Q1 REVENUE OF $1.58B, INCREASED 17% Y/Y AND, ON A PRO FORMA BASIS, 19% Y/Y ADJUSTED FOR SALE OF AEROSPACE & DEFENSE BUSINESS
Q1 GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 36.6%, INCREASED 249 bps Y/Y; Q1 NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN OF 38.7%, INCREASED 200 bps Y/Y
Q1 GAAP EPS OF $1.19, IMPROVED $1.23 Y/Y; Q1 NON-GAAP EPS OF $1.16, IMPROVED $0.49 Y/Y

SAXONBURG, Pa., Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherent Corp. (NYSE:COHR) ("Coherent," "We," or the "Company"), a global leader in photonics, announced financial results today for its first quarter of fiscal year 2026 ended September 30, 2025.

Revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2026 was $1.58 billion, with GAAP gross margin of 36.6% and GAAP net income of $1.19 per diluted share. On a non-GAAP basis, gross margin was 38.7% with net income per diluted share of $1.16.

Jim Anderson, CEO, said, "Revenue growth of 19% year-over-year in the September quarter on a pro forma basis was driven by strong demand from AI-related datacenters and communications. We expect continued strong growth throughout this fiscal year based on increasing datacenter and communications demand along with our continued production capacity expansion."

Sherri Luther, CFO, said, "Significant revenue growth and gross margin expansion drove a year-over-year increase in our GAAP and non-GAAP EPS. During the quarter, we paid down $400 million of our debt. We also refinanced our debt which will reduce our interest expense and further strengthen our balance sheet."


Selected First Quarter Financial Results and Comparisons (in millions, except percentages and per share data)
Table 1
	GAAP Financial Results (unaudited)

	Q1 FY26			Q4 FY25			Q1 FY25			Q/Q		Y/Y


Revenues	$	1,581		$	1,529		$	1,348			3.4%		17.3%
Gross Margin %		36.6	%		35.7	%		34.1	%	93 bps		249 bps
R&D Expense %		9.8	%		10.2	%		9.8	%	(40) bps		3 bps
SG&A Expense %		15.9	%		16.0	%		17.0	%	(6) bps		(105) bps
Operating Expenses	$	320		$	540		$	385		(40.7)%		(16.8)%
Operating Income₍₁₎	$	259		$	6		$	75			4147.5%		244.5%
Operating Margin		16.4	%		0.4	%		5.6	%	1,598 bps		1,081 bps
Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to Coherent Corp.	$	226		$	(96	)	$	26		(335.8)%			774.4%
Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share	$	1.19		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)	$	2.02	$	1.23

⁽¹⁾ Operating Income is defined as earnings (loss) before income taxes, interest expense, and other expense or income, net.


Selected First Quarter Financial Results and Comparisons (in millions, except percentages and per share data)
Table 1, continued
	Non-GAAP Financial Results (unaudited)₍₁₎₍₂₎

	Q1 FY26			Q4 FY25			Q1 FY25			Q/Q		Y/Y


Revenues	$	1,581		$	1,529		$	1,348			3.4%		17.3%
Gross Margin %		38.7	%		38.1	%		36.7	%	67 bps		200 bps
R&D Expense %		9.4	%		9.8	%		9.3	%	(44) bps		1 bps
SG&A Expense %		9.8	%		10.3	%		11.3	%	(44) bps		(141) bps
Operating Expenses	$	304		$	307		$	278		(1.1)%			9.3%
Operating Income	$	309		$	275		$	218			12.4%		42.0%
Operating Margin		19.5	%		18.0	%		16.1	%	156 bps		340 bps
Net Earnings Attributable to Coherent Corp.	$	221		$	192		$	138			14.9%		59.8%
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.16		$	1.00		$	0.67		$	0.16	$	0.49

⁽¹⁾During the second fiscal quarter of 2025, the Company refined its methodology to report non-GAAP measures. The change does not impact the Company's financial position, cash flows, or GAAP consolidated results of operations. Prior period non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release have been recast to conform to the current presentation.

