ALBUQUERQUE, NM--(Marketwire - August 24, 2010) - EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems and systems for the fiber optics and solar power markets, today announced that on August 18, 2010, it received a letter from the NASDAQ Stock Market indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the continued listing requirements under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1). The NASDAQ letter, which the Company expected, was issued in accordance with standard NASDAQ procedures because the Company did not timely file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.