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accession: "0001628280-25-042266"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIEN"
cik: "0000936395"
company_name: "CIENA CORP"
filed_at: "2025-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T06:03:52.459518+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Ciena acquires Nubis Communications for $270M all-cash to boost AI data center interconnects

## Summary
- All-cash purchase price of $270 million, subject to customary working capital adjustments.
- Expected to close in Ciena's fiscal Q4 2025; approved by both boards and Nubis shareholders.
- Nubis brings CPO/NPO optical modules up to 6.4 Tb/s and electrical ACC for 200 Gb/s per lane up to 4 meters.
- Adds over 50 engineers with deep optical/electrical interconnect expertise to Ciena's R&D team.
- Deal expands Ciena's inside-the-data-center portfolio to address growing AI workload demands.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-042266
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIEN
- cik: 0000936395
- company_name: CIENA CORP
- filed_at: 2025-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828025042266/0001628280-25-042266-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828025042266/cien-20250922.htm

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