wyoming Acquisition Sub,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Cadence, and Cooper
& Chyan Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CCT").  These options were
originally granted to directors, employees and consultants of CCT and/or CCT's
subsidiaries under the CCT 1989 Stock Option Plan, the CCT 1993 Equity Incentive
Plan, the CCT 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan and the UniCAD, Inc. Stock Option
Plan.

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                                       PART II


ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

    The following documents filed by Cadence with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:

    (a)  Cadence's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 28, 1996, including all material incorporated by reference therein;

    (b)  Cadence's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
March 29, 1997, including all material incorporated by reference therein;

    (c)  Cadence's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
December 31, 1996;

    (d)  Cadence's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 13, 1997;

    (e)  Cadence's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
March 6, 1997;

    (f)  The description of Cadence's Preferred Share Purchase Rights contained
in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on
February 16, 1996; and

    (g)  The description of Cadence's Common Stock contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on August 29, 1990.


    All reports and other documents subsequently filed by Cadence pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act") prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein and to be a part of this registration statement from the date
of the filing of such reports and documents.


ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

        Not applicable.


ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

        Not applicable.


ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        As permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that
eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.  The Registrant also maintains a
limited amount of director and officer insurance.  In addition, as permitted by
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Bylaws of the
Registrant provide that:  (i) the Registrant is required to indemnify its
directors, officers and employees, and persons serving in such capacities in
other business enterprises (including, for example, subsidiaries of the
Registrant) at the Registrant's request, to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would
otherwise be discretionary; (ii) the Registrant is required to advance expenses,
as incurred, to such directors, officers and employees in connection with
defending a proceeding (except that it is not required to advance expenses to a
person against whom the Registrant brings a claim for breach of the duty of
loyalty, failure to act in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violation
of law or deriving an improper personal benefit); (iii) the rights conferred in
the Bylaws are not exclusive and the Registrant is authorized to enter into
indemnification agreements with such directors, officers and employees; (iv) the
Registrant is

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required to maintain director and officer liability insurance to the extent
reasonably available; and (v) the Registrant may not retroactively amend the
Bylaw provision in a way that is adverse to such directors, officers and
employees.

    The Registrant has entered into indemnity agreements with each of its
directors and certain of it officers that provide the maximum indemnity allowed
to officers and directors by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
and the Bylaws, as well as certain additional procedural protections.  In
addition, the indemnity agreements provide that such officers and directors will
be indemnified to the fullest possible extent not prohibited by law against all
expenses (including attorneys' fees) and settlement amounts paid or incurred by
them in any action or proceeding, including any derivative action by or in the
right of the Registrant, on account of their services as directors or officers
of the Registrant or as directors or officers of any other company or enterprise
when they are serving in such capacities at the request of the Registrant.  No
indemnity will be provided, however, to any director or officer on account of
conduct that is adjudicated to be knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dishonest
or willful misconduct.  The indemnity agreements also provide that no
indemnification will be available if a final court adjudication determines that
such indemnification is not lawful, or in respect of any accounting of profits
made from the purchase or sale of securities of the Registrant in violation of
Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

    The indemnification provision in the Bylaws, and the indemnity agreements
entered into between the Registrant and certain of its officers or each of its
directors, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the
Registrant's officers and directors for liability arising under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.


ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not applicable.


ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER        DESCRIPTION

5.1           Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1          Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2          Consent of Cooley Godward LLP.  Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24            Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1*         CCT 1989 Stock Option Plan, Form of Stock Option Plan Agreement
              and Form of Exercise of Stock Option.
99.2*         CCT 1993 Equity Incentive Plan, Form of Equity Incentive Plan
              Stock Option Agreement, Form of Exercise of Equity Incentive Plan
              Stock Option and Form of Equity Incentive Plan Stock Option
              Exercise Agreement.
99.3*         UniCAD, Inc. Stock Option Plan and Form of Stock Option Grant.
99.4          CCT 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan, Form of Initial Stock
              Option Grant, Form of Succeeding Stock Option Grant and Form of
              Exercise Agreement.


    *         Documents incorporated by reference from Cadence's Registration
              Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-16779) filed with the
              Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 1996.

ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

         A.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

              (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
              the Securities Act;

              (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
              after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
              most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually

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              or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
              information set forth in the registration statement;

              (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
              plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
              statement or any material change to such information in the
              registration statement;

    PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the issuer pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.

         (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

    B.   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

    C.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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                                      SIGNATURES

    THE REGISTRANT.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of
California, on May 12, 1997.


                                  Cadence Design Systems, Inc.



                                  By:  /s/ Joseph B. Costello
                                       -----------------------------------
                                         Joseph B. Costello
                                         President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer




                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


    KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Joseph B. Costello, H. Raymond Bingham
and R.L. Smith McKeithen, and each or any one of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes or
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf
of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. 



