Here are the DEF 14A proxy statements from Ciena Corporation (CIEN) in our archive over the last 12 months, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A DEF 14A covers the proxy statement, with executive pay and the shareholder votes, so if you follow CIEN and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full CIEN filings page.
Ciena Corporation is asking stockholders to vote at its virtual 2026 annual meeting on electing three Class II directors, ratifying PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor for fiscal 2026, and approving an advisory say‑on‑pay resolution.
The proxy highlights record fiscal 2025 results, including $4.77 billion in annual revenue and record orders of $7.8 billion, driven by demand for high‑speed connectivity and AI‑related cloud applications. Ciena reports a one‑year total stockholder return of 196% from January 2, 2025 to January 2, 2026 and notes a share repurchase of approximately four million shares for $330 million under a three‑year $1 billion program.
The Board emphasizes governance changes such as appointing an independent Chair and a new Audit Committee Chair, refreshing committee composition, updating key governance documents, and maintaining majority voting, stock ownership guidelines, overboarding limits, and robust codes of ethics. The filing also describes a pay‑for‑performance‑oriented executive and director compensation framework and Ciena’s sustainability pillars around sustainable networks, people, communities, and strong governance and security.