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To: Jack Colton who wrote (41210)	5/17/1999 7:42:00 AM
From: kathyh	Respond to of 90042

sorry, jack the crystal ball is broken this am... <ggg> but i was thinking lu... and i think there at least 5 other viable candidates, as well... so i'm not worried... i find the news on yahoo, and cbs marketwatch... nothing fancy... <ggg> also, siemens had not been mentioned in most recent rumors, ericcson and lucent were... and we still haven't heard from them... <ggg> kathy :) 3Com again on takeover radar screen Lucent, Ericsson seen as suitors of network giant By Janet Haney, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 4:32 PM ET May 14, 1999 Movers & Shakers SANTA CLARA, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of 3Com surged nearly 8 percent Friday as yet another round of takeover talk swirled around the networking giant, but this time some new suitors may be emerging. Potential acquirers said to be interested in the computer networking company this time are Ericsson (ERICY: news, msgs) and Lucent Technologies (LU: news, msgs), a published report said. 3Com, based in Santa Clara, Calif., said it doesn't comment on rumor speculation. Similar talk circulated in late April, when unsubstantiated reports mentioned Ericsson, as well as Intel (INTC: news, msgs) and Siemens AG. See archived story. Comments by tech pundit Michael Murphy, published in the latest edition of BusinessWeek, sparked the latest speculation. 3Com shares (COMS: news, msgs) jumped 2 to 28 9/16 on heavy volume of 20.3 million shares. Doubts Scott Heritage, an analyst at Warburg Dillon Read, said he doesn't think 3Com is going to be bought. "Rumors have been circulating about 3Com for years. Lucent is not going to buy 3Com, it's not going to happen," Heritage told CBS.MarketWatch.com. Sweden's Ericsson makes communications equipment for wired and mobile communications. Its shares fell 1 3/16, or 4.2 percent, to 26 7/8. Lucent Technologies (LU: news, msgs) also manufactures communications equipment and software which enables its user to provide wireline and wireless access. Shares of the Murray Hill, N.J.-based company were down 2 3/8 to 58 5/8.

To: Jack Colton who wrote (41210)	5/17/1999 8:00:00 AM
From: kathyh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

a little update... siemens wants to continue working with coms, just not buying them... also points out that several int'l cos. are rumored to be interested... kathy :) Monday May 17, 7:39 am Eastern Time Siemens says has no plans to buy 3-Com MUNICH, May 17 (Reuters) - German industrial group Siemens AG (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: SIEG.F) has no plans to buy its U.S. partner 3-Com (Nasdaq:COMS - news), Siemens chief executive officer Heinrich von Pierer said on Monday. ''We don't want to buy 3-Com, rather we want to continue our cooperation with them,'' von Pierer said at a news conference. Recent media reports said several international companies were interested in taking over 3-Com. Von Pierer also said that Siemens planned to sell off all shares in its semiconductor division in the long term.