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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2003
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>Finisar Corporation
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Delaware<br>
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(State or other jurisdiction<br>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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94-3038428<br>
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(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">1308 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Finisar Corporation<BR>
1999 Stock Option Plan and<BR>
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">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
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(Name and address of agent for service)
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408)&nbsp;548-1000.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>aggregate offering</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registered<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>per share<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registration fee</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">1999 Stock
Option Plan
Common Stock</FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">10,474,824</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.68</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">17,597,704.32</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,423.65</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Par Value $0.001</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock</FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">750,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.43</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,072,500.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">86.77</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Par Value $0.001</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">TOTALS:</FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">11,224,824</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">18,670,204.32</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,510.42</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="98%"><FONT size="2"><SUP>1</SUP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="98%"><FONT size="2"><SUP>2</SUP> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="98%"><FONT size="2"><SUP>3</SUP> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee. As to shares under the 1999 Stock Option Plan, the price is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s Common
Stock on August&nbsp;8, 2003, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. As to
shares under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the price is based upon 85%
of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
August&nbsp;8, 2003, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<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>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f91084exv5.htm">EXHIBIT 5</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">PART II
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finisar Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in
this registration statement the following documents:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed pursuant to Sections
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), containing audited consolidated financial statements for the
Company&#146;s latest fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2003 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;29, 2003.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a)&nbsp;above.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on November&nbsp;8, 1999 under
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of
the Exchange Act.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate
of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law the personal liability of its
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach or alleged breach of their duty of care.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Company&#146;s
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Company 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 Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with its directors, officers and certain employees which require the Company,
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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#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 Company and an underwriter in the Company&#146;s initial public
offering in November 1999 and a secondary offering in April 2000. These
officers are likely to assert claims for indemnification in connection with
that litigation. Other than the securities class action lawsuit, there is no
pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the Company in which indemnification is being sought nor is the
Company aware of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for
indemnification by any director, officer, employee or other agent of the
Company.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption From Registration Claimed
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the registration statement;
and
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (l)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities 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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 offering.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the 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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
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
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">SIGNATURE
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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
August&nbsp;12, 2003.
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Finisar Corporation</FONT></TD>
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By: /s/ Stephen K. Workman<br>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephen K. Workman<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President, Finance,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The officers and directors of Finisar Corporation whose signatures appear
below, hereby constitute and appoint Jerry S. Rawls and Stephen K. Workman, and
each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on August&nbsp;12, 2003.
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.7 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K Report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;18, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;21, 2000</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Elimination regarding the Company&#146;s Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock
is incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;18, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Designation of the Company is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A12G filed on
September&nbsp;27, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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Finisar Corporation Form S-8
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 12, 2003
Registration No. 333-______
UNITED STATES 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
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
94-3038428
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
1308 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip code)
Finisar Corporation
1999 Stock Option Plan and
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (408) 548-1000.
This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with
Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
1
registered
2
per share
3
price
3
registration fee
1999 Stock
Option Plan
Common Stock
10,474,824
$
1.68
$
17,597,704.32
$
1,423.65
Par Value $0.001
1999 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock
750,000
$
1.43
$
1,072,500.00
$
86.77
Par Value $0.001
TOTALS:
11,224,824
$
18,670,204.32
$
1,510.42
1
The securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.
2
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this registration statement also covers any
additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
3
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 solely for purposes of calculating the
registration fee. As to shares under the 1999 Stock Option Plan, the price is
based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common
Stock on August 8, 2003, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. As to
shares under the 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the price is based upon 85%
of the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock on
August 8, 2003, as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
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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
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5
EXHIBIT 23.2
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.      Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Finisar Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in
this registration statement the following documents:
(a) The Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Sections
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), containing audited consolidated financial statements for the
Company's latest fiscal year ended April 30, 2003 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2003.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred
to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 8, 1999 under
the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 4.      Description of Securities
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of
the Exchange Act.
Item 5.      Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
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 Company has adopted provisions in its Certificate
of Incorporation which eliminate to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law the personal liability of its
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directors to the Company 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 Company's
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Company 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 Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements
with its directors, officers and certain employees which require the Company,
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 Company'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 Company and an underwriter in the Company's initial public
offering in November 1999 and a secondary offering in April 2000. These
officers are likely to assert claims for indemnification in connection with
that litigation. Other than the securities class action lawsuit, there is no
pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or
other agent of the Company in which indemnification is being sought nor is the
Company aware of any threatened litigation that may result in a claim for
indemnification by any director, officer, employee or other agent of the
Company.
The Company has obtained liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
Item 7.      Exemption From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8.      Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9.      Undertakings
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;
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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the registration statement;
and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (l)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities 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.
(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 offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
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
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURE
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
August 12, 2003.
Finisar Corporation
By: /s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
The officers and directors of Finisar Corporation whose signatures appear
below, hereby constitute and appoint Jerry S. Rawls and Stephen K. Workman, and
each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on August 12, 2003.
Signature
Title
/s/ Jerry S. Rawls
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Jerry S. Rawls
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Senior Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
Stephen K. Workman
/s/ Frank H. Levinson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Frank H. Levinson
Director
Michael C. Child
/s/ Roger C. Ferguson
Director
Roger C. Ferguson
/s/ Larry D. Mitchell
Director
Larry D. Mitchell
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.7 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Report filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001
4.2
Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 21, 2000
4.3
Certificate of Elimination regarding the Company's Series A Preferred Stock
is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 18, 2001
4.4
Certificate of Designation of the Company is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A12G filed on
September 27, 2002
5
Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
24
Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)