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

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

Executive Officer Compensation

     On August 8, 2007, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) of Finisar Corporation (the “Company”) approved the following cash bonuses for fiscal 2007 and the following base salaries for the following named executive officers, effective July 30, 2007:

				Base Salary		Bonus for Service
Name		Title		Effective July 30, 2007		in Fiscal 2007
Jerry S. Rawls		President and Chief Executive Officer		$425,000		$125,000
Joseph A. Young		Senior Vice President and General Manager, Optics Division		$340,000		$100,000
Dave Buse		Senior Vice President and General Manager, Network Tools Division		$290,000		$50,000
Anders Olsson		Senior Vice President, Engineering		$288,000		$60,000
Stephen K. Workman		Senior Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer		$260,000		$50,000

     On the same date, the Compensation Committee approved target bonus levels for fiscal 2008 for the Company’s executive officers, such bonuses to be based on the Company’s financial performance and the achievement of the officers’ individual performance objectives. The Company’s executive officers will each have target bonus amounts for fiscal 2008 equal to 100% of their base salary.

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: August 27, 2007