COMMSCOPE, INC.
                    EXHIBIT 99 - FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION


   The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and other related laws provide a "safe  harbor" for  forward-looking
statements.  Our Form 10-K for the year  ended  December  31,  1999,  our Annual
Report to Stockholders,  any Form 10-Q or Form 8-K of ours, or any other oral or
written  statements  made by us or on our behalf,  may  include  forward-looking
statements  which  reflect our current  views with respect to future  events and
financial   performance.   These  forward-looking   statements  are  identified,
including  without  limitation,  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,"  "think",   "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.   We  undertake   no   obligation   to  publicly   update  or  revise  any
forward-looking  statements,  whether  as a result  of new  information,  future
events or otherwise.

   Our actual  results 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 and other markets where we operate;  (b) changes
in capital  availability  or costs,  such as changes in interest  rates,  market
perceptions  of the  industry in which we  operate,  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.

OUR SALES AND  PROFITABILITY  MAY BE  ADVERSELY  AFFECTED  BY  CHANGES  IN CABLE
TELEVISION CAPITAL SPENDING.

   Most of our revenues come from sales to the cable television industry. Demand
for our  products  depends  primarily  on capital  spending by cable  television
operators for maintaining,  constructing, rebuilding or upgrading their systems.
The  amount  of  this  capital   spending,   and,   therefore,   our  sales  and
profitability,  will be  affected by a variety of  factors,  including,  without
limitation:

o     general economic conditions;

o     acquisitions of cable television operators by non-cable
        television operators;

o     cable system consolidation within the industry;

o     the financial condition of domestic cable television
        operators and their access to financing;

o     competition from satellite and wireless television providers
        and telephone companies;

o     technological developments; and

o     new legislation and regulation of cable television
        operators.

   We cannot  assure you that cable  television  capital  spending will increase
from  historical  levels or that  existing  levels of cable  television  capital
spending will be maintained.

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   In recent years,  cable television  capital spending has been affected by new
legislation and regulation,  on the federal, state and local level. Many aspects
of government  regulation are currently the subject of judicial  proceedings and
administrative or legislative proposals.  The Federal Communications  Commission
is continuing  its  implementation  of the  Telecommunications  Act of 1996 (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,  internet and telephony services.  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 Telecom Act,  ongoing  litigation in this regard,  other
federal  legislation,  and  the  rules  implementing  these  laws  on the  cable
television industry and our business is still uncertain.

THE LOSS OF SOME OF OUR PRINCIPAL CABLE TELEVISION  CUSTOMERS COULD MATERIALLY
ADVERSELY AFFECT US.

   Although the domestic cable television  industry is comprised of thousands of
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 our  principal
cable television  customers could have a material adverse effect on our business
and financial condition.

OUR FAILURE TO INTRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS  SUCCESSFULLY,  AND CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY,
COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US.

   Many of our markets are  characterized by advances in information  processing
and communications  capabilities which require increased transmission speeds and
greater  capacity,  or  "bandwidth,"  for carrying  information.  These advances
require ongoing improvements in the capabilities of wire and cable products.  We
believe that our future  success will depend in part upon our ability to enhance
existing  products  and to develop and  manufacture  new  products  that meet or
anticipate  these changes.  The failure to introduce  successful new or enhanced
products  on a timely and  cost-competitive  basis  could  adversely  affect our
business and financial condition.

   Fiber optic technology presents a potential  substitute for the products that
comprise  most of our  sales.  Fiber  optic  cables  have  penetrated  the cable
television   and  local  area  network   markets  we  serve  in   high-bandwidth
point-to-point   and  trunking   applications.   Fiber  optic  cables  have  not
significantly  penetrated the local  distribution  and  residential  application
markets we serve 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  our
principal products.  However, a significant  decrease in the cost of fiber optic
systems could make these systems superior on a price/performance basis to copper
systems.  While we are a fiber optic cable  manufacturer and supplier to a small
portion  of the  cable  television  market  and  certain  specialty  markets,  a
significant  decrease in the cost of fiber optic  systems  would  likely have an
adverse effect on us.

OUR INDUSTRY IS HIGHLY  COMPETITIVE AND RAPID  TECHNOLOGICAL  CHANGE MAY LEAD TO
FURTHER COMPETITION.

   Our coaxial,  fiber optic and electronic cable products compete with those of
a  substantial  number of foreign  and  domestic  companies,  some of which have
greater resources, financial or otherwise, than we have. The rapid technological
changes occurring in the telecommunications  industry could lead to the entry of

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new  competitors.  Existing  competitors'  actions and new  entrants may have an
adverse impact on our sales and profitability. We believe that we enjoy a strong
competitive  position in the coaxial  cable market  because of our position as a
low-cost,   high-volume   coaxial  cable   producer  and  our  reputation  as  a
high-quality  provider  of  state-of-the-art   cables,  along  with  our  strong
orientation toward customer service.  However, we cannot assure you that we will
continue to compete  successfully with our existing  competitors or that we will
be able to compete successfully with new competitors.

OUR  DEPENDENCE ON  COMMODITIES  SUBJECTS US TO PRICE  FLUCTUATIONS  WHICH COULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT US.

   The principal raw materials we purchase are  fabricated  aluminum,  plastics,
bimetals, copper and optical fiber. Our profitability may be affected by changes
in the  market  price of these  materials,  which are  linked  to the  commodity
markets.  Although we have generally been able to pass on increases in the price
of these  materials to our customers,  we cannot assure you that we will be able
to do so in the future. Additionally,  significant increases in the price of our
products  due to increases  in the cost of raw  materials  could have a negative
effect on demand for our products.

DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR KEY SUPPLIERS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US.

   A significant  portion of our raw material  purchases are  bimetallic  center
conductors  for  coaxial  cables.  Copperweld  has  agreed  to  supply  us  with
bimetallic center  conductors,  with such supply arrangement being indefinite in
duration.  If we are unable to continue to purchase the necessary  quantities of
bimetallic  center  conductors  from this  supplier,  we may be unable to obtain
these raw materials on commercially  acceptable terms from another source. There
are few, and limited,  alternative sources of supply for these raw materials. In
February 1999, we purchased the clad wire  fabrication  equipment and technology
of Texas Instruments  Incorporated for manufacturing  copper-clad  aluminum wire
and copper-clad  steel wire. We anticipate that in 2000 we will begin to produce
a significant  portion of the bimetallic center conductors we use. However,  the
loss of Copperweld as a supplier of bimetallic center  conductors,  Copperweld's
inability  to supply all of  CommScope's  requirements,  and/or  our  failure to
vertically integrate these products, could have a material adverse effect on our
business and financial  condition.  In addition,  we purchase fine aluminum wire
from a limited number of suppliers. Fine aluminum wire is a smaller raw material
purchase than  bimetallic  wire.  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 and we were unable to
vertically  integrate the  production of these  products.  In such event,  there
could be a materially adverse impact on our financial results.

   Additionally,   fluorinated-ethylene-propylene   (FEP)  is  the  primary  raw
material used throughout the industry for producing  flame-retarding  cables for
local area network  applications.  There are few worldwide  producers of FEP and
market  supplies  have been  periodically  limited over the past several  years.
Availability  of adequate  supplies of FEP will be critical to future local area
network cable sales growth.

OUR BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO THE ECONOMIC  UNCERTAINTIES  AND  POLITICAL  RISKS OF
SELLING OUR PRODUCTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

   We believe that growth in  international  markets,  including the  developing
markets  in  Asia,  the  Middle  East  and  Latin  America,   and  the  expected
privatization of the  telecommunications  structure in many European  countries,
represents  significant future  opportunities for us. However, we cannot predict
with  certainty the outlook for  international  sales in the  short-term  due to
political and economic uncertainties.

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   Our 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 U.S.  affecting  trade,  foreign
investment and loans, and foreign tax laws.

POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES MAY ARISE IN THE FUTURE AND ADVERSELY IMPACT
OUR FINANCIAL POSITION.

   We are  subject  to  various  federal,  state,  local  and  foreign  laws and
regulations governing the use, discharge and disposal of hazardous materials. We
believe that our  manufacturing  facilities are 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 our financial
condition.

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

OUR  INDEBTEDNESS  COULD  RESTRICT OUR  OPERATIONS,  MAKE US MORE  VULNERABLE TO
ADVERSE  ECONOMIC  CONDITIONS AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE PAYMENTS
ON OUR EXISTING DEBT.

   Our current and future indebtedness could have important consequences to you.
For example, it could:

o     impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the
        future;

o     reduce  funds  available to us for other  purposes,  including  working
        capital, capital expenditures,  research  and  development,  strategic
        acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

o     restrict our ability to introduce new products or exploit
        business opportunities;

o     increase our vulnerability to economic downturns and
        competitive pressures in the industry we operate in;

o     increase our vulnerability to interest rate increases to the
        extent variable-rate debt is not effectively hedged;

o     limit, along with the financial and other restrictive
        covenants in our indebtedness, our ability to dispose of
        assets or borrow additional funds;

o     make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations
        with respect to our existing debt; and

o     place us at a competitive disadvantage.

THE  RESTRICTIONS  IMPOSED  BY OUR  EXISTING  DEBT COULD  NEGATIVELY  AFFECT OUR
BUSINESS  AND OUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE  RESTRICTIONS  COULD  RESULT IN A
DEFAULT UNDER OUR DEBT INSTRUMENTS.

   Our existing debt agreements  contain covenants that restrict our ability and
our subsidiaries' ability to:

o     dispose of assets;

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o     incur additional indebtedness;

o     incur liens on property or assets;

o     repay other indebtedness;

o     pay dividends;

o     enter into certain investments or transactions;

o     repurchase or redeem capital stock;

o     engage in mergers or consolidations; or

o     engage in certain transactions with subsidiaries and
        affiliates and otherwise restrict corporate activities.

   In addition,  our  existing  debt  agreements  contain  financial  covenants,
including:

o     a total debt to EBITDA ratio;

o     a net worth maintenance; and

o     an interest expense coverage ratio.

   Our  compliance  with our  covenants  in the future may be affected by events
beyond our control. Our breach of or failure to comply with any of the covenants
could result in a default under our debt agreements.

OUR FAILURE TO EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENT OUR NEW INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COULD
ADVERSELY AFFECT US.

   On  January  2,  2000,  we  began  the  implementation  of a  new  integrated
information management system. Our goal for this new computer-based system is to
help us improve  business  practices,  allow faster  access to  information  and
ultimately enable us to service our customers better in the future,  among other
things.

   However,  during January 2000 we experienced some delays in certain shipments
in connection  with the transition to this new  information  system.  During the
first quarter of 2000, we worked  diligently to resolve these transition  issues
and to increase shipping efforts to reduce the  system-related  backlogs.  We do
not believe  that these  transition  issues  will have a material  impact on our
results of operations,  liquidity or financial condition for the full year 2000.
However,  we cannot  assure  you that we will incur no future  issues  with this
system.

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