SEC Comment Letter 0000000000-24-011601 to COHERENT CORP. (COHR) (CIK 0000820318) (COHR)
COHERENT CORP. (COHR) (CIK 0000820318)
Date: Oct. 15, 2024 · CIK: 0000820318 · Accession: 0000000000-24-011601
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
File numbers found in text: 001-39375
Show Raw Text
October 15, 2024
Richard Martucci
Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
COHERENT CORP.
375 Saxonburg Boulevard
Saxonburg, PA 16056
Re:COHERENT CORP.
Form 10-Q for the Period Ended December 31, 2023
Form 8-K Filed May 6, 2024
File No. 001-39375
Dear Richard Martucci:
We have reviewed your July 31, 2024 response to our comment letter and have the
following comments.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Unless we note otherwise, any references to prior comments are to comments in our July 3,
2024 letter.
Form 8-K Filed May 6, 2024
Exhibit 99.2, page 41
1.We are considering your response to prior comment 1 and may have additional
comments.
We note your response to prior comment 2 regarding your non-GAAP adjustment for
costs characterized as manufacturing inefficiencies related to sites being shut down.
Your response explains that these costs are associated with excess capacity during the
period when production levels are lower than normal. Please describe the nature of
these costs in additional detail with corresponding quantification of each type of cost
and the timeframe over which they will be incurred. Please separately quantify the
amount of costs characterized as manufacturing inefficiencies for each site. Also,
clarify the extent of the manufacturing activity that occurred for each site being shut
down during the periods in which a non-GAAP adjustment was made and tell us about 2.
October 15, 2024
Page 2
your plans for each site.
Please contact Nudrat Salik at 202-551-3692 or Terence O'Brien at 202-551-3355 if
you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Industrial Applications and
Services