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Ciena regularly files Form 8-K current reports to announce significant events. Recent examples include 8-Ks reporting fiscal quarterly and year-end financial results, which present revenue from products and services and segment data for Networking Platforms, Platform Software and Services, Blue Planet Automation Software and Services, and Global Services. Other 8-K filings describe material events such as the entry into and completion of the acquisition of Nubis Communications, Inc., and changes to executive change in control severance agreements.
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Ciena Corporation insider share activity shows tax-related stock withholding by a senior executive. The reporting person, an officer serving as SVP and Chief Strategy Officer, reported multiple transactions in Ciena common stock on 12/20/2025.
Each transaction is coded "F," indicating shares were withheld to cover tax liabilities tied to previously granted equity awards, including restricted stock units (RSUs), performance stock units (PSUs), and a market stock unit (MSU). The withholding amounts ranged from 204 to 8,682 shares, all at a price of $230.34 per share.
After these tax withholdings, the executive beneficially owns 204,694 shares of Ciena common stock, which include unvested RSUs and PSUs. These transactions reflect administrative settlement of tax obligations rather than open-market buying or selling.
Ciena Corporation senior vice president of Global Sales and Marketing Jason Phipps reported several insider share transactions on 12/20/2025. The Form 4 shows multiple dispositions of Ciena common stock at $230.34 per share, all coded "F," meaning the shares were withheld by the company to cover tax liabilities tied to previously granted equity awards. These include restricted stock units, market stock units, and performance stock units dated between 12/14/2021 and 12/17/2024. After these tax-withholding events, Phipps beneficially owned 113,148 Ciena shares, held directly, which the footnotes state include unvested RSUs and PSUs.
Ciena Corporation’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel reported several insider stock transactions on 12/20/2025. The filing shows multiple small dispositions of common stock coded "F" at a price of $230.34 per share, representing shares withheld to cover tax liabilities tied to previously granted restricted stock unit (RSU) and performance stock unit (PSU) awards. After these tax-withholding transactions, the reporting person beneficially owns 98,261 shares of Ciena common stock, which the filing states includes unvested RSUs and PSUs.
Ciena Corporation insider tax-withholding transactions reported
A senior executive of Ciena Corporation, serving as SVP Global Products & Supply, reported multiple automatic share dispositions on 12/20/2025. These transactions involved Ciena common stock withheld at a price of $230.34 per share to cover tax liabilities arising from previously granted restricted stock unit (RSU) and performance stock unit (PSU) awards. The reported amounts withheld were 204, 442, 669, 388, 212, 1,860, 1,618, and 1,285 shares under various RSU and PSU award agreements. Following these tax-withholding transactions, the reporting person beneficially owned 53,273 Ciena shares, including unvested RSUs and PSUs.
Ciena Corporation senior vice president of Global R&D, Dino DiPerna, reported several insider transactions in Ciena common stock on 12/20/2025. The filings show multiple entries coded "F," which indicate shares were withheld by the company to cover income tax obligations tied to previously granted restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance stock units (PSUs).
The transactions involved small blocks of Ciena common stock at a reported price of $230.34 per share, each linked to specific RSU or PSU award agreements granted between 2021 and 2024. After these tax-withholding events, DiPerna beneficially owned 52,395 shares of Ciena common stock, including unvested RSUs and PSUs.
Ciena Corporation executive Joseph Cumello, SVP and General Manager of Blue Planet, reported multiple transactions in the company’s common stock. On 12/20/2025, several blocks of shares were withheld at a price of $230.34 per share, with transaction code “F,” which indicates shares were withheld to cover tax obligations tied to equity awards rather than open-market sales.
The withheld shares relate to restricted stock units, market stock units, and performance stock units granted under prior award agreements. Examples include 5,644 shares and 1,589 shares withheld to satisfy tax liabilities. Following the last reported transaction, Cumello beneficially owns 61,404 shares of Ciena common stock, and the reported holdings include unvested RSUs and PSUs.
Ciena Corp Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Marc D. Graff reported an equity award of common stock in the form of restricted stock units. On 12/16/2025, he acquired 9,293 RSUs of Ciena common stock at a price of $0 per share. Following this grant, he beneficially owned 127,605 shares of Ciena common stock, which include unvested RSUs.
The RSUs vest over four years, with one-sixteenth of the grant amount vesting on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, beginning on March 20, 2026. This structure ties a portion of the CFO’s compensation to the company’s long-term equity performance through staged vesting.
Ciena Corporation executive Sheela Kosaraju, SVP and General Counsel, reported new equity awards in Ciena common stock. On December 16, 2025, she acquired 13,049 stock units earned under a performance stock unit award originally granted on December 17, 2024 after meeting the related performance conditions. These shares vest in two equal installments on December 20, 2025 and December 20, 2026.
On the same date, she also acquired 6,672 restricted stock units that vest over four years, with one‑sixteenth of the grant vesting on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, starting March 20, 2026. Following these transactions, she beneficially owned 104,382 Ciena shares, which include unvested restricted stock units and performance stock units.
Ciena Corporation senior vice president for Global Products & Supply, Brodie Gage, reported acquiring additional Ciena common stock through equity awards on 12/16/2025.
The filing shows 13,049 shares earned from a performance stock unit award granted on December 17, 2024, vesting in equal halves on December 20, 2025 and December 20, 2026, and 6,910 restricted stock units that vest over four years in equal one-sixteenth installments each March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 beginning March 20, 2026, all at a stated price of $0.0 per share. Following these transactions, Gage directly beneficially owned 59,951 shares of Ciena common stock, including unvested restricted stock units and performance stock units.
Ciena Corporation senior vice president of Global R&D Dino DiPerna reported equity awards dated December 16, 2025. He acquired 14,320 common shares from a performance stock unit award granted on December 17, 2024 after achieving related performance conditions, with these shares vesting in two equal installments on December 20, 2025 and December 20, 2026.
He also acquired 7,387 restricted stock units that vest over four years, with one-sixteenth of the grant vesting on March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20 of each year starting March 20, 2026. Following these transactions, he beneficially owned 59,754 common shares, and the reported amount includes unvested restricted stock units and performance stock units.