---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000936395-24-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIEN"
cik: "0000936395"
company_name: "CIENA CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T06:32:40.057180+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ciena Q3 revenue down 11.8% to $942.3M; adj EPS $0.35; CFO Moylan to retire Aug 2025

## Summary
- Revenue $942.3M, down 11.8% YoY from $1.07B.
- GAAP EPS $0.10; adjusted EPS $0.35; down from $0.20 GAAP and $0.59 adjusted YoY.
- Optical Networking revenue $606.8M (64.4% of total) vs $719M (67.3%) prior year.
- CFO James E. Moylan to retire Aug 28, 2025 after 16 years; successor search underway.
- Cash flow from operations -$159.4M; cash and investments $1.2B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000936395-24-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIEN
- cik: 0000936395
- company_name: CIENA CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639524000030/0000936395-24-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639524000030/cien-20240904.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936395-24-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936395-24-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000936395-24-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James E. Moylan, Jr. departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CIENA CORP.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: 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
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000093639524000030/0000936395-24-000030-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.