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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;9, 2011</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No. &#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>OCLARO, INC.</B>
</DIV>

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


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-1303994</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2560 Junction Avenue <BR>
San Jose, California</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>95134</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Alain Couder<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Oclaro, Inc.<BR>
2560 Junction Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95134<BR>
(Names and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(408)&nbsp;383-1400<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Robert T. Clarkson <BR>
Kevin B. Espinola <BR>
Jones Day <BR>
1755 Embarcadero Road <BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94303<BR>
(650)739-3996
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Kate Rundle, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Corporate Secretary<BR>
Oclaro, Inc.<BR>
2560 Junction Avenue<BR>
San Jose, California 95134<BR>
(408)&nbsp;383-1400</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
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<TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$17.72</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$70,880,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$8,229.17</TD>
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    <TD>Consists of additional shares of common stock (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) of Oclaro, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration
Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant
to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee, calculated pursuant to
paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on March
4, 2011 as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On October&nbsp;27, 2010, the stockholders of Oclaro, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) approved an amendment
and restatement of the Oclaro, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) to,
among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder
from 3,800,000 shares to 7,800,000 shares.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant will send or give the documents containing the information required by Part&nbsp;I
of Form S-8 to participants in the Plan as specified by Securities Act Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). We are not
filing with or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U><B>Registration of Additional Shares</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September&nbsp;15, 2004, the Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-129825, filed by the Registrant on November&nbsp;18, 2005, and the Registration Statement
on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-149072, filed by the Registrant on February&nbsp;5, 2008, each relating to the
Plan.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits on page 3.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of
California, on March&nbsp;9, 2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>OCLARO, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Alain Couder
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Alain Couder&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer, President and Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alain Couder as his true
and lawful attorney in fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement
on Form S-8, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alain Couder
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alain Couder
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive
Officer, President and
Director <BR>(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jerry Turin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jerry Turin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bernard Couillaud
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bernard Couillaud
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Giovanni Barbarossa
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Giovanni Barbarossa
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward Collins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward Collins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Greg Dougherty
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Greg Dougherty
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2011</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Lori Holland
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Joel A. Smith III,
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Oclaro, Inc. (previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 dated May&nbsp;5,
2009 and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Oclaro, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to  the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed on September
1, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Oclaro, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;28, 2010 and incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2011
Registration No. ______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OCLARO, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-1303994
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2560 Junction Avenue
San Jose, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
95134
(Zip Code)
Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Alain Couder
President and Chief Executive Officer
Oclaro, Inc.
2560 Junction Avenue
San Jose, California 95134
(Names and address of agent for service)
(408) 383-1400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert T. Clarkson
Kevin B. Espinola
Jones Day
1755 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650)739-3996
Kate Rundle, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Oclaro, Inc.
2560 Junction Avenue
San Jose, California 95134
(408) 383-1400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered (1)(2)
Per Share (3)
Offering Price (3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
4,000,000 shares
$17.72
$70,880,000
$8,229.17
(1)
Consists of additional shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of Oclaro, Inc. (the
"Registrant") issuable pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive
Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this Registration
Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant
to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculation of the registration fee, calculated pursuant to
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on March
4, 2011 as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
INTRODUCTION
On October 27, 2010, the stockholders of Oclaro, Inc. (the "Registrant") approved an amendment
and restatement of the Oclaro, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to,
among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder
from 3,800,000 shares to 7,800,000 shares.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The Registrant will send or give the documents containing the information required by Part I
of Form S-8 to participants in the Plan as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1). We are not
filing with or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part I of Form S-8 (by
incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Registration of Additional Shares
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September 15, 2004, the Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-129825, filed by the Registrant on November 18, 2005, and the Registration Statement
on Form S-8, File No. 333-149072, filed by the Registrant on February 5, 2008, each relating to the
Plan.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits on page 3.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of
California, on March 9, 2011.
OCLARO, INC.
By:
/s/ Alain Couder
Alain Couder
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Alain Couder as his true
and lawful attorney in fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement
on Form S-8, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Alain Couder
Alain Couder
Chief Executive
Officer, President and
Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
March 9, 2011
/s/ Jerry Turin
Jerry Turin
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
March 9, 2011
/s/ Bernard Couillaud
Bernard Couillaud
Chairman of the Board
March 9, 2011
/s/ Giovanni Barbarossa
Giovanni Barbarossa
Director
March 9, 2011
/s/ Edward Collins
Edward Collins
Director
March 9, 2011
/s/ Greg Dougherty
Greg Dougherty
Director
March 9, 2011
/s/ Lori Holland
Lori Holland
Director
March 9, 2011
/s/ Joel A. Smith III
Joel A. Smith III,
Director
March 9, 2011
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Oclaro, Inc. (previously filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated May 5,
2009 and incorporated herein by reference)
3.2
Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of Oclaro, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to  the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on September
1, 2010, and incorporated herein by reference)
5.1*
Opinion of Jones Day, counsel to Oclaro, Inc.
10.1
Oclaro, Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (previously filed as Exhibit
10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on October 28, 2010 and incorporated
herein by reference)
23.1*
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2*
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").
*
Filed herewith.