0001209191-15-018375.txt : 20150225 0001209191-15-018375.hdr.sgml : 20150225 20150225143909 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-15-018375 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150225 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150225 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: 1031 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Starke Marcus H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001607125 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36250 FILM NUMBER: 15647125 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CIENA CORPORATION STREET 2: 7035 RIDGE RD CITY: HANOVER STATE: MD ZIP: 21076 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0206 3 2015-02-16 1 0000936395 CIENA CORP CIEN 0001607125 Starke Marcus H 7035 RIDGE ROAD HANOVER MD 21076-1426 0 1 0 0 SVP, Chief Marketing Officer By: Erik Lichter For: Marcus H. Starke 2015-02-23 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints David M. Rothenstein,
Erik J. Lichter and Angela M. Wilkinson, or their assignee, 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 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange
          Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (2)  do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of the
          undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
          execution of any such Form ID, Forms 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing
          of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
          Commission, the NYSE Euronext 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.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary and 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 attorney-in- fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  This Power of Attorney can only be revoked by
delivering a signed, original "Revocation of Power of Attorney" to the
attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 16 day of February 2015.

                                   /s/ Marcus H. Starke
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                                   Marcus H. Starke
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