⁽²⁾ The Company has disclosed financial measurements in this earnings release that present financial information considered to be non-GAAP financial measures. These measurements are not a substitute for GAAP measurements, although the Company's management uses these measurements as an aid in monitoring the Company's on-going financial performance. The non-GAAP net earnings attributable to Coherent Corp., the non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, the non-GAAP operating income, the non-GAAP gross margin, the non-GAAP research and development, the non-GAAP selling, general and administration, the non-GAAP operating expenses, the non-GAAP interest and other (income) expense, and the non-GAAP income taxes, measure earnings and operating income (loss), respectively, excluding non-recurring or unusual items that are considered by management to be outside the Company's standard operation and excluding certain non-cash items. There are limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures, including that such measures may not be entirely comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, due to potential differences among calculation methodologies. Thus, there can be no assurance whether (i) items excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures will occur in the future or (ii) there will be cash costs associated with items excluded from the non-GAAP financial measures. The Company compensates for these limitations by using these non-GAAP financial measures as supplements to GAAP financial measures and by providing the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most comparable GAAP financial measures. Investors should consider adjusted measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. All non-GAAP amounts exclude certain adjustments for share-based compensation, acquired intangible amortization expense, restructuring charges (recoveries), impairments of assets held-for-sale, gains on sale of business, integration and site consolidation expenses, integration transaction expenses, and various one-time adjustments. See Table 6 for the Reconciliation of GAAP measures to non-GAAP measures.

Highlights from First Quarter Fiscal 2026

Closed Sale of Aerospace and Defense Business. We closed the sale of our Aerospace and Defense business. The transaction is immediately accretive to both gross margin and EPS.
Introduced a High-Power 400 mW CW Laser for Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and Silicon Photonic Designs. We are currently sampling to multiple customers our new 400 mW CW lasers, which offer best in class performance.
ECOC'25 Award for Most Innovative Photonic Component. Industry's first 400G Differential-EML to enable power and cost efficient 3.2T data center transceivers.
Extending the Reach of 1.6T Direct Detect Transceivers to 6 km. Through a unique embedded dispersion compensation technique, we demonstrated 6 km 1.6T links based on EMLs, offering a cost-effective and lower-power alternative for scale across networks.
Demonstrated a Next-Gen 2D VCSEL Array-Based Solution for AI Scale-up Networks. These arrays represent a breakthrough in short-reach optical interconnects for Near-Packaged Optics (NPO) and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO), which enable compact, power-efficient links for the scale-up portion of AI networks.
ECOC'25 Award for Optical Transport. Our Multi-Rail Technology platform leverages advanced optical amplification technology enabling unprecedented levels of power, space and cost efficiency.

Business Outlook – Second Quarter Fiscal 2026₍₁₎

Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between $1.56 billion and $1.70 billion.
Gross margin percentage for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between 38% and 40% on a non-GAAP basis.
Total operating expenses for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 are expected to be between $300 million and $320 million on a non-GAAP basis.
Tax rate for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between 18% and 20% on a non-GAAP basis.
EPS for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 is expected to be between $1.10 and $1.30 on a non-GAAP basis.

⁽¹⁾ The Company has not provided a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking non-GAAP gross margin percentage, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP tax rate and non-GAAP earnings per share, because we cannot, without unreasonable efforts, forecast certain items required to develop comparable GAAP measures. These items include, without limitation, restructuring charges, integration, site consolidation and other expenses, foreign exchange gains (losses), and share based compensation expense. The variability of these items could significantly impact our future GAAP financial results and we believe that the inclusion of any such reconciliations would imply a degree or precision that could be confusing or misleading to investors.

Investor Conference Call / Webcast Details

Coherent will review the Company's financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2026 and business outlook on Wednesday, November 5, at 5:00 p.m. ET. A live webcast and replay of the conference call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations. The Company's financial guidance will be limited to the comments on its public quarterly earnings call and the public business outlook statements contained in this press release.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the conference call described above, the Company intends to file an investor presentation as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and to post the investor presentation on the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations/investor-presentations after market close on November 5, 2025. We also may, from time to time, post other important information for investors on our website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations. We intend to use our website as a means of disclosing material, non-public information and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should review the Investor Relations page of our website referenced above, in addition to following the Company's press releases, SEC filings, and public conference calls, presentations, and webcasts. Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of these documents through the Company's website referenced above. Copies of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge on the Company's website at coherent.com/company/investor-relations/sec-filings. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the Company's website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not part of, this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains statements, estimates, and projections that constitute "forward-looking statements" as defined under U.S. federal securities laws, including our estimates and projections for our business outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2026, each of which is made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and relate to the Company's performance on a going-forward basis. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from its historical experience and our present expectations or projections.

