Bookham Technology (BKHM)

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On behalf of the board of directors of Bookham, Inc., a Delaware corporation, we are pleased to deliver this joint proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed merger combining Bookham and Avanex Corporation, a Delaware corporation. A special meeting of stockholders of Bookham will be held on , , 2009 at , local time, at the principal executive offices of Bookham located at 2584 Junction Avenue, San Jose, California 95134, for the following purposes:





2. To approve an amendment to Bookham’s restated certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Bookham common stock to 450,000,000 (on a pre-reverse stock split basis).