---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-375462"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHR"
cik: "0000820318"
company_name: "COHERENT CORP."
filed_at: "2026-08-31T12:00:06+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-31T12:06:00.021383+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coherent grants $100M in performance stock units to CEO and top executives

## Summary
- CEO James Anderson receives $50M target PSUs; CFO Sherri Luther, CTO Julie Eng, CSO Rob Beard each $15M; Chief Supply Chain Officer Jeffrey Place $5M.
- PSUs vest only if stock price hits hurdles: $454.43 (10% CAGR), $542.86 (15%), $643.61 (20%), $757.77 (25%) over 60-day average, plus rTSR above 50th percentile.
- No vesting until end of 4-year performance period (Aug 2030) plus 1-year holding period; forfeiture on voluntary termination.
- Company cites CEO's 300%+ TSR since June 2024 and record FY2026 revenue as rationale for retention awards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-375462
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHR
- cik: 0000820318
- company_name: COHERENT CORP.
- filed_at: 2026-08-31T12:00:06+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312526375462/0001193125-26-375462-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820318/000119312526375462/d110649d8k.htm

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