John, in case you haven't seen this.... :-)
Uniphase Corporation to Join Nasdaq-100 Index Beginning May 5, 1999
WASHINGTON, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Uniphase Corporation (Nasdaq: UNPH -
news), of San Jose, California, will become a component of the Nasdaq-100 Index®,
effective at the close of trading Tuesday, May 4, 1999. Uniphase will replace Jacor
Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: JCOR - news), which is scheduled to be acquired by
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.
Uniphase Corporation, with a market capitalization of $ 5 billion, is a leader in the field
of optoelectronics. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets fiber optic
telecommunications components, modules and lasers. The company's products are sold
to the telecommunications and cable television markets.
The Nasdaq-100 Index, launched in January 1985, rose more than 80 percent in 1998,
although past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance. The
Nasdaq-Amex Market Group(SM), which operates The Nasdaq Stock Market® and
the American Stock Exchange®, is a subsidiary of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD®), the largest securities-industry, self-regulatory
organization in the United States. The union of Nasdaq® and Amex® creates the
world's first financial market that brings together central auction specialist and multiple
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