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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos. 333-13388 and 333-13390) pertaining to the 1995 and 1998
Employee Share Option Schemes of Bookham Technology plc of our report dated
March 18, 2003 (except for Note 31 -- Supplemental disclosures required under
US GAAP, as to which the date is December 16, 2003) with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Bookham Technology plc included in this
Amendment No. 3 to the Annual Report (Form 20-F/A) for the year ended
December 31, 2002.

                                                 /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
                                                 ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Reading, England
December 16, 2003<Page>

                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.2

PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS

                                                 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                                 West London Office
                                                 Harman House
                                                 1 George Street
                                                 Uxbridge UB8 1QQ
                                                 Telephone +44 (0) 1895 273333
                                                 Facsimile +44 (0) 1895 274777

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-13388 and 333-13390) of Bookham Technology
plc of our report dated March 14, 2001, relating to the financial statements
of Bookham Technology plc, which appears in this Annual Report on Form
20-F/A. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Selected
Consolidated Financial Data" which appears in this Form 20-F/A.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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EXHIBIT 10.22  

 
 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT    
    

        THIS THIRD AMENDMENT (this "Amendment"), dated this 2nd day of October, 2003, is made to that certain Employment Agreement by and between ROBERT N.
WILDRICK ("Executive") and JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC. ("Employer" or "Company"), dated as of November 1, 1999, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated
March 6, 2000 and that certain Second Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated May 25, 2001(as so amended, the "Agreement"). 

        WHEREAS,
Executive and Employer are the sole parties to the Agreement; and 

        WHEREAS,
Executive and Employer have agreed to amend the Agreement, 

        NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Executive and Employer hereby amend the Agreement and agree as follows: 

        1.
Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting from the third line thereof the date "January 29, 2005" and inserting in lieu thereof the date
"January 31, 2009". 

        2.
Section 4.1 of the Agreement is hereby redesignated as paragraph A of Section 4.1 and the following is hereby inserted as paragraph B of
Section 4.1: 

        B.
Subject to annual increases as set forth in Section 4.1A, as modified by the immediately following sentence, the Base Salary for the period from January 30, 2005 through
January 31, 2009 shall be $1,000,000. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.1A, on the Annual Increase Date in Fiscal 2005, the Base Salary shall automatically
be increased by an amount equal to the Base Salary in effect as of January 29, 2005 multiplied by the percentage increase in the consumer price index over the most recently reported
12-month period. 

        3.
Effective January 30, 2004, Section 4.2.A of the Agreement is hereby deleted and the following is inserted in lieu thereof: 

        A.
Discretionary Bonus.    Employer shall pay to Executive for the fiscal year ending January 29, 2005 and for each
fiscal year thereafter that begins during the Employment Period (each such fiscal year, a "Bonus Year"), a bonus determined in accordance with the management incentive plan as established by the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company as of the date hereof (the "Bonus Plan"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Employer's Bonus Plan, in
the event (y) the Employment Period shall end for any reason whatsoever on a day prior to payment to Executive of a Bonus for the last full Bonus Year contained within the Employment Period,
and (z) Executive would have been entitled to receive a Bonus for such last full Bonus Year had the Employment Period not ended—then, Employer shall pay to Executive the Bonus for
such last full Bonus Year as and when such Bonus would have been paid had the Employment Period not ended. 

        4.
Section 4.7 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: 

        Upon
execution of the Third Amendment to this Employment Agreement, Employer shall grant to Executive an immediately vested option to purchase 100,000 shares of Stock at an exercise
price equal to the closing price thereof on the date of grant. [Editor's Note: The closing price on the date of grant was $45.14 per share.] The agreement pursuant to which the
option shall be granted shall be generally in the form ordinarily and customarily used by Employer (the "Standard Option Form"). 

        5.
A new section 4.8 is hereby added to the Agreement as follows: 

        4.8
Extension Bonus.    Employer requested that Executive forego the $900,000 in severance compensation to which Executive would
otherwise be entitled pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof upon expiration of the Employment Period. Executive hereby agrees to forego such severance and in consideration thereof and of the extension
of the Employment Period through January 29, 2009, Employer shall pay to Executive an extension bonus in the amount of $900,000. The parties acknowledge and agree that the extension bonus is
being paid to Executive in lieu of an equal amount of severance which otherwise would have been payable to Executive had this Employment Agreement expired on January 29, 2005. 

