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Technology Stocks : JDS Uniphase (JDSU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pat mudge who wrote (380)	6/10/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: Bulldozer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24042

Agree about substance vs. hype. Hard to tell with so many claims abounding. Good probability though that some will make it and thats nice incremental revs for the good guys! BD

To: pat mudge who wrote (380)	6/10/1999 7:49:00 PM
From: Kent Rattey	Respond to of 24042

Wednesday June 9, 9:02 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Uniphase Appoints Chief Information Officer SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 1999--Uniphase Corp. (Nasdaq:UNPH - news) today announced that Joseph D. Riera has joined the company as vice president and chief information officer. In this position, Riera will be responsible for further developing and expanding the company's information technologies infrastructure to support its anticipated growth. ''With the pending merger of Uniphase with JDS FITEL, our IT infrastructure will assume even greater importance for our global company in the dynamic telecommunications and cable TV markets we serve,'' said Anthony R. Muller, Uniphase senior vice president and chief financial officer. ''Joe is a CIO who can provide us with the vision, leadership and management skills to meet this challenge.'' Riera most recently was senior vice president and chief information officer for DHL Worldwide Express. Previously he spent 11 years with Apple Computer, rising to the position of vice president and chief information officer and also serving as that company's director of information systems for Europe. His earlier experience included positions with Plantronics and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Uniphase Corp. is an optoelectronics company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets fiber optic telecommunications components and modules and laser subsystems. The company's telecommunications products include semiconductor lasers, high-speed external modulators, transmitters, fiber Bragg gratings and optical modules for fiber optic networks in the telecommunications and cable television industries. The company's laser division produces laser subsystems for a broad range of OEM applications which include biotechnology, industrial process control and measurement, graphics and printing, and semiconductor equipment. Uniphase employs approximately 1,300 people worldwide and is headquartered in San Jose. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol UNPH and its shares are included in the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Uniphase website address is www.uniphase.com. Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements include statements relating to the proposed merger of Uniphase with JDS FITEL. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements, including, among other risks, the risk that the stockholders of Uniphase and JDS FITEL and/or the Ontario Superior Court of Justice may not approve the proposed plan of merger. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Uniphase Corp. Kevin N. Kalkhoven, 408/434-1800 Anthony R. Muller, 408/434-1800