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         SIGNATURE                                    TITLE                                  DATE

<S>                                         <C>                                          <C>
/s/ Joseph B. Costello                      President,                                   May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------       Chief Executive Officer
Joseph B. Costello                          and Director
                                            (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ H. Raymond Bingham                      Executive Vice President and                 May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------       Chief Financial Officer
H. Raymond Bingham                          (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ William Porter                          Vice President, Corporate                    May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------       Controller and Assistant Secretary
William Porter                              (Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Carol Bartz                             Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Carol Bartz

/s/ Henry E. Johnston                       Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Henry E. Johnston                                                                        

/s/ Leonard Y.W. Liu                        Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Dr. Leonard Y.W. Liu                                                                     

/s/ Donald L. Lucas                         Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Donald L. Lucas                                                                          

/s/ Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincetelli          Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Dr. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli         


/s/ George M. Scalise                       Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
George M. Scalise                                                                        

/s/ John B. Shoven                          Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
Dr. John B. Shoven                                                                       

/s/ James E. Solomon                        Director                                     May 12, 1997
- -------------------------------------
James E. Solomon

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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                               DESCRIPTION       

5.1      Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.     
23.1     Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.    
23.2     Consent of Cooley Godward LLP.  Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24       Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1*    CCT 1989 Stock Option Plan, Form of Stock Option Plan Agreement and
         Form of Exercise of Stock Option.  
99.2*    CCT 1993 Equity Incentive Plan, Form of Equity Incentive Plan Stock
         Option Agreement, Form of Exercise of Equity Incentive Plan Stock
         Option and Form of Equity Incentive Plan Stock Option Exercise
         Agreement.                         
99.3*    UniCAD Stock Option Plan, Form of Stock Option Grant.
99.4     CCT 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan, Form of Initial Stock Option
         Grant, Form of Succeeding Stock Option Grant and Form of Exercise
         Agreement.

    *    Documents incorporated by reference from Cadence's Registration
         Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-16779) filed with the
         Securities and Exchange Commission on November 27, 1996.




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                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

[LOGO]

[LETTERHEAD]

May 13, 1997


Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
2655 Seely Road
Building 5
San Jose, CA  95134

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You have requested our opinion with respect to certain matters in connection
with the filing by Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (the "Company") of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 on or about May 13, 1997 (the "Registration
Statement") with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the offering of
up to one million eight hundred eighty five thousand nine hundred forty nine
(1,885,949) shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share (the
"Shares"), issuable upon exercise of options originally granted or assumed by
Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. ("CCT"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, under the CCT 1989 Stock Option Plan, the CCT 1993 Equity Incentive
Plan, the CCT 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan and the UniCAD, Inc. Stock Option
Plan (the "Plans").

In connection with this opinion, we have examined the Registration Statement and
related Prospectus, your Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, as amended,
and such other documents, records, certificates, memoranda and other instruments
as we deem necessary as a basis for this opinion.  We have assumed the
genuineness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the
conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof, and
the due execution and delivery of all documents where due execution and delivery
are a prerequisite to the effectiveness thereof.

On the basis of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon, we are of the opinion
that the Shares, when sold and issued in accordance with the Plans and the
Registration Statement and related Prospectus, will be validly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable (except as to shares issued pursuant to certain deferred
payment arrangements, which will be fully paid and nonassessable when such
deferred payments are made in full).

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement.

Very truly yours,

COOLEY GODWARD LLP


/s/ Julia L. Davidson

Julia L. Davidson

cc: R.L. Smith McKeithen
    Alan C. Mendelson

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                                     EXHIBIT 23.1


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS





As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by
reference in this registration statement of our report dated January 17, 1997
included in Cadence Design Systems, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the year ended
December 28, 1996.



                                                 /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

                                                 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP


San Jose, California
May 12, 1997


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                           COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                                           
                           1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN
                                           
                              As Adopted August 16, 1995
                                           

    1.   PURPOSE.  This 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan (this "PLAN") is
established to provide equity incentives for nonemployee members of the Board of
Directors of Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. (the "COMPANY"), who are described
in Section 6.1 below, by granting such persons options to purchase shares of
stock of the Company.

    2.   ADOPTION AND STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL.  After this Plan is adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company (the "BOARD"), this Plan will become effective
on the time and date (the "EFFECTIVE DATE") on which the registration statement
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), to register the
initial public offering of the Company's Common Stock is declared effective by
the SEC; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Effective Date does not occur on or
before December 31, 1995, this Plan and any Options granted hereunder will
terminate as of December 31, 1995 having never become effective.  This Plan
shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company, consistent with applicable
laws, within twelve (12) months after the date this Plan is adopted by the
Board.  Options ("OPTIONS") may be granted under this Plan after the Effective
Date provided that, in the event that stockholder approval is not obtained
within the time period provided herein, this Plan, and all Options granted
hereunder, shall terminate.  No Option that is issued as a result of any
increase in the number of shares authorized to be issued under this Plan shall
be exercised prior to the time such increase has been approved by the
stockholders of the Company and all such Options granted pursuant to such
increase shall similarly terminate if such stockholder approval is not obtained.
So long as the Company is subject to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, (the "EXCHANGE ACT") the Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 16b-3 with respect to stockholder approval.

    3.   TYPES OF OPTIONS AND SHARES.  Options granted under this Plan shall be
nonqualified stock options ("NQSOS").  The shares of stock that may be purchased
upon exercise of Options granted under this Plan (the "SHARES") are shares of
the Common Stock of the Company.

