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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2006<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
<I>Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FINISAR CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>94-3038428</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1389 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FINISAR CORPORATION 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
FINISAR CORPORATION 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Full title of the Plans)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Stephen K. Workman<BR>
Senior Vice President, Finance,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
Finisar Corporation<BR>
1389 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;548-1000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title of Securities to be Registered (3)</TD>
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<TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Registered (1) (3)</TD>
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<TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Price per Share(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Offering Price(2)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Finisar Corporation 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0x; text-indent:-0px">Common
Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">1,000,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD colspan="1"  align="left">$ &nbsp;&nbsp;3,420,000.00</TD>
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    <TD colspan="1"  align="left" nowrap>$ &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;365.94</TD>
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Finisar Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">15,275,605 shares</TD>
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    <TD colspan="1"  align="left">$ 52,242,569.10</TD>
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    <TD colspan="1"  align="left" nowrap>$ 5,589.96</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Aggregate amount to be registered:</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" align="left" nowrap>$ 5,955.90</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock
attributable to these registered shares which become issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2005 Stock Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling price per share of
the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on August 22, 2006, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Each share covered by this Registration Statement is accompanied by a preferred stock
purchase right pursuant to the Rights Agreement between Finisar Corporation and American
Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company dated as of September&nbsp;25, 2002.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finisar Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;):
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30,
2006, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;14, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November&nbsp;8, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock;
and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on September&nbsp;27, 2002 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights and the associated Series&nbsp;RP Preferred Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished
but not filed on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities </U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall
not be personally liable to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or
alleged breach of the director&#146;s &#147;duty of care.&#148; While this statute does not change a director&#146;s
duty of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as
injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or liability
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations
of law, illegal payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction
from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the
Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the
fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents under certain circumstances and subject to certain
limitations. The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Registrant
shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including in circumstances in which
indemnification is otherwise discretionary under such law. In addition, with the approval of the
Board of Directors and the stockholders, the Registrant has entered into separate indemnification
agreements with its directors, officers and certain employees which require the Registrant, among
other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their
status or service (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and
to obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance, if available on reasonable terms.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain
circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer
and Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer have been named as defendants in a
securities class action lawsuit filed against the Registrant and an underwriter in the Registrant&#146;s
initial public offering in November&nbsp;1999 and a secondary offering in April&nbsp;2000. Although the
parties have reached an agreement in principle with respect to the settlement of the litigation,
the settlement remains subject to approval by the court. Should the litigation proceed, these
officers are likely to assert claims for indemnification. Other than the securities class action
lawsuit, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the Registrant in which indemnification is being sought nor is the Registrant aware
of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for indemnification by any director,
officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">4.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3(c) to this
Registration Statement.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">4.2</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3(d) to this
Registration Statement.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">5.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">23.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">23.2</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of
Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">24.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of
Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">99.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Finisar Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated
effective March&nbsp;2, 2005.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap valign="top" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="right">99.2</TD>
    <TD valign="top" nowrap>*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Finisar Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective
September&nbsp;8, 2005.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 of Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;19, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i)&nbsp;to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;1933 Act&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement; (2)&nbsp;that for the purpose of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3)&nbsp;to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant&#146;s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and 1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item&nbsp;6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion
of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California on this
28th day of August&nbsp;2006.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Finisar Corporation</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen K. Workman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen K. Workman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, Finance,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That the undersigned officers and directors of Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do
hereby constitute and appoint Jerry S. Rawls and Stephen K. Workman, and each of them, the lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may
be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names
of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration
Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to
this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in
conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date
indicated.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerry S. Rawls<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerry S. Rawls
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 28, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen K. Workman&nbsp;<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen K. Workman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 28, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank H. Levinson<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank H. Levinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August 28, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
FINISAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-3038428
(State or other jurisdiction
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
1389 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
FINISAR CORPORATION 1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
FINISAR CORPORATION 2005 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Finisar Corporation
1389 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 548-1000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount of
Amount to be
Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered (3)
Registered (1) (3)
Price per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Fee
Finisar Corporation 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
1,000,000 shares
$ 3.42
$   3,420,000.00
$    365.94
Finisar Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
15,275,605 shares
$ 3.42
$ 52,242,569.10
$ 5,589.96
Aggregate
Aggregate amount to be registered:
16,275,605 shares
Registration Fee:
$ 5,955.90
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock
attributable to these registered shares which become issuable under the Registrant's 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan and 2005 Stock Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares
of the Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low selling price per share of
the Registrant's Common Stock on August 22, 2006, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
(3)
Each share covered by this Registration Statement is accompanied by a preferred stock
purchase right pursuant to the Rights Agreement between Finisar Corporation and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated as of September 25, 2002.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Finisar Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30,
2006, filed with the Commission on July 14, 2006;
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") since the end of the fiscal year
covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above;
(c)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on November 8, 1999 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock;
and
(d)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on September 27, 2002 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the 1934 Act, in which there is
described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights and the associated Series RP Preferred Stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents. Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished
but not filed on Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102(b) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware authorizes a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall
not be personally liable to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or
alleged breach of the director's "duty of care." While this statute does not change a director's
duty of care, it enables corporations to limit available relief to equitable remedies such as
injunction or rescission. The statute has no effect on a director's duty of loyalty or liability
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations
of law, illegal payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any transaction
from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. As permitted by the statute, the
Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the
fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its directors to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of
care.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents under certain circumstances and subject to certain
limitations. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Registrant
shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, including in circumstances in which
indemnification is otherwise discretionary under such law. In addition, with the approval of the
Board of Directors and the stockholders, the Registrant has entered into separate indemnification
agreements with its directors, officers and certain employees which require the Registrant, among
other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their
status or service (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a culpable nature) and
to obtain directors' and officers' insurance, if available on reasonable terms.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals, under certain
circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
The Registrant's Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer
and Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer have been named as defendants in a
securities class action lawsuit filed against the Registrant and an underwriter in the Registrant's
initial public offering in November 1999 and a secondary offering in April 2000. Although the
parties have reached an agreement in principle with respect to the settlement of the litigation,
the settlement remains subject to approval by the court. Should the litigation proceed, these
officers are likely to assert claims for indemnification. Other than the securities class action
lawsuit, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the Registrant in which indemnification is being sought nor is the Registrant aware
of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for indemnification by any director,
officer, employee or other agent of the Registrant.
The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(c) to this
Registration Statement.
4.2
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this
Registration Statement.
5.1
Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of
Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement.
99.1
Finisar Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated
effective March 2, 2005.
99.2
*
Finisar Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective
September 8, 2005.
*
Exhibit 99.2 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 19, 2005.
Item 9.
Undertakings
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: (i) to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii)
shall not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement; (2) that for the purpose of determining any liability
under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the Registrant's 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and 1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to
directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the indemnification
provisions summarized in Item 6 or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion
of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of California on this
28th day of August 2006.
Finisar Corporation
By:
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned officers and directors of Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation, do
hereby constitute and appoint Jerry S. Rawls and Stephen K. Workman, and each of them, the lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to
execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may
be necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names
of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration
Statement, to any and all amendments, both pre-effective and post-effective, and supplements to
this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in
conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof, and each of the
undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorneys and agents, or any one of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF
, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date
indicated.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jerry S. Rawls
Jerry S. Rawls
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive
Officer)
August 28, 2006
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
August 28, 2006
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank H. Levinson
Frank H. Levinson
Director
August 28, 2006
/s/ Roger C. Ferguson
Roger C. Ferguson
Director
August 28, 2006
/s/ Larry D. Mitchell
Larry D. Mitchell
Director
August 28, 2006
/s/ David C. Fries
David C. Fries
Director
August 28, 2006
/s/ Robert Stephens
Robert Stephens
Director
August 28, 2006
/s/ Dominique Trempont
Dominique Trempont
Director
August 28, 2006
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Table of Contents
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(c) to this
Registration Statement.
4.2
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, together with any exhibits
thereto, which is incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Item 3(d) to this
Registration Statement.
5.1
Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
23.1
Consent of  Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of
Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement.
99.1
Finisar Corporation 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated
effective March 2, 2005.
99.2
*
Finisar Corporation 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective
September 8, 2005.
*
Exhibit 99.2 is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 19, 2005.