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Newport Corporation Announces Closing of Ophir Optronics Acquisition

Date Announced: 03 Oct 2011

Previously announced deal sees Newport diversify its product offering.

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Newport Corporation (Nasdaq:NEWP - News) today announced that tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4, 2011, the company will close its previously announced acquisition of Ophir Optronics Ltd. ("Ophir"), a global leader in precision infrared optics, photonics instrumentation and three-dimensional non-contact measurement equipment. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Phillippy and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Charles F. Cargile will host an investor conference call at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (1:00 p.m. Pacific time) to discuss the terms of the closing and plans for Ophir's integration with Newport.

The call is open to all interested investors through a live audio broadcast via the Internet at www.newport.com/investors and www.earnings.com. The call also will be available to investors and analysts by dialing 888-271-8601 within the U.S. and Canada or 913-981-5583 from abroad.

The webcast will be archived on both websites and can be reached through the same links. A telephonic playback of the conference call will be available beginning at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and continue through 7:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. The replay can be accessed by calling 888-203-1112 within the U.S. and Canada or 719-457-0820 from abroad. The replay passcode is 1014562.

Source: Newport

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