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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2008
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BOOKHAM, INC.</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation <BR>
  or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-1303994</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95134</B><BR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Alain Couder<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  2584 Junction Avenue<BR>
  San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  408-383-1400<BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">With a copy to:
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">John A. Burgess, Esq. <BR>
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP <BR>
  60 State Street <BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
  Telephone: (617)&nbsp;526-6000<BR>
  Telecopy: (617)&nbsp;526-5000
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">Kate Rundle, Esq.<BR>
  Bookham, Inc.<BR>
  2584 Junction Avenue<BR>
  San Jose, California 95134<BR>
  Telephone: (408)&nbsp;383-1400<BR>
  Telecopy: (408)&nbsp;919-6083</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                      <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,000,000&nbsp;shares(2)
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      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.</TD>
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      <TD>Consists of an additional 10,000,000 shares of common stock issuable under the Amended and
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global
  Market on February&nbsp;4,
  2008.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
  additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
  333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September&nbsp;15, 2004, and the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-129825, filed by the Registrant on November&nbsp;18, 2005, each relating to the
  Registrant&#146;s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, except for Item&nbsp;5, Interests of Named Experts and Counsel,
  Item&nbsp;6, Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Item&nbsp;8, Exhibits.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
  being offered by this registration statement. Certain attorneys at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
  and Dorr LLP own shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;SEVENTH of the Registrant&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation provides that no
  director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the
  Registrant or its stockholders for any monetary damages for any breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of
  Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary
  duty.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of the Registrant&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation provides that a
  director or officer of the Registrant:
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;shall be indemnified
  by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
  judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in
  connection with any action, suit or proceeding (other than an action
  by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him (i)&nbsp;by
  reason of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer, partner, employee or
  trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
  or other enterprise or (ii)&nbsp;by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
  capacity, if he acted in good faith and in
  a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant,
  and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
  conduct was unlawful; and
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
  and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action
  or suit by or in the right of the
  Registrant brought against him (i) by reason of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant
  or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer, partner, employee or
  trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
  or other enterprise or (ii)&nbsp;by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
  capacity, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
  best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
  matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a
  court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is
  entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
  that a director or officer has been successful,
  on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding referred to above, or in the defense of any claim, issue
  or matter therein, or an appeal from any such action, suit or
  proceeding, he is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
  attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
  ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines that the applicable
  standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. As a condition precedent to the
  right
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for
  which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
  the defense thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of
  the Registrant&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation further provides that
  the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145
  of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a
  corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
  and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
  amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is
  threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
  faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his
  conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
  corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
  shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
  adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)
  of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a
  corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
  the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or
  limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
  corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
  intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General
  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (relating to unlawful payment of dividend and unlawful
  stock purchase and redemption) or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an
  improper personal benefit.
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant
  maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance coverage, which, subject to policy
  terms and limitations will include coverage to reimburse the Registrant for amounts that it may be
  required or permitted by law to pay directors or officers of the Registrant. In addition, the
  Registrant has entered into, or will enter into, indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors
  pursuant to which the Registrant will indemnify such directors and officers if certain conditions
  are satisfied.
  </DIV>
  
  
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index
  immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, State of
  California, on this 5<sup>th</sup> day of
  February, 2008.
  </DIV>
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">BOOKHAM, INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Alain Couder&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Alain Couder&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Bookham, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Alain Couder and Stephen Abely, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with
  full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
  amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on
  our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Bookham, Inc. to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
  said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Alain Couder&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Alain Couder</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Chief Executive Officer and
  Director
  <br>(Principal Executive Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;5, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Stephen Abely&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Stephen Abely</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Chief Financial Officer
  <br>(Principal Financial Officer and
  Principal Accounting Officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;5, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph Cook&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Joseph Cook</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Lori Holland&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Lori Holland</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;W. Arthur Porter&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  W. Arthur Porter</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;2, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter Bordui&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Peter Bordui</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David Simpson&nbsp;<BR>
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  David Simpson</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">February&nbsp;1, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><u>Number</u>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top"><u>Description</u></TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of
  Bookham, Inc., as amended (previously
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
  Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (file no. 000-30684) for the year ended June&nbsp;30,
  2007, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (file no. 000-30684) dated September
  10, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the registrant</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 5, 2008
  Registration No. 333-_____
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  BOOKHAM, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  or Organization)
  20-1303994
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  95134
  (Zip Code)
  Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Alain Couder
  Chief Executive Officer
  2584 Junction Avenue
  San Jose, California 95134
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  408-383-1400
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  With a copy to:
  John A. Burgess, Esq.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  60 State Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109
  Telephone: (617) 526-6000
  Telecopy: (617) 526-5000
  Kate Rundle, Esq.
  Bookham, Inc.
  2584 Junction Avenue
  San Jose, California 95134
  Telephone: (408) 383-1400
  Telecopy: (408) 919-6083
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Title of
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Per Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock, $0.01
  par value per share
  10,000,000 shares(2)
  $1.80(3)
  $18,000,000(3)
  $708.00
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
  statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
  transactions.
