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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 1/13/20 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 21510 |
| Issuer Name: COHERENT INC |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: COHR |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1182387 |
| | Owner Name: SOBEY MARK STEWART |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: 5100 PATRICK HENRY DRIVE |
| | Owner Street 2: |
| | Owner City: SANTA CLARA |
| | Owner State: CA |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 95054 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: EVP & GM, OLS |
| | Other Text: |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 1/13/20 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: S |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 3,322 |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 175.2082 |
| Footnote ID: F2 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 28,688 |
| Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Table: |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 sales plan adopted on May 21, 2019. |
| Footnote - F2: Represents the weighted average sales price for the shares. The range of prices for such sales was $175.00 to $175.54. The reporting person will provide upon request full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. |
| Footnote - F3: Includes 19,827 Restricted Stock Units. |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Rhonda Fassbender, pursuant to Power of Attorney |
| Signature Date: 1/14/20 |
