Lumera (NASDAQ:LMRA)
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Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ:LMRA), a leader in the field of photonic
communications, announced today that its Board of Directors has set
October 10, 2008 as the record date for its Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, which has been set for December 4, 2008, to vote on the
proposed merger with GigOptix, LLC. Lumera expects that the combined
proxy statement of Lumera and registration statement of GigOptix Inc. on
Form S-4 will be declared effective on or about October 27, 2008, and
that mailing will commence shortly thereafter.
Lumera Corporation stockholders as of the record date will be provided
proxy materials prior to the meeting and will be entitled to attend and
vote at the meeting. The meeting will be held at the Country Inn &
Suites in Bothell, Washington at 11:00 AM (PST). If the shareholders
approve the merger at the meeting, the merger will close shortly
thereafter.
About Lumera
Lumera is a leader in photonic communications. The company designs
electro-optic components based on proprietary polymer compounds for the
telecommunications and computing industries. For more information,
please visit www.lumera.com.
Certain statements contained in this release are forward-looking
statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected in the company's forward-looking statements include the
following: market acceptance of our technologies and products; our
ability to obtain financing; our financial and technical resources
relative to those of our competitors; our ability to keep up with rapid
technological change; government regulation of our technologies; our
ability to enforce our intellectual property rights and protect our
proprietary technologies; the ability to obtain additional contract
awards and to develop partnership opportunities; the timing of
commercial product launches; the ability to achieve key technical
milestones in key products; and other risk factors identified from time
to time in the company's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on
Form 10-K, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Lumera will file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4,
which will contain a proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed
merger transaction, as well as other relevant documents concerning the
transaction. WE URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND THESE OTHER
DOCUMENTS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT GigOptix, Inc., LUMERA, GIGOPTIX LLC AND THE
PROPOSED TRANSACTION. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be
sent to Lumera’s stockholders seeking their
approval of Lumera’s issuance of shares in the
transaction and to members of GigOptix LLC. Investors and security
holders may obtain a free copy of the registration statement and proxy
statement/prospectus (when available) and other documents filed by
Lumera with the SEC at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.
Free copies of Lumera’s SEC filings are
available on Lumera’s web site at www.lumera.com
and also may be obtained without charge by directing a request to Lumera
Corporation, 19910 North Creek Parkway, Bothell, WA 98011-3008,
Attention: Investor Relations or by telephoning us at 425-398-6546.
Lumera and its directors and executive officers may be deemed, under SEC
rules, to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Lumera’s
stockholders with respect to the proposed transaction. Information
regarding Lumera’s directors and executive
officers is included in its annual report on Form 10-K filed with the
SEC on March 17, 2008, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on
March 27, 2008. More detailed information regarding the identity of
potential participants and their direct or indirect interests in the
transaction, by securities holdings or otherwise, will be set forth in
the registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus and other
documents to be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed
transaction.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy
any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means
of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.