UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~February 4~~March 2, 2026

Coherent Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania	001-39375	25-1214948
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)

375 Saxonburg Boulevard

Saxonburg, Pennsylvania 16056

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(724) 352-4455

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class ~~TradingSymbol~~Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchangeon which registered Common Stock, no par value COHR New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 23.02. ~~Results~~Unregistered Sales of ~~Operations~~Equity ~~and Financial Condition~~Securities.

On ~~February~~March 42, 2026, Coherent Corp. (“Coherent” or the “Company”) ~~issued~~entered into a ~~press~~Securities ~~release~~Purchase Agreement (the “~~Press~~Purchase ~~Release~~Agreement”) with NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA”), and Coherent completed the issuance and sale of 7,788,161 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Shares”), pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, at a ~~copy~~price of ~~which~~$256.80 isper ~~attached~~share ~~hereto~~for asan ~~Exhibit~~aggregate 99purchase price of $2 billion in cash.1 The Shares were issued and issold ~~incorporated~~to ~~herein~~NVIDIA in a private placement relying upon the exemption provided by ~~reference~~Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

~~The~~NVIDIA’s ~~information~~investment inwill ~~Item~~support ~~2.02~~research ofand ~~this~~development ~~Current Report on Form 8-K~~initiatives, ~~including~~future ~~Exhibit~~capacity ~~99.1 furnished pursuant to Item 9.01~~expansion, ~~shall~~and ~~not~~operational ~~be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore~~capabilities, ~~the~~as ~~information~~Coherent inexpands ~~this~~its ~~Item 2~~U.~~02 of this Current Report on Form 8~~S.-K,based ~~including~~manufacturing ~~Exhibit 99~~footprint.1 ~~furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933.~~

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

AThe ~~slide~~Company’s ~~presentation~~press torelease, bedated ~~used~~March 2, by2026, ~~senior~~announcing ~~management~~the ofprivate ~~the~~placement ~~Company~~contemplated inby ~~connection~~the ~~with~~Purchase ~~its~~Agreement ~~discussions~~and ~~with~~a ~~investors~~collaboration between Coherent and ~~others~~NVIDIA ~~regarding~~under ~~the~~which ~~financial~~NVIDIA ~~results~~has access to five additional Coherent product families related to co-packaged optics, enabling next-generation AI infrastructure is furnished as Exhibit 99.21 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in ~~this~~ Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.21, is furnished ~~pursuant~~and ~~to Item 9.01,~~ shall not be ~~deemed~~treated “as filed” for ~~the~~ purposes of ~~Section 18 of~~ the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ~~or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section. Furthermore~~, ~~the~~as ~~information in this Item 7~~amended.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.2 furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNo.		Description
Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated ~~February~~March 42, 2026
99.2		Investor Presentation
104.0		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL document)

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements relating to future events and expectations that are based on certain assumptions and contingencies. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements in this Current Report involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results, performance or trends to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements herein or in previous disclosures. Forward-looking statements are also identified by words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “plans,” “projects” or similar expressions.

The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made in this Current Report have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that management’s expectations, beliefs or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following statements: the expansion of the supply relationship between the Company and NVIDIA and other statements that are not historical facts.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements herein include, but are not limited to: (i) the failure of any one or more of the assumptions stated above to prove to be correct; (ii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to an amendment or termination of the Purchase Agreement or the collaboration between the companies; (iii) litigation and any unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the Purchase Agreement, the collaboration between the companies and the other transactions contemplated thereby; (iv) potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement of the Purchase Agreement or the collaboration between the companies; and (v) the risks relating to forward-looking statements and other “Risk Factors” discussed in the

Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 and the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, and additional risk factors that may be identified from time to time in future filings of the Company. The Company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, or otherwise.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Coherent Corp.
Date: February 4, 2026	By:	/s/ Sherri Luther
Date: March 2, 2026	By:	/s/ Rob Beard
		Sherri Luther
		Rob Beard
		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
		Chief Legal & Global Affairs Officer

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