In the news release, Coherent, Inc. Announces Live Webcast of Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Results, issued 25-Jan-2017 by Coherent, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the headline and first paragraph should read "First Quarter" rather than "Second Quarter" as originally issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:

Coherent, Inc. Announces Live Webcast of First Quarter Fiscal Year 2017 Results

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR) today announced that it plans to report first quarter fiscal year 2017 results after market close on February 7, 2017. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 1:30 P.M. Pacific (4:30 P.M. Eastern) on February 7, 2017. A listen-only broadcast of the conference call can be accessed on the Company's website at www.coherent.com/Investors. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for approximately three months.

Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of lasers and laser-based technology for scientific, commercial and industrial customers. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is part of the Russell 2000 and Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index. For more information about Coherent, visit the company's website at www.coherent.com for product and financial updates.

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