ADC Redefines Broadband Service Delivery in Operations Support Systems Software With Acquisition of CommTech

Business Wire, Feb 5, 2001

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Reform Act of 1995

Any forward-looking statements contained herein reflect management's current expectations or beliefs and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. ADC cautions readers that future actual results could differ materially from those in forward-looking statements depending on the outcome of certain factors. As with any acquisition, we may have difficulty integrating CommTech's products, services, technologies and personnel into our operations. These difficulties could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management and workforce, increase our expenses and adversely affect our operating results. In addition, all forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the demand for ADC's products or services, availability of materials and skilled personnel to design and make products, changing market conditions either within ADC's industry or generally within the economy, new competition and technologies, increased costs associated with protecting intellectual property rights, fluctuations in ADC's operating results, pressures on the pricing of the products or services ADC offers, and other risks and uncertainties, including those identified in Exhibit 99-a to ADC Telecommunications Inc.'s Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2000.

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