REQUIRED STATEMENT
Published on August 14, 2002
Exhibit 99(1)
STATEMENT REQUIRED BY 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of EMCORE Corporation
(the "Company") for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Reuben
F. Richards, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002, that:
1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
/s/ Reuben F. Richards, Jr.
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Reuben F. Richards, Jr.
August 14, 2002