8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):

April 9, 2007 (April 3, 2007)

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JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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Delaware	000-22874	94-2579683
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification Number)

430 North McCarthy Boulevard

Milpitas, California 95035

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(408) 546-5000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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:

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

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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

(b) Effective April 3, 2007 Michael Ricci ceased serving in the position of Senior Vice President, Optical Communications of JDS Uniphase Corporation (the “Company”).  Mr. Ricci’s employment with the Company will terminate on or before May 31, 2007.

(e) Immediately following the termination of Mr. Ricci’s employment with the Company, and conditioned upon the execution of a separation agreement, Mr. Ricci will be entitled to (i) a lump sum severance payment of $150,000 (representing six months of his base salary), (ii) $137,500 (representing half of Mr. Ricci’s fiscal year 2007 Executive Stabilization Program incentive bonus), (iii) up to six months of Company contributions towards COBRA benefits continuation, and (iv) outplacement services with a value not to exceed $5,000.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

  (d)     Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
	99.1	Press release entitled “JDSU Appoints President of Optical Communications Group” dated April 9, 2007.

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.

	JDS Uniphase Corporation
Date: April 9, 2007	By:	/s/  Christopher S. Dewees
		Christopher S. Dewees
		Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Development and Chief Legal Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release entitled “JDSU Appoints President of Optical Communications Group” dated April 9, 2007.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1 

NEWS RELEASE            

JDSU APPOINTS PRESIDENT OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Milpitas, California, April 9, 2007 - JDSU today announced the appointment of David Gudmundson as President of Optical Communications. In his new role, Mr. Gudmundson will be responsible for Optical Communications sales, operations and product development, completing the integration of these functions under a single Optical Communications business leader.

Mr. Gudmundson joined JDSU in December 2003. As Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and Marketing, Mr. Gudmundson played an integral role in a number of strategic transactions - including the acquisitions of Lightwave Electronics, Acterna, and Agility Communications - diversifying the company’s portfolio and expanding the company’s opportunity in the growing and profitable markets for test and measurement equipment, tunable transponders and solid state lasers.

“I am very excited by this new opportunity within our Optical Communications group, where JDSU already demonstrates market leadership,” said Mr. Gudmundson. “Building on that foundation, our focus will be on driving innovation, customer satisfaction, quality and improved profitability.”  

Prior to joining JDSU, Mr. Gudmundson held a series of increasingly senior leadership roles at Cisco, culminating in his service as Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s security server, DSL, and edge routing business units. Prior to Cisco, Mr. Gudmundson held various hardware and software development and systems engineering positions at Argo Systems, Inc. (now part of  The Boeing Company) and ESL Incorporated (now part of TRW).

About JDSU

JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and decorative applications.  More information is available at www.jdsu.com.

Contact Information

Investors:Jacquie Ross, 408-546-4445 or investor.relations@jdsu.com

Press: Kathleen Greene, 408-546-5852 or kathleen.greene@jdsu.com

Forward Looking Statements

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. These statements include: (i) any anticipation or guidance as to future financial performance; (ii) any statement or implication that JDSU’s markets and/or JDSU’s share thereof will grow, grow at the rate predicted by third parties, or that (iii) JDSU’s products will be successfully introduced or marketed, will be qualified and purchased by our customers, or will perform to any particular specifications or performance or reliability standards. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.   In particular, the Company's ability to predict future financial performance continues to be difficult due to, among other things: (a) continuing general limited visibility across many of our product lines; (b) the ongoing potential for significant quarter-over-quarter product mix fluctuations, which can materially impact profitability measures due to the broad gross margin range across our portfolio; (c) continuing consolidation affecting our customer base, which, in the shorter term limits demand visibility, and, in the longer term, could reduce our business potential; (d) average selling prices continue to decline across our traditional Optical Communications and our Advanced Optical Technologies and Commercial Lasers businesses; (e) we and many of our Optical Communications suppliers continue to experience execution and delivery challenges which limit our revenue and impair our profitability; (f) our Communications Test and Measurement business is notable for a significant level of in-quarter book-and-ship business, further limiting our forecasting abilities; (g) we are currently engaged in various product and manufacturing transfers, site consolidations and product discontinuances; and (h) Optical Communications customer supply chain and inventory rationalization initiatives could further limit our demand visibility.

For more information on these and other risks affecting the Company's business, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2006 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in other filings on Forms 10-Q. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not assume any obligation to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.