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| Item 3.01 | Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing |
(d) On February 7, 2023, Coherent Corp. (the “Company”) notified The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company will voluntarily withdraw the listing of its common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) and its 6.00% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value (the “Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) from Nasdaq and transfer the listing of the Common Stock and Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), effective as of the close of trading on February 22, 2023. The Common Stock and Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are expected to begin trading on the NYSE on Thursday, February 23, 2023, under the ticker symbols “COHR” and “IIVI”, respectively. The transfer of the listing of the Common Stock and Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock was previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
The Company issued a press release announcing the anticipated transfer of the Common Stock and Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the NYSE from Nasdaq. The press release has been furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits:
| Exhibit 99.1 | Press Release dated February 8, 2023 | |
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Coherent Corp. | ||||||
| Date: February 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Ronald Basso | ||||
| Ronald Basso | ||||||
| Chief Legal Officer and Compliance Officer | ||||||