ABL CREDIT FACILITY

Ciena Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries are parties to a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “ABL Credit Facility”). Ciena principally uses the ABL Credit Facility to support the issuance of letters of credit that arise in the ordinary course of its business and thereby to reduce its use of cash required to collateralize these instruments.

On January 8, 2016, Ciena amended the ABL Credit Facility to, among other things:


•	increase the total commitment from $200 million to $250 million, of which $200 million is available for issuances of letters of credit;


•	extend the maturity date from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2020, provided an earlier maturity date would apply in the event that Ciena and its subsidiaries are unable to satisfy a minimum liquidity test 90 days prior to the maturity date of any debt equal to $100 million or greater;


•	reduce the minimum aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents that Ciena and its domestic subsidiaries are required to maintain at all times from $150 million to $100 million; and


•	reduce the interest rate by 25 basis points on borrowings to either (a) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 125 to 175 basis points (instead of the previous 150 to 200 basis points) or (b) a base rate plus a margin ranging from 25 to 75 basis points (instead of the previous 50 to 100 basis points), in each case with the actual margin determined according to the Ciena’s utilization of the facility.

As of January 31, 2016, letters of credit totaling $64.5 million were collateralized by the ABL Credit Facility. There were no borrowings outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility as of January 31, 2016.