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尼尔斯·尚茨

执行副总裁 – 产品与科技

留任奖金机会

目前，cerence（“公司”）认为促进和保护某些员工（“指定员工”）的就业符合公司的最佳利益。你是指定员工，因此，公司已经决定采取适当措施来增强和鼓励你在这一重要时期继续关注和履行你的职责和责任。因此，cerence很高兴确认此留任奖金机会的详细信息。

在你满足本信函中列出的条件的前提下，你将有资格获得一次性 七十二万欧元（€720,000）的留任奖金 (the “Retention Bonus”). Except as otherwise provided herein, the Retention Bonus will be paid in equal installments as follows: (1) 50% within 30 days of signing this letter (hereinafter the “First Installment”) and (2) 50% within 30 days (hereinafter the “Second Installment”) of July 1, 2025 (hereinafter the July 1, 2025 date will be referred to as the “Retention Date”), provided that you remain continuously employed by the Company up to and including the Retention Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event your employment with the Company is terminated before the Retention Date, you will be obligated to repay the First Installment within 30 days of your termination date and you will forfeit any right to the Second Installment. The Company retains the right to prorate the Retention Bonus (i) for periods of any part-time status on your initiative, which proration will correspond to the reduced working hours or (ii) for each full calendar month in which the employment relationship is suspended or in which there is no entitlement to remuneration for other reasons. Both the First Installment and Second Installment, if earned, are payable by the Company less applicable deductions and withholdings. Effective July 2, 2025 your 6-month notice period will be reduced to 3 months. You will receive a contract amendment to reflect this.

For the avoidance of doubt and except as otherwise provided herein, if for any reason you are not employed on the Retention Date, you will not be entitled to, in whole or in part, any Retention Bonus. For the purpose of this letter, " employed" means that at any time prior to the Retention

Date you have not: (1) resigned; (2) given notice of resignation; and/or (3) received a notice of termination for Cause. Except as otherwise provided herein, if you are terminated by the Company without Cause, you will be entitled to retain the First Installment but you will not be entitled to the Second Installment.

收到此保留奖金机会并不意味着您在未来会获得任何其他保留奖金或付款的期望或权利。除非适用法律另有规定或本协议另有规定，否则保留奖金不会被考虑用于任何基于收入的薪酬、遣散费、福利或其他与就业相关的权益。

如果在保留日期之前发生控制权变更，并且在控制权变更期间(i) 您与公司及其子公司的雇佣关系因非原因被公司终止，且不是由于您的死亡或残疾，或者(ii) 您因合理原因辞职，则根据2022年11月6日的控制权变更和遣散协议第4节及其他条款，您将收到第二期付款。

术语原因、控制权变更、控制权变更期间、残疾和合理原因在您2022年11月6日的控制权变更和遣散协议中有定义。

本信件中的内容并未赋予您与公司继续雇佣的任何权利，也未规定公司在任何特定时间段内雇佣您的协议，您或公司均可在适用法律的规定下，随时以有因或无因的方式终止您的雇佣关系。

本协议包含您与公司之间关于保留奖金机会的完整协议，并取代与任何保留奖金机会相关的任何及所有先前的陈述、协议或理解，无论是书面还是口头。本协议除非通过您与公司首席执行官或首席执行官授权的其他人正式书面文件执行，否则不得更改或修改。

尼尔斯，我们感谢您为使cerence成功所付出的辛勤工作和努力。

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