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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2003</P>
<P ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-_____</P>
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</U></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P>&#9;&#9;</P></FONT>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware<BR>
</B>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization) </FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">94-2579683<BR>
</B>(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
Identification No.) </FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">1768 Automation Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95131<BR>
Internet address: www.jdsu.com</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)<BR>
<B>JDS Uniphase Corporation<BR>
2003 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
</B>(Full title of the plan)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Christopher S. Dewees, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
JDS Uniphase Corporation<BR>
1768 Automation Parkway<BR>
San Jose, California 95131<BR>
(408) 434-1800</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
</FONT><B><I><FONT SIZE=2>With a copy sent to:<BR>
</B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>Michael C. Phillips, Esq.<BR>
P. Rupert Russell, Esq.<BR>
Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP<BR>
425 Market Street<BR>
San Francisco, California 94105-2482<BR>
(415) 268-7000</P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P>&#9;CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of securities to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be registered <BR>
(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum offering price per share (2) </B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">
<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of registration fee </B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">140,000,000</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$3.448</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$482,720</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$39,052</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="RIGHT">&nbsp;</P><DIR>

<P>(1)&#9;Consists of 140,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be registered under the JDS Uniphase Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.</P>
<P>(2)&#9;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) and Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed aggregate maximum offering price have been determined on the basis of the high and low prices quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on November 13, 2003. </P></DIR>

</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
</FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>
</B><P>The documents containing the information specified in Part 1 of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
<P>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>
</B><P>The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are filed with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:</P>
<P>a. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.</P>
<P>b. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed October 28, 2003 and October&nbsp;31, 2003.</P>
<P>c. The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003.</P>
<P>d. The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated November 15, 1993, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</P>
<P>e. The description of Registrant's preferred share purchase rights contained in Amendment No. 5 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 15, 2003, and any other amendment or report filed for<FONT SIZE=2> the purpose of updating such description.</P>
</FONT><P>All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
<B><P>Item 4. Description of Securities.</P>
</B><P>Not applicable.</P>
<B><P>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</P>
</B><P>Not applicable.</P>
<B><P>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>
</B><FONT FACE="CG Times,Times New Roman"><P>Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which permits a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's fiduciary duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.</P>
<P>Reference is made to Section 145 of the DGCL which provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons, including directors and officers, who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal actions or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors and/or officers in an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such director or officer actually and reasonably incurred.</P>
<P>The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for each director and officer of the Registrant for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of the Registrant.</P>
</FONT><P>The above discussion of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Sections 102(b)(7) and 145 of the DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and statutes.</P>
<P>For information regarding the Registrant's undertaking to submit to adjudication the issue of indemnification for violation of the securities laws, see Item 9 below.</P>
<B><P>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</P>
</B><P>Not applicable.</P>
<B><P>Item 8.&#9;Exhibits.</P>
</B><P>&#9;Exhibit&#9;&#9;#9;&#9;#9; </P>
<P>&#9;<U>Number </U>&#9;<U>Description</U>&#9;</P><DIR>
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<P>5.1&#9;Opinion of Counsel</P>
<P>23.1&#9;Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)</P>
<P>23.2&#9;Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent auditors </P>
<P>25.1&#9;Power of Attorney (contained in the signature of this Registration Statement)</P></DIR>
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<B><P>Item 9. Undertakings.</P>
</B><P>(a)&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>
<P>(1) &#9;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>
<P>&#9;(i)&#9;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");</P>
<P>&#9;(ii)&#9;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table herein; and</P>
<P>&#9;(iii)&#9;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 this Registration Statement;</P>
<P>Provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</P>
<P>(2)&#9;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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
<P>(3)&#9;To remove from registration by means of post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</P>
<P>(b)&#9;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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>
<P>(c)&#9;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 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 that 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.</P>
<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P>
</B></FONT><FONT FACE="CG Times,Times New Roman"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 San Jose, State of California, on November&nbsp;13, 2003.</P><DIR>
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</FONT><B><P>JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION</P>
</B><P>By &#9;<U>/s/ Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><DIR>

</U><P>Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.,<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</P></DIR>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
</B></FONT><FONT FACE="CG Times,Times New Roman"><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby authorizes Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Ronald C. Foster, severally, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person's behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P></FONT>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name and Signatures</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title</U></FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date</U></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">_____________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=1>.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
<DIR>

