Coherent, Inc. (COHR) CEO John Ambroseo on Q4 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Coherent, Inc. (NYSE:COHR) Q4 2020 Earnings Conference Call November 5, 2019 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Bret DiMarco - EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
John Ambroseo - President, CEO & Director
Kevin Palatnik - EVP & CFO

Conference Call Participants

James Ricchiuti - Needham & Company
Brian Lee - Goldman Sachs Group
Thomas O'Malley - Barclays Bank
Nikolay Todorov - Longbow Research
Mehdi Hosseini - Susquehanna Financial Group
Lawrence Solow - CJS Securities
Mark Miller - The Benchmark Company
Joseph Wittine - Edgewater Research Company
Andrew DeGasperi - Berenberg

Operator

Good day, and welcome to Coherent's Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]. Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to introduce Bret Dimarco, Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Please go ahead.

Bret DiMarco

Thank you, Lisa, and good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to today's conference call to discuss Coherent's results from its fourth fiscal quarter and fiscal year ending September 29, 2019. On the call with me are John Ambroseo, our President and Chief Executive Officer; and Kevin Palatnik, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

I would like to remind everyone that some information provided during this call may include forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements about Coherent's future events, anticipated financial results, business trends and the expected timing and benefit, if any, of such trends. These forward-looking statements may contain such words as project, outlook, future, expects, will, anticipates, believes, intends or referred to as guidance. These forward-looking statements reflect beliefs, estimates and predictions as of today, and Coherent expressly assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict and may cause actual results, performance or achievement to materially differ from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.