Newport Corporation to Report 2009 First Quarter Results on May 7

IRVINE, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newport Corporation
(Nasdaq: NEWP) has announced that next Thursday, May 7, 2009, the company will
release results for its first quarter ended April 4, 2009. The company also
said President and Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Phillippy and Senior Vice
President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Charles F. Cargile 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 888-778-9058
within the U.S. and Canada or 913-312-0688 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 also will be
available by calling 888-203-1112 within the U.S. and Canada and 719-457-0820
from abroad. Playback will be available beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on
Thursday, May 7, 2009, and continue through 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on
Thursday, May 14, 2009. The replay passcode is 9070140.

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 high-power semiconductor, solid-state and ultrafast
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.

SOURCE Newport Corporation

Charles F. Cargile, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of Newport Corporation, +1-949-863-3144, investor@newport.com,
www.newport.com; or Investor Relations, Dan Peoples of Makinson Cowell (US),
+1-858-552-8146