Bookham to Announce Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008 Financial Results on Thursday, July 24, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bookham, Inc. ("Bookham") , a leading provider of optical components, modules and subsystems, reiterated the details for the conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 financial results that were included in the press release issued July 14, 2008. The conference call will be held on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. ET.

   Date:     Thursday, July 24, 2008
   Time:     4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT
   Dial-in:  (480) 629-9031
   Passcode: None required

   Replay:   (303) 590-3030
   Passcode: 3896355
   Duration: Through July 31, 2008

A webcast of the call will be available in the investors section of Bookham's website at http://www.bookham.com/.

About Bookham

Bookham, Inc. is a leading provider of high performance optical products, spanning from components to advanced subsystems. The company designs and manufactures a broad range of solutions tailored for the telecommunications optical infrastructure and selected markets, including industrial, life sciences, semiconductor, and scientific. The Company utilizes proprietary core technologies and a vertically integrated manufacturing organization to provide its customers with cost-effective and innovative devices, as well as flexible, scalable product delivery. Bookham is a global company, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with leading edge chip fabrication facilities in the UK and Switzerland, and manufacturing sites in the US and China.

Bookham and all other Bookham, Inc. product names and slogans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bookham, Inc. in the USA or other countries.

CONTACT: Jim Fanucchi of Summit IR Group Inc., +1-408-404-5400, ir@bookham.com, for Bookham, Inc.

Web site: http://www.bookham.com/

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