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Ciena Corporation filings document regulatory disclosures for a public networking-technology company focused on high-speed connectivity, optical systems, interconnects, automation software and services. Recent Form 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, investor presentation exhibits, material-event disclosures, material agreements, capital-structure matters and the completed acquisition of Nubis Communications.
Proxy and annual-meeting filings disclose governance matters, director elections, auditor ratification, advisory executive-compensation votes and related shareholder voting results. These records frame Ciena’s reporting around operating performance, corporate governance, ownership and compensation procedures, acquisition-related events and other formal disclosure obligations.
FMR LLC reported beneficial ownership of 19,113,537.72 shares of CIENA CORP common stock, representing 13.5% of the class as of 06/30/2026. FMR LLC has sole dispositive power over all reported shares and sole voting power over 19,040,612.61 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
Abigail P. Johnson is also reported as a beneficial owner with sole dispositive power over the same 19,113,537.72 shares, representing 13.5% of the class. One or more other persons have rights to dividends or sale proceeds, including Fidelity Growth Company Commingled Pool, whose interest amounted to 7,942,028.00 shares or 5.6% of CIENA CORP’s outstanding common stock at 06/30/2026.
CIENA CORP SVP & Chief Financial Officer Marc D. Graff reported a tax-withholding disposition of 14,441 shares of common stock on August 1, 2026 at $377.05 per share to cover personal tax liabilities from a prior RSU award. After this withholding, he directly holds 112,514 shares, including unvested RSUs.
Ciena Corp President and CEO Gary B. Smith sold 2,952 shares of common stock on 2026-08-03 in a sale transaction. The weighted-average sale price was about $379.8144 per share, with individual trades between $356.0150 and $390.9100, executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 10/04/2025. Following the sale, he directly holds 248,982 shares, which include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs).
Ciena Corp President and CEO Gary B. Smith reported selling 2,952 shares of common stock on 2026-07-15 in an open-market transaction at a weighted average price of $421.1036 per share, with individual trades ranging from $405.1250 to $443.7500. The sale was effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 10/04/2025. Following this transaction, Smith beneficially owns 251,934 shares, which include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs).
Ciena Corp SVP and Chief Strategy Officer David M. Rothenstein sold 2,500 shares of common stock on 2026-07-15 at a weighted average price of $420.9137 per share, effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 10/10/2025. After the sale, he holds 182,731 shares, including unvested RSUs and PSUs.
CIENA CORP officer Gage Brodie, SVP Global Products & Supply, reported selling 1,200 shares of common stock on July 15, 2026 at $449.15 per share in an open-market or private transaction pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 7/1/2025 and modified 12/23/2025. Following this sale, he directly holds 39,607 shares, which include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs).
Ciena Corp senior vice president of Global R&D Dino DiPerna reported two sales of common stock on 2026-07-15, each for 391 shares at $449.15 per share, executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 07/11/2025. The transactions totaled 782 shares sold. After these trades, the respective line items show direct holdings of 39624 and 40015 shares, and these amounts include unvested Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
Gary B. Smith has submitted a Form 144 notice relating to CIEN common stock. The notice lists 17,712 shares of common stock in the “Securities To Be Sold” section, acquired on 12/20/2024 as compensation through Restricted Stock Units from the issuer, with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC referenced in the Securities Information section and NYSE noted as the trading market.
The notice also describes multiple prior sales over the past three months, each for 1,476 shares of common stock on various dates in April, May, June, and July 2026, with differing monetary amounts reported for each transaction. This outlines recent trading activity in CIEN shares by the same individual.
Ciena insider David Rothenstein plans to sell 2,500 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, with a proposed sale date of 07/15/2026. The shares relate to Restricted Stock Units granted on 06/20/2020 and follow two 10b5-1 sales in May and June 2026, each for 2,500 shares with reported aggregate values of 1,405,968.75 and 1,142,672.50.
Brodie Gage plans to sell 1,200 shares of CIEN common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services on or about 07/15/2026 on the NYSE, with an aggregate value of 538,980.00.
The shares consist of 653 Restricted Stock shares acquired on 09/20/2025 and 547 Performance Shares acquired on 12/20/2025. Gage also reported prior sales of 1,200 shares on 06/15/2026 for 559,320.00 and 1,200 shares on 05/15/2026 for 684,780.00.