---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-277205"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T04:21:25.545095+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coherent Corp. corrects vote tallies from 2023 Annual Meeting; all outcomes unchanged

## Summary
- Amendment filed to fix vote tallies for all six proposals; no approval results changed.
- Elected directors Corasanti, Hatter, Skaggs, Vij; advisory exec comp and frequency votes approved.
- Shareholders approved amendment of 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 passed with over 150 million for votes.
- Approximately 86% of outstanding votes were present; broker non-votes ranged 0 to 12.3 million.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-277205
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/d850328d8ka.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 at the 2024-06-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-06-30
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 (“Proposal 6”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Election of Joseph J. Corasanti, Patricia Hatter, Stephan A. Skaggs and Sandeep Vij as Class Three Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders elected Joseph J. Corasanti, Patricia Hatter, Stephan A. Skaggs and Sandeep Vij as Class Three Directors to serve until the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified (“Proposal 1”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as disclosed in the 2023 Proxy Statement (“Proposal 5”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation of named executive officers in fiscal year 2023.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved (on a non-binding advisory basis) the Company’s executive compensation of named executive officers in the Company’s fiscal year 2023, as disclosed in the 2023 Proxy Statement (“Proposal 2”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Amendment and restatement of the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as disclosed in the 2023 Proxy Statement (“Proposal 4”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COHERENT CORP. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation (one year).
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved (on a non-binding advisory basis) one year as the frequency of future non-binding advisory shareholder votes on the compensation paid to our named executive officers, as disclosed in the 2023 Proxy Statement (“Proposal 3”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312523277205/0001193125-23-277205-index.htm

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