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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;19, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-________
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><br>
<I>Under<br>
The Securities Act of 1933</I></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>FINISAR CORPORATION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>94-3038428</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1308 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FINISAR CORPORATION 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN,<BR>
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2003</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Stephen K. Workman<BR>
Senior Vice President, Finance,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
Finisar Corporation<BR>
1308 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Finisar Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan,<br>
as amended and restated effective October&nbsp;1, 2003<br>
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="bottom">11,142,516 shares
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">1.62</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">18,050,875.92</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">2,287.05</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents additional shares issuable under the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Stock
Option Plan, as amended and restated effective October&nbsp;1, 2003 (the
&#147;Plan&#148;), by reason of the automatic share increase provisions of the
Plan. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of Common Stock attributable to these registered shares which become
issuable under the 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 width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</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 July&nbsp;14, 2004, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(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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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f00336exv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f00336exv23w1.txt">EXHIBIT 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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="right">(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, 2004, filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;14,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="right">(b)</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="right">(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="right">(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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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.</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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.</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038;
Bockius LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Finisar Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
October&nbsp;1, 2003.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;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
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
1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective October&nbsp;1, 2003.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;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.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 19th day
of July, 2004.


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

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jerry S. Rawls<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jerry S. Rawls</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen K. Workman<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Stephen K. Workman</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">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frank H. Levinson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Frank H. Levinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael C. Child<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael C. Child</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Roger C. Ferguson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Roger C. Ferguson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Larry D. Mitchell<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Larry D. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Harold Hughes<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Harold Hughes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038; Bockius LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morgan, Lewis &#038;
Bockius LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Finisar Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
October&nbsp;1, 2003.</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2004
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)
1308 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
FINISAR CORPORATION 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2003
(Full title of the Plans)
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Finisar Corporation
1308 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 to be
Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1) (3)
Price per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Finisar Corporation 1999 Stock Option Plan,
as amended and restated effective October 1, 2003
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
11,142,516 shares
$
1.62
$
18,050,875.92
$
2,287.05
(1)
Represents additional shares issuable under the Registrant's 1999 Stock
Option Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2003 (the
"Plan"), by reason of the automatic share increase provisions of the
Plan. This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares
of Common Stock attributable to these registered shares which become
issuable under the 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 July 14, 2004, 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.
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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, 2004, filed with the Commission on July 14,
2004;
(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 Ernst & Young LLP, 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 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
October 1, 2003.
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
1999 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective October 1, 2003.
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 19th day
of July, 2004.
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 Director (Principal
Executive Officer
July 19, 2004
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary (Principal Financial
and Accounting Officer)
July 19, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Frank H. Levinson
Frank H. Levinson
Chairman of the Board
July 19, 2004
/s/ Michael C. Child
Michael C. Child
Director
July 19, 2004
/s/ Roger C. Ferguson
Roger C. Ferguson
Director
July 19, 2004
/s/ Larry D. Mitchell
Larry D. Mitchell
Director
July 19, 2004
/s/ Harold Hughes
Harold Hughes
Director
July 19, 2004
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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 Ernst & Young LLP, 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 Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated effective
October 1, 2003.