    4.   NUMBER OF SHARES.  The maximum number of Shares that may be issued
pursuant to Options granted under this Plan (the "MAXIMUM NUMBER") is 150,000
Shares, subject to adjustment as provided in this Plan.  If any Option is
terminated for any reason without being exercised in whole or in part, the
Shares thereby released from such Option shall be available for purchase under
other Options subsequently granted under this Plan.  At all times during the
term of this Plan, the Company shall reserve and keep available such number of
Shares as shall be required to satisfy the requirements of outstanding Options
granted under this Plan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER that if the aggregate number of
Shares subject to outstanding Options granted under this Plan plus the aggregate
number of Shares previously issued by the Company pursuant to the exercise of
Options granted under this Plan equals or exceeds the Maximum Number of Shares,
then notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no further Options may be
granted under this Plan until the Maximum Number is increased or the aggregate
number of Shares subject to outstanding Options granted under this Plan plus the
aggregate number of Shares previously issued by the Company pursuant to the
exercise of Options granted under this Plan is less than the Maximum Number.

    5.   ADMINISTRATION.  This Plan shall be administered by the Board or by a
committee of not less than two members of the Board appointed to administer this
Plan (the "COMMITTEE").  As used in this Plan, references to the Committee shall
mean either such Committee or the Board if no Committee has been established. 
The interpretation by the Committee of any of the provisions of this Plan or any
Option granted under this Plan shall be final and binding upon the Company and
all persons having an interest in any Option or any Shares purchased pursuant to
an Option.

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    6.   ELIGIBILITY AND AWARD FORMULA.

         6.1  ELIGIBILITY.  Options may be granted only to directors of the
Company who are not employees of the Company or any Parent, Subsidiary or
Affiliate of the Company, as those terms are defined in Section 17 below. 

         6.2  INITIAL GRANT.  Each Optionee who on or after the Effective Date
is or becomes a member of the Board will automatically be granted an Option for
20,000 Shares (the "INITIAL GRANT").  Initial Grants shall be made on the later
of the Effective Date or the date such Optionee first becomes a member of the
Board.

         6.3  SUCCEEDING GRANTS.  At each Annual Meeting of the Company, if the
Optionee is still a member of the Board and has served continuously as a member
of the Board since the date of the Optionee's Initial Grant, the Optionee will
automatically be granted an Option for 5,000 Shares (a "SUCCEEDING GRANT").

    7.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS.  Subject to the following and to
Section 6 above:

         7.1  FORM OF OPTION GRANT.  Each Option granted under this Plan shall
be evidenced by a written Stock Option Grant ("GRANT") in such form (which need
not be the same for each Optionee) as the Committee shall from time to time
approve, which Grant shall comply with and be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Plan.

         7.2  VESTING.  Options granted under this Plan shall be exercisable as
they vest.  The date an Optionee receives an Initial Grant or a Succeeding Grant
is referred to in this Plan as the "START DATE" for such Option.

              (a)  INITIAL GRANTS.  Each Option that is an Initial Grant will
vest as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares upon each of the first four
(4) successive anniversaries of the Start Date for such Initial Grant, so long
as the Optionee continuously remains a director of the Company.

              (b)  SUCCEEDING GRANTS.  Each Succeeding Grant will vest as to
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares upon each of the first four (4)
successive anniversaries of the Start Date for such Succeeding Grant, so long as
the Optionee continuously remains a director of the Company.

         7.3  EXERCISE PRICE.  The exercise price of an Option shall be the
Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 17.4) of the Shares, at the time that
the Option is granted.

         7.4  TERMINATION OF OPTION.  Except as provided below in this Section,
each Option shall expire ten (10) years after its Start Date (the "EXPIRATION
DATE").  The Option shall cease to vest if the Optionee ceases to be a member of
the Board.  The date on which the Optionee ceases to be a member of the Board
shall be referred to as the "TERMINATION DATE".  An Option may be exercised
after the Termination Date only as set forth below:

              (a)  TERMINATION GENERALLY.  If the Optionee ceases to be a
member of the Board for any reason except death or disability, then each Option
then held by such Optionee, to the extent (and only to the extent) that it would
have been exercisable by the Optionee on the Termination Date, may be exercised
by the Optionee within seven (7) months after the Termination Date, but in no
event later than the Expiration Date.

              (b)  DEATH OR DISABILITY.  If the Optionee ceases to be a member
of the Board because of the death of the Optionee or the disability of the
Optionee within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "CODE"), then each Option then held by such Optionee, to
the extent (and only to the extent) that it would have been exercisable by the
Optionee on the Termination Date, may be exercised by the Optionee (or the
Optionee's legal representative) within twelve (12) months after the Termination
Date, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.

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    8.   EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.

         8.1  NOTICE.  Options may be exercised only by delivery to the Company
of an exercise agreement in a form approved by the Committee stating the number
of Shares being purchased, the restrictions imposed on the Shares and such
representations and agreements regarding the Optionee's investment intent and
access to information as may be required by the Company to comply with
applicable securities laws, together with payment in full of the exercise price
for the number of Shares being purchased.

