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Form 4 CREE INC For: Sep 01 Filed by: WERNER THOMAS H

September 6, 2016 5:07 PM EDT
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
WERNER THOMAS H

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O CREE, INC.
4600 SILICON DRIVE

(Street)
DURHAM NC 27703

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CREE INC [ CREE ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/01/2016
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
COMMON STOCK 09/01/2016   A (1)   6,429 A $ 0 42,847 D  
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of restricted stock units vesting in full on September 1, 2017.
Bradley D. Kohn as agent for Thomas H. Werner 09/06/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, the person whose signature appears below, hereby appoint
Adam H. Broome, Secretary of Cree, Inc. (the "Company"), and Tamara
Cappelson, Stock Plan Administrator of the Company, and each of them
individually, as my attorneys-in-fact with the power and authority:

- to execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
  Commission on my behalf, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder,
  Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership on Form 4
  and Annual Statements of Changes in Beneficial Ownership
  on Form 5, and any amendments of Forms 4 and 5 previously
  filed by or for me, with respect to my service as a director
  and/or officer of the Company and my holdings of and
  transactions in Company securities of which I may be deemed
  the beneficial owner;
- to do and perform on my behalf any and all other acts necessary
  or desirable to complete,execute and timely file such Forms 4
  and 5 and any amendments thereto with the U.S. Securities and
  Exchange Commission and, if necessary, any stock exchange or
  similar authority, including but not limited to the power to
  designate any person then serving as a director or officer of
  the Company to be an additional or substitute attorney-in-fact
  under this Power of Attorney with the same power and authority
  as if such person were named herein, and to take any other action
  in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
  attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of
  or legally required by me, it being understood that the
  documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf
  pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
  shall contain such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact
  may approve in his or her discretion.

The authority granted under this Power of Attorney shall continue
in effect for each attorney-in-fact named above until I am no longer
required to file Forms 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and
transactions in Company securities or unless earlier revoked in a
writing signed by me and delivered to such attorney-in-fact.  I
acknowledge that neither the attorneys-in-fact nor the Company are
assuming any of my responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed this Power of Attorney on the
date shown below.


/s/ Thomas H. Werner
Signature

Thomas H. Werner
Typed or Printed Name

3/28/2006
Date Signed




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