Ciena

Current directors and officers who also hold a role at another S&P 500 company.

• Bruce L. ClaflinIDXX · Director
• Devinder KumarSNDK · Director
• Joanne Beth OlsenKEYS · Director
• Lawton W. FittPGR · Director
• Thomas Michael NevensNTAP · Director

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Every 8-K with Item 5.02 (departure, election or appointment of directors and officers). The text is the first paragraph of the item.

1. Dec 4, 2025

   Effective November 30, 2025, as part of Ciena Corporation’s (“Ciena’s”) standard three-year review and renewal of its previously disclosed change in control severance agreements, Ciena entered into change in control severance agreements (the “Change in Control Severance Agreements”) in a revised form with each of its executive officers, including among others: Gary B. Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer; Marc D. Graff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Dino DiPerna, Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development; Jason M. Phipps, Senior Vice President, Global Customer Engagement; and David M. Rothenstein, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Secretary.

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2. Jun 18, 2025

   On June 18, 2025, Ciena Corporation (the “Company”) announced the appointment of Marc D. Graff as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has designated Mr. Graff as the Company’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, effective, in each case, as of August 1, 2025 (the “Effective Date”). Since January 2024, Mr. Graff, age 57, previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Altera Corporation, a leading provider of programmable hardware, software, and development tools, and an independent subsidiary being spun out of Intel Corporation, where he served in various executive and finance roles for over two decades. From May 2021 to December 2024, Mr.

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3. Dec 12, 2024

   On December 11, 2024, Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D., Executive Chair of Ciena’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), notified Ciena of his planned retirement and that he would not stand for re-election as a director at the end of his term at Ciena's 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). In connection with this decision, Dr. Nettles stepped down from his position as Executive Chair of the Board effective December 11, 2024. The Board has approved a decrease in the size of the Board from ten to nine directors, effective upon Dr. Nettles's departure from the Board following the Annual Meeting. The Board appointed Lawton W. Fitt as independent Chair of the Board in connection with and effective as of Dr. Nettles stepping down as Executive Chair. In connection with Ms. Fitt's appointment as independent Chair, the Board appointed Devinder Kumar to replace Ms.

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4. Sep 4, 2024

   On August 28, 2024, James E. Moylan, Jr., (age 73), Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, notified Ciena of his decision to retire in twelve months, effective August 28, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), following more than 16 years of dedicated and distinguished service in such role. Ciena is commencing a search process to identify Mr. Moylan's successor. Mr. Moylan and Ciena expect that he will continue in his role until such time as his successor is in place and responsibilities have been transitioned, and that he will remain an employee and continue to provide support until the Effective Date. In connection with this announcement, Ciena issued a press release, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.3 to this Report.

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5. Apr 23, 2024

   On April 22, 2024, Andrew C. Petrik, (age 60), Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer and Controller of Ciena Corporation (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to retire in twelve months, effective April 25, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), following a career of dedicated and distinguished service with the Company since 1996. Mr. Petrik plans to continue in his role through the Effective Date and to assist in transitioning his responsibilities to a successor.

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6. Mar 26, 2024

   On March 21, 2024, at the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”), Ciena’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) (i) to increase, by 10.1 million shares, the number of shares of Ciena common stock available for issuance under the 2017 Plan and (ii) to increase the recoupment period for misconduct relating to accounting restatements from 12 months to three years (the “Plan Amendment”). The Plan Amendment became effective upon approval by the stockholders. A description of the Plan Amendment is set forth in Ciena’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024 , in the section entitled "Proposal No.

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7. Oct 3, 2023

   (b) On October 2, 2023, Scott McFeely, Senior Vice President, Global Products and Services of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”), notified Ciena of his intention to change his role and resign from his current position effective as of October 27, 2023. Upon stepping down as Senior Vice President, Global Products and Services, Mr. McFeely will remain an employee of Ciena in an advisory role on Ciena’s executive leadership team, however will no longer be an executive officer of Ciena.