         8.2  PAYMENT.  Payment for the Shares purchased upon exercise of an
Option may be made (a) in cash or by check; (b) by surrender of shares of Common
Stock of the Company that have been owned by the Optionee for more than six (6)
months (and which have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 144 and, if
such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a promissory note, such
note has been fully paid with respect to such shares) or were obtained by the
Optionee in the open public market, having a Fair Market Value equal to the
exercise price of the Option; (c) by waiver of compensation due or accrued to
the Optionee for services rendered; (d) provided that a public market for the
Company's stock exists, through a "same day sale" commitment from the Optionee
and a broker-dealer that is a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers (an "NASD DEALER") whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise
the Option and to sell a portion of the Shares so purchased to pay for the
exercise price and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of
such Shares to forward the exercise price directly to the Company; (e) provided
that a public market for the Company's stock exists, through a "margin"
commitment from the Optionee and a NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee irrevocably
elects to exercise the Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD
Dealer in a margin account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the
amount of the exercise price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits
upon receipt of such Shares to forward the exercise price directly to the
Company; or (f) by any combination of the foregoing.

         8.3  WITHHOLDING TAXES.  Prior to issuance of the Shares upon exercise
of an Option, the Optionee shall pay or make adequate provision for any federal
or state withholding obligations of the Company, if applicable.

         8.4  LIMITATIONS ON EXERCISE.  Notwithstanding the exercise periods
set forth in the Grant, exercise of an Option shall always be subject to the
following limitations:

              (a)  An Option shall not be exercisable until such time as this
Plan (or, in the case of Options granted pursuant to an amendment increasing the
number of shares that may be issued pursuant to this Plan, such amendment) has
been approved by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with Section 15
hereof.

              (b)  An Option shall not be exercisable unless such exercise is
in compliance with the Securities Act and all applicable state securities laws,
as they are in effect on the date of exercise.

              (c)  The Committee may specify a reasonable minimum number of
Shares that may be purchased upon any exercise of an Option, provided that such
minimum number will not prevent the Optionee from exercising the full number of
Shares as to which the Option is then exercisable.

    9.   NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS.  During the lifetime of the Optionee,
an Option shall be exercisable only by the Optionee or by the Optionee's
guardian or legal representative, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee. 
No Option may be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed
of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

    10.  PRIVILEGES OF STOCK OWNERSHIP.  No Optionee shall have any of the
rights of a stockholder with respect to any Shares subject to an Option until
the Option has been validly exercised.  No adjustment shall be made for
dividends or distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to
the date of exercise, except as provided in this Plan.  The Company shall
provide to each Optionee a copy of the annual financial statements of the
Company, at such time after the close of each fiscal year of the Company as they
are released by the Company to its stockholders.

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    11.  ADJUSTMENT OF OPTION SHARES.  In the event that the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company is changed by a stock
dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination, reclassification or
similar change in the capital structure of the Company without consideration,
the number of Shares available under this Plan and the number of Shares subject
to outstanding Options and the exercise price per share of such outstanding
Options shall be proportionately adjusted, subject to any required action by the
Board or stockholders of the Company and compliance with applicable securities
laws; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise
of any Option and any resulting fractions of a Share shall be rounded up to the
nearest whole Share.

    12.  NO OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR.  Nothing in this Plan or any
Option granted under this Plan shall confer on any Optionee any right to
continue as a director of the Company.

    13.  COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS.  The grant of Options and the issuance of Shares
upon exercise of any Options shall be subject to and conditioned upon compliance
with all applicable requirements of law, including without limitation compliance
with the Securities Act, compliance with all other applicable state securities
laws and compliance with the requirements of any stock exchange or national
market system on which the Shares may be listed.  The Company shall be under no
obligation to register the Shares with the SEC or to effect compliance with the
registration or qualification requirement of any state securities laws, stock
exchange or national market system.

    14.  ACCELERATION OF OPTIONS.  In the event of (a) a dissolution or
liquidation of the Company, (b) a merger or consolidation in which the Company
is not the surviving corporation (OTHER THAN a merger or consolidation with a
wholly-owned subsidiary, a reincorporation of the Company in a different
jurisdiction, or other transaction in which there is no substantial change in
the stockholders of the Company or their relative stock holdings and the Options
granted under this Plan are assumed or replaced by the successor corporation,
which assumption will be binding on all Optionees), (c) a merger in which the
Company is the surviving corporation but after which the stockholders of the
Company (other than any stockholder which merges (or which owns or controls
another corporation which merges) with the Company in such merger) cease to own
their shares or other equity interests in the Company, (d) the sale of
substantially all of the assets of the Company, or (e) any other transaction
which qualifies as a "corporate transaction" under Section 424 of the Code
wherein the stockholders of the Company give up all of their equity interests in
the Company (EXCEPT for the acquisition, sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the outstanding shares of the Company from or by the
stockholders of the Company), the vesting of all options granted pursuant to
this Plan will accelerate and the options will become exercisable in full prior
to the consummation of such event at such times and on such conditions as the
Committee determines, and if such options are not exercised prior to the
consummation of the corporate transaction, they shall terminate in accordance
with the provisions of this Plan.

