Cerence

Cerence

CRNC· Services· Fiscal year ends in September

CEO pay in FY2025Stock +295.6% in FY2025

Brian Krzanich is the CEO of Cerence and was paid $8.5M in FY2025 (Sep).

Pay$100 in the stock at the end of FY24 → $396
CEO pay is from each Cerence proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives6

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  1. 1Brian KrzanichFY2025
  2. 2Antonio RodriquezFY2025
  3. 3Nils SchanzFY2025
  4. 4Christian MentzFY2025
  5. 5Jennifer SalinasFY2025
  6. 6Dr. Stefan OrtmannsFY2025

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Cerence paid its 6 named executives $29.0M in total in FY2025 (Sep). CEO Brian Krzanich was paid $8.5M of that.

Name
Brian KrzanichPresident and Chief Executive OfficerNot disclosedNot disclosed
Antonio RodriquezEVP, Chief Financial OfficerNot disclosed
Nils SchanzEVP, Product and TechnologyNot disclosed
Christian MentzEVP, Chief Revenue OfficerNot disclosedNot disclosed
Jennifer SalinasEVP, Chief Administrative Officer and General CounselNot disclosed
Dr. Stefan OrtmannsFormer President and Chief Executive Officer

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers14

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The FY2024 (Sep) proxy of Cerence names 14 peer companies for pay. Among Cerence and these peers, CEO pay was the lowest of 3 and total shareholder return was the lowest of 3.

3rd highest of 3in Cerence and its pay peers, FY2024 (Sep) by CEO pay:

$861.7K$14.4M

3rd highest of 3in Cerence and its pay peers, FY2024 (Sep) by total shareholder return:

$6$332

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board1

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  • Douglas DavisDirector · 3 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Compensation—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2025).

Activity

  1. Pay
    Cerence President pay rose 203% to $2.6M. The stock rose 296% in FY2025 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  2. Pay
    Cerence Division head pay rose 47% to $4.3M. The stock rose 296% in FY2025 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  3. Pay
    Cerence General counsel pay rose 255% to $3.7M. The stock rose 296% in FY2025 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  4. Pay
    Cerence CFO pay rose 1,923% to $5.7M. The stock rose 296% in FY2025 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  5. Pay
    Cerence Director pay fell 68% to $2.0M. The stock fell 85% in FY2024 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  6. Pay
    Cerence President pay fell 94% to $861.7K. The stock fell 85% in FY2024 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  7. Pay
    Cerence Former EVP and Chief Technology Officer pay fell 35% to $3.5M. The stock fell 85% in FY2024 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  8. Pay
    Cerence Director pay rose 126% to $6.4M. The stock rose 29% in FY2023 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  9. Pay
    Cerence President pay rose 170% to $14.4M. The stock rose 29% in FY2023 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  10. Pay
    Cerence President pay rose 157% to $5.3M. The stock fell 84% in FY2022 (Sep).
    DEF 14A
  11. Pay
    Cerence Former EVP and Chief Technology Officer pay rose 206% to $8.5M. The stock rose 29% in FY2023 (Sep).
    DEF 14A

Filings26

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Current report8-KJul 2, 2026—
Current report8-KFeb 18, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AJan 2, 2026FY2025
Annual report10-KNov 20, 2025FY2025
Current report8-KSep 5, 2025—
Current report8-KMar 20, 2025—
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