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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (116987)	11/20/2000 4:23:03 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 120523

JDS UNIPHASE CANADA LTD - JDS And SDL, Inc. Set Date for Stockholder Meetings on Merger Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 20, 2000 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- JDS Uniphase Corporation and SDL, Inc. announced they have set December 27, 2000 as the date for their respective special stockholder meetings to approve their pending merger. The special meeting of JDS Uniphase stockholders will be held at the company's offices at 210 Baypointe Parkway, San Jose, California at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The special meeting of SDL stockholders will be held at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 1300 Chesapeake Terrace, Sunnyvale, California at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Stockholders of record of each company as of the close of business on November 16, 2000 will be entitled to vote at the respective meetings. On or about November 22, 2000, JDS Uniphase and SDL stockholders will be sent a copy of the definitive joint proxy statement and prospectus as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2000. Those holding shares of both companies must vote such shares separately at the respective meetings. In addition to stockholder approvals at the special stockholder meetings, completion of the merger, which was announced on July 10, 2000, remains subject to obtaining various regulatory approvals, including approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. This release is being made for information purposes only and is not intended to be a solicitation of proxies for the proposed transaction. JDS Uniphase is a high technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes a comprehensive range of products for the growing fiberoptic communications market. These products are deployed by system manufacturers worldwide to develop advanced optical networks for the telecommunications and cable television industries. JDS Uniphase is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol JDSU, and the exchangeable shares of JDS Uniphase Canada Ltd. are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol JDU. More information on JDS Uniphase is available at www.jdsuniphase.com.