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.
Ciena Corp (CIEN) President & CEO Gary B. Smith reported selling 2,952 shares of common stock on November 2, 2026, at a weighted-average price of $298.1555 per share; sales ranged from $283.1150 to $315.3100. The sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated October 4, 2025. After the transaction, his reported position was 222,503 shares, including unvested restricted stock units and performance stock units.
Ciena Corp.'s EVP & Chief Financial Officer, Marc D. Graff, had 3,759 shares withheld on November 1, 2026, to cover tax liabilities tied to a restricted stock unit (RSU) award agreement dated August 1, 2025. The shares were reported at $320.72 per share, and his reported post-transaction position was 103,377 shares, including unvested RSUs. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Ciena Corp EVP & Chief Product & Tech Brodie Gage sold 1,200 shares of common stock at $344.08 per share on October 15, 2026, under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated July 1, 2025, and modified December 23, 2025. After the sale, his reported position was 34,073 shares, including unvested Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
Ciena Corp. (CIEN) EVP & Chief R&D Officer Dino DiPerna reported selling 890 shares of common stock on October 15, 2026, in two 445-share transactions priced at $344.08 and $350.00 per share. A footnote states that the sales were made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated October 16, 2026.
Ciena Corp. President & CEO Gary B. Smith sold 2,952 shares of common stock on October 15, 2026, at a weighted average price of $348.0203 per share. The sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated October 4, 2025; sale prices ranged from $333.5900 to $357.5075.
After the sale, Smith reported direct holdings of 225,455 shares, including unvested restricted stock units and performance stock units.
Ciena Corp. (CIEN) EVP & Chief Strategy Officer David M. Rothenstein sold 2,500 shares of common stock on October 15, 2026, at a weighted average price of $348.0629 per share. The sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated October 10, 2025; reported sale prices ranged from $334.0400 to $356.9100. After the sale, Rothenstein reported 172,881 shares, including unvested Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
Ciena Corporation officer Gary B. Smith gave notice of a planned sale of 14,760 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $5,262,235.2 and an approximate sale date of October 15, 2026. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is listed as broker. The shares were acquired as compensation through restricted stock units: 7,322 shares on December 20, 2024, and 7,438 shares on March 20, 2025. Smith’s proposed sales are connected with a selling plan dated October 4, 2025, intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c).
Ciena Corporation officer David Rothstein reported plans to sell 2,500 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $899,000.00 and an approximate sale date of October 15, 2026. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is listed as the broker. The notice also reports two earlier sales of 2,500 shares each under a Rule 10b5-1 plan: 2,500 shares for $1,095,250.00 on August 14, 2026, and 2,500 shares for $826,208.25 on September 15, 2026. Rothenstein states that the shares to be sold were acquired upon vesting of restricted stock units between September 20, 2021, and March 20, 2024.
Ciena Corporation officer Brodie Gage reported a proposed sale of 1,200 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $412,896 and an approximate sale date of October 15, 2026. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC is listed as broker, and NYSE as the exchange. The notice also lists earlier sales attributed to Brodie Gage: 1,200 shares on September 15, 2026, with an aggregate market value of $389,832, and 1,200 shares on August 17, 2026, with an aggregate market value of $527,088.
Ciena Corporation (CIEN) officer Dino DiPerna reported a proposed sale of 890 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $308,865.60, through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, on October 15, 2026. The notice lists the shares as restricted stock acquired from the issuer on September 20, 2026.