secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CIENA CORP (CIEN)
CIK:        0000936395
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-022342
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.10
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ciena stockholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2026 meeting
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- Directors elected: Olsen (104.6M for, 15.4M against), Puma (114.2M for, 5.7M against), Smith (118.7M for, 1.3M against).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for fiscal 2026 approved with 123.1M for, 5.4M against, 72.9K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 114.5M for, 5.4M against, 174.4K abstain; 8.5M broker non-votes.
- Broker non-votes of 8.5M shares did not affect outcomes; all proposals passed as recommended.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828026022342/0001628280-26-022342-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/936395/000162828026022342/cien-20260326.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-022342

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