The Company believes that all forward-looking statements made by it herein have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that management's expectations, beliefs, or projections as expressed in the forward-looking statements will actually occur or prove to be correct. In addition to general industry and global economic conditions, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements herein include but are not limited to: (i) the failure of any one or more of the assumptions stated herein to prove to be correct; (ii) changes in demand in the Company's end markets along with the Company's ability to respond to such market changes; (iii) risks relating to future integration and/or restructuring actions; (iv) fluctuations in purchasing patterns of customers and end users; (v) the ability of the Company to retain and hire key employees; (vi) the terms of the Company's indebtedness and ability to service such debt in connection with its acquisition of Coherent, Inc.; (vii) the timely release of new products and acceptance of such new products by the market; (viii) the introduction of new products by competitors and other competitive responses; (ix) the Company's ability to assimilate other recently acquired businesses, and realize synergies, cost savings, and opportunities for growth in connection therewith, together with the risks, costs, and uncertainties associated with such acquisitions; (x) the risks to realizing the benefits of investments in R&D and commercialization of innovations; (xi) the risks that the Company's stock price will not trade in line with industrial technology leaders; (xii) the impact of trade protection measures, such as import tariffs by the United States or retaliatory actions taken by other countries; and/or (xiii) the risks relating to forward-looking statements and other "Risk Factors" identified from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which filings are available from the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or developments, or otherwise.

About Coherent

Coherent is the global photonics leader. We harness photons to drive innovation. Industry leaders in the datacenter, communications, and industrial markets rely on Coherent's world-leading technology to fuel their own innovation and growth.

Founded in 1971 and operating in more than 20 countries, Coherent brings the industry's broadest, deepest technology stack; unmatched supply chain resilience; and global scale to help its customers solve their toughest technology challenges. For more information, please visit us at coherent.com.

Contact:

Paul Silverstein

Senior VP, Investor Relations

investor.relations@coherent.com

Table 2
Coherent Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Loss)*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
Millions for shares, $ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	Sep 30,			Jun 30,			Sep 30,
		2025			2025			2024

Revenues	$	1,581.4		$	1,529.4		$	1,348.1

Costs, Expenses & Other Expense (Income)
Cost of goods sold		1,002.2			983.3			888.0
Research and development		154.9			155.7			131.6
Selling, general and administrative		252.1			245.4			229.0
Restructuring charges		19.3			53.9			24.4
Impairment of assets held-for-sale		9.1			85.0			—
Gain on sale of business		(115.2	)		—			—
Interest expense		58.7			55.0			66.6
Other expense (income), net		(16.5	)		14.4			(10.7	)
Total Costs, Expenses, & Other Expense		1,364.5			1,592.9			1,328.8

Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes		216.9			(63.4	)		19.3

Income Taxes		(8.3	)		34.7			(5.6	)

Net Earnings (Loss)		225.2			(98.1	)		24.9
Net Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests		(1.2	)		(2.5	)		(1.0	)
Net Earnings (Loss) Attributable to Coherent Corp.	$	226.3		$	(95.6	)	$	25.9

Less: Dividends on Preferred Stock		33.5			33.1			31.8
Net Earnings (Loss) Available to the Common Shareholders	$	192.9		$	(128.8	)	$	(5.9	)

Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share	$	1.24		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)

Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share	$	1.19		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)

Average Shares Outstanding - Basic		156.2			155.5			153.6
Average Shares Outstanding - Diluted	190.7⁽¹⁾				155.5			153.6

*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.⁽¹⁾ The total number of shares used to calculate earnings per share in Q1 increased to 190.7 million, primarily because of accounting rules that require us to include our Series B Preferred Shares as if they were converted into common shares. As part of this calculation, we also added back the preferred cash dividend to earnings used to calculate diluted earnings per share.

