NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Purchase AgreementPurchase Agreement • August 9th, 2007 • Nuance Communications, Inc. • Services-prepackaged software • New York
Nuance Communications, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several parties named in Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, U.S.$220,000,000 principal amount of its 2.75% Convertible Debentures due 2027 (the “Firm Securities”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to U.S.$30,000,000 additional principal amount of such Debentures to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option Securities” and, together with the Firm Securities, the “Securities”). The Securities are convertible into shares of Common Stock, par value U.S.$0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company at the conversion price set forth herein. The Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the “Indenture”), to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”
