AFOP to Present at the 16th Annual Needham Growth Conference January 15, 2014

Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:AFOP), an innovative supplier of fiber optic components, subsystems, and integrated modules for the optical network equipment market, today announced that Mr. Peter Chang, President and CEO, will present at the 16th Annual Needham Growth Conference on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. The conference is being held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York. AFOP's presentation is scheduled to begin at 11:20 a.m. ET. A live and archived webcast of the presentation may be accessed at the conference webcast page, http://wsw.com/webcast/needham64/AFOP, or in the investor relations section of the company's website: http://investor.afop.com/.

About AFOP

Founded in 1995, Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of high performance fiber optic components and integrated modules. AFOP's products are used by leading and emerging communications equipment manufacturers to deliver optical networking systems to the long-haul, enterprise, data center, metropolitan and last mile access segments of the communications network. AFOP's product line of passive optical components includes interconnect systems, splitters, thin film DWDM and CWDM components and modules, and optical attenuators. AFOP is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with manufacturing and product development capabilities in the United States, Taiwan and China. AFOP's website is located at http://www.afop.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to the expected availability, features and benefits of AFOP's products, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, manufacturing difficulties, possibly delays in the release of other products, the impact of competitive products, and other risks detailed from time to time in AFOP's SEC reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. AFOP disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

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