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FOR MEDIA: FOR INVESTORS:
Steve Ingish, (601) 360-8750 Gary Brandt, (601) 360-8544
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DOJ ASKS WORLDCOM FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONCERNING OFFER FOR MCI
Jackson, Miss., October 31, 1997 - WorldCom, Inc. (NASDAQ: WCOM) announced
today that it has received a request for additional information from the
Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to its filings under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 in connection with its
offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of MCI Communications Corporation
(NASDAQ:MCIC). Accordingly, the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, which was
originally scheduled to expire at 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on October 31,
1997, will be extended and will now expire 20 days after substantial compliance
with the request for additional information or upon its earlier termination by
action of the DOJ.
WorldCom made the following statement:
"The second request was fully expected, and WorldCom will work as
expeditiously as possible to comply with the DOJ's request. WorldCom is
confident that it will be able to close the transaction no later than the
first quarter of 1998. A WorldCom-MCI combination will accelerate
competition -- especially in local markets -- by creating a company with
the capital, marketing abilities and state-of-the-art network to compete
more effectively against the incumbent network carriers, domestically and
abroad. Creating a stronger competitor in the local market helps fulfill
the intent of the Telecommunications Act of 1996."
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WorldCom is a global telecommunications company. Operating in more than 50
countries, the company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully
integrated local, long distance, international and Internet services.
WorldCom's subsidiary, UUNET Technologies, Inc., is an international provider of
Internet services with over 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the
United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia- Pacific region. WorldCom's
World Wide Web address is http://www.wcom.com. The common and depositary shares
of WorldCom trade on the Nasdaq National Market (U.S.) under the symbol WCOM and
WCOMP, respectively.
