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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=3><P ALIGN="CENTER">CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">TO</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">AMENDED AND RESTATED</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION</P>
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<P>JDS Uniphase Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Delaware, (the &quot;Corporation&quot; hereby certifies as
follows:</P>

<P>FIRST:  That, by their unanimous written consent as of August 4, 1999, the
Board of Directors adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the
following amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Corporation:</P>
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<P>RESOLVED, that paragraph 4.1 of Article 4 of the Corporation's Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall be amended, subject to stockholder
approval, to read in its entirety as follows:</P>
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<P>&quot;4.1,  <U>Authorized Capital Stock</U>.  The Corporation is authorized
to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, `Common Stock' and
`Preferred Stock.'  The total number of shares which the Corporation is
authorized to issue is three hundred one million (301,000,000) shares.  Three
hundred million (300,000,000) shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par
value of one-tenth of one cent ($.001).  One million (1,000,000) shares shall be
Preferred Stock, each having a par value of one-tenth of one cent
($.001).&quot;</P>
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<P>SECOND:  That the stockholders of the Corporation have approved at the
Special Meeting of Stockholders held on September 28, 1999 said amendment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.</P>

<P>THIRD:  That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with
applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.</P>

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<P>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, JDS Uniphase Corporation has caused this Certificate of
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by
its Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary this <U>28<SUP>th</U></SUP> day
of <U>September</U>, 1999.</P>



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                                         JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION


                                         By: /s/ KEVIN N. KALKHOVEN
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                                                 Kevin N. Kalkhoven
                                                 Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:



By: /s/ ANTHONY R. MULLER
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        Anthony R. Muller
        Secretary

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