Finisar: About Us

HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATION FOR NETWORKING AND STORAGE
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What year was Finisar incorporated and in what state?

		
Finisar was incorporated in California in 1988 and reincorporated in Delaware on September 1, 1999.

		

        

		
Where does Finisar operate and how many employees does Finisar have?

		
Finisar’s corporate headquarters is located in Sunnyvale, CA while its primary manufacturing facility is located in Ipoh, Malaysia. Finisar fabricates its VCSEL lasers for LAN/SAN applications in Allen, Texas while it operates a fab in Fremont, CA for longer distance Metro and Telecom applications. The Company also has facilities in Singapore and Shanghai, China and, with the recent acquisitions of Kodeos and AZNA, also operates in Plainfield, NJ and Boston, MA.

As of the end of our Q4FY07, Finisar had just over 3,900 employees worldwide of which over 3,100 were located outside the U.S.

		

        

		
What is the origin of the name Finisar?

		
Finisar was named for the desire to see projects finished combined with a little bit of astronomy naming conventions.  Today it stands for, First in networking, innovation, storage and reliability.

		

        

		
On what stock exchange is Finisar traded and what is the symbol?

		
Finisar's common shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange under the trading symbol FNSR.

		

        

		
When does Finisar's financial year begin and end?

		
Finisar maintains its financial records on the basis of a fiscal year beginning May 1 and ending April 30.

		

        

		
When do the fiscal quarters end?

		
13 week quarterly periods end on a Sunday (except for fiscal year-end). 

For FY07 the quarters ended as follows:
Q1: July 30 Q2: October 29 Q3: January 28 Q4: April 30. 

For FY08 the quarters end as follows:
Q1: July 29 Q2: October 28 Q3: January 27 Q4: April 30. 

		

        

		
Does Finisar have a direct purchase plan?

		
No, Finisar does not have a direct stock purchase program. You may buy and sell Finisar shares through a stockbroker or a financial institution that provides brokerage services.

		

        

		
When did Finisar go public and at what price?

		
Finisar went public on November 11, 1999. Finisar's initial public offering price was $19.00 per share.

		

        

		
When has or will the Finisar stock split?

		
In March 2000 the company had a three-for-one stock split. The record date was 3/27/2000 and the payable date was 4/12/2000.

		

        

		
Does Finisar pay dividends?

		
Finisar does not pay dividends on our common stock.