ABINGDON, United Kingdom, Feb. 1, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- On December 17, 2001, the Board of Bookham Technology plc ("Bookham") (LSE:BHM) (Nasdaq:BKHM) announced that it had entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the business and assets of Marconi Optical Components Limited (the "Acquisition").
Approval for all arrangements necessary to effect the Acquisition was obtained from shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Bookham held on 31 January 2002.
Bookham is pleased to announce that the Acquisition was completed earlier today, following (i) admission to the Official List of 12,891,000 Bookham ordinary shares issued as consideration for the Acquisition and (ii) admission of the shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.