We also offer a direct mailing service to assure that stockholders and other interested persons can receive financial and other information upon request. If you would like your name added to our mailing list, please contact:

Investor Relations
Newport Corporation
P.O. Box 19607
Irvine, California 92623-9607
Telephone: 949-863-3144
Fax: 949-224-0587
E-mail: investor@newport.com

Transfer Agent and Registrar Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol NEWP. As of December 30, 2006, the company had approximately 1,000 common stockholders of record.

Questions about stockholder accounts, including transfer of securities, should be directed to:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Shareowner Services
P.O. Box 64854
St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0854
800-468-9716

Stock certificates should be safeguarded. Replacement requires payment of a surety bond premium. If a stock certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed, notify Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Registered mail should be used whenever stock certificates are mailed.

Legal Counsel
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
660 Newport Center Drive
Suite 1600
Newport Beach, California 92660

Independent Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
18111 Von Karman Avenue
Suite 1000
Irvine, California 92612

Product Information
For information about our products and services, you may access our web site at www.newport.com, or call customer service at 800-222-6440.

Directors
R. Jack Aplin^2(C)
Independent Investor

Robert G. Deuster
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Newport Corporation

Robert L. Guyett^{1(C), 3}
President and Chief Executive Officer
Crescent Management Enterprises, LLC

Michael T. O'Neill^{2, 3}
President and Chief Executive Officer
Miragene, Inc.

C. Kumar N. Patel¹
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
University of California, Los Angeles;
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Pranalytica, Inc.

Kenneth F. Potashner^{2, 3(C)}
Independent Investor

Richard E. Schmidt
Independent Investor

Peter J. Simone¹
Venture Capital Consultant

Committees of the Board
¹Audit, ²Compensation, ³Corporate Governance and Nominating,^(C)Chairman

Officers
Robert G. Deuster
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Robert J. Phillippy
President and Chief Operating Officer

Charles F. Cargile
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Jeffrey B. Coyne
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

David J. Allen
Vice President and General Manager, Spectra-Physics Lasers Division

Daniel E. Della Flora
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Ellen M. McGuirk
Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Joseph D. Mogilewsky
Vice President, Corporate Operations and Quality

Mark J. Nelson
Vice President, Optical Components Business, Photonics and Precision Technologies Division

Laurence D. Parson
Vice President, Integrated Solutions Business, Photonics and Precision Technologies Division

Greg R. Reischlein
Vice President, Information Technology

Gary J. Spiegel
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Service

Dennis L. Werth
Vice President, Precision Components and Systems Business, Photonics and Precision Technologies Division