0000899243-23-003909.txt : 20230203 0000899243-23-003909.hdr.sgml : 20230203 20230203175151 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-23-003909 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230130 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230203 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Kosaraju Sheela CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001963781 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36250 FILM NUMBER: 23587647 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 43-51 WORSHIP ST CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC2A 2DX ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CIENA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000936395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661] IRS NUMBER: 232725311 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1029 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7035 RIDGE ROAD CITY: HANOVER STATE: MD ZIP: 21076 BUSINESS PHONE: 4108658500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7035 RIDGE ROAD CITY: HANOVER STATE: MD ZIP: 21076 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2023-01-30 0 0000936395 CIENA CORP CIEN 0001963781 Kosaraju Sheela C/O CIENA CORPORATION 7035 RIDGE RD HANOVER MD 21076 0 1 0 0 SVP, General Counsel Common Stock 54378 D Includes (i) 1,337 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) that vest in four equal installments on each of March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of 2023, (ii) 2,282 RSUs that vest in seven equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on March 20, 2023, (iii) 2,420 RSUs that vest in eight equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on March 20, 2023, (iv) 2,678 RSUs that vest in twelve equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on March 20, 2023, and (v) 5,520 RSUs that vest in sixteen equal installments on March 20, June 20, September 20, and December 20 of each year, commencing on March 20, 2023. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney By: Michelle Rankin For: Sheela Kosaraju 2023-02-03 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Erik J. Lichter
and Michelle Rankin, or their respective assignees, each signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Form ID, Forms 3, 4
              and 5, and all amendments thereto in accordance with Section
              16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
              the rules thereunder;

        (2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
              undersigned which may 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

        (3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
              the foregoing 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 25th day of January, 2023.


                                   /s/ Sheela Kosaraju
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                                   Sheela Kosaraju
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