UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Coherent, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

94-1622541

(State of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

5100 Patrick Henry Drive

 

 

Santa Clara, California

 

95054

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which

to be so registered

 

each class is to be registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

 

The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not applicable

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 


 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

 

Coherent, Inc. (the “Registrant”) registers hereunder its Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”).  A description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, as well as previously registered Common Share Purchase Rights and a description of the anti-takeover effects of Delaware law and the Registrant’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws are incorporated herein by reference to the section captioned “Description of Capital Stock” in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-135669), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2006, as amended.

 

Item 2.  Exhibits

 

Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

Date:                    February 12, 2008

COHERENT, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bret M. DiMarco

 

 

Bret M. DiMarco

 

 

Executive Vice President and General
Counsel

 

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