X0303 4 2011-04-15 0000808326 EMCORE CORP EMKR 0001035939 RICHARDS REUBEN F JR C/O EMCORE CORP 10420 RESEARCH ROAD SE ALBUQUERQUE NM 87123 1 1 Exec Chairman & Chair of Board Emcore Common Stock 2011-04-15 4 A 0 224 2.24 A 645587 D Emcore Common Stock 175000 I By Spouse Emcore Common Stock 10000 I By Spouse In Pension Fund Emcore Common Stock 10000 I By Trust For Benefit Of Daughter Includes 150,000 shares of restricted stock granted under the Company's 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, vesting in three equal annual installments beginning on January 28, 2012. Shares were purchased under the Company's Director and Officer Share Purchase Plan in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d). Alfredo Gomez, attorney-in-fact 2011-04-19