EMCORE
Corporation
10420
Research Road, SE
Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87123
November
16, 2007
Dear
[________]:
I
am
writing to you as one of the major shareholders of EMCORE Corporation to
request
your assistance in meeting an important corporate goal. Our 2007 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders is scheduled for December 3, 2007, which is the earliest
practical date we could hold the meeting after we became current on our SEC
filings. We chose this date in order to resolve our last remaining
issue with NASDAQ. Unfortunately, this has left us very little time
to solicit proxies from our shareholders.
The
full
proxy package, including our 2006 Annual Report and 2007 Proxy Statement
and
proxy card, will be mailed today. I have enclosed for your
convenience copies of the Annual Report and Proxy Statement (proxy
cards are controlled documents). In order to insure that EMCORE has a
quorum for its meeting, I urgently request that you do the
following:
-If
you
hold your shares in street name, please contact your broker and request
information as to how to vote your shares online or by telephone.
-If
you
hold your shares in your own name, please complete and return the proxy card
as
soon as you receive the proxy package from the transfer agent.
I
hope to
contact you personally over the next several days in this regard. In
the meantime, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me
personally at
609-671-6401.
Sincerely,
/s/
Reuben
F.
Richards, Jr.
Reuben
F.
Richards, Jr.
Chief
Executive Officer and Director