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8. Aug 31, 2023

   (d) Effective August 30, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Ciena increased the size of the Board to ten directors and appointed Mary G. Puma to fill the newly created vacancy in Class II of the Board. The term of office for Class II directors does not expire until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. However, in accordance with Ciena’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, Ms. Puma will stand for election at the 2024 Annual Meeting of stockholders to serve the remainder of the Class II term, or until her successor is duly elected and qualified. Also effective August 30, 2023, Ms. Puma was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. Ms. Puma, age 65, has served as Executive Chairperson of the board of directors of Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

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9. Jan 24, 2023

   (b) On January 24, 2023, Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”) announced the appointment of David M. Rothenstein as Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective as of January 30, 2023. Mr. Rothenstein had been performing this role on an acting basis since March 2022. In his new role, Mr. Rothenstein will lead Ciena’s strategic planning process, and will be responsible for enabling and implementing corporate strategy, including driving inorganic growth through corporate development activities such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and partnerships, and venture capital investments. In connection with his appointment to this new role, Mr. Rothenstein resigned his previous role as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Ciena, also effective as of January 30, 2023.

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10. Apr 6, 2021

    On April 1, 2021, at the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”), Ciena’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Ciena Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan to (a) extend the term thereof to April 1, 2031, (b) increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 8.7 million shares, (c) eliminate the evergreen mechanism thereunder, and (d) make such other changes described in Ciena's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting (the "Amended and Restated ESPP"). The Amended and Restated ESPP became effective upon approval by the stockholders. A description of the Amended and Restated ESPP is set forth in Ciena’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting in the section entitled " Proposal No.

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11. Jul 1, 2020

    (d) Effective June 30, 2020, the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”) increased the size of the Board to ten directors and appointed Hassan M. Ahmed, Ph.D. to fill the newly created vacancy in Class III of the Board. The term of office for Class III directors expires at Ciena’s 2021 Annual Meeting of stockholders, and Dr. Ahmed will stand for election at that time. Also effective June 30, 2020, Dr. Ahmed was appointed to serve on both the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee of the Board. Dr. Ahmed, age 62, most recently served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Affirmed Networks, which was acquired by Microsoft in April 2020. Before founding Affirmed Networks in 2010, he was a senior advisor at Charles River Ventures. From 1998 to 2008, Dr. Ahmed served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sonus Networks.

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12. Apr 6, 2020

    ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS On April 2, 2020, at the 2020 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”), Ciena’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Ciena Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”) to increase by 12.2 million shares the number of shares of Ciena common stock available for issuance under the 2017 Plan (the “Plan Amendment”). The Plan Amendment became effective upon approval by the stockholders. A description of the Plan Amendment is set forth in Ciena’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting in the section entitled " Proposal No. 2 - Amendment of Ciena's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan ,” which description is incorporated herein by reference.

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13. Aug 29, 2019

    (d) Effective August 28, 2019, the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”) increased the size of the Board to nine directors and appointed Devinder Kumar to fill the newly created vacancy in Class I of the Board. The term of office for Class I directors does not expire until the 2022 Annual Meeting. However, in accordance with Ciena’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, Mr. Kumar will stand for election at the 2020 Annual Meeting of stockholders to serve the remainder of the Class I term, or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Also effective August 28, 2019, Mr. Kumar was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board. Mr.

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14. Oct 18, 2018

    (d) Effective October 16, 2018, the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”) increased the size of the Board to nine directors and appointed Joanne B. Olsen to fill the newly created vacancy in Class II of the Board. The term of office for Class II directors does not expire until the 2020 Annual Meeting. However, in accordance with Ciena’s Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, Ms. Olsen will stand for election at the 2019 Annual Meeting of stockholders to serve the remainder of the Class II term, or until her successor is duly elected and qualified. Also effective October 16, 2018, Ms. Olsen was appointed to serve on both the Compensation Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee of the Board. Ms. Olsen, age 60, most recently served as Executive Vice President of Global Cloud Services and Support at Oracle until her retirement in August 2017.

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15. Jun 13, 2018

    (b) On June 11, 2018, William D. Fathers tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors of Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”), effective as of that date. Mr. Fathers indicated that his decision to resign was not due to any disagreement with Ciena relating to its operations, policies or practices. Mr. Fathers advised that his resignation was due to time constraints and potential conflicts that may arise in connection with his recent change in occupation. Mr. Father’s resignation will result in a vacancy in Class II of the Board of Directors. As previously disclosed, the Board intends to continue with its ongoing refreshment efforts and expects to add a new independent director in 2018.

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