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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899140-26-000628
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20260526
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260605
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260605

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Place Jeffrey B.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002138361
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-39375
		FILM NUMBER:		261070176

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5100 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE
		CITY:			SANTA CLARA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95054

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COHERENT CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000820318
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				251214948
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			PA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		375 SAXONBURG BLVD
		CITY:			SAXONBURG
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16056
		BUSINESS PHONE:		724-352-4455

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		375 SAXONBURG BLVD
		CITY:			SAXONBURG
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			16056

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	II-VI INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <footnote id="F1">Includes 314 shares acquired in non-reportable transactions through Coherent Corp.'s employee stock purchase plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 19,525 shares underlying restricted stock units granted to the reporting person (&quot;RSUs&quot;) under the Issuer's Omnibus Incentive Plan. Each of the RSUs represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's Common Stock upon settlement. 6,508 of such restricted stock units will vest on July 1, 2026, and the remaining 13,017 restricted stock units will vest in eight quarterly installments beginning October 1, 2026, in each case subject to the reporting person's continued service.</footnote>
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    <remarks>See attached Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Chris Forrester, Attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey B. Place</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-06-05</signatureDate>
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   <font>KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that Jeffrey B. Place (the &#x201c;undersigned</font><font style="text-transform: uppercase;">&#x201d;) </font><font>hereby constitutes and appoints Michael Kuder, Chris Forrester and Yian Huang acting as the undersigned&#x2019;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</font>
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   <font>(1) prepare, execute, submit and file for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID, including any amendments thereto, and any other related documents or action necessary or appropriate, including acting as an account administrator, to obtain or update from the Electronic Gathering and Retrieval System of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (&#x201c;SEC&#x201d;), the codes, numbers and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC;</font>
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   <font style="color: #000000;">(4) prepare and execute for and on behalf of the undersigned reports of ownership on Schedule 13D or 13G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, including any joint filing agreement thereunder, and do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such reports or schedules, and complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto&#x37e; </font>
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   <font>(6) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form an shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in any such attorney-in-fact&#x2019;s discretion; and </font>
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   <font>The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact or such attorney-in-fact&#x2019;s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.</font>
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