    15.  AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN.  The Committee may at any time
terminate or amend this Plan (but may not terminate or amend the terms of any
outstanding option without the consent of the Optionee); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Committee shall not, without the approval of the stockholders of the
Company, increase the total number of Shares available under this Plan (except
by operation of the provisions of Sections 4 and 11 above) or change the class
of persons eligible to receive Options.  Further, the provisions in Sections 6
and 7 of this Plan shall not be amended more than once every six (6) months,
other than to comport with changes in the Code, the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act or the rules thereunder.  In any case, no amendment of this Plan
may adversely affect any then outstanding Options or any unexercised portions
thereof without the written consent of the Optionee.

    16.  TERM OF PLAN.  Options may be granted pursuant to this Plan from time
to time within a period of ten (10) years from the date this Plan is adopted by
the Board. 

    17.  CERTAIN DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Plan, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:

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         17.1 "PARENT" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken chain of corporations ending with the Company if, at the time of the
granting of the Option, each of such corporations other than the Company owns
stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

         17.2 "SUBSIDIARY" means any corporation (other than the Company) in an
unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if, at the time of
granting of the Option, each of the corporations other than the last corporation
in the unbroken chain owns stock possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other
corporations in such chain.

         17.3 "AFFILIATE" means any corporation that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, another corporation, where "control" (including the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with") means the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to cause the direction of the management and policies of
the corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.

         17.4 "FAIR MARKET VALUE" shall mean, as of any date, the value of a
share of the Company's Common Stock determined by the Board in its sole
discretion, exercised in good faith; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that where there is a
public market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the
average of the closing bid and asked prices of the Common Stock on the last
trading day prior to the date of determination as reported in THE WALL STREET
JOURNAL (or, if not so reported, as otherwise reported by the Nasdaq Stock
Market) or, in the event the Common Stock is listed on a stock exchange or on
the Nasdaq National Market, the Fair Market Value per share shall be the closing
price on the exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market on the last trading date
prior to the date of determination as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the
Initial Grants that are granted on the Effective Date, the "FAIR MARKET VALUE"
shall mean the price per share at which shares of the Company's Common Stock are
initially offered for sale to the public by the Company's underwriters in the
initial public offering of the Company's Common Stock pursuant to a registration
statement filed with the SEC under the Securities Act.


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INITIAL GRANT

                       COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                      1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

              DIRECTORS NONQUALIFIED INITIAL STOCK OPTION GRANT



     This Stock Option Grant (this "GRANT") is made and entered into as of 
the date of grant set forth below (the "DATE OF GRANT") by and between Cooper 
& Chyan Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the 
Optionee named below ("OPTIONEE").

Optionee:                         __________________________________________

Optionee's Address:               __________________________________________
                                  __________________________________________


Total Shares Subject to Option:   _________________20,000___________________

Exercise Price Per Share:         __________________________________________

Date of Grant:                    __________________________________________

Expiration Date:                  __________________________________________


     1. GRANT OF OPTION.  The Company hereby grants to Optionee an option 
(this "OPTION") to purchase up to the total number of shares of Common Stock 
of the Company set forth above (collectively, the "SHARES") at the exercise 
price per share set forth above (the "EXERCISE PRICE"), subject to all of the 
terms and conditions of this Grant and the Company's 1995 Directors Stock 
Option Plan (the "PLAN"). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms 
used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

     2. EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTION.  Subject to the terms and conditions 
of the Plan and this Grant, this Option shall become exercisable as it vests. 
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Grant, this Option 
shall vest as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares upon each of the 
first four (4) successive anniversaries of the Date of Grant so long as the 
Optionee continuously remains a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Company (a "BOARD MEMBER").

     3. RESTRICTION ON EXERCISE.  This Option may not be exercised unless 
such exercise is in compliance with the Securities Act, and all applicable 
state securities laws, as they are in effect on the date of exercise, and the 
requirements of any stock exchange or national market system on which the 
Company's Common Stock may be listed at the time of exercise.  Optionee 
understands that the 


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                                             Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                             Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant

Company is under no obligation to register, qualify or list the Shares with 
the SEC, any state securities commission or any stock exchange or national 
market system to effect such compliance.

     4. TERMINATION OF OPTION.  Except as provided below in this Section, 
this Option shall terminate and may not be exercised if Optionee ceases to be 
a Board Member.  The date on which Optionee ceases to be a Board Member shall 
be referred to as the "TERMINATION DATE."

        4.1 TERMINATION GENERALLY.  If Optionee ceases to be a Board Member 
for any reason except death or disability, then this Option, to the extent 
(and only to the extent) that it would have been exercisable by Optionee on 
the Termination Date, may be exercised by Optionee within seven (7) months 
after the Termination Date, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.

        4.2 DEATH OR DISABILITY.  If Optionee ceases to be a Board Member 
because of the death of Optionee or the disability of Optionee within the 
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, then this Option, to the extent (and 
only to the extent) that it would have been exercisable by Optionee on the 
Termination Date, may be exercised by Optionee (or Optionee's legal 
representative) within twelve (12) months after the Termination Date, but in 
no event later than the Expiration Date.

