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MRV Company History

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Subsequent Public Offerings



2004

MRV Launches Telco NEBS Compliant Line of Console Servers

MRV First To Offer VPLS Auto-Discovery Services In IP/MPLS Access/Edge Routers

MRV Completes Interoperability Testing Of Its LambdaDriver ESCON CWDM/DWDM Solution Under IBM'S TotalStorage Proven Program

MRV Communications Introduces Industry's First 144 Port SFP Physical Layer CROSS-CONNECT for Emerging 4GFC SAN

MRV Announces "Any Optical Transport" Medium Multi-Rate Dual Transponder Based On Pluggable Technology

LuminentOIC Introduces Industry's First DWDM SFP
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2003

Luminent Announces a New Bi-Direction SFP Transceiver for Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) Applications

Sun Microsystems Chooses MRV's Remote Console Solution As Key Component For Its New Compute Grid Rack System

MRVÕs LX-4000s Series Of Remote Console Servers Obtains Solaris¨ Ready Certification From Sun Microsystems

MRV Communications, Inc. And Interlink Communication Systems Announce New Affiliate-Var Channel Program

Luminent Announces Availibility Of Long Reach OC-48 Small Form Factor Pluggable Transceiver For Distances Up To 80KM
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2002

Luminent Introduces Family of Digital Diagnostic Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) Transceivers

Luminent Introduces 10 Gigabit XFP Transceiver Product Line

OFS and MRV Demonstrate 1400 nm Transmission Over Zero Water Peak Fiber at SUPERCOMM 2002; MRV Participates in the Demonstration of 16-Channel CWDM Transport Over OFS' AllWave Fiber

Luminent Announces Availability of Complete Coarse Wavelength Division

MRV Communications New TereScope-1 of Photonic Air Link (PAL) Series Delivers Breakthrough For Ethernet Traffic Based Networks

MRV Communications Granted Patent on Breakthrough Free Space Optics Technology

Luminent Full-Spectrum 16 Wavelengths CWDM Technology Wins FiberOptic Product News Technology Award

MRV Receives Award for Best VDSL Solution by ZDNet at CeBit 2002 In Communications Category

MRV Communications Announces a New Line of Products - The LambdaDriver Family of Wavelength Division Multiplexers

Luminent Announces New Integrated Triplexer Transceivers For Fiber To The Home

MRV Breaks VDSL Distance Barriers With New Standards Compliant Ethernet Over VDSL Product Line

Corning, Luminent Demonstrate Full-Spectrum CWDM Transmission

Luminent Announces New Optical Datalink OC-48 Small Form Factor Transceiver

Luminent Announces Small Form Pluggable Family of 1.3um FP Transceivers

Luminent Announces 10 Gigabit Laser and Photodiode Chips Designed for High Performance, Low Cost Uncooled Applications

MRV Divests Its Majority Ownership in Passive Optical Components Divisions, FOCI and QOI (Read press release)

No. 40 in the 2002 Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 company ranking by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
6th consecutive year

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2001

MRV and Luminent Complete Merger (Read press release)

No. 30 in the 2001 Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 company ranking by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
5th consecutive year

MRV Integrates Independent Business Units into one unified MRV

Acquired Appointech, designer and manufacturer of multimode optical components

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2000

No. 14 in the 2000 Los Angeles Technology Fast 50 company ranking by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
4th consecutive year

Acquired Astroterra, leader in wireless optical transmission – Integrated into MRV

Acquired CES, designer and manufacturer of solutions for real-time data acquisition systems

Recorded 2-for-1 stock split on May 26, 2000

Acquired Quantum Optech, Inc. (QOI), manufacturer of Optical Thin Film Coating and Filters for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing ("DWDM") – Integrated into Luminent division

Acquired Optronics International Corporation (OIC), developer of laser diodes and transceivers – Integrated into Luminent division

Acquired Jolt, developer and manufacturer of optical wireless communications – Integrated into MRV

Acquired Fiber Optic Communications Inc. (FOCI), a leading manufacturer of passive fiber optic components for WDM transmission – Integrated into Luminent division

MRV Communications, Inc. Honored With Endurance Award for Six-Time Appearance on Deloitte & Touche, LLP Technology Fast 500

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1999

No. 10 in the 1999 Southern California Technology Fast 50 Company Ranking presented by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
3rd consecutive year

No. 219 in National Fast 500 Company Ranking presented by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
5th consecutive year

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1998

No. 3 in the 1998 Southern California Technology Fast 50 company ranking presented by Deloitte & Touche, LLP
2nd consecutive year

No. 146 in Deloitte & Touche, LLP Technology Fast 500
4th consecutive year

Holding Company Implemented – Separated Product Divisions into Individual Subsidiaries

Acquired Xyplex Corporation, WAN Equipment supplier

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1997

1997 Forbes Magazine - 200 Best Small Public Companies in America

No. 14 in the 1997 Southern California Technology Fast 50 company ranking presented by Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Deloitte & Touche, LLP Fast 500 Ranking

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1996

Inc. Magazine - Top 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies

Acquired Fibronics and gained enterprise class products

Stock Splits - Recorded 3-for-2 stock split on March 20, and 2-for-1 stock split on July 29

Accepted Equity Investment by Intel Corporation

Deloitte & Touche, LLP Fast 500 Ranking

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1995

Acquired Galcom and Ace North Hills, network equipment companies

Inc. Magazine - Top 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies

Deloitte & Touche, LLP Fast 500 Ranking

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1994

Inc. Magazine - Top 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies

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1993

MRV introduced its first networking products under the name NBase

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1992

Reincorporated - Delaware – April

December 7 - Initial Public Offering

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1988

MRV was founded as a semiconductor optical transmission company (now known as Luminent)

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Subsequent Public Offerings

January 1995
Stock - Gruntal Securities (Formerly Hampshire)

September 1997
Stock - Bear Stearns

June 1998
Convertible Debenture Offering - Prudential Securities

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