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
OfficerGrant / 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
0001444157-25-000031
Filed / recorded
Dec 18, 2025, 9:55 PM UTC
Added to OQRO
Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
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form4-xml-v1
Data quality
Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer
CIENA CORP
Issuer CIK
936395
Ticker
CIEN
Reporting person
David M Rothenstein
Relationship
Officer
Officer title
SVP and Chief Strategy Officer
Security
Common Stock
Table
Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date
Dec 16, 2025
Transaction code
A
Shares / units
7,148
Price per share
$0.00
Acquired / disposed
Acquired (A)
Shares owned after
221,412
Ownership form
Direct
Amendment
No
Footnotes from the filing
Reflects Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that 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, commencing on March 20, 2026.
Shares reported include unvested Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), Performance Stock Units (PSUs), and Market Stock Units (MSUs).