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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2020

 

 

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-27038   94-3156479

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File No.)

 

(IRS employer

Identification No.)

1 Wayside Road

Burlington, Massachusetts

  01803
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(781) 565-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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, $0.001 par value   NUAN   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.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 31, 2020, Nuance Communications, Inc. (“Nuance”) entered into Amendment No. 3 (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”) to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), among Nuance, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and the other parties named therein.

The Credit Agreement Amendment amends the Credit Agreement to, among other things, extend the maturity date from April 15, 2021 to April 15, 2022 and allow the Administrative Agent and Nuance to agree on a new benchmark rate for the calculation of interest to replace the LIBO Rate.

The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the Credit Agreement Amendment and does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)    Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Amendment No. 3, dated as of July 31, 2020, to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated April 15, 2016, among Nuance Communications, Inc., the lenders party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent, and the other parties named therein.
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SIGNATURE

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, hereunto duly authorized.

 

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel D. Tempesta

  Daniel D. Tempesta
 

Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

Date: August 5, 2020