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):
December 27, 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

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 8.01 Other Events

     Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Finisar”), today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 4,140,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, at a price to Finisar of $28.54 per share. A copy of the press release announcing the closing of the offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press Release of Finisar Corporation dated December 27, 2010

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: December 27, 2010

Finisar Corporation
By:	/s/ Kurt Adzema
	Kurt Adzema
	Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press Release of Finisar Corporation dated December 27, 2010

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Finisar Corporation Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock

SUNNYVALE, CA- — December 27, 2010 — Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR), a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber optic communications, today announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 4,140,000 shares of its Common Stock at a price to the Company of $28.54 per share. Today’s closing included the sale of the 3,600,000 shares originally offered by the Company as well as 540,000 additional shares sold by the Company upon the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. Total gross proceeds of the offering were $118,155,600. Net proceeds to the Company were $117,900,000, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC served as sole underwriter for the offering.

The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

ABOUT FINISAR

Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic subsystems and components that enable high-speed voice, video and data communications for telecommunications, networking, storage, wireless, and cable TV applications. For more than 20 years, Finisar has provided critical optics technologies to system manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for network bandwidth and storage. Finisar is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA with R&D, manufacturing sites, and sales offices worldwide.

Investor Contact:	Press contact:
Kurt Adzema	Victoria McDonald
Chief Financial Officer	Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications
408-542-5050 or Investor.relations@finisar.com	408-542-4261