CIENA CORP — Regulatory Filings 2010

Mar 4, 2010

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 4, 2010

| Ciena
Corporation |
| --- |
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

0-21969	23-2725311
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1201 Winterson Road, Linthicum, MD	21090
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(410) 865-8500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 2.02 – RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On March 4, 2010, Ciena Corporation (“Ciena”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2010. The text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report. The information in this Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c)
Exhibit Number	Description of Document
Exhibit 99.1	Text of Press Release dated March 4, 2010, issued by Ciena
Corporation, reporting results of operations for its first fiscal
quarter ended January 31, 2010.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Ciena Corporation — By:
David M. Rothenstein
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary