EXHIBIT 10.1

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AMENDMENT TO COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDMENT TO COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), entered
into this 24th day of November, 2009, amends that certain Common Stock Purchase
Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated October 1, 2009, by and between
Commerce Court Small Cap Value Fund, Ltd., a business company incorporated under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “Investor”), and EMCORE Corporation,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey
(the “Company”).

 
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investor are party to the Original Agreement;
 
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Original Agreement, the Company and the Investor
have agreed to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein;
 

AGREEMENT

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Section 9.3 of the Original Agreement, and intending
to be legally bound, the parties hereto amend the Original Agreement as follows:
 
1. Section 5.1(ii) of the Original Agreement is amended by deleting the
reference to “60 days” and replacing it with “90 days.”
 
2. Section 7.1 of the Original Agreement is amended by deleting the references
to “the 60th day” and replacing them with “ the 90th day.”
 
3. The Original Agreement as amended by this Amendment is hereby ratified and
confirmed.  The terms of this Amendment shall govern and control in the event of
any conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of (a) any
correspondence, discussions or other oral arrangements, agreements or
understandings between the parties regarding the subject matter contained
herein, and/or (b) the Original Agreement.  On a go-forward basis, references to
the “Agreement” shall mean references to the Original Agreement, as modified by
this Amendment.
 
4. The provisions of ARTICLE IX of the Original Agreement shall apply to this
Amendment, mutatis mutandis, as if such provisions were set forth herein (with
such non-substantive modifications to such provisions as are necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Amendment, without varying the substantive terms
hereof).
 
5. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the Original Agreement.  This Amendment may be executed in
one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original copy of this
Amendment and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute
one and the same agreement.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and adopted this Amendment to
Common Stock Purchase Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 
EMCORE CORPORATION:
 
 
 
By:
/s/ John M. Markovich
 

 
 
Name: John M. Markovich

 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 
COMMERCE COURT SMALL CAP VALUE FUND, LTD.:
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Peter Poole
 

 
 
Name: Peter Poole

 
 
Title: Director

 
 

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