---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-196970"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:26:47.142322+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coherent Corp. President Walter R. Bashaw II to resign Sept 6 due to leadership restructuring

## Summary
- President Walter R. Bashaw II resigns effective September 6, 2024, due to elimination of his position in a leadership restructuring.
- Resignation treated as 'Good Reason' termination under Coherent's Revised Executive Severance Plan; severance benefits unchanged.
- No replacement named; the change reflects a reorganization of the company's leadership structure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-196970
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524196970/0001193125-24-196970-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524196970/d881131d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-196970
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-196970.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-196970.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Walter R. Bashaw II resigned as President at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On August 5, 2024, Coherent Corp. (the “Company”) and Walter R. Bashaw II, the Company’s President, agreed that he will be resigning effective September 6, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524196970/0001193125-24-196970-index.htm

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