Table 3
Coherent Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets*
	Sep 30,		Jun 30,
$ Millions (unaudited)	2025		2025

Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	852.8	$	909.2
Restricted cash, current		22.5		8.9
Accounts receivable		1,027.2		964.1
Inventories		1,632.6		1,437.6
Prepaid and refundable income taxes		44.8		55.8
Prepaid and other current assets		462.0		551.6
Total Current Assets		4,042.0		3,927.2
Property, plant & equipment, net		1,944.4		1,877.5
Goodwill		4,474.8		4,471.1
Other intangible assets, net		3,133.2		3,204.7
Deferred income taxes		53.9		53.4
Restricted cash, non-current		677.6		714.8
Other assets		373.0		662.2
Total Assets	$	14,698.8	$	14,910.9

Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Equity
Current Liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	$	48.4	$	188.3
Accounts payable		953.9		847.0
Operating lease current liabilities		41.4		41.6
Accruals and other current liabilities		692.3		718.0
Total Current Liabilities		1,736.0		1,794.8
Long-term debt		3,259.4		3,498.6
Deferred income taxes		629.5		711.7
Operating lease liabilities		156.7		165.2
Other liabilities		229.9		259.3
Total Liabilities		6,011.4		6,429.7
Total Mezzanine Equity		2,505.3		2,483.3
Total Coherent Corp. Shareholders' Equity		5,830.2		5,644.5
Noncontrolling interests		351.9		353.5
Total Equity		6,182.1		5,998.0
Total Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Equity	$	14,698.8	$	14,910.9

*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

Table 4
Coherent Corp. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
	Sep 30,			Sep 30,
$ Millions (unaudited)		2025			2024

Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	46.0		$	153.0

Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Additions to property, plant & equipment		(103.9	)		(92.0	)
Proceeds from the sale of business		391.1			27.0
Proceeds from sale of equity investment		9.6			—
Other investing activities		—			(0.8	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		296.8			(65.7	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Proceeds from borrowings of Term A Facility		1,250.0			—
Proceeds from borrowings of Term B Facility		3.3			—
Proceeds from borrowings of revolving credit facilities		88.9			—
Payments on existing debt		(1,650.8	)		(117.9	)
Payments on borrowings under revolving credit facilities		(77.0	)		—
Debt issuance costs		(8.5	)		—
Proceeds from exercises of stock options and purchases under employee stock purchase plan		21.3			24.4
Payments in satisfaction of employees' minimum tax obligations		(37.4	)		(32.0	)
Payment of dividends		(11.4	)		—
Other financing activities		0.3			(0.2	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(421.5	)		(125.7	)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(1.3	)		31.2

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(80.0	)		(7.2	)

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash at Beginning of Period		1,632.9			1,789.7

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash at End of Period	$	1,552.9		$	1,782.5

*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

Table 5
Segment Revenues*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
$ Millions (unaudited)	Sep 30,		Jun 30,		Sep 30,
$ Millions (unaudited)	2025		2025		2024

Revenues:
Datacenter & Communications	$	1,090.0	$	1,018.3	$	863.6
Industrial		491.4		511.1		484.5
Consolidated	$	1,581.4	$	1,529.4	$	1,348.1

*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

Table 6
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
	Sep 30,			Jun 30,			Sep 30,
$ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)		2025			2025		2024⁽¹⁾

Gross margin on GAAP basis	$	579.2		$	546.1		$	460.1
Share-based compensation		5.9			5.8			5.7
Amortization of acquired intangibles		27.8			30.6			30.4
Integration, site consolidation and other₍₂₎		(0.3	)		(0.4	)		(0.9	)
Gross margin on non-GAAP basis	$	612.6		$	582.2		$	495.3

Research and development on GAAP basis	$	154.9		$	155.7		$	131.6
Share-based compensation		(6.8	)		(5.9	)		(5.3	)
Amortization of acquired intangibles		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		(0.7	)
Integration, site consolidation and other₍₂₎		—			0.1			0.3
Research and development on non-GAAP basis	$	147.9		$	149.7		$	125.9

