Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.
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 OwnershipAll the details
Dates, kept separate
Transaction date
Dec 16, 2025
Reporting period
Not applicable
Filed with the SEC
Dec 18, 2025
CEOGrant / award
Context
Classification
grant award
Code A — grant or award
Planned / mechanical clue
Footnote references vesting of compensation awards
Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred
Source receipt
Record ID
0001032553-25-000056
Filed / recorded
Dec 18, 2025, 9:56 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
Gary B Smith
Relationship
Director, Officer
Officer title
President, CEO
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Dec 16, 2025
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
116,582
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
466,923
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Reflects the number of stock units earned pursuant to the terms of a market stock unit (MSU) award granted on December 13, 2022 reflecting the level of achievement of the applicable total shareholder return (TSR) performance conditions. These shares vest on December 20, 2025.
Shares reported include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Performance Stock Units (PSUs), and Market Stock Units (MSUs).