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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Richards Jr., Reuben F.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
c/o EMCORE Corporation, 145 Belmont Drive
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(Street)
Somerset, New Jersey 08873
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(City) (State) (Zip)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EMCORE Corporation (EMKR)
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3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person (if an entity) (voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
September 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
[ X ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
President and Chief Executive Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person,
see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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4.
Securities Acquired (A) or
3. Disposed of (D)
Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
2. Code -----------------------------
1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A)
Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price
(Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D)
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(1) Common Stock 09/04/2002 S 15,000 D $3.00
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(2) Common Stock 09/04/2002 S 11,500 D $3.05
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(3) Common Stock 09/04/2002 S 100 D $3.08
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(4) Common Stock 09/04/2002 S 2,800 D $3.09
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Table I (cont.) -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
or Beneficially Owned
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5. 6. Owner-
Amount of ship
Securities Form: 7.
Beneficially Direct Nature of
Owned at End (D) or Indirect
1. of Month Indirect Beneficial
Title of Security (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership
(Instr. 3) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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(1) Common Stock 834,864 D
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(2) Common Stock 834,864 D
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(3) Common Stock 834,864 D
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(4) Common Stock 834,864 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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6.
Date
5. Exercisable and
2. 4. Number of Derivative Expiration Date
1. Conversion or Transaction Securities Acquired (A) (Month/Day/Year)
Title of Exercise 3. Code or Disposed of (D) ----------------
Derivative Price of Transaction (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Date Expira-
Security Derivative Date (Month/ ------ ----------------------- Exer- tion
(Instr. 3) Security Day/Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date
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(1)
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Table II (cont.) -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially
Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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7.
Title and Amount
of Underlying 10.
Securities 9. Ownership
(Instr. 3 and 4) Number of Form of
---------------- Derivative Derivative 11.
1. Amount 8. Securities Securities Nature of
Title of or Price of Beneficially Beneficially Indirect
Derivative Number Derivative Owned Owned at Beneficial
Security of Security at End of Month End of Month Ownership
(Instr. 3) Title Shares (Instr. 5) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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(1)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Reuben F. Richards, Jr. September 5, 2002
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedures.
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