---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-026476"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRNC"
cik: "0001768267"
company_name: "Cerence Inc."
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T11:50:07.481303+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cerence GC Leanne Fitzgerald resigns; annual meeting elects directors

## Summary
- Leanne Fitzgerald resigned as General Counsel and Secretary effective Feb 2, 2022; no disagreement with company.
- Fitzgerald agreed to transitional assistance through end of FY2022; 10,642 RSUs from 2019 grant continue vesting.
- At annual meeting, shareholders elected Arun Sarin, Kristi Ann Matus, and Stefan Ortmanns as directors.
- Shareholders ratified BDO USA as independent auditor for FY2022 and approved advisory executive compensation.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation frequency set at 1 year (29,075,891 votes for 1 year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-026476
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRNC
- cik: 0001768267
- company_name: Cerence Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312522026476/0001193125-22-026476-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312522026476/d300604d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-026476
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-026476.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-026476.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Leanne Fitzgerald resigned as General Counsel and Secretary at Cerence Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: On February 2, 2022, Leanne Fitzgerald, General Counsel and Secretary of Cerence Inc. (the “ Company ”), resigned from her positions with the Company to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1768267/000119312522026476/0001193125-22-026476-index.htm

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