<FONT SIZE=2><P>Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</DIR>
</DIR>
</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Ronald C. Foster</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">_____________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Ronald C. Foster</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</DIR>
</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Jozef Straus, Ph.D.</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">_____________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Jozef Straus, Ph.D.</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Bruce D. Day</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">_____________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Bruce D. Day</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Robert E. Enos</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">_____________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Robert E. Enos</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="38%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Peter A. Guglielmi</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Martin A. Kaplan</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Martin A. Kaplan</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Chairman</DIR>
</DIR>
</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Richard T. Liebhaber</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Richard T. Liebhaber</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
</DIR>
</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Casimir S. Skrzypczak</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Casimir S. Skrzypczak</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Director</DIR>
</DIR>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">November 13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<I><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
</I><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</P>
</B><P>&nbsp;</P>
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<B><U><P>Exhibit No.</B></U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<B><U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Description</B></U></TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">5.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Opinion of Counsel</TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">23.2</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent auditors</TD>
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<TR><TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">24.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
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Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2003
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
94-2579683
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1768 Automation Parkway
San Jose, California 95131
Internet address: www.jdsu.com
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)
JDS Uniphase Corporation
2003 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Christopher S. Dewees, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
JDS Uniphase Corporation
1768 Automation Parkway
San Jose, California 95131
(408) 434-1800
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy sent to:
Michael C. Phillips, Esq.
P. Rupert Russell, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105-2482
(415) 268-7000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered
(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
140,000,000
$3.448
$482,720
$39,052
(1)	Consists of 140,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be registered under the JDS Uniphase Corporation 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed aggregate maximum offering price have been determined on the basis of the high and low prices quoted on the Nasdaq National Market on November 13, 2003.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part 1 of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and employee plan annual information) will be sent or given to employees as specified by Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are filed with the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
a. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.
b. The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed October 28, 2003 and October 31, 2003.
c. The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2003.
d. The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated November 15, 1993, and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
e. The description of Registrant's preferred share purchase rights contained in Amendment No. 5 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 15, 2003, and any other amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which permits a corporation in its certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except (i) for any breach of the director's fiduciary duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions), or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.
Reference is made to Section 145 of the DGCL which provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons, including directors and officers, who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal actions or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify directors and/or officers in an action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where a director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the expenses which such director or officer actually and reasonably incurred.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. The Registrant has obtained liability insurance for each director and officer of the Registrant for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of the Registrant.
The above discussion of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Sections 102(b)(7) and 145 of the DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by such Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and statutes.
For information regarding the Registrant's undertaking to submit to adjudication the issue of indemnification for violation of the securities laws, see Item 9 below.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.	Exhibits.
Exhibit		#9;	#9;
Number
Description
5.1	Opinion of Counsel
23.1	Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2	Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors
25.1	Power of Attorney (contained in the signature of this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)	The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) 	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)	To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)	To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table herein; 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 this Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if this Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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 post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)	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.
(c)	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 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 that 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 San Jose, State of California, on November 13, 2003.
JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION
By
/s/ Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.,
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby authorizes Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D. and Ronald C. Foster, severally, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person's behalf, individually and in each capacity stated below, any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name and Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D.
_____________________________
Kevin J. Kennedy, Ph.D
.
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
November 13, 2003
/s/ Ronald C. Foster
_____________________________
Ronald C. Foster
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
November 13, 2003
/s/ Jozef Straus, Ph.D.
_____________________________
Jozef Straus, Ph.D.
Director
November 13, 2003
/s/ Bruce D. Day
_____________________________
Bruce D. Day
Director
November 13, 2003
/s/ Robert E. Enos
_____________________________
Robert E. Enos
Director
November 13, 2003
______________________________
Peter A. Guglielmi
Director
/s/ Martin A. Kaplan
______________________________
Martin A. Kaplan
Chairman
November 13, 2003
/s/ Richard T. Liebhaber
______________________________
Richard T. Liebhaber
Director
November 13, 2003
/s/ Casimir S. Skrzypczak
______________________________
Casimir S. Skrzypczak
Director
November 13, 2003
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement)