---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-21-339339"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T05:37:39.097864+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# II-VI Incorporated elects new director, amends bylaws, declares preferred dividend

## Summary
- Lisa Neal-Graves elected to Board of Directors effective November 22, 2021 as Class Two independent director.
- Bylaws amended to increase maximum number of directors from 11 to 14 effective November 19, 2021.
- Shareholders re-elected Class One directors Dreyer, Mattera, Pagliuca, Xia; approved executive compensation and ratified Ernst & Young as auditor.
- Francis Kramer transitioned to Chair Emeritus; Vincent Mattera became Chair; Enrico Digirolamo became Lead Independent Director.
- Quarterly dividend of $3.00 per share on Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock declared payable in cash on January 1, 2021 to holders of record December 15, 2021.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-21-339339
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2021-11-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521339339/0001193125-21-339339-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521339339/d242818d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-339339.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lisa Neal-Graves was elected as Director at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 19, 2021, the Board of Directors of II-VI Incorporated (the “Company”) elected Lisa Neal-Graves to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, effective November 22, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312521339339/0001193125-21-339339-index.htm

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