Thereby, profit from sales of stocks about 23.8 billion yen (about 197 million US dollars, 1U.S.dollar=120.54yen) is taken into consolidated statements as an extraordinary profit this term. Although not woven into the consolidated earnings outlook on May 22, 2001 about this case, at present, a final earnings prospect is undecided. It is planned to utilize as a part of fund for acquisition of Lucent optical fiber solutions released on July 24. In addition, although equity holdings descend to 8.2%, as the largest stockholder, Furukawa will continue the close cooperation relationship with JDS Uniphase.
