Coherent Corp. filings document the formal disclosures of a Pennsylvania operating company whose common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under COHR. Recent Form 8-K reports cover quarterly operating results, Regulation FD investor materials, executive transition matters, shareholder-vote results and capital-structure events.
The filing record also documents securities registered under Section 12(b), a completed private placement of common stock to NVIDIA, Series B convertible preferred stock and a dividend-rights waiver by its holder. These disclosures connect Coherent's photonics operations with governance, ownership, financing and reporting matters, including exhibits furnished with earnings releases and investor presentations.
Coherent Corp. (COHR) reported an insider stock sale by a director. On 11/20/2025, the reporting person sold 2,000 shares of Coherent common stock at a price of $150 per share, as shown in Table I of the filing. The transaction is coded as an open market or similar sale and was carried out under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 21, 2024. Following this sale, the reporting person beneficially owns 20,108 shares of Coherent common stock, held directly.
Coherent Corp. insider plans a small Rule 144 stock sale. A holder has filed a notice to sell 2,831 shares of common stock of the issuer through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $381,760.35. The filing states that 157,153,611 shares of common stock were outstanding, providing context for the planned sale.
The shares to be sold were acquired on 08/28/2025 as restricted stock that vested under a registered plan from the issuer in exchange for services rendered, with payment also made on 08/28/2025. The person filing represents that they are not aware of any undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer’s current or prospective operations.
Coherent Corp. announced that it has entered into a Waiver Agreement with Bain Capital, the holder of its Series B-1 and Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock. Under this agreement, Bain Capital irrevocably and unconditionally waives all rights to receive dividends on any shares of these Series B preferred stocks from the date of the agreement onward, as provided under the existing share terms.
The company notes that Bain Capital, which retains a substantial ownership position in Coherent despite prior sales and charitable distributions, agreed to this waiver as part of a mutually negotiated arrangement. Coherent highlights the waiver as a positive development that it believes strengthens alignment between Bain Capital and common shareholders and reflects support for the company’s strategic priorities.
COHR filed a Form 144 indicating that an affiliated seller plans to sell 2,000 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE around 11/20/2025, with an indicated aggregate market value of $285,880. These 2,000 shares were acquired as restricted stock units from the issuer on 08/28/2024, with payment also dated 08/28/2024.
The filing notes that 157,153,611 shares of common stock were outstanding. It also discloses prior 10b5-1 plan sales for Stephen Skaggs in the past three months: 2,000 common shares sold on 10/29/2025 for gross proceeds of $280,000 and 2,000 common shares sold on 10/24/2025 for gross proceeds of $260,000.
Coherent Corp. (COHR) reported an insider stock sale by one of its directors. On 11/14/2025, the director sold 11,570 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction coded "S" at a weighted average price of $144.875 per share.
After this sale, the director beneficially owns 12,085 shares of Coherent common stock, held directly. The price reflects multiple sale transactions within a range from $144.85 to $144.96, with the director committing to provide detailed breakdowns of shares sold at each price upon request.
Coherent Corp. held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on November 13, 2025, with 163,694,370 votes represented, about 87.62% of votes entitled to be cast. Shareholders elected Enrico DiGirolamo, David L. Motley, Lisa Neal-Graves, Shaker Sadasivam, and Michelle Sterling as Class Two Directors to serve until the 2028 annual meeting or until successors are elected and qualified. As of the September 15, 2025 record date, 156,935,310 common shares plus Series B-1 and B-2 preferred shares were outstanding and entitled to vote on an as-converted basis. Shareholders approved on a non-binding advisory basis the 2025 executive compensation, with 147,235,758 votes for and 5,194,005 against. They also ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, with 161,561,608 votes for and 1,597,686 against.
COHR: A holder filed a Form 144 notice to sell up to 11,570 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on or after 11/14/2025 on the NYSE, reflecting an aggregate market value of $1,676,203.75.
The shares were acquired via restricted stock vesting under a registered plan on multiple dates, including 8/28/2024 (6,363), 8/28/2022 (2,328), 10/07/2021 (800), 10/07/2020 (800), and 8/28/2021 (1,279), in each case for services rendered. Shares outstanding were 157,153,611; this is a baseline figure, not the amount being sold.
Coherent Corp. (COHR): insider Group Form 4 activity
Reporting persons affiliated with Bain Capital converted 54,023 shares of Series B‑1 Convertible Preferred Stock into 7,754,252 shares of Common Stock on November 7, 2025. That same day, they sold 7,500,000 shares at $143.37 per share. The remaining 254,252 shares were distributed on November 10, 2025 to members or partners in connection with charitable gifts, resulting in 0 shares indirectly beneficially owned after the reported transactions. The holdings were reported as indirectly owned through BCPE Watson (DE) BML, LP, with related Bain Capital entities listed as potential shared power holders per footnotes.
Coherent Corp. (COHR): Schedule 13D/A shows Bain Capital affiliate transactions and updated ownership.
BCPE Watson (DE) BML, LP reported converting 54,023 shares of Series B‑1 preferred into 7,754,252 shares of common stock on November 7, 2025. The same day, it sold 7,500,000 common shares in a Rule 144 block trade at $143.37 per share, for an aggregate of $1,075,275,000. On November 10, 2025, it distributed 254,252 common shares for no consideration in connection with charitable gifts by its members or partners.
Following these actions, the reporting person lists 22,368,245 shares beneficially owned with shared voting and dispositive power, representing 11.9% of the class, based on the issuer’s outstanding share count and the stated issuable shares.
Coherent Corp. (COHR) Form 4: A director exercised stock options and sold shares on 11/07/2025. The insider exercised 5,700 options at $35.25 and 4,020 options at $49.90, then sold 9,720 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $151.2489. Following these transactions, the director directly beneficially owned 94,914 shares.
The sale price reflects multiple trades between $151.02 and $151.43, with full breakdowns available upon request.