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    <periodOfReport>2025-11-28</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000820318</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COHERENT CORP.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>COHR</issuerTradingSymbol>
        <issuerForeignTradingSymbol></issuerForeignTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001691463</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Mocciaro Ilaria</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>false</rptOwnerNonUSAddressFlag>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O COHERENT CORP.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>375 SAXONBURG BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAXONBURG</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>PA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>16056</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-11-28</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1130</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>154</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>24280</value>
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                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-02-28</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>636</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>258.93</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>22267</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was inadvertently reported late due to an administrative error and not through any fault of the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Withheld shares are in connection with the vesting of a restricted stock unit award of 7,647 shares granted to the reporting person on November 28, 2024. The restricted stock units vest in three annual installments beginning November 28, 2025.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These shares were withheld by the company to discharge withholding tax obligations of the reporting person and do not constitute an actual sale or other open market transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Reflects holdings as of November 28, 2025 and does not reflect previously reported transactions occurring after such date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The amount of securities beneficially owned reported on the reporting person's Form 4 filed on December 3, 2025 did not reflect the disposition of 1,130 shares reported herein on November 28, 2025. The reporting person beneficially owned 22,903 shares following the transaction reported on December 3, 2025. The amount of securities beneficially owned reported on the reporting person's Form 4 filed on September 1, 2026 reflects the dispositions reported herein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Withheld shares are in connection with the vesting of a restricted stock unit award of 6,261 shares granted to the reporting person on February 28, 2023. The restricted stock units vest in three annual installments beginning February 28, 2024.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Reflects holdings as of February 28, 2026 and does not reflect previously reported transactions occurring after such date.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Christopher M. Forrester, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-10-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
