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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>CURRENT REPORT
  </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;February 5, 2003 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>NEW FOCUS, INC. </B></FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>0-29811</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>33-0404910</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Commission File Number)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="33%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California</B></FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>95134</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="33%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of principal executive offices)</B></FONT></P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="31%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  COLOR="#000000"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(408) 919-1500 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
  ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report) </B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item
  5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other Events </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">On
  February 5, 2003, New Focus announced that it recently determined that it had overstated deferred stock compensation expenses for prior quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 29, 2002. These overstatements related to the
  accounting for non-cash deferred stock compensation expenses associated with terminated employees. Compared to the previously reported deferred stock compensation expenses, the adjusted deferred stock compensation expenses were lower by
  approximately $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2002, $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2002 and $1.0 million in the third quarter of 2002. Relative to previously reported results, the adjusted GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2002
  increased and the adjusted GAAP net losses for the first and third quarters of 2002 decreased due to the lower deferred stock compensation expenses. The Company also determined that its deferred stock compensation expenses for the fiscal years ended
  2000 and 2001 were overstated but by amounts that were immaterial to the financial results for those periods. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
  STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">A summary of the adjustments to the quarterly financial results for the first, second and third quarters of 2002 is attached hereto as
  Exhibit 99.1. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial
  Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Description</B></FONT></P><HR WIDTH="73" SIZE="1" NOSHADE ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="6%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">99.1</FONT></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="93%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Net Loss and Earnings Per Share Revision to Quarterly Financial Results for Deferred Stock Compensation
  Adjustment.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURE
  </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>NEW FOCUS, INC.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W<SMALL>ILLIAM</SMALL> L. P<SMALL>OTTS</SMALL>, J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.</FONT></P><HR
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="37%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">William L. Potts, Jr.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
  SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
  COLOR="#000000">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;February 6, 2003</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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text: Form 8-K
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of
  Report (Date of earliest event reported)    February 5, 2003
  NEW FOCUS, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  0-29811
  33-0404910
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California
  95134
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code    (408) 919-1500
  (Former name or
  former address, if changed since last report)
  Item
  5.    Other Events
  On
  February 5, 2003, New Focus announced that it recently determined that it had overstated deferred stock compensation expenses for prior quarters ended March 31, 2002, June 30, 2002 and September 29, 2002. These overstatements related to the
  accounting for non-cash deferred stock compensation expenses associated with terminated employees. Compared to the previously reported deferred stock compensation expenses, the adjusted deferred stock compensation expenses were lower by
  approximately $2.5 million in the first quarter of 2002, $3.1 million in the second quarter of 2002 and $1.0 million in the third quarter of 2002. Relative to previously reported results, the adjusted GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2002
  increased and the adjusted GAAP net losses for the first and third quarters of 2002 decreased due to the lower deferred stock compensation expenses. The Company also determined that its deferred stock compensation expenses for the fiscal years ended
  2000 and 2001 were overstated but by amounts that were immaterial to the financial results for those periods.
  A summary of the adjustments to the quarterly financial results for the first, second and third quarters of 2002 is attached hereto as
  Exhibit 99.1.
  Item 7.    Financial
  Statements and Exhibits
  (c)    Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Description
  99.1
  Net Loss and Earnings Per Share Revision to Quarterly Financial Results for Deferred Stock Compensation
  Adjustment.
  SIGNATURE
  Pursuant to the requirements of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  NEW FOCUS, INC.
  /s/    W
  ILLIAM
  L. P
  OTTS
  , J
  R
  .
  William L. Potts, Jr.
  Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
  Date:    February 6, 2003