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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<br>
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1768 Automation Parkway</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release of Registrant dated November 2, 2004, announcing the
  appointment of Michael Ricci as Senior Vice President, Components and Modules
  Product Group.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  Uniphase Corporation</font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.1</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">**FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE**</font></u></b></p>

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<h3 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">JDS UNIPHASE SELECTS VICE
PRESIDENT TO LEAD COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENTS AND TRANSMISSION PRODUCT GROUPS</font></u></b></h3>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">San Jose,</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-weight:bold;"> California </font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-weight:bold;">&#150;
November&nbsp;2, 2004</font></b><font face="Times New Roman"> - JDS Uniphase
(NASDAQ:&#160; JDSU and TSX:&#160; JDU.NV) today announced that Michael Ricci
has joined as senior vice president of the new Components and Modules product
group, which was created through the merger of the Components and Transmission
product groups.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ricci will report to
JDS Uniphase Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Kevin Kennedy and lead the new
product group, which, with 200 product lines, has the broadest portfolio of
components and modules for fiberoptic communications in the industry.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Mike Ricci will be an tremendous asset to JDS Uniphase as we increase
the value we provide to our communications customers and develop technologies
to help them meet emerging market needs,&#148; said CEO Kennedy. &#147;His proven
telecommunications expertise and organizational leadership capabilities are
exactly what the Company needs as we scale this product group.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ricci has a record of achievement spanning over 25 years that includes
successfully introducing innovative new products and strong organizational
management at leading edge organizations serving the communications market.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Before joining JDS Uniphase, Ricci was a vice president and general
manager at Intel Corporation for five years with the Telecom Products Division,
the Optical Products Group, and the Business Development Group. Prior to that,
as vice president at Level One Communications, he led the telecom business unit
and helped Level One become a market leader. Prior to Level One, Ricci served
at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in engineering for telecommunications and
microprocessor products and ultimately oversaw development and launch of
communications products, including wireless communications, desktop networking,
and Ethernet technologies. Ricci began his career at Siliconix, Inc. and holds
a bachelor&#146;s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ricci, who joined JDS Uniphase on November&nbsp;1, 2004, is an
executive officer of the Company based at its corporate headquarters in San
Jose, California.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">About JDS Uniphase</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">JDS Uniphase Corporation designs and manufactures products that provide
innovative optical solutions for communications, commercial and consumer
applications. The Company offers components, modules and subsystems for a
variety of markets including</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">communications</font>, display, commercial lasers,
document, and product authentication. More information is available at
www.jdsu.com.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">General Inquiries</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">:
Contact your JDS Uniphase Representative or call 800-498-5378 in North America
or + 800-5378-5378 outside of North America.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Media Inquiries</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">:
Pamela Sufi, Corporate Marketing Communications, 408-546-4714 or pam.sufi@jdsu.com</font></p>

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