SEC FORM 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

ICAHN CARL C

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES HOLDING LLC

767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700

(Street)

NEW YORK

10153

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Nuance Communications, Inc. [ NUAN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2013

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.001 ("Shares")	08/29/2013		X		20,890,119	A	$ 12.3 ⁽⁸⁾	52,437,750	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Call Option ("right to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/28/2013		P		644,241		08/28/2013	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	644,241	$ 6.33	20,640,223	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Put Option ("obligation to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/28/2013		S			644,241	02/20/2015	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	644,241	$ 0.01	20,640,223	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Call Option ("right to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/29/2013		P		249,896		08/29/2013	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	249,896	$ 6.2	20,890,119	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Put Option ("obligation to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/29/2013		S			249,896	02/20/2015	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	249,896	$ 0.01	20,890,119	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Call Option ("right to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/29/2013		X			20,890,119	04/30/2013	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	20,890,119	$ 0 ⁽⁸⁾	0	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Put Option ("obligation to purchase")	$ 12.3	08/29/2013		E⁽⁷⁾			20,890,119	02/20/2015	02/20/2015	see footnote ⁽⁸⁾	20,890,119	$ 0	0	I	see all footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. High River Limited Partnership ("High River") directly beneficially owns 10,487,552 Shares, Icahn Partners LP ("Icahn Partners") directly beneficially owns 16,138,447 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP ("Icahn Master") directly beneficially owns 17,046,259 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP ("Icahn Master II") directly beneficially owns 6,086,071 Shares, and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP ("Icahn Master III") directly beneficially owns 2,679,421 Shares.

2. Barberry Corp. ("Barberry"), is the sole member of Hopper Investments LLC ("Hopper"), which is the general partner of High River. Beckton Corp. ("Beckton") is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. ("Icahn Enterprises GP"), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises Holdings"). Icahn Enterprises Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC ("IPH"), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital LP ("Icahn Capital"). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP ("Icahn Onshore") and Icahn Offshore LP ("Icahn Offshore"). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.

3. Each of Barberry and Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn. As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of High River, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which High River owns. Each of Hopper, Barberry and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

4. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Partners owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

5. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

6. High River directly beneficially owned 4,178,024 American-style call options (the "Call Options"), Icahn Partners directly beneficially owned 6,618,401 Call Options, Icahn Master directly beneficially owned 7,003,909 Call Options, Icahn Master II directly beneficially owned 2,145,218 Call Options, and Icahn Master III directly beneficially owned 944,567 Call Options. On August 29, 2013, each of High River, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III exercised all of their respective Call Options in their entirety, and thereby acquired 4,178,024 Shares, 6,618,401 Shares, 7,003,909 Shares, 2,145,218 Shares, and 944,567 Shares, respectively.

7. High River directly wrote 4,178,024 European-style put options (the "Put Options"), Icahn Partners directly wrote 6,618,401 Put Options, Icahn Master directly wrote 7,003,909 Put Options, Icahn Master II directly wrote 2,145,218 Put Options, and Icahn Master III directly wrote 944,567 Put Options. On August 29, 2013, upon exercise of the Call Options, all of the Put Options expired in accordance with their terms.

8. The Call Options referenced an aggregate of 20,890,119 Shares, had an exercise price of $12.30, had an expiration date of February 20, 2015, and provided for physical settlement. The Put Options referenced an aggregate of 20,890,119 Shares, had an exercise price of $12.30, had an expiration date of February 20, 2015, and provided that they would settle in cash. The exercise price upon exercise of the Call Options was $12.30 and the average premium paid for the Call Options was $6.45.

	CARL C. ICAHN	08/29/2013
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