SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

GLG Partners LP

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1 CURZON STREET

(Street)

LONDON

W1J 5HB

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/08/2005

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOOKHAM, INC. [ BKHM ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock $.01 par value per share ("Common Stock")	4,518,777	I⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	See footnote⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. GLG Partners LP, an English limited partnership, acts as the investment manager for each of the entities listed in footnote 2 (such entities referred to collectively as the "Funds") and may be deemed, as of December 8, 2005, to have been the beneficial owner of the Common Stock of Bookham, Inc. that is directly held by the Funds, as listed in footnote 2.

2. The holdings of the Funds are (i) 110,000 shares of Common Stock held by GLG European Opportunity Fund, (ii) 3,139,000 shares of Common Stock held by GLG North American Opportunity Fund, (iii) 806,000 shares of Common Stock held by GLG Technology Fund, (iv) 306,400 shares of Common Stock held by GLG Investments plc, though its subfund, GLG North American Equity Fund, (v) 200 shares of Common Stock held by Lyxor/GLG Pan European Equity Fund Ltd, (vi) 63,600 shares of Common Stock held by The Century Fund SICAV, (vii) 4,843 shares of Common Stock held by Orchestra Sub-Funds SPC, (viii) 11,111 shares of Common Stock held by GLG Equities Long-Short CI, (ix) 4,180 shares of Common Stock held by Citi GLG European Hedge Fund Ltd, (x) 47,852 shares of Common Stock held by Lyxor/GLG North American Alternative Equity Fund Ltd , (xi) 23,266 shares of Common Stock held by Citi GLG North American Fund Ltd., and (xii) 2,325 shares of Common Stock held by Sphinx Long/Short GLG Fund.

3. GLG Partners Limited, an English limited company, is the general partner of GLG Partners LP. Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, Philippe Jabre and Emmanuel Roman are each a managing director of GLG Partners Limited. None of GLG Partners LP, GLG Partners Limited, Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, Philippe Jabre and Emmanuel Roman directly hold any shares of Common Stock of Bookham, Inc.

Remarks:

GLG Partners LP, GLG Partners Limited, Noam Gottesman, Pierre Lagrange, Philippe Jabre and Emmanuel Roman disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock held by the Funds except for their pecuniary interest therein.

	GLG PARTNERS LP, By: GLG Partners Limited, its General Partner, By: Noam Gottesman, Managing Director; /s/ Noam Gottesman	12/23/2005
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