Finisar (FNSR) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

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 7, 2010

Finisar Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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

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

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(b) On September 7, 2010, Stephen K. Workman, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations of Finisar Corporation (the “Company”), announced his resignation from the Company to be effective on or about September 24, 2010. Mr. Workman, who has served in that capacity since March 2010 and who had previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will join an early-stage company engaged in the development and sale of LED-based lighting products.

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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 13, 2010

Finisar Corporation
By:	/s/ Christopher E. Brown
	Christopher E. Brown
	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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