- Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ICAHN CARL C

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/28/2010

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP [MENT]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP., 767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) ___ X ___ Other (specify below)
/ please see all footnotes

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10153

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, without par value ("Shares")	11582396 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	I	please see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Call Option ("right to purchase")	6/7/2010	6/7/2012	Shares	3813573	$5.65	I	please see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Put Option ("obligation to purchase")	6/7/2010	6/7/2012	please see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	3813573	$5.65	I	please see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	High River Limited Partnership ("High River") directly beneficially owns 2,316,479 Shares (including shares underlying Call Options (as defined below)), Icahn Partners LP ("Icahn Partners") directly beneficially owns 3,371,520 Shares (including shares underlying Call Options), Icahn Partners Master Fund LP ("Icahn Master") directly beneficially owns 3,976,671 Shares (including shares underlying Call Options), Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP ("Icahn Master II") directly beneficially owns 1,392,042 Shares (including shares underlying Call Options), and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP ("Icahn Master III") directly beneficially owns 525,684 Shares (including shares underlying Call Options).
( 2)	Barberry Corp. ("Barberry"), is the sole member of Hopper Investments LLC ("Hopper"), which is the general partner of High River. Beckton Corp. ("Beckton") is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. ("Icahn Enterprises GP"), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises Holdings"). Icahn Enterprises Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC ("IPH"), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital LP ("Icahn Capital"). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP ("Icahn Onshore") and Icahn Offshore LP ("Icahn Offshore"). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.
( 3)	Each of Barberry and Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn. As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of High River, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) which High River owns. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
( 4)	Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) which Icahn Partners owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
( 5)	Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) which each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares (including shares underlying Call Options) except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
( 6)	High River directly beneficially owns 762,715 call options (the "Call Options"), Icahn Partners directly beneficially owns 1,110,093 Call Options, Icahn Master directly beneficially owns 1,309,342 Call Options, Icahn Master II directly beneficially owns 458,338 Call Options, and Icahn Master III directly beneficially owns 173,085 Call Options.
( 7)	High River directly wrote 762,715 European-style put options (the "Put Options"), Icahn Partners directly wrote 1,110,093 Put Options, Icahn Master directly wrote 1,309,342 Put Options, Icahn Master II directly wrote 458,338 Put Options, and Icahn Master III directly wrote 173,085 Put Options.
( 8)	The Call Options reference an aggregate of 3,813,573 Shares, have an exercise price of $5.65, expire on June 7, 2012, and provide for physical settlement. The Put Options reference an aggregate of 3,813,573 Shares, have an exercise price of $5.65, expire on June 7, 2012, and provide that they settle in cash.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
ICAHN CARL C C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP. 767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700 NEW YORK, NY 10153		X		please see all footnotes
HIGH RIVER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 445 HAMILTON AVENUE SUITE 1210 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND LP C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN, E9 KY1-9001		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND II L.P. C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, E9 KY1-9001		X
ICAHN PARTNERS MASTER FUND III L.P. C/O WALKER HOUSE 87 MARY STREET GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, E9 KY1-9001		X
ICAHN PARTNERS LP 445 HAMILTON AVENUE SUITE 1210 WHITE PLAINS, NY 10601		X

Signatures
CARL C. ICAHN		6/30/2010
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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