Tag Archives: Lumentum Holdings

JDS Uniphase Stock(JDSU) Disappeared- What Happened And What Two Companies Did It Become? Viavi(VIAV) And Lumentum(LITE) Solider On

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JDS Uniphase, Dot Com Boom And Bust Survivor: What Happened to it? Judging by search queries and questions that we get, 18 months after JDS Uniphase(JDSU)’s spinoff of Lumentum(LITE) and simultaneous rebranding as Viavi Solutions(VIAV), there are still many shareholders wondering where the company went. (Update: Nearly a decade later, we still see regular searches and questions as… Read More »

Summer Of Spin Brings More S&P Index Changes

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More spins mean more work for the folks at S&P Dow Jones Indices. With the completion of Barnes & Noble’s(BKS) spin of Barnes & Noble Education(BNED) this weekend, Barnes & Noble Education will join its parent in the S&P SmallCap 600, replacing A.M. Castle & Co(CAS). The change will maintain the index’s current ampersand level. With the completion… Read More »

Goodbye JDSU, Meet Lumentum Holdings(LITE) And Viavi Solutions(VIAV) With August 3 Spinoff

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More Summer Of Spin action as Lumentum and Viavi step into the light.  A decade after shedding the unwieldy JDS Uniphase(JDSU) name for the alphabet soup JDSU, the former dotcom bubble will say goodbye to this name as well as it splits into Lumentum Holdings and Viavi Solutions this weekend. The stock, which traded at over $1000 in… Read More »