IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 26, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newport Corporation (Nasdaq:NEWP) today announced that it will release results for its fourth quarter and full year ended January 2, 2010, next Wednesday, February 3, 2010. The company added that Robert J. Phillippy, its President and Chief Executive Officer, and Charles F. Cargile, its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, will host an investor conference call that day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time) to review the company's financial results and business outlook.
The call is open to all interested investors through a live audio broadcast via the Internet at www.newport.com/investors and www.earnings.com. The call also will be available to investors and analysts by dialing 888-713-4495 within the U.S. and Canada or 913-312-1471 from abroad.
The webcast will be archived on both websites and can be reached through the same links. A telephonic playback of the conference call will be available beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, and continue through 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, February 10, 2010. The replay can be accessed by calling 888-203-1112 within the U.S. and Canada and 719-457-0820 from abroad. The replay passcode is 9910641.
About Newport Corporation
Newport Corporation is a leading global supplier of advanced-technology products and systems to customers in the scientific research, microelectronics, aerospace and defense/security, life and health sciences, and precision industrial manufacturing markets. Newport's innovative solutions leverage its expertise in lasers, photonics instrumentation, sub-micron positioning systems, vibration isolation, optical components and subsystems, and precision automation to enhance the capabilities and productivity of its customers' manufacturing, engineering and research applications. Newport is part of the Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index and the Russell 2000 Index.