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Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and include those policies and procedures that:
+Added: Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and disposals of the assets of the Company;
+Added: Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company;
+Added: Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
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Based on the results of this assessment, management (including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer) has concluded that, as of September 30, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
+Added: The attestation report concerning the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2021 issued by BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, appears in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
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Other Information.
+Added: Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
+Added: Not Applicable.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
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We will provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
−Removed: Such a request should be made in writing and addressed to Investor Relations, Cerence Inc., 15 Wayside Road, Burlington, MA 01803.
+Added: Such a request should be made in writing and addressed to Investor Relations, Cerence Inc., 1 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 301A, Burlington, MA 01803.
To date, there have been no waivers under our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
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The information required by this Item for the Company will be set forth in Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which information is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Exhib its, Financial Statement Schedules.
+Added: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
The following documents are filed as a part of this Report:
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Description of Registrant's Securities
+Added: November 19, 2020
Tax Matters Agreement between Nuance Communications, Inc.
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Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
+Added: November 19, 2020
Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement
+Added: November 19, 2020
Credit Agreement, dated June 12, 2020, by and between Cerence Inc., the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
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1 to Cerence 2019 Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: November 19, 2020
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1, dated as of December 17, 2020, by and among Cerence Inc., the lenders and issuing banks party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent
+Added: December 21, 2020
+Added: CEO Change of Control and Severance Agreement
+Added: February 8, 2021
Subsidiaries of the Registrant
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Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
−Removed: XBRL Instance Document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Instance Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*)
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
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Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.