Cree, Inc. to Webcast Upcoming Presentations

Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, today announced it will webcast its presentation at four upcoming events.

Chuck Swoboda, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will provide a company overview at Cree’s Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, October 25^th, at 10:00 am ET.

John Kurtzweil, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will provide a company overview at the following conferences:

• The Lazard Capital Markets 4^th Annual LED Day on Thursday, November 3, at 12:45 p.m. ET.
• The 4^th CLSA AsiaUSA^TM Forum on Wednesday, November 9, at 2:30 p.m. ET.
• Credit Suisse’s 2011 Annual Technology Conference on Tuesday, November 29, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

A webcast of each presentation will be available live and by replay. To access both the live and archived webcasts, as well as the slide presentation used during the conference, please go to www.cree.com and click on the Investor Relations link. The archived replays will be available 24 hours after the live presentation and will be accessible for two weeks.

About Cree, Inc.

Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and making energy-wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications.

Cree’s product families include recessed LED down lights, lighting-class power LEDs, high-brightness LEDs, blue and green LED chips, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless systems.

For additional product and company information, please refer to www.cree.com.