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
April
9, 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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145
Belmont Drive, Somerset, New Jersey, 08873
Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code
(732)
271-9090
Registrant's
telephone number, including area code
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
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CFR
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ITEM
8.01 OTHER
EVENTS.
On
April
9, 2007, EMCORE Corporation, a New Jersey corporation ("EMCORE"), delivered
a
letter to WorldWater and Power Corp., a Delaware corporation ("WorldWater")
(the
"EMCORE Letter") in which EMCORE advised WorldWater that subject to the matters
set forth therein, EMCORE would make additional investments in WorldWater.
Subject to signing definitive agreements, EMCORE committed to (1) purchase
5,000,000
shares of WorldWater's common stock at $0.50 per share, with a five year warrant
to purchase 1,250,000 shares of the WorldWater's common stock at
$0.50,
under
the terms of a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum prepared by WorldWater
and dated as of March 2007 (the "Private Placement Investment") and (2) complete
the $4,500,000 Tranche B investment (the "Tranche B Investment", and together
with the Private Placement Investment, the "Investments" ) previously agreed
to
in the Investment Agreement, dated November 29, 2006 between EMCORE and
WorldWater (the "Investment Agreement"); provided that the purchase of shares
pursuant to the Tranche B Investment will occur at a purchase price of $0.40
per
share and EMCORE will be entitled to 25% warrant coverage at $0.40 per share.
The Investment Agreement was filed as an exhibit with EMCORE's Current Report
on
Form 8-K filed on December 5, 2006 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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:
April 13, 2007
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By: /s/
Adam Gushard
Name:
Adam Gushard
Title:
Interim Chief Financial Officer
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