COMMSCOPE, INC.
                    EXHIBIT 99 - FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

The Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor"
for forward looking  statements.  The Company's Form 10-K, the Company's  Annual
Report to Stockholders,  any Form 10-Q or Form 8-K of the Company,  or any other
oral or written  statements  made by or on behalf of the  Company,  may  include
forward-looking  statements  which  reflect  the  Company's  current  views with
respect  to future  events  and  financial  performance.  These  forward-looking
statements  are  identified by their use of such terms and phrases as "intends,"
"intend,"  "intended," "goal,"  "estimate,"  "estimates,"  "expects,"  "expect,"
"expected,"  "project,"   "projects,"   "projected,"   "projections,"   "plans,"
"anticipates,"  "anticipated,"  "should,"  "designed to," "foreseeable  future,"
"believe,"  "believes"  and  "scheduled"  and similar  expressions.  Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date the  statement  was made.  The Company  undertakes  no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,  whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The actual  results of the  Company  may differ  significantly  from the results
discussed  in  forward-looking  statements.  Factors  that  might  cause  such a
difference include, but are not limited to, (a) the general political,  economic
and  competitive  conditions in the United States,  Asia and other markets where
the Company  operates;  (b) changes in capital  availability  or costs,  such as
changes in  interest  rates,  market  perceptions  of the  industry in which the
Company  operates,  or security ratings;  (c) employee  workforce  factors;  (d)
authoritative  generally accepted  accounting  principles or policy changes from
such standard-setting bodies as the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and the factors set forth below.

Factors Relating to the Distribution

In a transaction  that was  consummated  on July 28,  1997,  General  Instrument
Corporation  (the  "Distributing  Company")  (i) transferred  all the assets and
liabilities  relating to the  manufacture  and sale of broadband  communications
products  used  in  the  cable  television,  satellite,  and  telecommunications
industries to its then wholly-owned  subsidiary NextLevel Systems,  Inc. and all
the assets and  liabilities  relating  to the  manufacture  and sale of coaxial,
fiber optic and other electronic cable used in the cable  television,  satellite
and other  industries  to the Company  (then a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of the
Distributing Company) and (ii) then distributed all of the outstanding shares of
capital  stock  of each of  NextLevel  Systems,  Inc.  and  the  Company  to its
stockholders on a pro rata basis as a dividend (the "Distribution"). Immediately
following the Distribution,  the Distributing Company changed its corporate name
to General Semiconductor, Inc. ("General Semiconductor").  Effective February 2,
1998,  NextLevel Systems,  Inc. changed its corporate name to General Instrument
Corporation ("General Instrument").
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The  Distribution  Agreement,  dated as of June 12,  1997,  among  the  Company,
General Instrument and the Distributing  Company (the "Distribution  Agreement")
and certain  other  agreements  executed  in  connection  with the  Distribution
(collectively,  the  "Ancillary  Agreements")  allocate  among the Company,  the
Distributing  Company, and General Instrument and their respective  subsidiaries
responsibility  for various  indebtedness,  liabilities and  obligations.  It is
possible  that  a  court  would   disregard  this   contractual   allocation  of
indebtedness,  liabilities  and  obligations  among the  parties and require the
Company or its subsidiaries to assume  responsibility for obligations  allocated
to another party,  particularly if such other party were to refuse or was unable
to pay or perform any of its allocated obligations.

Pursuant to the Distribution  Agreement and certain of the Ancillary Agreements,
the Company has agreed to  indemnify  the other  parties  (and  certain  related
persons) from and after consummation of the Distribution with respect to certain
indebtedness,  liabilities and obligations,  which  indemnification  obligations
could be significant.

Although  the  Distributing  Company has  received a  favorable  ruling from the
Internal Revenue Service,  if the Distribution were not to qualify as a tax free
spin-off  (either because of the nature of the Distribution or because of events
occurring after the Distribution) under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended,  then, in general,  a corporate tax would be payable by the
consolidated group of which the Distributing Company was the common parent based
upon the difference  between the fair market value of the stock  distributed and
the Distributing Company's adjusted basis in such stock. The corporate level tax
would be payable by General Semiconductor and could substantially exceed the net
worth of  General  Semiconductor.  However,  under  certain  circumstances,  the
Company and General  Instrument have agreed to indemnify  General  Semiconductor
for such tax liability.  In addition,  under the consolidated return rules, each
member of the consolidated group (including the Company and General  Instrument)
is severally liable for such tax liability.

