Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK - Bookham Technology plc today announced that it has commenced an initial public offering of 19,360,000 ordinary shares at a price of £10.00 per ordinary shares (or $15.83 per American Depositary Share, each representing one ordinary share). The offering is composed of 19,000,000 primary shares and 360,000 shares sold by a selling stockholder. The underwriters of the offering are Goldman Sachs International, Bank of America International Limited, FleetBoston Robertson Stephens International Limited and Wit SoundView Corporation. The underwriters have an option to purchase up to an additional 2,900,000 ordinary shares from the company to cover over-allotments, if any.

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