secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COHERENT CORP. (COHR)
CIK:        0000820318
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-21-246796
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/0001193125-21-246796-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521246796/d208804d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-246796

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