Leverage; Certain Restrictions Under Credit Facilities

The  Company is  substantially  leveraged.  The  degree to which the  Company is
leveraged could have important  consequences,  including the following:  (i) the
Company's  ability to obtain  additional  financing  in the  future for  working
capital,  capital  expenditures,  product  development,   acquisitions,  general
corporate  purposes or other  purposes  may be impaired;  (ii) a  portion of the
Company's and its  subsidiaries'  cash flow from operations must be dedicated to
the payment of the  principal  of and  interest on its  indebtedness;  (iii) the
Credit  Agreement,  dated as of July 23, 1997,  among  CommScope,  Inc. of North
Carolina, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, certain banks, and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Administrative  Agent, contains certain restrictive financial
and operating covenants,  including, among others, requirements that the Company
satisfy certain financial ratios;  (iv) a  significant  portion of the Company's
borrowings  will be at  floating  rates of  interest,  causing the Company to be
vulnerable to increases in interest rates;  (v) the Company's degree of leverage
may make it more vulnerable to a downturn in general  economic  conditions;  and
(vi) the Company's degree of leverage may limit its flexibility in responding to
changing business and economic conditions.
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In addition,  in a lawsuit by an unpaid creditor or representative of creditors,
such as a trustee in bankruptcy,  a court may be asked to void the  Distribution
(in  whole  or in part)  as a  fraudulent  conveyance  and to  require  that the
stockholders  return  the  special  dividend  (in  whole or in part) to  General
Semiconductor  or require the  Company to fund  certain  liabilities  of General
Semiconductor and General Instrument for the benefit of creditors.

Dependence of the Company on the Cable Television Industry and Cable Television
Capital Spending

The majority of the Company's  revenues come from sales to the cable  television
industry.  Demand  for the  Company's  products  depends  primarily  on  capital
spending by cable television operators for constructing, rebuilding or upgrading
their  systems.  The  amount  of this  capital  spending,  and,  therefore,  the
Company's  sales and  profitability  will be  affected  by a variety of factors,
including  general  economic   conditions,   acquisitions  of  cable  television
operators by non-cable television  operators,  cable system consolidation within
the industry, the financial condition of domestic cable television operators and
their access to financing,  competition  from satellite and wireless  television
providers  and  telephone   companies,   technological   developments   and  new
legislation  and  regulation  of cable  television  operators.  There  can be no
assurance that cable  television  capital spending will increase from historical
levels or that  existing  levels of cable  television  capital  spending will be
maintained.

In recent years, cable television capital spending has also been affected by new
legislation  and  regulation,  on the federal,  state and local level,  and many
aspects of such regulation are currently the subject of judicial proceedings and
administrative  or  legislative  proposals.  During  1993 and 1994,  the Federal
Communications  Commission (the "FCC") adopted  rules under the Cable Television
Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Act of  1992  (the  "1992  Cable  Act"),
regulating rates that cable  television  operators may charge for lower tiers of
service and generally not regulating  the rates for higher tiers of service.  In
1996,  the  Telecommunications  Act of 1996 (the  "Telecom  Act") was enacted to
eliminate  certain  governmental  barriers to  competition  among local and long
distance telephone,  cable television,  broadcasting and wireless services.  The
FCC is  continuing  its  implementation  of the  Telecom  Act which,  when fully
implemented,  may  significantly  impact the  communications  industry and alter
federal,  state and local laws and regulations  regarding the provision of cable
and  telephony  services.   Among  other  things,  the  Telecom  Act  eliminates
substantially  all restrictions on the entry of telephone  companies and certain
public utilities into the cable television business. Telephone companies may now
enter the cable television  business as traditional  cable operators,  as common
carrier  conduits for programming  supplied by others,  as operators of wireless
distribution  systems, or as hybrid common  carrier/cable  operator providers of
programming on so-called  "open video  systems." The economic impact of the 1992
Cable Act,  the Telecom  Act and the  rules thereunder  on the cable  television
industry and the Company is still uncertain.

Although the domestic cable  television  industry is comprised of  approximately
11,200  cable  systems,  a small  number  of cable  television  operators  own a
majority of cable  television  systems and account for a majority of the capital
expenditures made by cable television operators.  The loss of some or all of the
Company's  principal cable  television  customers could have a material  adverse
effect on the business of the Company.
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Telecommunications Industry Competition and Technological Changes Affecting 
the Company

Many of the markets  that the Company  serves are  characterized  by advances in
information  processing and communications  capabilities which require increased
transmission speeds and greater capacity ("bandwidth") for carrying information.
These advances  require  ongoing  improvements  in the  capabilities of wire and
cable products. The Company believes that its future success will depend in part
upon its ability to enhance existing products and to develop and manufacture new
products  that  meet or  anticipate  such  changes.  The  failure  to  introduce
successful  new or  enhanced  products on a timely and cost-  competitive  basis
could  have  an  adverse  impact  on  the  Company's  operations  and  financial
condition.

