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Oliver Press Partners, LLC, et al. – ‘SC 13D/A’ on 12/8/09 re: Coherent Inc

On: Tuesday, 12/8/09, at 11:35am ET · Accession #: 905718-9-575 · File #: 5-15939

  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

12/08/09  Oliver Press Partners, LLC        SC 13D/A               1:19K  Coherent Inc                      Lowenstein Sandler PC/FA
          Augustus K. Oliver
          Clifford Press
          Oliver Press Investors, LLC

Amendment to General Statement of Beneficial Ownership — Schedule 13D
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			Alternative Formats (Word, et al.) Exhibits Interest in Securities of the Issuer Is Hereby Amended by Adding the Following Paragraph After the Last Paragraph Thereof: Is Hereby Deleted in Its Entirety and Replaced With the Following: Purpose of Transaction
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6	Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
"	Item 4. Is Hereby Amended by Adding the Following Paragraph After the Last Paragraph Thereof:
"	Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
"	Item 5. Is Hereby Deleted in Its Entirety and Replaced With the Following:
7	Item 7. Exhibits

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 UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 8)*

Coherent, Inc.
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(Name of Issuer)

 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)

 192479103
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(CUSIP Number)

                                 with a copy to:
Augustus K. Oliver                          Allen B. Levithan, Esq.   
Oliver Press Partners, LLC                  Lowenstein Sandler PC     
152 West 57th Street                        65 Livingston Avenue      
New York, New York 10019                    Roseland, New Jersey 07068
(212) 277-5654                              (973) 597-2406            
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 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
 Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 7, 2009
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 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule l3G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Sections 240.13d-1(e),  240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g),  check
the following box. [ ]                                                          

Note:  Schedules  filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five
copies of the schedule,  including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7 for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.                                          

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for  any  subsequent   amendment   containing   information  which  would  alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.                                     

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).                                                                         

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Cusip No.     192479103                                                         
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1.   Names of Reporting  Persons:  Oliver Press Partners, LLC                   
    I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of above persons (entities only):  20-2688930

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2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions):       

(a)                                                                   
(b)    X                                                              
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3.   SEC Use Only                                                               

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4.   Source of Funds (See Instructions):  OO                                    
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5.   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)
or 2(e):                                                              

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6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization:  Delaware                            
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  Number of                          7. Sole Voting Power:                   0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Shares Beneficially                8. Shared Voting Power:         1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
Owned by                                                                  
  Each Reporting                     9. Sole Dispositive Power:              0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Person With                       10. Shared Dispositive Power:    1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
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11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:   1,202,091* 
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12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares          
(See Instructions):                                                   
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13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11):  4.9%*                 
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14.  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):  IA                           
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* This is a joint filing by Oliver Press Partners,  LLC, Oliver Press Investors,
LLC,  Augustus K. Oliver and Clifford Press, who share the power to vote and the
power to direct the disposition of the 165,112 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of Coherent,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  owned,  as of December 7, 2009,  by  Davenport  Partners,  L.P.,  a
Delaware limited partnership,  the 980,771 Shares owned by JE Partners,  L.P., a
Bermuda partnership, and the 56,208 Shares owned by Oliver Press Master Fund LP,
a Cayman limited partnership.                                                   

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Cusip No.     192479103                                                         
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1.   Names of Reporting  Persons:  Oliver Press Investors, LLC                  
    I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of above persons (entities only):  20-2688868

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2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions):       

(a)                                                                   
(b)    X                                                              
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3.   SEC Use Only                                                               

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4.   Source of Funds (See Instructions):  OO                                    
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5.   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)
or 2(e):                                                              

