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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1><B> Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>FORM S-8  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>Finisar Corporation<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>94-3038428</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>(I.R.S. employer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>1308 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Finisar Corporation<BR>
1999 Stock Option Plan<BR>
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan,<BR>
Options Assumed by Finisar Corporation and Granted Under<BR>
the Transwave Fiber, Inc. Amended and Restated<BR>
2000 Stock Option Plan,<BR>
the Medusa Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and<BR>
the Shomiti Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Stephen K. Workman<BR>
Vice President, Finance,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
Finisar Corporation<BR>
1308 Moffett Park Drive<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1>Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service: </FONT><FONT SIZE=1><B>(408)&nbsp;548-1000.  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to<BR>
be registered<SUP>1</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to<BR>
be registered<SUP>2</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price<BR>
per share<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate<BR>
offering price<SUP>3</SUP></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
registration fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><I>1999 Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>9,207,890</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$14.39</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$132,501,537.10</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$33,125.38</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><I>1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>750,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$12.23</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$9,172,500.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$2,293.13</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><I>2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>5,850,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$14.39</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$84,181,500.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$21,045.38</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=1><I>Assumed Options under the Transwave Fiber, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>547,389</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$0.16</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$87,582.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$21.90</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=1><I>Assumed Options under the Medusa Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>8,012</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$0.23</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$1,843.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$0.46</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%"><FONT SIZE=1><I>Assumed Options under the Shomiti Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan</I></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, Par Value $0.001</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>419,973</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$3.09</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$1,297,717.00</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$324.43</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>TOTALS</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>16,783,264</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$227,242,679.10</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1>$56,810.68</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=1><SUP>1</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>The
securities to be registered include options to acquire Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=1><SUP>2</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>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.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=1><SUP>3</SUP></FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>Estimated
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457 solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. As to shares under the 1999 Stock Option Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and 2001
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, the price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock on July&nbsp;16, 2001, as reported in 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 July&nbsp;16, 2001, as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market. As to shares subject to outstanding but unexercised options assumed by registrant under the Transwave Fiber,&nbsp;Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan, the
Medusa Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the Shomiti Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, the price is computed on the basis of the weighted average exercise price. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Finisar Corporation (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following documents: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
Company's latest 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
"Exchange Act"), containing audited consolidated financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2001 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July&nbsp;18, 2001. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A 12G filed on November&nbsp;8, 1999
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Description of Securities  </I></B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Legal Opinion.</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of Common Stock to be offered hereunder has been passed upon for the Company
by Gray Cary Ware&nbsp;&amp; Freidenrich LLP ("Gray Cary"). As of June&nbsp;14, 2001, certain attorneys of Gray Cary owned 3,018 shares of Common Stock of the Company. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 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 directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of their duty of care. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Bylaws
of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent </FONT></P>

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permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company's Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is
required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest
extent permitted under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with
any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an executive officer of the Company or any of
its affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Exemption From Registration Claimed  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Exhibits  </I></B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B><I>Undertakings  </I></B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (l)(ii)&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or </FONT></P>

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Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 July&nbsp;17, 2001. </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Stephen K. Workman</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen K. Workman<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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
July&nbsp;17, 2001. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ Jerry S. Rawls</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jerry S. Rawls</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Stephen K. Workman</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen K. Workman</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Frank H. Levinson</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Frank H. Levinson</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael C. Child</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Roger C. Ferguson</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Richard B. Lieb</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richard B. Lieb</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Larry D. Mitchell</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Larry D. Mitchell</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Gregory H. Olsen</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gregory H. Olsen</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="92%"><FONT SIZE=2>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1999
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Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company's Form 10-K Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Opinion re legality</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de2132_2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></FONT><BR>
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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001
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
94-3038428
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(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
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan,
Options Assumed by Finisar Corporation and Granted Under
the Transwave Fiber, Inc. Amended and Restated
2000 Stock Option Plan,
the Medusa Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and
the Shomiti Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen K. Workman
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 Securities to
be registered
1
Amount to
be registered
2
Proposed maximum
offering price
per share
3
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
3
Amount of
registration fee
1999 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
9,207,890
$14.39
$132,501,537.10
$33,125.38
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
750,000
$12.23
$9,172,500.00
$2,293.13
2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
5,850,000
$14.39
$84,181,500.00
$21,045.38
Assumed Options under the Transwave Fiber, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
547,389
$0.16
$87,582.00
$21.90
Assumed Options under the Medusa Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
8,012
$0.23
$1,843.00
$0.46
Assumed Options under the Shomiti Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan
Common Stock, Par Value $0.001
419,973
$3.09
$1,297,717.00
$324.43
TOTALS
16,783,264
$227,242,679.10
$56,810.68
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, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and 2001
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, the price is based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's Common Stock on July 16, 2001, as reported in 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 July 16, 2001, as reported on
the Nasdaq National Market. As to shares subject to outstanding but unexercised options assumed by registrant under the Transwave Fiber, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan, the
Medusa Technologies, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan and the Shomiti Systems, Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, the price is computed on the basis of the weighted average exercise price.
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 latest 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, 2001 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 18, 2001.
(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 12G 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
Legal Opinion.
The validity of the shares of Common Stock to be offered hereunder has been passed upon for the Company
by Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP ("Gray Cary"). As of June 14, 2001, certain attorneys of Gray Cary owned 3,018 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
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 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 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 provides for the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a corporation. The Bylaws
of the Company provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to the full extent
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permitted by Delaware law, including those circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law. The Company's Bylaws also empower it to enter into
indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is
required or permitted to indemnify. The Company has entered into agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers that require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest
extent permitted under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative action) in connection with
any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or an executive officer of the Company or any of
its affiliated enterprises. The indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
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.
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;
(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
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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 July 17, 2001.
Finisar Corporation
By:
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
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
July 17, 2001.
Signature
Title
/s/ Jerry S. Rawls
Jerry S. Rawls
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Stephen K. Workman
Stephen K. Workman
Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Frank H. Levinson
Frank H. Levinson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael C. Child
Director
Roger C. Ferguson
Director
/s/ Richard B. Lieb
Richard B. Lieb
Director
/s/ Larry D. Mitchell
Larry D. Mitchell
Director
/s/ Gregory H. Olsen
Gregory H. Olsen
Director
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4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1999
(No. 333-87017)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company's Form 10-K Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18, 2001
4.3
Bylaws of the Company are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1999 (No. 333-87017)
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Opinion re legality
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages to this registration statement)
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