UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Cummings, Mark S
1201 Winterson Road
Linthicom, MD 21090
USA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/12/02
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
###-##-####
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CIENA Corporation
CIEN
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Sr. Vice President, Operations
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
11/19/02
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect |
| Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership |
| Beneficially | Direct(D) or | |
| Owned | Indirect(I) | |
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Common Stock |40,000 |D | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect |
Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership |
| Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | |
| Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | |
| Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | |
| Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | |
| Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | |
| cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |5/24/06 |Common Stock |200 |$0.66 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |11/12/08 |Common Stock |30,000 |$8.69 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |10/20/09 |Common Stock |50,000 |$14.9065 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |10/18/10 |Common Stock |60,000 |$130.00 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |2/14/11 |Common Stock |40,000 |$69.188 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|2* |10/16/11 |Common Stock |38,900 |$16.38 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |10/16/11 |Common Stock |67,500 |$16.38 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |3/12/12 |Common Stock |250,000 |$10.29 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Employee Stock Option (r|1* |11/19/12 |Common Stock |175,000 |$4.53 |D | |
ight to buy) | | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1* The shares vest at a rate of 25% on the one year anniversary of the grant
date and 2.084% for each full
month after the one year anniversary of the grant
date.
2* The shares vest at a rate of 2.084% for each full month from the grant
date.
This amendment has been filed to correct errors in the grant date and exercise
price for the November 2002 grant
and to correct the expiration dates
reported.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Mark S. Cummings by Anita Weiskerger, pursuant to a POA
DATE
12/12/02
