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March 23, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Re: Summit Design, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4
(File No. 333-65055)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is filed pursuant to Rule 477 of the Rules and Regulations
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reference to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4, file number 333-65055 (the "Registration
Statement"), of Summit Design, Inc. ("Summit). Summit hereby requests that the
Registration Statement be withdrawn because the Agreement and Plan of
Reorganization by and among Summit, Hood Acquisition Corp. and OrCAD, Inc.
("OrCAD"), pursuant to which Summit was to acquire OrCAD, has been mutually
terminated by Summit, Hood Acquisition Corp. and OrCAD. Accordingly, the
transaction in which the securities that are the subject of the Registration
Statement were to have been issued will not occur. Summit believes that
withdrawal of the Registration Statement is consistent with the public interest
and the protection of investors.
If you have any questions regarding the foregoing, please call the
undersigned at (503) 643- 9281.
Very truly yours,
/s/ C. Albert Koob
C. Albert Koob
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
cc: N. Sean Harrison (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Michael Fay (Securities and Exchange Commission)
James Daly (Securities and Exchange Commission)
Alan K. Austin (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
Brenda L. Meltebeke (Ater Wynne LLP)
