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Lumera Corporation (NASDAQ: LMRA), a leader in the field of photonic
communications, and GigOptix LLC announced today that the SEC has
declared the GigOptix Inc. S4 Registration Statement effective as of
October 27, 2008. Proxy materials will be sent to shareholders early
next week. Dr. Avi Katz, CEO of GigOptix LLC and future CEO of GigOptix,
Inc., and Peter Biere, CFO of Lumera and future CFO of GigOptix Inc,
will host a conference call on November 19th at
4:30PM EST to answer shareholder questions relating to the proposed
merger.
Dial-in instructions for the call are as follows:
(Please call approximately ten minutes prior to the scheduled start
of
the call)
Toll-free: 866.356.3093
International callers: 617.597.5381
Pass code: 94894349
Live Audio web cast: www.Lumera.com
Replay and archive information:
(Telephone replay available until November 26, 2008 6:30 PM)
Toll-free: 888-286-8010
International callers: 617-801-6888
Pass code: 58975094
Web cast will be archived on the Company's website at www.Lumera.com
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.
About GigOptix LLC
GigOptix is a leading fab-less semiconductor manufacturer of electronic
engines for the optically connected digital world. It offers the
industries’ widest selection of high speed
optical Physical Media Dependent (PMD) ICs with a portfolio including
modulator drivers, laser drivers and TIAs for telecom, datacom,
Infiniband and consumer optical systems, from 3.125G-100G, covering all
laser technologies, serial and parallel. GigOptix is a privately held
company registered in California, USA with headquarters in Palo Alto, CA
and subsidiary GigOptix-Helix AG in Zurich, Switzerland. For more
information, please visit www.GigOptix.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 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.