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6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization:  Delaware                            
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  Number of                          7. Sole Voting Power:                   0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Shares Beneficially                8. Shared Voting Power:         1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
Owned by                                                                  
  Each Reporting                     9. Sole Dispositive Power:              0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Person With                       10. Shared Dispositive Power:    1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
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11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:   1,202,091* 
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12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares          
(See Instructions):                                                   
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13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11):  4.9%*                 
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14.  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):  PN                           
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* This is a joint filing by Oliver Press Partners,  LLC, Oliver Press Investors,
LLC,  Augustus K. Oliver and Clifford Press, who share the power to vote and the
power to direct the disposition of the 165,112 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of Coherent,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  owned,  as of December 7, 2009,  by  Davenport  Partners,  L.P.,  a
Delaware limited partnership,  the 980,771 Shares owned by JE Partners,  L.P., a
Bermuda partnership, and the 56,208 Shares owned by Oliver Press Master Fund LP,
a Cayman limited partnership.                                                   

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Cusip No.     192479103                                                         
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1.   Names of Reporting  Persons:  Augustus K. Oliver                           
I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of above persons (entities only):        

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2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions):       

(a)                                                                   
(b)    X                                                              
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3.   SEC Use Only                                                               

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4.   Source of Funds (See Instructions):  OO                                    
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5.   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)
or 2(e):                                                              

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6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization:  United States                       
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  Number of                          7. Sole Voting Power:                   0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Shares Beneficially                8. Shared Voting Power:         1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
Owned by                                                                  
  Each Reporting                     9. Sole Dispositive Power:              0
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Person With                       10. Shared Dispositive Power:    1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
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11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:   1,202,091* 
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12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares          
(See Instructions):                                                   
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13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11):  4.9%*                 
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14.  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):  IN                           
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* This is a joint filing by Oliver Press Partners,  LLC, Oliver Press Investors,
LLC,  Augustus K. Oliver and Clifford Press, who share the power to vote and the
power to direct the disposition of the 165,112 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of Coherent,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  owned,  as of December 7, 2009,  by  Davenport  Partners,  L.P.,  a
Delaware limited partnership,  the 980,771 Shares owned by JE Partners,  L.P., a
Bermuda partnership, and the 56,208 Shares owned by Oliver Press Master Fund LP,
a Cayman limited partnership.                                                   

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Cusip No.     192479103                                                         
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1.   Names of Reporting  Persons:  Clifford Press                               
I.R.S.  Identification  Nos. of above persons (entities only):        

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2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions):       

(a)                                                                   
(b)    X                                                              
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3.   SEC Use Only                                                               

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4.   Source of Funds (See Instructions):  OO                                    
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5.   Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d)
or 2(e):                                                              

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6.   Citizenship or Place of Organization:  United States                       
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   Number of                          7. Sole Voting Power:               2,000*
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Shares Beneficially                8. Shared Voting Power:         1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
Owned by                                                                  
   Each Reporting                     9. Sole Dispositive Power:          2,000*
                                         ---------------------------------------
   Person With                       10. Shared Dispositive Power:    1,202,091*
                                         ---------------------------------------
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11.  Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:   1,204,091* 
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12.  Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares          
(See Instructions):                                                   
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13.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11):  4.9%*                 
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14.  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):  IN                           
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* This is a joint filing by Oliver Press Partners,  LLC, Oliver Press Investors,
LLC,  Augustus K. Oliver and Clifford Press, who share the power to vote and the
power to direct the disposition of the 165,112 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Shares"),  of Coherent,  Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"),  owned,  as of December 7, 2009,  by  Davenport  Partners,  L.P.,  a
Delaware limited partnership,  the 980,771 Shares owned by JE Partners,  L.P., a
Bermuda partnership, and the 56,208 Shares owned by Oliver Press Master Fund LP,
a Cayman limited partnership.                                                   

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Item 4.   Purpose of Transaction.                                               
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          Item 4 is hereby amended by adding the following  paragraph  after the
last paragraph thereof:                                                         

          "On December 7, 2009, JE made an in-kind pro rata distribution without
consideration  of  100,000  Shares  of the  Company  held  by it to its  limited
partners.  OPP expects from time to time to dispose of additional  shares of the
Company's  common stock,  through further  distributions  to limited partners or
sales,  although  if  market  conditions  warrant,  it may  consider  purchasing
additional shares."                                                             

