UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of ~~report~~ Report (Date of earliest event reported): September ~~August 3~~4, 2019

~~Finisar Corporation~~_______________________________

~~(Exact~~FINISAR ~~Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)~~CORP

Delaware		000-27999		94-3038428
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

~~1389 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089~~_______________________________

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Delaware	000-27999	94-3038428
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

~~Registrant’s~~1389 ~~telephone~~Moffett ~~number,~~Park ~~including area code: (408) 548-1000~~Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94089

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(408) 548-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(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:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	~~Trading~~Name ~~Symbol(s)~~of each exchange on which registered	~~Name of each exchange on which registered~~
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value		FNSR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Global Select Market)
Common stock, $.001 par value	FNSR	NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o☐

Item 52.02. ~~Departure~~Results of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

~~(b)~~On September 4, 2019, ~~Departure~~Finisar Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of ~~Directors~~fiscal or2020, ~~Certain~~ended ~~Officers~~July 28, 2019. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

OnIn ~~August~~accordance 3,with ~~2019~~General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the ~~Board~~information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of ~~Directors~~Section 18 of ~~Finisar~~the ~~Corporation~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “~~Company~~Exchange Act”), ~~accepted~~or ~~Michael~~otherwise ~~Hurlston’s~~subject ~~resignation~~to as the ~~Chief~~liability ~~Executive Officer~~ of ~~the~~that ~~Company~~section, and asshall anot ~~member~~be ofincorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the ~~Board~~Securities Act of ~~Directors~~1933, ofas amended, or the ~~Company~~Exchange Act, ~~effective~~except ~~immediately~~as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

~~(c) Appointment~~Item of8.01. ~~Certain~~Other ~~Officers~~Events.

~~Effective~~The ~~August 3,~~information ~~2019,~~set ~~Todd~~forth ~~Swanson,~~under ~~the~~Item ~~Company’s Chief Operating Officer, and Joseph Young, the Company’s Executive Vice President of Global Operations, have been both appointed to a newly formed Interim Office of the Chief Executive~~2. In02 ~~connection with the appointment~~ of ~~Mr. Swanson~~this ~~and~~Current ~~Mr. Young,~~Report ~~each~~on ~~will~~Form be8-K ~~eligible~~is ~~for~~incorporated aherein ~~bonus of $250,000 upon the closing of the pending acquisition of the Company~~ by ~~II-VI Incorporated, subject to their respective continued employment with the Company through the closing date of such acquisition~~reference.

Item 89.01. ~~Other~~Financial ~~Events~~Statements and Exhibits.

On(d) ~~August~~Exhibits ~~5, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing the matters described in Item 5.02 above. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.~~

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release dated September 4, 2019
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

~~(d) Exhibits.~~SIGNATURE

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated August 5, 2019

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.

	FINISAR CORP


Date: September 4, 2019	By:	/s/ Kurt Adzema
		Kurt Adzema
		Chief Financial Officer

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.

		FINISAR CORPORATION
Date:	August 5, 2019	By:	/s/ Christopher E. Brown
		Name: Christopher E. Brown
		Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Counsel

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