Selling, general and administrative on GAAP basis	$	252.1		$	245.4		$	229.0
Share-based compensation		(32.0	)		(32.6	)		(24.5	)
Amortization of acquired intangibles		(41.5	)		(41.2	)		(40.8	)
Integration, site consolidation and other₍₂₎		(22.5	)		(14.4	)		(11.8	)
Financing fees₍₃₎		(0.3	)		—			—
Selling, general and administrative on non-GAAP basis	$	155.8		$	157.3		$	151.8

Restructuring charges on GAAP basis	$	19.3		$	53.9		$	24.4
Restructuring charges₍₄₎		(19.3	)		(53.9	)		(24.4	)
Restructuring charges on non-GAAP basis	$	—		$	—		$	—

Impairment of assets held-for-sale on GAAP basis	$	9.1		$	85.0		$	—
Impairment of assets held-for-sale₍₅₎		(9.1	)		(85.0	)		—
Impairment of assets held-for-sale on non-GAAP basis	$	—		$	—		$	—

Gain on sale of business on GAAP basis	$	(115.2	)	$	—		$	—
Gain on sale of business₍₆₎		115.2			—			—
Gain on sale of business on non-GAAP basis	$	—		$	—		$	—

Operating income on GAAP basis	$	259.1		$	6.1		$	75.2
Share-based compensation		44.7			44.3			35.5
Amortization of acquired intangibles		69.5			72.0			71.9
Restructuring charges₍₄₎		19.3			53.9			24.4
Impairment of assets held-for-sale₍₅₎		9.1			85.0			—
Gain on sale of business₍₆₎		(115.2	)		—			—
Integration, site consolidation and other₍₂₎		22.2			13.8			10.6
Financing fees₍₃₎		0.3			—			—
Operating income on non-GAAP basis	$	308.9		$	275.1		$	217.6

Table 6
Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures*
(Continued)
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
	Sep 30,			Jun 30,			Sep 30,
$ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)		2025			2025		2024⁽¹⁾

Interest and other (income) expense, net on GAAP basis	$	42.2		$	69.5		$	55.9
Foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net		0.8			(37.0	)		(9.8	)
Gain on sale of investment₍₇₎		6.7			—			—
Financing fees₍₃₎		(12.1	)		—			—
Interest and other (income) expense, net on non-GAAP basis	$	37.6		$	32.5		$	46.1

Income taxes on GAAP basis	$	(8.3	)	$	34.7		$	(5.6	)
Tax impact of non-GAAP measures₍₈₎		59.9			18.1			39.9
Income taxes on non-GAAP basis	$	51.5		$	52.8		$	34.3

Net earnings (loss) attributable to Coherent Corp. on GAAP basis	$	226.3		$	(95.6	)	$	25.9
Share-based compensation		44.7			44.3			35.5
Amortization of acquired intangibles		69.5			72.0			71.9
Foreign currency exchange (gains) losses		(0.8	)		37.0			9.8
Restructuring charges₍₄₎		19.3			53.9			24.4
Impairment of assets held-for-sale₍₅₎		9.1			85.0			—
Gain on sale of business₍₆₎		(115.2	)		—			—
Integration, site consolidation and other₍₂₎		22.2			13.8			10.6
Gain on sale of investment₍₇₎		(6.7	)		—			—
Financing fees₍₃₎		12.4			—			—
Tax impact of non-GAAP measures₍₈₎		(59.9	)		(18.1	)		(39.9	)
Net earnings attributable to Coherent Corp. on non-GAAP basis	$	220.9		$	192.3		$	138.3

Per share data:
Net earnings (loss) on GAAP basis
Basic Earnings (Loss) Per Share	$	1.24		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)
Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share	$	1.19		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)

Net earnings on non-GAAP basis
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	1.20		$	1.02		$	0.69
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	1.16		$	1.00		$	0.67

* Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

⁽¹⁾ During the second fiscal quarter of 2025, the Company refined its methodology to report non-GAAP measures. The change does not impact the Company's financial position, cash flows, or GAAP consolidated results of operations. Prior period non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release have been recast to conform to the current presentation.

⁽²⁾Integration, site consolidation and other costs include retention and severance payments and other integration costs related to the acquisition of Coherent, Inc., implementation of common technology systems and costs related business divestitures.

