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

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

On May 31, 2018, Ciena Corporation ("Ciena") issued a press release announcing its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 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 second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2018.

In conjunction with the issuance of this press release, Ciena posted to the quarterly results page of the Investors section of www.ciena.coman accompanying investor presentation. The investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report.

The information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, as well as 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 8.01 – OTHER EVENTS

On May 31, 2018, Ciena issued a press release announcing that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Packet Design, LLC, a provider of network performance management software focused on Layer 3 network optimization, topology and route analytics. The transaction is expected to close during Ciena’s fiscal third quarter 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

CIENA CORP ExhibitEX-99.1 2 exhibit991-2018q2earningsp.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Exhibit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECiena Reports Fiscal Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results Announces Intent to Acquire Packet Design to Accelerate Automation Software StrategyHANOVER,…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.