Insider trade

Officer sold ~$527K of CIEN shares in the open market

Traded Aug 17, 2026 · Filed Aug 18, 2026

CienaCIEN

~$527K
Reported value · 1,200 sh @ $439.24: 38K
Holds after · shares reported: -14.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -1.1%, $445.18 → $379.14 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Ciena's SVP Global Products & Supply sold $527K of Ciena shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 18, 2026

Officer$500K–$1MPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$527,088

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

74 days after results of Jun 4, 2026, 17 days before results of Sep 3, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $445.18 on Aug 17, 2026, 414% above its 52-week low and 29% below its high, after a 3% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $86.64 (Aug 20, 2025) to $627.00 (Jun 2, 2026), 66% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $433.83 on Jul 6, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+1.1%	-0.4%	+1.5%
30 days	-12.7%	-1.0%	-11.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001998826-26-000016
Filed / recorded: Aug 18, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: CIENA CORP
Issuer CIK: 936395
Ticker: CIEN
Reporting person: Brodie Gage
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP Global Products & Supply
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,200
Price per share: $439.24
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 38,407
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Sales were affected pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plan dated 07/01/2025 MODIFIED 12/23/2025.
Shares reported include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs).

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