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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the transition period from                              to                             

Commission file number 000-27999

FINISAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 408-548-1000

Common Stock, $.001 par value
(Title of Class)

        Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes o                            No ý

        At February 28, 2003, there were 201,166,611 shares of the registrant's common stock, $.001 par value, issued and outstanding.

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended January 31, 2003

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

FINISAR CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

See accompanying notes.

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FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes.

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FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited, in thousands)

See accompanying notes.

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FINISAR CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

        Finisar Corporation was incorporated in the state of California on April 17, 1987. In November 1999, Finisar Corporation reincorporated in the state of Delaware.

        Finisar Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets fiber optic components and subsystems and network test and monitoring systems ("network tools") for high-speed data communications.

Interim Financial Information and Basis of Presentation

        The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of January 31, 2003, and for the three and nine month periods ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and include the accounts of Finisar Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, "Finisar" or the "Company"). Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position at January 31, 2003 and the operating results for the three and nine month periods ended January 31, 2003 and 2002, and cash flows for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2002.

        The balance sheet at April 30, 2002 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements.

Fiscal Periods

        The Company maintains its financial records on the basis of a fiscal year ending on April 30, with fiscal quarters ending on the Sunday closest to the end of the period (thirteen-week periods). For ease of reference, all references to period end dates have been presented as though the period ended on the last day of the calendar month. The first three quarters of fiscal 2002 ended on July 29, 2001, October 28, 2001 and January 27, 2002, respectively, and the first three quarters of fiscal 2003 end on July 28, 2002, October 27, 2002 and January 26, 2003, respectively.

Use of Estimates

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Revenue Recognition

        The Company follows SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 101, "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements." Specifically, the Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Product revenue is generally recorded at the time of shipment when title and risk of loss pass to the customer, unless the Company has future unperformed obligations or customer acceptance is required, in which case revenue is not recorded until such obligations have been satisfied or customer acceptance has been received.

        At the time revenue is recognized, the Company establishes an accrual for estimated warranty expenses associated with sales, recorded as a component of cost of revenue. The Company also provides an allowance for estimated customer returns, which has been netted against revenue.

Segment Reporting

        Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information" ("SFAS 131") establishes standards for the way that public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports. SFAS 131 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers. The Company has determined that it operates in two segments consisting of optical components and subsystems, and network tools.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

        Financial instruments which potentially subject Finisar to concentrations of credit risk include cash, cash equivalents, short-term and restricted investments and accounts receivable. Finisar places its cash, cash equivalents and short-term and restricted investments with high-credit quality financial institutions. Such investments are generally in excess of FDIC insurance limits. Concentrations of credit risk, with respect to accounts receivable, exist to the extent of amounts presented in the financial statements. Two customers represented 15.5% and 12.5% of the total accounts receivable at April 30, 2002, and no customers represented 10.0% or greater of the total accounts receivable at January 31, 2003. In many instances, the Company sells to contract manufacturers for the ultimate end customer equipment supplier. Generally, Finisar does not require collateral or other security to support customer receivables. Finisar performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers and maintains an allowance for potential credit losses based on historical experience and other information available to management. Losses to date have been within management's expectations.

Current Vulnerabilities Due to Certain Concentrations

        Finisar sells products primarily to customers located in North America. During the nine months ended January 31, 2002, revenues from two customers represented 13.1% and 10.1% of net revenues. During the nine months ended January 31, 2003, revenues from one customer represented 10.0% of net revenues. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of revenues in either period.

Foreign Currency Translation

        The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate on the balance sheet dates. The translation adjustments resulting from this process are shown separately as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Revenues and expenses are translated using average exchange rates prevailing during the year. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in the determination of net loss.

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Research and Development

        Research and development expenditures are charged to operations as incurred.

Advertising Costs

        Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising is used infrequently in marketing the Company's products. Advertising costs were $48,000 and $37,000 in the three months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002 and were $633,000 and $454,000 in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 and 2002.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

        Finisar's cash equivalents consist of money market funds and highly liquid short-term investments with qualified financial institutions. Finisar considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Investments

Short-Term Investments

        Short-term investments consist of interest bearing securities with maturities greater than 90 days and an equity security. Pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities" ("SFAS 115") the Company has classified its short-term investments as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are stated at market value and unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of stockholders' equity until realized. A decline in the market value of the security below cost that is deemed other than temporary is charged to earnings, resulting in the establishment of a new cost basis for the security. At January 31, 2003, the Company's short term investments consisted of highly liquid investments in both taxable and tax free municipal, government agency and corporate obligations with various maturity dates through September 2006, and an equity security. The difference between market value and amortized cost of these securities at January 31, 2003 was a gain of approximately $679,000, and at April 30, 2002 was a gain of approximately $791,000.

Restricted Investments

        Restricted investments consist of interest bearing securities with maturities greater than 90 days and held in escrow under the terms of the Company's convertible subordinated notes to satisfy the next four required interest payments. In accordance with SFAS 115, the Company has classified its restricted investments as held-to-maturity which are stated at amortized cost.

Other Investments

        The Company uses the cost method of accounting for investments in companies that do not have a readily determinable fair value in which it holds an interest of less than 20% and over which it does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. For entities in which the Company holds an interest of greater than 20% or in which the Company does have the ability to exercise significant influence, the Company uses the equity method. In determining if and when a decline in the market value of these investments below their carrying value is other-than-temporary, and as such whether a write down to market value is required, we evaluate the market conditions, offering prices, trends of earnings and cash flows, price multiples, prospects for liquidity and other key measures of performance. If an indicator of impairment exists, the magnitude of the impairment charge will be determined based on the most recent indication of the investment's value, as reflected by a completed financing or merger transaction or a pending transaction approved by the Board of Directors of the affected company. In instances where the remaining value is determined to be immaterial, the security may be

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written down to $0. In the nine month period ended January 31, 2003, the Company wrote down $12.0 million in such investments. The Company recorded losses of $571,000 as other expense for the nine months ended January 31, 2003 for investments accounted for on the equity method compared to losses of $179,000 for the same period ended January 31, 2002.

