-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, GhS3EcaO42IVX53bcHclxpltEjAr0eN8487GIRbPv/kyooNfk2kFshy46mITgRA6 nVmMMexuykWeiZhV5bRD4w== 0000950133-05-004799.txt : 20051031 0000950133-05-004799.hdr.sgml : 20051031 20051031163117 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950133-05-004799 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051025 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement FILED AS OF DATE: 20051031 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051031 FILER: 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: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-21969 FILM NUMBER: 051166758 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 WINTERSON ROAD CITY: LINTHICUM STATE: MD ZIP: 21090 BUSINESS PHONE: 4108658500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1201 WINTERSON ROAD CITY: LINTHICUM STATE: MD ZIP: 21090 8-K 1 w14118e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 

 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 25, 2005
Ciena Corporation
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
     
0-21969   23-2725311
     
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
1201 Winterson Road, Linthicum, MD   21090
     
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(410) 865-8500
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 1.01 — ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
     On October 25 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation approved an increase in annual base salary, for Stephen B. Alexander, Ciena’s Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Products & Technology, and Arthur Smith, Ph.D., Ciena’s Sr. Vice President of Global Operations, as follows:
             
Name   Title   Revised Annual Base Salary
 
            
Stephen B. Alexander
  Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Products & Technology   $ 325,000  
Arthur Smith, Ph.D.
  Sr. Vice President of Global Operations   $ 325,000  

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
     
  Ciena Corporation
 
    
Date: October 31, 2005
  By: /S/ Russell B. Stevenson, Jr.
        Russell B. Stevenson, Jr.
        Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
        Secretary

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