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To: Dealer who wrote (30536)	8/25/2000 8:58:19 AM
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JDSU--DOJ asks for more data in fiber merger JDS Uniphase, SDL receive request for additional info By William L. Watts, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 8:53 AM ET Aug 25, 2000 NewsWatch Latest headlines NEPEAN, Ontario (CBS.MW) - Antitrust regulators asked JDS Uniphase and SDL Corp. to provide more information on their proposed $44 billion merger, the companies announced Thursday. Today on CBS MarketWatch Stocks notch minor gains Bausch & Lomb trims profit forecast Verizon sets $5 billion wireless IPO Beige Book shows Fed consensus After-Hours: Crossroad's share price shifts into neutral More top stories... CBS MarketWatch Columns Updated: 8/25/2000 12:53:26 AM ET JDS Uniphase (JDSU: news, msgs) and SDL (SDLI: news, msgs) said they intend to respond promptly and fully to the request by the Justice Department antitrust division. The companies said they still intend to complete the merger in the fourth quarter. So-called "second-request reviews" by regulators are rare, but not unexpected in deals that could foster significant concentration in an industry. The companies announced last month that JDS Uniphase would acquire SDL in a stock swap. SDL shareholders would get 3.8 shares of JDS Uniphase for each share of SDL. Ontario-based JDS Uniphase designs and manufactures products used in the fiber optic communications markets, while SDL products power data, voice, video and Internet information over fiber optic networks. Shares of JDS Uniphase closed up 2 1/8 to 125 1/8 Thursday. SDL shares rose 2 1/8 to 125 1/8. William L. Watts is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com.