Inventories

        Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or market.

        The Company permanently writes off 100% of the cost of inventory that the Company specifically identifies and considers obsolete or excessive to fulfill future sales estimates. The Company defines obsolete inventory as inventory that will no longer be used in the manufacturing process. Excess inventory is generally defined as inventory in excess of projected usage, and is determined using management's best estimate of future demand at the time, based upon information then available to the Company. The Company uses a twelve-month demand forecast and, in addition to the demand forecast, the Company also considers: (1) parts and subassemblies that can be used in alternative finished products, (2) products likely to use such parts beyond the twelve month forecast timing horizon due to their strategic importance, (3) parts and subassemblies that are unlikely to be engineered out of the Company's products, and (4) known design changes which would reduce the Company's ability to use the inventory as planned.

Property, Plant, Equipment and Improvements

        Property, plant, equipment and improvements are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Property, plant, equipment and improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five years to seven years, except plant which is 40 years. Land is carried at acquisition cost and is not depreciated. Leased land is depreciated over the life of the lease. The cost of equipment under capital leases is recorded at the lower of the present value of the minimum lease payments or the fair value of the asset and is amortized over the shorter of the term of the related lease or the estimated useful life of the asset.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

        Goodwill and other intangible assets result from acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method. Amortization of goodwill and other intangibles has been provided on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from three to five years. The amortization of goodwill ceased with the adoption of SFAS 142 beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2003 (see "Effect of New Accounting Standards").

Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets

        The Company periodically evaluates whether changes have occurred that would require revision of the remaining estimated useful life of the property, plant, equipment, improvements and finite lived intangible assets or render them not recoverable. If such circumstances arise, the Company uses an estimate of the discounted value of expected future operating cash flows to determine whether and to what extent the long-lived assets are impaired.

Stock-Based Compensation

        Finisar accounts for employee stock option grants in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" ("APB Opinion No. 25") and has adopted the disclosure-only alternative of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"). The Company accounts for stock issued to non-employees in accordance with provisions of SFAS No. 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 96-18,

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"Accounting for Equity Investments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunctions with Selling Goods, or Services."

Net Loss Per Share

        Basic net loss per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive potential common shares from options and warrants (under the treasury stock method), convertible redeemable preferred stock (on an as-if-converted basis) and convertible notes (on an as-if-converted basis) outstanding during the period.

Comprehensive Income

        Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income" ("SFAS 130") establishes rules for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components. SFAS 130 requires unrealized gains or losses on the Company's available-for-sale securities and foreign currency translation adjustments to be included in comprehensive income. The amount of the decrease in net pre-tax unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities was $112,000 in the nine months ended January 31, 2003 versus a loss of $2,474,000 in the nine months ended January 31, 2002. The amount of foreign currency translation adjustments incurred in the first nine months of fiscal 2003 and 2002 were gains of approximately $505,000 and $0, respectively.

Effect of New Accounting Standards

        In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 141 "Business Combinations" and SFAS 142 "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. SFAS 141 also included guidance on the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets arising from business combinations completed after June 30, 2001. SFAS 142 prohibits the amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. SFAS 142 requires that these assets be reviewed for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with finite lives will continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives.

        SFAS 142 identifies a two-step impairment analysis at the reporting unit level. The initial step requires the Company to determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare it to the carrying value, including goodwill, of such unit. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value, no impairment loss is recognized. However, if the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the goodwill of this unit may be impaired. The amount, if any, of the impairment would then be measured in the second step.

        The Company adopted SFAS 142 on May 1, 2002, and the Company performed the required transitional impairment testing as of the same date and recognized a transitional impairment loss of $460.6 million as a cumulative effect of an accounting change during the quarter ended July 31, 2002. See Note 8 for additional information regarding the impact to the Company's financial statements as a result of the adoption of SFAS 142.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets." SFAS 144, which supercedes SFAS 121, establishes a single accounting model, based on the framework established in SFAS 121, for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale. The Company adopted SFAS 144 on May 1, 2002. Initial adoption of this statement did not have a significant impact on the Company's financial condition or operating results.

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        In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS 146 "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities," effective for exit or disposal activities that are initiated after December 31, 2002. Under SFAS 146, a liability for the cost associated with an exit or disposal activity is recognized when the liability is incurred. Under prior guidance, a liability for such costs could be recognized at the date of commitment to an exit plan. The provisions of SFAS No. 146 are required to be applied prospectively after the adoption date to newly initiated exit activities, and may affect the timing of recognizing future restructuring costs, as well as the amounts recognized.

        In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45 ("FIN 45"), "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others." FIN 45 requires that a liability be recorded in the guarantor's balance sheet upon issuance of a guarantee. In addition, FIN 45 requires disclosures about the guarantees that an entity has issued, including a rollforward of the entity's product warranty liabilities. Adoption of FIN 45 did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

        In December 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, Transition and Disclosure." SFAS 148 provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. SFAS 148 also requires that disclosures of the pro forma effect of using the fair value method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation be displayed more prominently and in a tabular format. Additionally, SFAS 148 requires disclosure of the pro forma effect in interim financial statements. The transition and annual disclosure requirements of SFAS 148 are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2002. The Company has included the required additional disclosures in Note 13 to its condensed consolidated financial statements.

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2. Net Loss Per Share

        The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):