     5. MANNER OF EXERCISE.

        5.1 EXERCISE AGREEMENT.  This Option shall be exercisable by delivery 
to the Company of an executed written Directors Stock Option Exercise 
Agreement in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, or in such other form as 
may be approved by the Committee, which shall set forth Optionee's election 
to exercise some or all of this Option, the number of Shares being purchased, 
any restrictions imposed on the Shares and such other representations and 
agreements as may be required by the Company to comply with applicable 
securities laws.

        5.2 PAYMENT.  Payment for the Shares purchased upon exercise of this 
Option may be made (a) in cash or by check; (b) by surrender of shares of 
Common Stock of the Company that have been owned by Optionee for more than 
six (6) months (and which have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 
144 and, if such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a 
promissory note, such note has been fully paid with respect to such shares) 
or were obtained by the Optionee in the open public market, having a Fair 
Market Value equal to the Exercise Price of the Option; (c) by waiver of 
compensation due or accrued to Optionee for services rendered; (d) provided 
that a public market for the Company's stock exists, through a "same day 
sale" commitment from the Optionee and a broker-dealer that is a member of 
the National Association of Securities Dealers (an "NASD DEALER") whereby the 
Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of 
the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price and whereby the NASD 
Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the 
Exercise Price directly to the Company; (e) provided that a public market for 
the Company's stock exists, through a "margin" commitment from the Optionee 
and a NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the 
Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin 
account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the 
Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt 
of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or (f) 
by any combination of the foregoing.


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                                             Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                             Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant

        5.3 WITHHOLDING TAXES.  Prior to the issuance of the Shares upon 
exercise of this Option, Optionee shall pay or make adequate provision for 
any applicable federal or state withholding obligations of the Company.

        5.4 ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  Provided that such notice and payment are in 
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company, the Company shall 
cause the Shares to be issued in the name of Optionee or Optionee's legal 
representative.  To enforce any restrictions on Optionee's Shares, the 
Committee may require Optionee to deposit all certificates, together with 
stock powers or other instruments of transfer approved by the Committee 
appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by 
the Company to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or 
terminated, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such 
restrictions to be placed on the certificates.

     6. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION.  During the lifetime of the Optionee, 
this Option shall be exercisable only by Optionee or by Optionee's guardian 
or legal representative, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.  This 
Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, trans ferred or 
disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and 
distribution.

     7. INTERPRETATION.  Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this 
Grant shall be submitted by Optionee or the Company to the Committee that 
administers the Plan, which shall review such dispute at its next regular 
meeting. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be final and 
binding on the Company and on Optionee.  Nothing in the Plan or this Grant 
shall confer on Optionee any right to continue as a Board Member.

     8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  The Plan and the Directors Stock Option Exercise 
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the terms and 
conditions thereof, are incorporated herein by this reference.  This Grant, 
the Plan and the Directors Stock Option Exercise Agreement constitute the 
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the 
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements 
with respect to such subject matter.

                                   COOPER & CHYAN
                                   TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                                   By:
                                      -------------------------------------

                                   Name:
                                        -----------------------------------

                                   Title:
                                         ----------------------------------


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                                             Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                             Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant


                        ACCEPTANCE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

     Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents 
that Optionee has read and understands the terms and provisions thereof, and 
accepts this Option subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan and 
this Grant.  Optionee acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences 
upon exercise of this Option or disposition of the Shares and that Optionee 
has been advised by the Company that Optionee should consult a qualified tax 
advisor prior to such exercise or disposition.



                                   _________________________________
                                   ________________________, Optionee







      [ACCEPTANCE SIGNATURE PAGE TO DIRECTORS NONQUALIFIED INITIAL
                            STOCK OPTION GRANT]


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SUCCEEDING GRANT

                       COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

                      1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

           DIRECTORS NONQUALIFIED SUCCEEDING STOCK OPTION GRANT



     This Stock Option Grant (this "GRANT") is made and entered into as of 
the date of Grant set forth below (the "DATE OF GRANT") by and between Cooper 
& Chyan Technology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the 
Optionee named below ("OPTIONEE").

Optionee:                         __________________________________________

Optionee's Address:               __________________________________________
                                  __________________________________________

Total Shares Subject to Option:   _________________5,000____________________

Exercise Price Per Share:         __________________________________________

Date of Grant:                    __________________________________________

Expiration Date:                  __________________________________________


     1. GRANT OF OPTION.  The Company hereby grants to Optionee an option 
(this "OPTION") to purchase up to the total number of shares of Common Stock 
of the Company set forth above (collectively, the "SHARES") at the exercise 
price per share set forth above (the "EXERCISE PRICE"), subject to all of the 
terms and conditions of this Grant and the Company's 1995 Directors Stock 
Option Plan (the "PLAN"). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms 
used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Plan.

     2. EXERCISE AND VESTING OF OPTION.  Subject to the terms and conditions 
of the Plan and this Grant, this Option shall become exercisable as it vests. 
 Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Grant, this Option 
shall vest as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares upon each of the 
first four (4) successive anniversaries of the Date of Grant so long as the 
Optionee continuously remains a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Company (a "BOARD MEMBER").

