{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-24-236461","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"COHR","cik":"0000820318","company_name":"COHERENT CORP.","filed_at":"2024-10-11T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:11.098826+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-30T16:05:31.780376+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","99.1","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.7,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.7,"confidence":"high","headline":"Coherent appoints Sherri Luther as CFO effective Oct. 11, 2024","bullets":["Sherri Luther appointed CFO and Treasurer, replacing interim CFO Rich Martucci; Martucci stays in non-executive role.","Base salary of $625,000; target annual bonus 85% of base; sign-on cash bonus $500,000 (clawback if leave before 2 years).","Inducement equity awards total $17.4M: $3.5M for FY25 LTIs (40% RSU, 60% PSU) and $13.9M sign-on to replace forfeited awards.","Luther previously CFO of Lattice Semiconductor (since 2019) and spent 16 years at Coherent Inc. pre-merger as VP of Finance.","Awards vest based on time and relative TSR; granted outside Omnibus Plan as NYSE-listing-rule inducement awards."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-236461","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-236461.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-236461.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-236461.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524236461/0001193125-24-236461-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524236461/d888602d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-30T16:05:31.780376+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"8b7c595a96","claim":"Sherri R. Luther was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at COHERENT CORP..","evidence_excerpt":"appointed Sherri R. Luther as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Treasurer, effective October 11, 2024","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524236461/0001193125-24-236461-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"},{"claim_id":"970350412d","claim":"Richard J. Martucci changed role as Interim Chief Financial Officer at COHERENT CORP..","evidence_excerpt":"Mr. Martucci will remain with the Company in a non-executive officer role.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312524236461/0001193125-24-236461-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"stepped down as interim CFO"},{"label":"Role","value":"Interim Chief Financial Officer"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}