        6.
Section 6.4 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the phrase "an amount equal to the sum of (a) $900,000 and (b)". 

        7.
Section 6.5 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is hereby inserted in lieu thereof: 

        6.5
Other Termination Compensation.    In the event this Agreement shall expire or be terminated for any reason whatsoever other
than by Employer for cause pursuant to Section 5.2, Employer shall provide to Executive during the remainder of his life such medical, dental, vision and medical expense reimbursement insurance
as Executive was receiving from Employer at the time of such expiration or termination, provided, however, that the cost thereof shall not exceed $11,000 per year. In the event that such cost shall
exceed $11,000 per year, Executive shall have the right to (a) continue receiving such insurance coverage and pay to Employer the difference between the annual cost thereof and $11,000, or
(b) receive such lesser coverage as Executive shall notify Employer he elects to receive up to a maximum cost of $11,000 per year. Executive shall not, except as set forth in this
Section 6 and in Section 4.6, be entitled to any compensation following termination or expiration of the Employment Period, except as may otherwise be provided in any stock options
granted by Employer to Executive. 

        8.
Effective January 30, 2004, Section 6.7 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: 

        In
the event (a) Company shall terminate this Agreement for cause (as defined in Section 5.2) or (b) Executive shall terminate this Agreement without good reason (as
defined in Section 5.3), the Executive agrees not to compete with the Company as hereinabove set forth for the period from the date of termination through earlier to occur of (y) the
third anniversary of the date of termination or (z) January 31, 2009. 

        Except
as specifically amended hereby, the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms. To the extent of any conflict between the terms of this
Amendment and the terms of the remainder of the Employment Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control and prevail. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have those respective
meanings attributed to them in the Employment Agreement. The word "Company" as used herein and in the Agreement shall mean and refer to "Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc." and is used herein and in
the Agreement interchangeably with the word "Employer". This Amendment shall hereafter be deemed a part of the Employment Agreement for all purposes. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written. 

JOS.
A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC. 

	

By:	
 	

 David A. Preiser,

Chairman, Compensation Committee	
 	

 ROBERT N. WILDRICK

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EXHIBIT 4.4    
    

	NUMBER	 	

 	 	SHARES
	A	 	
	 	 	 	

	
CLASS A COMMON STOCK	
 	

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE	
 	

CUSIP 442487 2013
 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
	

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that	
 	
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.	
 	

THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CLEVELAND, OH OR NEW YORK, NY
	

is the owner of	
 	
FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.01 EACH OF THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF	
 	

 
	Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate,
 and the shares represented hereby, are issued and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and of the amendments thereof, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This certificate is not valid
unless countersigned and registered by the transfer Agent and Registrar.

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

	 	 	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be hereunto imprinted.	 	 
	

[CORPORATE SEAL]	
 	

Dated	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

Attest:	
 	

 	
 	

By	
 	

 	
 	

 
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

Secretary	
 	

 	
 	

Chairman	
 	

 

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

	 	 	COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
	 	 	 	 	NATIONAL CITY BANK	 	 
	 	 	 	 	(Cleveland, OH)	 	TRANSFER AGENT

AND REGISTRAR

AUTHORIZED OFFICER
	 	 	 	 	BY:	 	 

        The Company will furnish to any stockholder, upon request to its principal office or to any of its transfer offices and without charge, a full statement of the powers, designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock of the Company, or series thereof, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. 

        The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations: 

	TEN COM	 	—as tenants in common	 	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT—	 	 
	 	Custodian	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	(Cust)	 	 	 	(Minor)
	TEN ENT	 	—as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	

JT TEN	
 	

—as joint tenants with right

of survivorship and not as

tenants in common	
 	

 	
 	

Act	
 	

 
 (State)
	

 	
 	

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

	        For value received,	 	 
	 	hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER

IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE	 	 
	 
	 	 

	 
Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee
	 

	 

	 
	 	Shares
	of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute

	and appoint	 	 

	 

	Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

	Dated,	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 

        NOTICE:
The signature of this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change
whatever. 

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