     3. RESTRICTION ON EXERCISE.  This Option may not be exercised unless 
such exercise is in compliance with the Securities Act, and all applicable 
state securities laws, as they are in effect on the date of exercise, and the 
requirements of any stock exchange or national market system on which the 
Company's Common Stock may be listed at the time of exercise.  Optionee 
understands that the 



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                                          Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                          Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant


Company is under no obligation to register, qualify or list the Shares with 
the SEC, any state securities commission or any stock exchange or national 
market system to effect such compliance.

     4. TERMINATION OF OPTION.  Except as provided below in this Section, 
this Option shall terminate and may not be exercised if Optionee ceases to be 
a Board Member.  The date on which Optionee ceases to be a Board Member shall 
be referred to as the "TERMINATION DATE."

        4.1 TERMINATION GENERALLY.  If Optionee ceases to be a Board Member 
for any reason except death or disability, then this Option, to the extent 
(and only to the extent) that it would have been exercisable by Optionee on 
the Termination Date, may be exercised by Optionee within seven (7) months 
after the Termination Date, but in no event later than the Expiration Date.

        4.2 DEATH OR DISABILITY.  If Optionee ceases to be a Board Member 
because of the death of Optionee or the disability of Optionee within the 
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, then this Option, to the extent (and 
only to the extent) that it would have been exercisable by Optionee on the 
Termination Date, may be exercised by Optionee (or Optionee's legal 
representative) within twelve (12) months after the Termination Date, but in 
no event later than the Expiration Date.

     5. MANNER OF EXERCISE.

        5.1 EXERCISE AGREEMENT.  This Option shall be exercisable by delivery 
to the Company of an executed written Directors Stock Option Exercise 
Agreement in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, or in such other form as 
may be approved by the Committee, which shall set forth Optionee's election 
to exercise some or all of this Option, the number of Shares being purchased, 
any restrictions imposed on the Shares and such other representations and 
agreements as may be required by the Company to comply with applicable 
securities laws.

        5.2 PAYMENT.  Payment for the Shares purchased upon exercise of this 
Option may be made (a) in cash or by check; (b) by surrender of shares of 
Common Stock of the Company that have been owned by Optionee for more than 
six (6) months (and which have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 
144 and, if such shares were purchased from the Company by use of a 
promissory note, such note has been fully paid with respect to such shares) 
or were obtained by the Optionee in the open public market, having a Fair 
Market Value equal to the Exercise Price of the Option; (c) by waiver of 
compensation due or accrued to Optionee for services rendered; (d) provided 
that a public market for the Company's stock exists, through a "same day 
sale" commitment from the Optionee and a broker-dealer that is a member of 
the National Association of Securities Dealers (an "NASD DEALER") whereby the 
Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the Option and to sell a portion of 
the Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price and whereby the NASD 
Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt of such Shares to forward the 
Exercise Price directly to the Company; (e) provided that a public market for 
the Company's stock exists, through a "margin" commitment from the Optionee 
and a NASD Dealer whereby the Optionee irrevocably elects to exercise the 
Option and to pledge the Shares so purchased to the NASD Dealer in a margin 
account as security for a loan from the NASD Dealer in the amount of the 
Exercise Price, and whereby the NASD Dealer irrevocably commits upon receipt 
of such Shares to forward the Exercise Price directly to the Company; or (f) 
by any combination of the foregoing.



                                     -2-

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                                          Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                          Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant


        5.3 WITHHOLDING TAXES.  Prior to the issuance of the Shares upon 
exercise of this Option, Optionee shall pay or make adequate provision for 
any applicable federal or state withholding obligations of the Company.

        5.4 ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  Provided that such notice and payment are in 
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Company, the Company shall 
cause the Shares to be issued in the name of Optionee or Optionee's legal 
representative.  To enforce any restrictions on Optionee's Shares, the 
Committee may require Optionee to deposit all certificates, together with 
stock powers or other instruments of transfer approved by the Committee 
appropriately endorsed in blank, with the Company or an agent designated by 
the Company to hold in escrow until such restrictions have lapsed or 
terminated, and the Committee may cause a legend or legends referencing such 
restrictions to be placed on the certificates.

     6. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION.  During the lifetime of the Optionee, 
this Option shall be exercisable only by Optionee or by Optionee's guardian 
or legal representative, unless otherwise permitted by the Committee.  This 
Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, trans ferred or 
disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and 
distribution.

     7. INTERPRETATION.  Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this 
Grant shall be submitted by Optionee or the Company to the Committee that 
administers the Plan, which shall review such dispute at its next regular 
meeting. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be final and 
binding on the Company and on Optionee.  Nothing in the Plan or this Grant 
shall confer on Optionee any right to continue as a Board Member.

     8. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  The Plan and the Directors Stock Option Exercise 
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the terms and 
conditions thereof, are incorporated herein by this reference.  This Grant, 
the Plan and the Directors Stock Option Exercise Agreement constitute the 
entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the 
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings and agreements 
with respect to such subject matter.

