8-K/A

Cerence Inc.

Date: May 10, 2022

/s/ Stefan Ortmanns

Stefan Ortmanns

Chief Executive Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 2, 2022

CERENCE INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

001-39030

83-4177087

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 301A

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(857) 362-7300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 per value

CRNC

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Explanatory Note

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) amends the Current Report on Form 8-K of Cerence Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 3, 2022 (the “Original Form 8-K”). The Original Form 8-K reported the final voting results of the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on February 2, 2022 (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to disclose the Company’s decision regarding how frequently it will conduct future stockholder advisory votes to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers (“Say-on-Pay Votes”). No other changes have been made to the Original Form 8-K.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

As previously reported in the Original Form 8-K, in an advisory vote held at the 2022 Annual Meeting on the frequency of future Say-on-Pay Votes, the Company’s stockholders expressed their preference for a Say-on-Pay Vote to be conducted every year. On May 4, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors considered the outcome of this advisory vote and determined that future Say-on-Pay Votes will be conducted every year. The Company’s Board of Directors will re-evaluate this determination after the next stockholder advisory vote on the frequency of Say-on-Pay Votes (which will be at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, unless presented earlier).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

Cerence Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (Amendment)