BASIS OF PRESENTATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE 1BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Newport Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the Company) and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions of Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal and recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include certain footnotes and financial presentations normally required under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and, therefore, should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2013.  The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results the Company will have for the full year ending January 3, 2015.  The December 28, 2013 balances reported herein are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2013.

Non-Controlling Interests

During the first quarter of 2014, the Company purchased all shares owned by the holders of the non-controlling interests in its Optical Metrology Ltd. subsidiary for $0.9 million.

During the second quarter of 2014, the Company purchased all shares owned by the holder of the non-controlling interest in its Ophir Japan Ltd. subsidiary for $0.9 million.