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View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Dec 20, 2025
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Dec 24, 2025
CEOTax withholding
Context
Classification
tax withholding
Code F — shares delivered to pay exercise price or tax liability
Planned / mechanical clue
Tax mechanics (code F)
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001032553-25-000058
Filed / recorded
Dec 24, 2025, 12:43 AM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser
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Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
CIENA CORP
Issuer CIK
936395
Ticker
CIEN
Reporting person
Gary B Smith
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
President, CEO
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Dec 20, 2025
Transaction code
F
Shares / units
1,658
Price per share
$230.34
Acquired / disposed
Disposed (D)
Shares owned after
487,934
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Represents shares withheld to cover payment of the tax liabilities of the reporting person related to a restricted stock unit (RSU) award agreement dated 12/14/2021. Acquisition of the RSU was previously reported in Table I of the reporting person's Form 4 filed on 12/16/2021.
Shares reported include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) and Performance Stock Units (PSUs).
A Schedule 13G is filed by holders above 5% who say they will not try to influence the company. Index funds and large asset managers file most of them.