Share-Based Compensation Expense (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The following table is a summary of Ciena’s stock option activity for the period indicated (shares in thousands):



	Shares Underlying Options Outstanding		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance at October 31, 2014	1,288		$	25.43
Exercised	(255	)	15.27
Canceled	(104	)	25.66
Balance at July 31, 2015	929		$	28.19

Summarizes information with respect to stock options outstanding

The following table summarizes information with respect to stock options outstanding at July 31, 2015, based on Ciena’s closing stock price on the last trading day of Ciena’s third fiscal quarter of 2015 (shares and intrinsic value in thousands):



					Options Outstanding and Vested at
					July 31, 2015
					Number	Weighted Average Remaining	Weighted
Range of					of	Contractual	Average		Aggregate
Exercise					Underlying	Life	Exercise		Intrinsic
Price					Shares	(Years)	Price		Value
$	0.94	—	$	16.31	93	2.99	$	6.96	$	1,713
$	16.52	—	$	17.29	47	0.62	16.61		419
$	17.43	—	$	24.50	81	1.15	19.07		520
$	24.69	—	$	28.28	267	1.63	27.38		15
$	28.61	—	$	32.55	97	2.07	29.99		—
$	33.00	—	$	37.10	244	2.31	35.25		—
$	37.31	—	$	47.32	100	1.96	44.07		—
$	0.94	—	$	47.32	929	1.93	$	28.19	$	2,667

Summary of restricted stock unit activity

The following table is a summary of Ciena's restricted stock unit activity for the period indicated, with the aggregate fair value of the balance outstanding at the end of each period, based on Ciena's closing stock price on the last trading day of the relevant period (shares and aggregate fair value in thousands):



	Restricted Stock Units Outstanding		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share		Aggregate Fair Value
Balance at October 31, 2014	4,012		$	18.02	$	67,241
Granted	2,509
Vested	(1,572	)
Canceled or forfeited	(219	)
Balance at July 31, 2015	4,730		$	18.88	$	120,374

Share-based compensation expense

The following table summarizes share-based compensation expense for the periods indicated (in thousands):



	Quarter Ended July 31,						Nine Months Ended July 31,
	2014			2015			2014		2015
Product costs	$	737		$	671		$	1,984	$	1,811
Service costs	572			490			1,720		1,583
Share-based compensation expense included in cost of sales	1,309			1,161			3,704		3,394
Research and development	2,368			2,114			7,722		6,815
Sales and marketing	3,890			3,571			12,199		11,071
General and administrative	3,376			3,516			10,543		11,158
Share-based compensation expense included in operating expense	9,634			9,201			30,464		29,044
Share-based compensation expense capitalized in inventory, net	(182		)	(96		)	36		(36		)
Total share-based compensation	$	10,761		$	10,266		$	34,204	$	32,402