  (2)
  Consists of an additional 10,000,000 shares of common stock issuable under the Amended and
  Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high
  and low prices of the common stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global
  Market on February 4,
  2008.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 8.   Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-5 Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP
  Ex-23.2 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (US)
  Ex-23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (UK)
  Table of Contents
  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering
  additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 has previously been filed and is effective. Accordingly, this Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
  333-119011, filed by the Registrant on September 15, 2004, and the Registration Statement on Form
  S-8, File No. 333-129825, filed by the Registrant on November 18, 2005, each relating to the
  Registrant's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, except for Item 5, Interests of Named Experts and Counsel,
  Item 6, Indemnification of Directors and Officers and Item 8, Exhibits.
  Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities
  being offered by this registration statement. Certain attorneys at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale
  and Dorr LLP own shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
  Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Article SEVENTH of the Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation provides that no
  director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the
  Registrant or its stockholders for any monetary damages for any breach of
  fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of
  Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breach of fiduciary
  duty.
  Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation provides that a
  director or officer of the Registrant:
  (a) shall be indemnified
  by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
  judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred in
  connection with any action, suit or proceeding (other than an action
  by or in the right of the Registrant) brought against him (i) by
  reason of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer, partner, employee or
  trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
  or other enterprise or (ii) by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
  capacity, if he acted in good faith and in
  a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant,
  and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
  conduct was unlawful; and
  (b) shall be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including attorneys' fees)
  and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with any action
  or suit by or in the right of the
  Registrant brought against him (i) by reason of his position as a director or officer of the Registrant
  or, if serving at the request of the Registrant, as a director, officer, partner, employee or
  trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
  or other enterprise or (ii) by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such
  capacity, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
  best interests of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
  matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant, unless a
  court determines that, despite such adjudication but in view of all of the circumstances, he is
  entitled to indemnification of such expenses.
  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
  that a director or officer has been successful,
  on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding referred to above, or in the defense of any claim, issue
  or matter therein, or an appeal from any such action, suit or
  proceeding, he is required to be indemnified by the Registrant against all expenses (including
  attorneys' fees) incurred in connection therewith. Expenses shall be advanced to a director or
  officer at his request, provided that he undertakes to repay the amount advanced if it is
  ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification for such expenses.
  Indemnification is required to be made unless the Registrant determines that the applicable
  standard of conduct required for indemnification has not been met. As a condition precedent to the
  right
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  of indemnification, the director or officer must give the Registrant notice of the action for
  which indemnity is sought and the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume
  the defense thereof.
  Article EIGHTH of
  the Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation further provides that
  the indemnification provided therein is not exclusive.
  Section 145
  of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that a
  corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
  and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
  amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is
  threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good
  faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
  corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his
  conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
  corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person
  shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
  adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.
  Section 102(b)
  of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware permits a
  corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
  the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or
  limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
  corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
  intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General
  Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (relating to unlawful payment of dividend and unlawful
  stock purchase and redemption) or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
  improper personal benefit.
  The Registrant
  maintains directors' and officers' insurance coverage, which, subject to policy
  terms and limitations will include coverage to reimburse the Registrant for amounts that it may be
  required or permitted by law to pay directors or officers of the Registrant. In addition, the
  Registrant has entered into, or will enter into, indemnification agreements with each of its officers and directors
  pursuant to which the Registrant will indemnify such directors and officers if certain conditions
  are satisfied.
  Item 8.   Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index
  immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the city of San Jose, State of
  California, on this 5
  th
  day of
  February, 2008.
  BOOKHAM, INC.
  By:
  /s/  Alain Couder
  Alain Couder
  Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Bookham, Inc., hereby severally constitute and
  appoint Alain Couder and Stephen Abely, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with
  full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent
  amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on
  our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Bookham, Inc. to comply with the
  provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
  said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/  Alain Couder
  Alain Couder
  Chief Executive Officer and
  Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  February 5, 2008
  /s/  Stephen Abely
  Stephen Abely
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer and
  Principal Accounting Officer)
  February 5, 2008
  /s/  Joseph Cook
  Joseph Cook
  Director
  February 1, 2008
  /s/  Lori Holland
  Lori Holland
  Director
  February 1, 2008
  /s/  W. Arthur Porter
  W. Arthur Porter
  Director
  February 2, 2008
  /s/  Peter Bordui
  Peter Bordui
  Director
  February 1, 2008
  /s/  David Simpson
  David Simpson
  Director
  February 1, 2008
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  Table of Contents
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Amended and Restated Bylaws of
  Bookham, Inc., as amended (previously
  filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
  Annual Report on Form 10-K (file no. 000-30684) for the year ended June 30,
  2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
  4.2
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Bookham, Inc. (previously filed as
  Exhibit 3.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K (file no. 000-30684) dated September
  10, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)
  5
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5)
  23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (US)
  23.3
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (UK)
  24
  Power of attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement)