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Technology Stocks : Ascend Communications (ASND)
ASND 210.50+0.5%Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: djane who wrote (50677)7/29/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: djane  Read Replies (4) of 61433
 
Intriguing post on Ciena thread. "Company A" (possibly CSCO) losing out to TLAB

Talk : Communications : Ciena IPO

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To: pat mudge (2329 )
From: Curtis E. Bemis
Tuesday, Jul 28 1998 1:53PM ET
Reply # of 2335

The CIEN Plan of Merger (actually a Joint Proxy Statement and
Prospectus with TLAB) sent to all shareholders was a very, very interesting read.
Besides all the disclaimers, cautionary words and all that, I found the "Background of
the Merger" quite revealing.

It gives a day-by-day account of all the negotiations, meetings, etc,
and identifies a "Company A" that also was in the bidding for stock
exchanges with CIEN, at a premium, for a business combination. Company
A is not identified but they lost because the TLAB offer was more
attractive.

Anyway, I voted my shares for the merger. If you can get access to this statement,
actually about 100 or more pages, I think you will
find it interesting.
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