Attached files
Exhibit 23.2
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the
incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of Newport
Corporation:
| (1) | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-105623) pertaining to the registration of 2,178,205 shares of common stock pursuant to the Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan; | ||
| (2) | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-86268) pertaining to 1,087,541 shares of common stock related to certain Stock Option Grants outside of a plan; | ||
| (3) | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-74076) pertaining to 6,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the 2001 Stock Incentive Plan; | ||
| (4) | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-41090) pertaining to 5,687,318 shares of common stock pursuant to the 1992 Stock Incentive Plan, the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan; | ||
| (5) | Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-136182) pertaining to 6,000,000 shares of the 2006 Performance-Based Stock Incentive Plan; and | ||
| (6) | Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-142362) pertaining to $175,000,000 of 2.5% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2012 and 7,277,567 shares of common stock; | ||
of our report dated
March 16, 2009 (except Note 8, as to which the date is March 5, 2010) with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Newport
Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Newport Corporation
for the year ended January 2, 2010.
/s/ Ernst & Young
LLP
Orange County, California
March 5, 2010
Orange County, California
March 5, 2010