SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2003
BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
000-30684
(Commission file number)
90 Milton Park
Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX1 4RY
England
(Address of principal executive offices)
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On March 4, 2003, Bookham Technology plc (the "Company") filed with the UK Listing Authority a Schedule 3A, Application for Admission of Securities to the Official List (the "Schedule 3A"), for the admission of 9,000,000 ordinary shares to cover any exercise of the warrants to purchase 9,000,000 ordinary shares issued by the Company to Nortel Networks Corporation and its subsidiaries in November 2002 (the "Warrant Shares"). A copy of this filing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 4, 2003, the Company filed with the London Stock Exchange a Form 1, Application for Admission of Securities to Trading (the "Form 1"), for the admission to trading of the Warrant Shares on the London Stock Exchange. A copy of this filing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 4, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing the filing of the Schedule 3A and the Form 1. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 5, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it would introduce a novel in-situ etch and regrowth process for uncooled InP buried-heterostructure lasers at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition in March 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 7, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it would present the industry's first description of a directly modulated DFB laser with ultrawideband highly linear operation at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition in March 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.5 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 13, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it would present a paper describing a novel 40Gbit/s electro-absorption modulator module at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition in March 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.6 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 19, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it would describe a new design of 20Gbit/s optical transmitter with high tolerance to chromatic and polarisation-mode distortion and with improved spectral efficiency at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition in March 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.7 and is incorporated herein by reference.
On March 25, 2003, the Company issued a press release announcing that it would present certain products and papers at the Optical Fiber Communication conference and exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia from March 23, 2003 through March 28, 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.8 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC | |||
Date: April 14, 2003 |
By: |
/s/ GIORGIO ANANIA Giorgio Anania Chief Executive Officer and President |
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BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| Exhibit Number |
Description |
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|---|---|---|
| 99.1 | Schedule 3A, Application for Admission of Securities to the Official List, filed with the UK Listing Authority on March 4, 2003. | |
99.2 |
Form 1, Application for Admission of Securities to Trading, filed with the London Stock Exchange of March 4, 2003. |
|
99.3 |
Press Release dated March 4, 2003. |
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99.4 |
Press Release dated March 5, 2003. |
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99.5 |
Press Release dated March 7, 2003. |
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99.6 |
Press Release dated March 13, 2003. |
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99.7 |
Press Release dated March 19, 2003. |
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99.8 |
Press Release dated March 25, 2003. |