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EXHIBIT 15
NOTICE OF NOMINATION
September 11, 2000
Secretary
Digital Lightwave, Inc.
15550 Lightwave Drive
Clearwater, FL 33760
Re: Nomination of Directors
Dear Sir:
Pursuant to Section 2(c) of the bylaws of Digital Lightwave, Inc.
(the "Company"), I hereby notify the Company of my intention to nominate the
individuals listed below for election as directors of the Company at the
Company's 2000 Annual Meeting. In addition, set forth below is the information
specified by Section 2(c) with respect to each of these nominees.
1. Name: Gerry Chastelet
Age: 53
Business Address: 15550 Lightwave Drive,
Clearwater, FL 33760
Residence Address: 540 Carillon Parkway,
St. Petersburg, Florida 33716
Principal Occupation, 5 year history and other
board positions: Chairman of the Board, President and CEO
of the Company. Prior to joining the Company in 1998 as
President and CEO, he was President and CEO of Wandel &
Golterman Technologies, Inc. from December 1995 to October
1998 and from June 1993 to November 1995 he was Vice
President, Marketing and Service - Americas and Pacific
for Network Systems Corporation. He is a director of Ware
Rider Communication, Inc. and Technology Research
Corporation.
Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned: 100,585
2. Name: Dr. William F. Hamilton
Age: 61
Business Address: 3537 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Residence Address: 726 Amherst Circle,
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
Principal Occupation, 5 year history and other
board positions: Landau Professor of Management and
Technology at The Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania. He has been a professor at the University of
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Pennsylvania since 1967. He is a director of Hunt
Manufacturing Co., Marlton Technologies, Inc. and Neose
Technologies.
Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned: 33,333
3. Name: Peter Guglielmi
Age: 58
Business Address: 4951 Indiana Avenue,
Lisle, Illinois 60532
Residence Address: 8111 Woodside Lane,
La Grange, Illinois 60525
Principal Occupation, 5 year history and other
board positions: Executive Vice President of Tellabs, Inc.
From 1998 until 2000 he served as Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer of Tellabs, and was elected to the
Tellabs board in 1993. He also served as President of
Tellabs International, Inc. from 1993 to 1997. Prior to
joining Tellabs, Mr. Gugliemi was Vice President of Finance
and Treasurer of Paradyne Corporation for five years. Mr.
Guglielmi currently serves on the boards of Tellabs, JDS
Uniphase Corporation, and Internet Communications
Corporation.
Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned: 0
4. Name: Robert F. Hussey
Age: 51
Business Address: 424 Madison Avenue,
New York, New York 10017
Residence Address: 16 Westbury Road,
Garden City , New York, 11530
Principal Occupation, 5 year history and other
board positions: Private Investor. He was President and CEO
of MetroVision of North America, Inc. from February 1991
until April 1997, when it merged with York Hanover Health
Care,. Inc. He has been a director of IVEX Corporation
since May 1993,Digital Data, Inc. since November 1997 and
Nur Macroprinters Ltd. since December 1997, as well as on
the board of advisors for Kaufmann Fund since December
1996, Argentum Capital Partners, I and II since June 1990,
and Josephthal & Company, Inc. since December 1997
Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned: 0
5. Name: Gerald A. Fallon
Age: 51
Business Address: Key Corp Capital Markets,
127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Residence Address: 10401 Lake Shore Boulevard,
Bratenahl, Ohio 44108
Principal Occupation, 5 year history and other
board positions: Gerald A. Fallon is Executive Vice President and
Manager of Capital Markets for KeyBank, NA and Senior Managing
Director of Capital Markets for McDonald Investments Inc. His
responsibilities include managing the area of Interest Rate
Derivatives; Equity Derivatives; Foreign Exchange; Asset
Securitization; Emerging Asset Finance; Bond Options and Futures;
Energy Trading and Derivatives; and, New Products.
He joined KeyCorp in1994 from Kemper Securities in Chicago
where he was Executive Vice President. He began his investment
banking career in 1973 with the US
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Trust Company of New York as a Portfolio Manager. In 1976, he
moved to Weeden & Co. where he was the National Manager and Vice
President of Municipal Bond Underwriting. From 1979 to 1988, he
worked for E.F. Hutton, Inc. where he was Senior Vice President
and National Manager of Municipal Short Term Sales, Trading and
Underwriting, and later named National Manager of New Product
Development. From 1988 to 1989, he worked at Lehman Brothers as a
result of the E.F. Hutton merger.
Number of Shares of Common Stock Owned: 0
I am the record holder of 2,000,000 shares of the Company's
common stock.
If you or the Company believe that I am required to supply
additional information to comply with Bylaw 2(c), please notify me as promptly
as practicable.
Sincerely yours,
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Bryan Zwan
Record Address: P.O. Box 2944
Clearwater, Florida 33757
