Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF
DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY
ARRANGMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS

On March 23, 2017, the stockholders of Ciena Corporation (the
Company) approved the Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive
Plan (the 2017 Plan) at the Companys Annual Meeting of
Stockholders. The 2017 Plan became effective upon such
stockholder approval. A description of the 2017 Plan is set forth
in the Companys proxy statement, dated February 8, 2017, for its
2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, in the section entitled
Proposal No. 2 Approval of Ciena’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan,
which is incorporated herein by reference. This description is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the 2017
Plan attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated
herein by reference. The forms of award agreements to be used in
connection with awards of restricted stock units under the 2017
Plan are attached hereto as exhibits 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4 and are
incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d)
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
Exhibit Number
Description of Document
10.1
Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.2
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for
Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.3
Form of Director Restricted Stock Unit Agreement for
Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan
10.4
Form of Performance Stock Unit Agreement for Ciena
Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan


About Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN)

Ciena Corporation is a network specialist that focuses on providing communications networking solutions. The Company operates through four segments: Converged Packet Optical, Packet Networking, Optical Transport, and Software and Services. Its Converged Packet Optical portfolio includes networking solutions optimized for the convergence of coherent optical transport, optical transport network (OTN) switching and packet switching. Its Optical Transport products include stand-alone wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and synchronous optical networking/synchronous digital hierarchy (SONET/SDH)-based optical transport solutions. Its Packet Networking portfolio includes 8700 Packetwave platform, a multi-terabit packet switching platform for high-density metro networks and inter-data center wide area networks. Its software business consists of the development and licensing of element and network management software, and software-related services that support its hardware offerings.

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Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) closed its last trading session down -0.14 at 23.37 with 1,991,018 shares trading hands.