SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coherent, Inc. (Nasdaq: COHR), today announced the Company will release its financial results after the market close and host a live webcast to discuss its first fiscal quarter 2009 results scheduled on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ET.

The call will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed 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.