                                   COOPER & CHYAN
                                   TECHNOLOGY, INC.


                                   By:
                                      -------------------------------------

                                   Name:
                                        -----------------------------------

                                   Title:
                                         ----------------------------------
                                                                           

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                                          Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc.
                          Directors Stock Option Grant - Succeeding Grant

                         
                      ACCEPTANCE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

     Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, represents 
that Optionee has read and understands the terms and provisions thereof, and 
accepts this Option subject to all the terms and conditions of the Plan and 
this Grant.  Optionee acknowledges that there may be adverse tax consequences 
upon exercise of this Option or disposition of the Shares and that Optionee 
has been advised by the Company that Optionee should consult a qualified tax 
advisor prior to such exercise or disposition.



                                   _________________________________
                                   ________________________, Optionee






           [ACCEPTANCE SIGNATURE PAGE TO DIRECTORS NONQUALIFIED
                       SUCCEEDING STOCK OPTION GRANT]




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                                   EXHIBIT A

                 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION EXERCISE AGREEMENT




<PAGE>

                                   Exhibit A
                         COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                   1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN (THE "PLAN")
                    DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION EXERCISE AGREEMENT

I hereby elect to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock of COOPER & 
CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC. (the "COMPANY") as set forth below:

Optionee:______________________________  Number of Shares Purchased:_________
Social Security Number:________________  Purchase Price per Share:___________
Address:_______________________________  Aggregate Purchase Price:___________
        _______________________________  Date of Stock Option Grant:_________
Type of Stock Option:  Nonqualified      Exact Name of Title to Shares:______
                       Stock Option      ____________________________________


1. DELIVERY OF PURCHASE PRICE.  Optionee hereby delivers to the Company the 
Aggregate Purchase Price, to the extent permitted in the Directors 
Nonqualified Stock Option Grant referred to above (the "GRANT") as follows 
(check as applicable and complete):

[   ]     in cash or by check in the amount of $___________________, receipt 
          of which is acknowledged by the Company;

[   ]     by delivery of _______________________ fully-paid, nonassessable 
          and vested shares of the Common Stock of the Company owned by 
          Optionee for at least six (6) months prior to the date hereof (and 
          which have been paid for within the meaning of SEC Rule 144), or 
          obtained by Optionee in the open public market, and owned free and 
          clear of all liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, 
          valued at the current Fair Market Value of $___________________ per 
          share;

[   ]     by the waiver hereby of compensation due or accrued to Optionee for 
          services rendered in the amount of $_______________________________;

[   ]     through a "same-day-sale" commitment, delivered herewith, from 
          Optionee and the NASD Dealer named therein, in the amount of 
          $______________________________; or

[   ]     through a "margin" commitment, delivered herewith from Optionee and 
          the NASD Dealer named therein, in the amount of 
          $______________________________________.

2.  MARKET STANDOFF AGREEMENT.  Optionee, if requested by the Company and an 
underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, agrees not 
to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any Common Stock (or other 
securities) of the Company held by Optionee during the period requested by 
the managing underwriter following the effective date of a registration 
statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act, provided that all 
officers and directors of the Company are required to enter into similar 
agreements.  Such agreement shall be in writing in a form satisfactory to the 
Company and such underwriter.  The Company may impose stop-transfer 
instructions with respect to the shares (or other securities) subject to the 
foregoing restriction until the end of such period.

3.  TAX CONSEQUENCES.  OPTIONEE UNDERSTANDS THAT OPTIONEE MAY SUFFER ADVERSE 
TAX CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF OPTIONEE'S PURCHASE OR DISPOSITION OF THE 
SHARES.  OPTIONEE REPRESENTS THAT OPTIONEE HAS CONSULTED WITH ANY TAX 
CONSULTANT(S) OPTIONEE DEEMS ADVISABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE OR 
DISPOSITION OF THE SHARES AND THAT OPTIONEE IS NOT RELYING ON THE COMPANY FOR 
ANY TAX ADVICE.

4.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  The Plan and the Grant are incorporated herein by 
reference.  This Agreement, the Plan and the Grant constitute the entire 
agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior 
understandings and agreements of the Company and Optionee with respect to the 
subject matter hereof, and are governed by California law except for that 
body of law pertaining to conflict of laws.

Date:______________________________  ________________________________________
                                     SIGNATURE OF OPTIONEE


<PAGE>

                          COOPER & CHYAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                         1995 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN

                                SPOUSE'S CONSENT



     I acknowledge that I have read the foregoing Directors Stock Option 
Exercise Agreement (the "AGREEMENT") and that I know its contents.  I hereby 
consent to and approve all the provisions of the Agreement and agree that the 
shares of the Common Stock of Cooper & Chyan Technology, Inc. purchased 
thereunder (the "SHARES") and any interest I may have in such Shares are 
subject to all the provisions of the Agreement.  I will take no action at any 
time to hinder operation of the Agreement on these Shares or any interest I 
may have on them.

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SIGNATURE OF OPTIONEE'S SPOUSE


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OPTIONEE'S NAME - TYPED OR PRINTED


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SPOUSE'S NAME - TYPED OR PRINTED






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