Fiber optic  technology  presents a potential  substitute  for the products that
comprise the majority of the Company's  sales. To date,  fiber optic cables have
penetrated  the  cable  television  and LAN  markets  served by the  Company  in
high-bandwidth point-to-point and trunking applications. Fiber optic cables have
not, to date,  significantly  penetrated the local  distribution and residential
application  markets served by the Company  because of the high relative cost of
electro-optic  interfaces and the high cost of fiber termination and connection.
At the same time,  advances  in data  transmission  equipment  and copper  cable
technologies  have  increased the relative  performance of  copper-based  cables
which are the Company's  principal  product  offerings.  However,  a significant
decrease in the cost of fiber optic systems could make such systems  superior on
a price/performance  basis to copper systems. While the Company is a fiber optic
cable  manufacturer  and  supplier  to a small  portion of the cable  television
market and certain specialty markets, such a significant decrease in the cost of
fiber optic systems would likely have an adverse effect on the Company.

Competition

The Company's  coaxial,  fiber optic and electronic  cable products compete with
those of a  substantial  number of foreign  and  domestic  companies,  some with
greater  resources,  financial or  otherwise,  than the  Company,  and the rapid
technological changes occurring in the telecommunications industry could lead to
the entry of new competitors. Existing competitors' actions and new entrants may
have an adverse  impact on the Company's  sales and  profitability.  The Company
believes  that it enjoys a strong  competitive  position  in the  coaxial  cable
market because of its position as a low-cost, high-volume coaxial cable producer
and its reputation as a high-quality provider of state-of-the-art  cables, along
with its strong  orientation toward customer service.  However,  there can be no
assurance  that the  Company  will  continue  to compete  successfully  with its
existing  competitors or that it will be able to compete  successfully  with new
competitors.
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Impact of Price Fluctuations of Raw Materials on the Company; Sources of 
Raw Materials

Fabricated  aluminum,  copper  and  plastics  are the  principal  raw  materials
purchased by the Company,  and the  Company's  profitability  may be affected by
changes  in the  market  price of  these  materials  (which  are  linked  to the
commodity markets).  Historically the Company has generally been able to pass on
increases  in the price of these  materials  to its  customers  but has had some
difficulty  doing so in recent  years,  and there can be no  assurance  that the
Company will be able to do so in the future. Additionally, significant increases
in the  price of the  Company's  products  due to  increases  in the cost of raw
materials could have a negative effect on demand for the Company's products.

A significant  portion of the Company's raw material  purchases are  bi-metallic
center  conductors  for coaxial  cables,  nearly all of which are purchased from
Copperweld  Corporation under a long-term supply  arrangement  expiring in March
2000.  In  addition  to  bi-metallic  wires,  fine  aluminum  wire is  purchased
primarily  from a single source;  neither of these major raw materials  could be
readily  replaced in sufficient  quantities if all supplies from the  respective
primary   sources  were   disrupted  for  an  extended   period.   Additionally,
fluoronated-ethylene-propylene  ("FEP") is produced by two  manufacturers and is
currently under allocation by these suppliers. Availability of adequate supplies
of FEP will be critical to future LAN cable sales growth. However, some industry
analysts  suggest that  additional  supplies of FEP may be available as early as
the third  quarter  of 1998 and may  affect  LAN  cable  industry  dynamics  and
pricing."

International Operations

The Company's  sales to  international  markets will continue to be an important
focus of the Company in the future.  Although the Company  believes  that future
growth  in  international  markets  will  be a  significant  contributor  to the
Company's  overall business over the long-term,  the current  environment in the
international   markets  is  expected   to  have  a  negative   impact  on  1998
international  sales. There can be no assurance that international  markets will
expand in the future.  The Asian  economic  crisis,  the strong U.S.  dollar and
consolidation and merger activity among cable television operators in the United
Kingdom and Brazilian markets has also recently had a detrimental  affect on the
Company's international sales.

International  operations  are  subject  to the usual  risks  inherent  in sales
abroad,  including risks with respect to currency  exchange rates,  economic and
political   destabilization,   restrictive   actions  by  foreign   governments,
nationalizations,  the laws and policies of the United States  affecting  trade,
foreign investment and loans, and foreign tax laws.

Environment

The Company is subject to various  federal,  state,  local and foreign  laws and
regulations  governing the use,  discharge and disposal of hazardous  materials.
The  Company's  manufacturing  facilities  are  believed  to be  in  substantial
compliance with current laws and  regulations.  Compliance with current laws and
regulations has not had and is not expected to have a material adverse effect on
the Company's financial condition.

The Company's present and past facilities have been in operation for many years,
and over that time in the course of those operations,  such facilities have used
substances  which are or might be  considered  hazardous,  and the  Company  has
generated  and  disposed of wastes which are or might be  considered  hazardous.
Therefore, it is possible that additional  environmental issues may arise in the
future which the Company cannot now predict.