---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-211061"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:54:18.356907+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coherent appoints CEO James Anderson as President; Bashaw to resign Sept 6

## Summary
- CEO James R. Anderson added President role effective September 1, 2024.
- Walter R. Bashaw II to resign from the Company as of September 6, 2024.
- No additional compensation or arrangements granted in connection with the appointment.
- Appointment follows Anderson's earlier CEO appointment announced June 3, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-211061
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2024-08-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524211061/0001193125-24-211061-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524211061/d77941d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-211061
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-211061.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-211061.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James R. Anderson was appointed as President at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: the Board of Directors of Coherent Corp. (the “Company”) appointed James R. Anderson, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, to also serve as the Company’s President, effective September 1, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524211061/0001193125-24-211061-index.htm
- Executive change
  Walter R. Bashaw II departed as President at COHERENT CORP..
  - Action: resign
  - Role: President
  source text: replacing Walter R. Bashaw II who, as previously announced, will resign from the Company as of September 6, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524211061/0001193125-24-211061-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.