JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the parties named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the...

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                                JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

     In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the parties named below agree to the joint filing on
behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to the
securities of the company named below:

DATED: SEPTEMBER 9, 1999

COMPANY: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.

SECURITIES: COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE


                                                PARTIES

                                         ALPINE ASSOCIATES,
                                         A Limited Partnership

                                   By: Xxxxxx Corp.
                                   By:  /S/XXXXXXXX XXXXXX
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                                         ALPINE PARTNERS, L.P.

                                   By: Xxxxxx Corp.
                                   By:  /S/XXXXXXXX XXXXXX
                                       ----------------------

                                         PALISADES PARTNERS, L.P.

                                   By:  /S/XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX.
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                                            Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.