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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;18, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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 UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BOOKHAM, INC.</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><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-1303994</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95134</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>2004 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Giorgio Anania<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
2584 Junction Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
408-383-1400<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">With a copy to:
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">John A. Burgess, Esq.<BR>
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP<BR>
60 State Street<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Share</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000 shares(2)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4.97(3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$24,850,000(3)</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,924.85</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Consists of an additional 5,000,000 shares issuable under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock as reported on The NASDAQ National
Market on November&nbsp;10,
2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f14608exv5.htm">EXHIBIT 5</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September&nbsp;15,
2004, relating to the Registrant&#146;s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
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<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, 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 San Jose, State of
California, on this 18<sup>th</sup> day of
November, 2005.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BOOKHAM, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Giorgio Anania
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Giorgio Anania&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Bookham, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
appoint Giorgio Anania and Stephen Abely, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on
our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Bookham, Inc. to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
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<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, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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<TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Title</b></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Giorgio Anania
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Giorgio Anania</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen Abely
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen Abely</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer<br> and
Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph Cook
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph Cook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lori Holland
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lori Holland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Arthur Porter
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Arthur Porter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Peter Bordui
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter Bordui</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David Simpson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Simpson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Liam Nagle
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Liam Nagle</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;18, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to
Transition Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (file no. 000-30684) for the transition period
from January&nbsp;1, 2004 to July&nbsp;3, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (file no. 000-30684) dated September
10, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the registrant</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BOOKHAM, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
20-1303994
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
95134
(Zip Code)
2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Giorgio Anania
Chief Executive Officer
2584 Junction Avenue
San Jose, California 95134
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
408-383-1400
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
With a copy to:
John A. Burgess, Esq.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
60 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01
par value per share
5,000,000 shares(2)
$4.97(3)
$24,850,000(3)
$2,924.85
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
Consists of an additional 5,000,000 shares issuable under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the common stock as reported on The NASDAQ National
Market on November 10,
2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.2
Table of Contents
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September 15,
2004, relating to the Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 San Jose, State of
California, on this 18
th
day of
November, 2005.
BOOKHAM, INC.
By:
/s/ Giorgio Anania
Giorgio Anania
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Bookham, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
appoint Giorgio Anania and Stephen Abely, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on
our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Bookham, Inc. to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Giorgio Anania
Giorgio Anania
Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
November 18, 2005
/s/ Stephen Abely
Stephen Abely
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and
Principal Accounting Officer)
November 18, 2005
/s/ Joseph Cook
Joseph Cook
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Lori Holland
Lori Holland
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ W. Arthur Porter
W. Arthur Porter
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Peter Bordui
Peter Bordui
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ David Simpson
David Simpson
Director
November 18, 2005
/s/ Liam Nagle
Liam Nagle
Director
November 18, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to
Transition Report on Form 10-K (file no. 000-30684) for the transition period
from January 1, 2004 to July 3, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K (file no. 000-30684) dated September
10, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)
5
Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the registrant
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
(included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)