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This page provides access to Ciena Corporation (NYSE: CIEN) filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, along with AI-powered tools to help interpret the information. Ciena is a Delaware corporation based in Hanover, Maryland and is categorized in the telephone apparatus manufacturing industry. Its SEC filings document financial performance, material events, governance matters, and other disclosures relevant to investors and analysts.
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.
Through this page, users can also review Ciena’s periodic reports, such as annual and quarterly reports when available, which typically include detailed financial statements, management’s discussion of results, and information about business segments and risk factors. In addition, filings related to executive compensation and governance, referenced in the company’s proxy statements, provide context on compensation practices and potential payments upon termination or change in control.
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Ciena Corporation President and CEO Gary B. Smith, who also serves as a director, reported acquiring common stock on December 16, 2025 through equity-based awards. He received 95,471 stock units tied to a performance stock unit award granted on December 17, 2024, 116,582 stock units from a market stock unit award granted on December 13, 2022, and 30,499 restricted stock units, all at a stated price of $0.0 per share.
The performance stock units vest in two equal installments on December 20, 2025 and December 20, 2026. The market stock units vest on December 20, 2025, based on total shareholder return performance. The restricted stock units vest over four years in equal one-sixteenth portions each March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20, beginning March 20, 2026. After these transactions, Smith beneficially owned 497,422 shares, including unvested restricted, performance, and market stock units.
Ciena Corporation SVP and Chief Strategy Officer David M. Rothenstein reported acquiring additional Ciena common stock through the earning and vesting of stock unit awards. On 12/16/2025 he acquired 15,910 shares from a performance stock unit award granted on December 17, 2024, 17,664 shares from a market stock unit award granted on December 13, 2022 tied to total shareholder return conditions, and 7,148 restricted stock units, all at a reported price of $0.0 per share.
After these transactions he beneficially owns 221,412 Ciena shares directly, a figure that includes unvested Restricted Stock Units, Performance Stock Units and Market Stock Units. The PSU shares vest in equal halves on December 20, 2025 and December 20, 2026, the MSU shares vest on December 20, 2025, and the RSUs vest over four years in equal sixteenth installments each March 20, June 20, September 20 and December 20 beginning March 20, 2026.
Ciena Corporation executive Jason Phipps, SVP Global Sales and Marketing, reported multiple stock unit awards dated December 16, 2025. He acquired 20,368 shares earned from a performance stock unit award granted on December 17, 2024, which vest in two equal parts on December 20, 2025 and 2026. He also earned 21,196 shares from a market stock unit award granted on December 13, 2022 that vest on December 20, 2025, and 9,650 restricted stock units that vest quarterly over four years beginning March 20, 2026. Following these transactions, he beneficially owned 131,458 shares of Ciena common stock, including unvested RSUs, PSUs and MSUs.
Ciena Corporation senior vice president and Blue Planet general manager Joseph Cumello reported equity awards in company stock. On 12/16/2025 he acquired 12,091 shares earned from a performance stock unit award, 11,482 shares earned from a market stock unit award based on total shareholder return, and 5,838 restricted stock units, all at no purchase price. After these awards, he beneficially owns 72,942 shares of Ciena common stock, including unvested RSUs, PSUs and MSUs that vest beginning in December 2025 and under later scheduled dates.
Ciena Corporation executive Jason Phipps, SVP Global Sales and Marketing, reported a sale of company stock. On 10/01/2025, he sold 1,984 shares of Ciena common stock at $ 143.42 per share in a transaction coded as a sale.
The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 10/09/2024, which allows scheduled trading independent of day-to-day market conditions. Following this sale, Phipps beneficially owns 80,244 shares of Ciena, and this amount includes unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs). His holdings are reported as directly owned.
CIENA CORP director T. Michael Nevens reported selling 8,554 shares of common stock on December 15, 2025 at $224.66 per share.
After this transaction, he beneficially owned 9,422 shares, and the filing notes that this amount includes unvested restricted stock units. The report is filed by a single reporting person in his role as a director of the company.
Ciena Corporation reported an insider stock transaction by SVP Global Products & Supply Brodie Gage. On 12/15/2025, Gage sold 550 shares of Ciena common stock at $220.84 per share in a transaction coded "S".
The sale was effected under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 07/01/2025. After this trade, Gage beneficially owns 39,992 Ciena shares in direct ownership, and this figure includes unvested Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units.
Ciena Corporation executive David M. Rothenstein, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, reported selling 2,500 shares of Ciena common stock on 12/15/2025 at $220.84 per share in a transaction coded as a sale.
The sale was executed under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 12/23/2024. Following this transaction, he beneficially owned 180,690 shares, which include unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance stock units (PSUs).
CIEN reported a planned sale of 2,500 common shares in a Form 144 notice. The shares are to be sold through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services with an aggregate market value of 546100.00, and the table lists 140854735 common shares outstanding, with the sale expected around 12/15/2025 on the NYSE.
The securities come from common stock underlying restricted stock units acquired from the issuer on 09/20/2015, when 2500 units were granted and fully paid. The filing also lists recent 10b5-1 sales for David Rothenstein, including 2,500 common shares sold on 11/17/2025 for gross proceeds of 479311.50 and another 2,500 shares sold on 10/15/2025 for 425543.00.
CIEN security holder has filed a Form 144 notice to sell 8,554 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on the NYSE, with an approximate sale date of 12/15/2025. The proposed sale has an aggregate market value of 1,921,741.64.
The shares come from restricted stock acquired from the issuer in two grants: 4,438 shares on 03/21/2025 and 4,116 shares on 04/01/2022, both shown as fully paid on those dates. The issuer had 140,854,735 shares outstanding, providing context for the size of this planned sale.