FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Haynes James Douglas 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/04/2005 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOOKHAM, INC. [BKHM] (Last) (First) (Middle) 2584 JUNCTION AVENUE 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Operating Officer 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) SAN JOSE, CA 95134 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	08/07/2004(3)	08/07/2013	Common Stock	15,000	$ 15.3944 (1)	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	09/25/2004(3)	09/25/2013	Common Stock	7,500	$ 26.0262 (1)	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	06/02/2005(3)	06/02/2014	Common Stock	5,000	$ 11.2572 (1)	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	  (2)	09/21/2014	Common Stock	7,000	$ 6.73	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	09/22/2005(3)	09/21/2014	Common Stock	7,000	$ 6.73	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Haynes James Douglas 2584 JUNCTION AVENUE SAN JOSE, CA 95134	Â	Â	  Chief Operating Officer	Â

Signatures

Jacobin Zorin, Attorney-in-Fact		03/11/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Converted from British Pounds Sterling to U.S. Dollars using the noon buying rate of exchange on March 4, 2005 of 1.00 British Pound Sterling = 1.9243 U.S. Dollars.
(2)	Fifty percent of the option vests upon Bookham, Inc. achieving profitability and the remaining fifty percent of the option vests upon Bookham, Inc. achieving cash break-even. On September 22, 2009, all of the unvested option vests.
(3)	The option vests as to 12/48 on the first anniversary of date of grant and a further 1/48 on the first day of each of the next 36 months.

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