Transaction #7120 · Form 4 · 0001193125-25-278400

COHERENT CORP. · Conversion · Common Stock

COHERENT CORP. · Transacted November 7, 2025 · Filed November 12, 2025

Original SEC filing ↗

What does this filing report?

An SEC Form 4 filing for COHERENT CORP. records a conversion involving Common Stock on November 7, 2025. The reported quantity was 7,754,252. The filing date is November 12, 2025. This is one transaction record; amounts are not allocated among any joint reporting owners.

The acquisition category describes how securities were received. It does not by itself establish a cash purchase of common stock. Read the transaction code definitionsand the original filing before interpreting the amounts.

Transaction details

Company CIK
0000820318
Security type
Non-derivative
Acquisition type
Conversion · Code C
Quantity acquired
7,754,252
Reported price
Not reported · See footnotes
Reference value
Not reported
Currency
Currency not specified
Ownership
Indirect
Holdings after transaction
7,754,252
Ownership description
See footnotes
SEC acceptance time
Nov 12, 2025, 8:59 PM EST
10b5-1 indication
Not indicated

Reference value is reported quantity × reported price. It is not a confirmed cash payment or an estimate of a derivative's economic value. A missing currency is not assumed to be USD.

Reporting owners

These are the reporting owners named in the filing. Quantities and amounts are not allocated among co-reporters. Roles reflect this filing, not a current profile.

Company listings

COHR · NYSE · linked security

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Filing footnotes & remarks

F1
On November 7, 2025, the Reporting Persons converted 54,023 shares of Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series B-1 Preferred Stock" and, together with the Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock, the "Series B Preferred Stock") into 7,754,253 shares of Common Stock. Series B-1 Preferred Stock was issued on March 31, 2021 pursuant to the Statement with Respect to Shares setting forth the terms of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Pennsylvania Department of State Corporations Bureau and effective March 30, 2021 (the "Statement with Respect to Shares"). Subject to adjustments set forth in the Statement with Respect to Shares, from the issuance date of such share, dividends accrue daily on the applicable stated value of each share of the Series B Preferred Stock at 5% per annum with an initial stated value of $10,000 per share.
F2
Until the fourth anniversary of the applicable issuance date, all dividend payments are compounded and added to the applicable stated value on a quarterly basis (a "PIK Dividend"). Following the fourth anniversary of the applicable issuance date, dividends will be payable in the form of, at the Issuer's sole discretion, (i) cash, (ii) a PIK Dividend or (iii) any combination of both. Commencing on July 1, 2022, each share of Series B Preferred Stock became convertible, at the option of the holder, into a number of shares of the Issuer's common stock equal to the then-applicable stated value divided by the then-applicable conversion price. The conversion price of the Series B Preferred Stock is initially $85.00 per share, subject to adjustments set forth in the Statement with Respect to Shares.
F3
In addition, at any time after the third anniversary of the applicable issuance date, if the closing sale price of the Issuer's common stock exceeds 150% of the then-applicable conversion price for 20 trading days in any 30 consecutive trading day period, the Issuer may elect to convert all of the shares of the applicable series of Series B Preferred Stock into a number of shares of the Issuer's common stock equal to the then-applicable stated value divided by the then-applicable conversion price in accordance with the Statement with Respect to Shares.
F4
Directly held by BCPE Watson (DE) BML, LP ("BML"). BCPE Watson (DE) BML GP, LLC ("BML GP") is the general partner of BML. As a result, BML GP may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by BML. BML GP disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
F5
Bain Capital Investors, LLC ("BCI") is the manager of Bain Capital Partners XII, LLC ("Partners XII"), which is the general partner of Bain Capital Fund XII, L.P. ("Fund XII"). Fund XII is the sole member of BCPE Watson (DE) Aggregator GP, LLC ("Aggregator GP"), which is the general partner of BCPE Watson (DE) Aggregator, LP ("Aggregator"). Aggregator is the sole member of BML GP. As a result, each of BCI, Partners XII, Fund XII, Aggregator GP and Aggregator may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power with respect to the securities held by BML. Each of BCI, Partners XII, Fund XII, Aggregator GP and Aggregator disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.
F6
On November 10, 2025, BML, distributed 254,252 shares of Common Stock to one or more members or partners of BML in connection with certain charitable gifts to be made by such members or partners or their direct or indirect owners.

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