8-K: Current report filing
Published on October 31, 2007
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October
30, 2007
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
EMCORE
CORPORATION
Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter
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New
Jersey
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0-22175
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22-2746503
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State
of Incorporation
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Commission
File Number
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IRS
Employer Identification Number
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10420
Research Road, SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123
Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code
(505)
332-5000
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
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ITEM
5.02 Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
EMCORE
Corporation (the “Company”) announced today that after ten years of service on
its Board of Directors, Robert Louis-Dreyfus resigned his seat on the Board
on
October 30, 2007. Mr. Louis-Dreyfus advised the Board that his
present schedule did not permit him enough time to devote sufficient attention
to the Company’s business and affairs.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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EMCORE
CORPORATION
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Dated:
October 31, 2007
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By: /s/
Adam Gushard
Name:
Adam Gushard
Title: Interim
Chief Financial Officer
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