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iCommon stock, $0.01 par value
iCIEN
iNew
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ITEM 2.02 – RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
On September 3, 2020, Ciena Corporation ("Ciena") issued a press
release announcing its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2020. The text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report. As discussed in this press release, Ciena will be hosting an investor call to discuss its results of operations for its third fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2020.
In conjunction with the issuance of this press release, Ciena posted to the quarterly results page of the Investors section of www.ciena.com an
accompanying investor presentation. The investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report.
The information in Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, as well as Item 2.02 of 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. Investors are encouraged to review the “Investors” page of our website at www.ciena.com
because, as with the other disclosure channels that we use, from time to time we may post material information exclusively on that site.
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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.