concurrence of the Board, including, for this purpose, any such person whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consent by or on behalf of a person other than the Board; or (v) any liquidation of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if an Award is subject to Section 409A (and not excepted therefrom) and a Change in Control is a distribution event for purposes of an Award, the foregoing definition of Change in Control shall be interpreted, administered and construed in a manner necessary to ensure that the occurrence of any such event shall result in a Change in Control only if such event qualifies as a change in the ownership or effective control of a corporation, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of a corporation, as applicable, within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5).
2.6 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
2.7 “Committee” means the Compensation and Human Capital Committee of the Board.
2.8 “Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value, of the Company.
2.9 “Company” means Coherent Corp., a Pennsylvania corporation, or any successor corporation
2.10 “Consultant” means any non-Employee independent contractor or other service provider engaged by the Company or a Subsidiary.
2.11 “Deferral Period” means the period of time during which Deferred Shares are subject to deferral limitations under Section 8.
2.12 “Deferred Shares” means an Award pursuant to Section 8 of the right to receive Shares at the end of a specified Deferral Period.
2.13 “Effective Date” means the date this Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company. The “Original Effective Date” means November 9, 2018, the date the Plan was originally approved by the Company’s shareholders. The “2020 Restatement Effective Date” means November 9, 2020, the date the first amendment and restatement of the Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders. The “2023 Restatement Effective Date” means November 9, 2023, the date this amendment and restatement of the Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders. The “2024 Restatement Effective Date” means November 14, 2024, the date this amendment and restatement of the Plan was approved by the Company’s shareholders.
2.14 “Employee” means any person, including an officer, employed by the Company or a Subsidiary.
2.15 “Fair Market Value” means the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Committee from time to time. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the fair market value shall be the closing sales price for the Shares reported on a consolidated basis on the New York Stock Exchange (or, if the Shares are not trading on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principle market on which the Shares are trading) on the relevant date or, if there were no sales on such date, the closing sales price on the nearest preceding date on which sales occurred. If the Shares are not reported on the basis of closing sale price, then the average of the highest bid and lowest ask prices shall be used to determine fair market value.
2.16 “Family Member” means a person who is a spouse, former spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of the applicable individual, any person sharing the applicable individual’s household (other than a tenant or