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Issuer:     CIENA CORP (CIEN)
CIK:        0000936395
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-25-042266
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ciena acquires Nubis Communications for $270M all-cash to boost AI data center interconnects
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828025042266/0001628280-25-042266-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828025042266/cien-20250922.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-25-042266

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