---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-246796"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T10:44:15.278690+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# II-VI announces board chair succession; Mattera to become Chair, Kramer Chair Emeritus

## Summary
- Francis Kramer transitions to Chair Emeritus; CEO Vincent Mattera to become Board Chair after Nov 2021 annual meeting.
- Rear Admiral Marc Y.E. Pelaez (retired) continues as Lead Independent Director, role held since 2014.
- Quarterly dividend of $3.00/share on Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock declared; payable Oct 1 to holders of record Sep 15, 2021.
- Succession positions company for integration of Coherent, Inc., reflecting stable leadership legacy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-246796
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/0001193125-21-246796-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/d208804d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Francis J. Kramer changed role as Chair Emeritus at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: transitioned
  - Role: Chair Emeritus
  source text: On August 16, 2021, the Company announced that Francis J. Kramer, the Company’s current Board Chair and former CEO, will transition to Chair Emeritus while continuing as a director, effective immediately following the annual meeting of II-VI shareholders in November, 2021, and that Dr. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr., II-VI’s current Chief Executive Officer and a director, will become Chair of II-VI’s board of directors at that time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/0001193125-21-246796-index.htm
- Executive change
  Vincent D. Mattera, Jr. was appointed as Chair at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chair
  source text: On August 16, 2021, the Company announced that Francis J. Kramer, the Company’s current Board Chair and former CEO, will transition to Chair Emeritus while continuing as a director, effective immediately following the annual meeting of II-VI shareholders in November, 2021, and that Dr. Vincent D. Mattera, Jr., II-VI’s current Chief Executive Officer and a director, will become Chair of II-VI’s board of directors at that time.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/0001193125-21-246796-index.htm

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