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Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Ciena Corporation (NYSE:CIEN) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial ConditionITEM 2.02 – RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On March 6, 2018, Ciena Corporation ("Ciena") issued a press release announcing its financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2018. The text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report. As discussed in this press release, Ciena will be hosting an investor call to discuss its results of operations for its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2018.

In conjunction with the issuance of this press release, Ciena posted to the quarterly results page of the Investors section of www.ciena.commanagement's prepared remarks regarding Ciena's performance and results of operations, and an accompanying investor presentation. Management's prepared remarks and the related investor presentation are furnished as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3 to this Report.

The information in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 and Item 2.02 of this Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Investors are encouraged to review the “Investors” page of our website at www.ciena.com because, as with the other disclosure channels that we use, from time to time we may post material information exclusively on that site.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

CIENA CORP ExhibitEX-99.1 2 exhibit991-2018q1earningsp.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECiena Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2018 Financial Results HANOVER,…To view the full exhibit click here
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.