EMCORE Corporation (EMKR)

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010

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The Proxy Statement and 2009 Annual Report are available at http://materials.proxyvote.com/290846 .

To our Shareholders:

The 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of EMCORE Corporation (the “Company”) will be held at 10:00 A.M. local time on Friday, May 21, 2010, at the Albuquerque Marriott Hotel, 2101 Louisiana Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110, for the following purposes:



(1)

To elect three (3) members to the Company’s Board of Directors;


(2)

To ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010;


(3)

To approve the adoption of the EMCORE Corporation 2010 Equity Incentive Plan and authorize the reservation of 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for issuance under such plan; and


(4)

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on April 2, 2010 as the record date for determining those shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. Whether or not you expect to be present, please vote and submit your proxy as promptly as possible in order to assure the presence of a quorum. You may vote by telephone, internet or mail. If you vote by telephone or internet, you do not have to send a proxy card via the mail.



By Order of the Board of Directors,

/s/ Keith J. Kosco

Keith J. Kosco, Esq.

Secretary

April 9, 2010
Albuquerque, New Mexico


As of the close of business on April 2, 2010 (the “Record Date”), the Company had 84,000,256 shares of no par value common stock (“Common Stock”) issued and outstanding.