Item 5.   Interest in Securities of the Issuer.                                 
------------------------------------                        

          Item 5 is  hereby  deleted  in its  entirety  and  replaced  with  the
following:                                                                      

          "As of the close of business on December 7, 2009,  Davenport Partners,
L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership  ("Davenport"),  owned 165,112 Shares,  JE
owned  980,771  Shares,  and  Oliver  Press  Master  Fund LP,  a Cayman  limited
partnership  ("Master Fund"),  owned 56,208 Shares,  constituting 0.7%, 4.0% and
0.2%,  respectively,  and 4.9% in the aggregate, of the approximately 24,454,611
Shares outstanding as of July 31, 2009, as disclosed in the Company's  quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly  period  ended July 4, 2009.  OPP, as the
investment  adviser  to  Davenport,  JE  and  Master  Fund  (collectively,   the
"Partnerships"),  has the power to vote and the power to direct the  disposition
of such Shares.  OPI, as the general  partner of the  Partnerships,  and Messrs.
Oliver and Press,  as the  Managing  Members of OPP and OPI,  share the power to
vote and the power to direct the disposition of such Shares.  As of the close of
business on December 7, 2009, Mr. Press owned, individually, 2,000 Shares.      

          The following table details the transactions since the Filing Parties'
last Schedule 13D amendment,  dated  December 1, 2009, in Shares,  or securities
convertible  into,  exercisable for or exchangeable for Shares,  effected by the
Partnerships,  or any other person or entity  controlled by the  Partnerships or
any person or entity for which the  Partnerships  possess  voting or  investment
control over the  securities  thereof (each of which was effected in an ordinary
brokerage transaction).                                                         

 Sales

Date                  Security        Amount         Price      

12/02/2009            Shares             300         $26.50     
12/03/2009            Shares             700         $26.5414   
12/04/2009            Shares          10,485         $26.6185   
12/07/2009            Shares           8,100         $26.8262   

          As of December 7, 2009, the  Partnerships  ceased to beneficially  own
more than 5% of the outstanding Shares."                                        

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Item 7.   Exhibits.                                                             
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          Exhibit A - Joint Filing  Agreement,  dated as of December 7, 2009, by
and among Oliver Press Investors,  LLC, Oliver Press Partners,  LLC, Augustus K.
Oliver and Clifford Press.                                                      

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 Signature
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          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.                                                                        

                        December 7, 2009

                                   OLIVER PRESS INVESTORS, LLC

                                  By: /s/ Augustus K. Oliver
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Augustus K. Oliver
                                       Managing Member

                                  OLIVER PRESS PARTNERS, LLC

                              By: /s/ Clifford Press
                                               ---------------------------------
                                      Clifford Press
                                       Managing Member

                              /s/ Augustus K. Oliver
                                            ------------------------------------
                                  Augustus K. Oliver

                          /s/ Clifford Press
                                            ------------------------------------
                              Clifford Press

Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal
 criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).

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Exhibit A 

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
----------------------

          The undersigned  agree that this Schedule 13D Amendment No. 8 relating
to the shares of common  stock of Coherent,  Inc. is filed  jointly on behalf of
each of the undersigned pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k).                              

                        December 7, 2009

                                   OLIVER PRESS INVESTORS, LLC

                                  By: /s/ Augustus K. Oliver
                                               ---------------------------------
                                          Augustus K. Oliver
                                       Managing Member

                                  OLIVER PRESS PARTNERS, LLC

                              By: /s/ Clifford Press
                                               ---------------------------------
                                      Clifford Press
                                       Managing Member

                              /s/ Augustus K. Oliver
                                            ------------------------------------
                                  Augustus K. Oliver

                          /s/ Clifford Press
                                            ------------------------------------
                              Clifford Press

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