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To: Trey McAtee who wrote (7865)	11/20/1997 2:33:00 PM
From: SJS	Respond to of 21342

Analysis: from briefing.com WESTELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. (WSTL) 17 9/16 -1. Yesterday's announcement that Texas Instruments (TXN 101 13/16 +3 13/16) plans to acquire Amati Communications (AMTX 19 11/16 -1/16) for $395 million or $20 a share does not bode well for this telecommunications products concern, or at least this is the view expressed by Dain Bosworth. Prior to yesterday's announcement, Westell had signed a merger agreement to acquire Amati. Instead, it has settled for a one-time payment of $14.8 million in accordance with the termination provisions of the merger agreement. According to Dain Bosworth, it has cut its investment rating on WSTL to a "neutral" from a "buy" based on the view that the latest deal between TXN and AMTX leaves Westell without "ownership of the intellectual property behind the DMT (discrete multitone) implementation of ADSL (asymmetrical digital subscriber line) technology." While Westell has signed a multi-year strategic alliance with Texas Instruments providing it with substantial benefits, it leaves Westell without the property rights to the ADSL technology, something that Dain Bosworth feels detracts from the value investors are willing to place on WSTL shares. This latest alliance will also press hard of WSTL to defend its leadership role in the ADSL arena, particularly as the technology moves from development to deployment as it will be competing with other vendors and systems integrators that have their own technology or access to similar technology acquired from TXN as WSTL has done. Hence, the firm has moved quickly to advise investor of the change in landscape now that a new relationship has been formed.

To: Trey McAtee who wrote (7865)	11/20/1997 2:33:00 PM
From: hal jordan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Trey, >of course, i am deep underwater on the NOV 20s i still own<G>. we sold a bunch yesterday, but as of today...the remaining ones are worth about as much as a dumpster full of hot garbage<G>.< I'll bet that still sounds better than the 25 Nov 30's I had purchased when it was still expensive <GG>. Hal