⁽³⁾Financing fees includes debt extinguishment costs and various fees related to closing the new Credit Agreement and repricing our Term Loan B.

⁽⁴⁾Restructuring charges include non-cash impairment charges for production assets and improvements on leased facilities, loss on sale of a facility, severance, contract termination costs and other costs related to the restructuring plans.

⁽⁵⁾Impairment of assets held-for-sale relate to several entities classified as held-for-sale at September 30, 2025 and/or June 30, 2025.

⁽⁶⁾Gain on sale of business is due to the sale of our aerospace and defense business.

⁽⁷⁾Gain on sale of investment is due to the sale of shares in an equity method investment.

⁽⁸⁾ The Company adopted a full-year, normalized tax rate for the computation of the non-GAAP income tax provision for fiscal year 2026. We believe this approach provides investors with a more consistent view of our underlying operating performance. In estimating the full-year non-GAAP normalized tax rate, the Company utilized a full-year financial projection that considers multiple factors such as changes to the Company's current operating structure, expected reserve changes for the year, and other significant tax matters to the extent they are applicable to the full fiscal year financial projection. In addition to the adjustments described above, this normalized tax rate excludes the impact of share-based awards, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, integration and restructuring charges, foreign exchange gain/(loss), and certain tax valuation allowances.

The first quarter and full-year fiscal year 2026 outlook assume a projected annual effective tax rate of 19% for non-GAAP unless adjusted for material events. The non-GAAP tax rate utilized in future periods will be reviewed annually to determine whether it remains appropriate in consideration of our financial results. These additional non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered substitutes for any measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

Table 7
GAAP Earnings (Loss) Per Share Calculation*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
Millions for shares, $ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	Sep 30,			Jun 30,			Sep 30,
		2025			2025			2024

Numerator
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Coherent Corp.	$	226.3		$	(95.6	)	$	25.9
Deduct Series B redeemable preferred dividends		(33.5	)		(33.1	)		(31.8	)
Basic earnings (loss) available to common shareholders	$	192.9		$	(128.8	)	$	(5.9	)

Effect of dilutive securities
Add back Series B Preferred deemed dividends	$	33.5		$	—		$	—
Diluted earnings (loss) available to common shareholders	$	226.3		$	(128.8	)	$	(5.9	)

Denominator
Weighted average shares		156.2			155.5			153.6
Effect of dilutive securities:
Common stock equivalents		4.6			—			—
Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock		29.9			—			—
Diluted weighted average common shares	190.7⁽¹⁾				155.5			153.6

Basic earnings (loss) per common share	$	1.24		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share	$	1.19		$	(0.83	)	$	(0.04	)

*Amounts may not recalculate due to rounding.

⁽¹⁾ The total number of shares used to calculate earnings per share in Q1 increased to 190.7 million, primarily because of accounting rules that require us to include our Series B Preferred Shares as if they were converted into common shares. As part of this calculation, we also added back the preferred cash dividend to earnings used to calculate diluted earnings per share.

Table 8
Non-GAAP Earnings Per Share Calculation*
	THREE MONTHS ENDED
Millions for shares, $ Millions, except per share amounts (unaudited)	Sep 30,			Jun 30,			Sep 30,
		2025			2025		2024⁽¹⁾

Numerator
Net earnings attributable to Coherent Corp. on non-GAAP basis	$	220.9		$	192.3		$	138.3
Deduct Series B redeemable preferred dividends		(33.5	)		(33.1	)		(31.8	)
Basic earnings available to common shareholders	$	187.5		$	159.1		$	106.4

Effect of dilutive securities
Add back Series B Preferred Stock dividends	$	33.5		$	—		$	—
Diluted earnings available to common shareholders	$	220.9		$	159.1		$	106.4

Denominator
Weighted average shares outstanding		156.2			155.5			153.6
Effect of dilutive securities:
Common stock equivalents		4.6			3.7			4.9
Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock		29.9			—			—
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	190.7⁽²⁾				159.2			158.6

Basic earnings per common share on non-GAAP basis	$	1.20		$	1.02		$	0.69

Diluted earnings per common share on non-GAAP basis	$	1.16		$	1.00		$	0.67