---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-011373"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIEN"
cik: "0000936395"
company_name: "CIENA CORP"
filed_at: "2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T17:49:10.776211+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ciena issues $400M of 4.00% senior notes due Jan 31, 2030

## Summary
- $400M aggregate principal of 4.00% senior notes due Jan 31, 2030, interest paid semi-annually.
- Net proceeds of ~$395.5M after discounts and commissions; use for general corporate purposes.
- Unsecured senior obligations, ranked equally with existing senior debt; guaranteed by certain domestic subsidiaries.
- Callable at make-whole premium before Jan 31, 2025; thereafter at specified redemption prices; change-of-control put at 101%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-011373
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIEN
- cik: 0000936395
- company_name: CIENA CORP
- filed_at: 2022-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000119312522011373/0001193125-22-011373-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000119312522011373/d255608d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-011373.txt

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