Oct. 22, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR), today announced that it plans to report its fourth quarter and fiscal year end results after market close on Thursday, November 5, 2009. The Company will host a conference call to discuss its financial results at 1:30 P.M. Pacific (4:30 P.M. Eastern) on November 5, 2009. A listen-only broadcast of the conference call can be accessed on the Company's website at either http://www.coherent.com/Investors/ or http://www.earnings.com. For those who are not available to listen to the live broadcast, the call will be archived for approximately three months on both web sites.

Founded in 1966, Coherent, Inc. is a world leader in providing photonics based solutions to the commercial and scientific research markets and part of the Russell 2000. Please direct any questions to Leen Simonet, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at 408-764-4161. For more information about Coherent, visit the Company's web site at http://www.coherent.com/.

SOURCE Coherent, Inc.