- Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported):
September 25, 2009

Finisar Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	000-27999	94-3038428
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification
incorporation)		No.)

1389 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(408) 548-1000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; change in Fiscal Year

On September 25, 2009, Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect the previously announced 1-for-8 reverse stock split of its common stock. The reverse stock split was effective at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on September 25, 2009. Trading in the post-split shares will commence on September 28, 2009. A copy of the Certificate of Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.8 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Description

3.8		Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Finisar Corporation

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: September 28, 2009