SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* DiPerna Dino (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CIENA CORPORATION 7035 RIDGE RD. (Street) HANOVER MD 21076-1426 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/27/2023	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CIENA CORP [ CIEN ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP Global R&D	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	22,582(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes (i) 502 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that vest on December 20, 2023, (ii) 836 RSUs that vest on December 20, 2023, (iii) 3,437 RSUs that vest in five equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on December 20, 2023, (iv) 5,355 RSUs that vest in nine equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on December 20, 2023, and (v) 10,764 RSUs that vest in thirteen equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on December 20, 2023.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	By: Michelle Rankin For: Dino Diperna	10/31/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

 

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Sheela Kosaraju, Erik J. Lichter

and Michelle Rankin, or their respective assignees, each signing singly, the undersigned's true

and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

 

be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, Form 3, 4

or 5, or any amendment or amendments thereto and file such form with the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock

Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market and any other authority; and

 

which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best

interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such

terms as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to

do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done

in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes

as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's

substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of

attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the

foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This Power of Attorney can only be revoked by delivering a

signed, original "Revocation of Power of Attorney" to the attorney-in-fact and shall remain in full

force and effect until such revocation is delivered.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF; the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 18 day of October, 2023.

 

 

 

		/s/ Dino DiPerna
		Dino DiPerna

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