---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-046612"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T06:47:20.220905+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Marc Y.E. Pelaez resigns from II-VI board under mandatory retirement policy

## Summary
- Resignation effective February 18, 2022, accepted by Board on Feb 17, 2022.
- Retired Rear Admiral Pelaez stepped down from Board and all committees.
- No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices cited.
- Departure follows the Corporate Governance Guidelines' mandatory retirement age provision.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-046612
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2022-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312522046612/0001193125-22-046612-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312522046612/d212194d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-046612
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-046612.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-046612.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Marc Y.E. Pelaez resigned as Director at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 17, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of II-VI Incorporated (the “Company”) considered and accepted the resignation of Rear Admiral Marc Y.E. Pelaez (Retired) from the Board and all committees thereof pursuant to the Company’s mandatory retirement policy for directors included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, effective February 18, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312522046612/0001193125-22-046612-index.htm

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