Ciena 10-Q 2022-04-30

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

☑QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2022

OR

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-36250

Ciena Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

7035 Ridge Road, Hanover, MD

(Address of principal executive offices)

23-2725311

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

21076

(Zip Code)

(410) 694-5700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per shareCIENNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☑ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☑Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐
Emerging growth company☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☑

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

ClassOutstanding at June 3, 2022
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share149,704,796

CIENA CORPORATION

INDEX

FORM 10-Q

PAGE NUMBER
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited)3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Quarters and Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 and May 1, 20213
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Quarters and Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 and May 1, 20214
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at April 30, 2022 and October 30, 20215
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended April 30,2022 and May 1, 20216
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 and May 1, 20217
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements8
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations27
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk41
Item 4. Controls and Procedures41
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings41
Item 1A. Risk Factors41
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds45
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities45
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures46
Item 5. Other Information46
Item 6. Exhibits47
Signatures48

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CIENA CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Quarter EndedSix Months Ended
April 30,May 1,April 30,May 1,
2022202120222021
Revenue:
Products$759,948$670,043$1,424,955$1,267,263
Services189,279163,884368,715323,794
Total revenue949,227833,9271,793,6701,591,057
Cost of goods sold:
Products452,057339,601824,622654,699
Services95,38981,907183,080166,048
Total cost of goods sold547,446421,5081,007,702820,747
Gross profit401,781412,419785,968770,310
Operating expenses:
Research and development159,324110,246307,733242,987
Selling and marketing119,939110,387238,820207,665
General and administrative45,57243,63590,07083,628
Significant asset impairments and restructuring costs9,1028,20912,51114,076
Amortization of intangible assets8,9206,01917,83811,929
Acquisition and integration costs495294563601
Total operating expenses343,352278,790667,535560,886
Income from operations58,429133,629118,433209,424
Interest and other income (loss), net808(1,274)4,494(2,395)
Interest expense(11,985)(7,785)(20,633)(15,145)
Income before income taxes47,252124,570102,294191,884
Provision for income taxes8,33021,45317,54933,419
Net income$38,922$103,117$84,745$158,465
Basic net income per common share$0.26$0.66$0.55$1.02
Diluted net income per potential common share$0.25$0.66$0.55$1.01
Weighted average basic common shares outstanding152,197155,331153,179155,257
Weighted average dilutive potential common shares outstanding153,344156,876154,580156,734

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

CIENA CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

Quarter EndedSix Months Ended
April 30,May 1,April 30,May 1,
2022202120222021
Net income$38,922$103,117$84,745$158,465
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities, net of tax(1,331)42(2,105)(7)
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax(1,346)3,817(6,685)10,434
Change in unrealized gain on forward starting interest rate swaps, net of tax7,1122,64911,0384,031
Change in cumulative translation adjustments(5,589)10,400(18,746)26,261
Other comprehensive gain (loss)(1,154)16,908(16,498)40,719
Total comprehensive income$37,768$120,025$68,247$199,184

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

CIENA CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

April 30, 2022October 30, 2021
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$1,019,863$1,422,546
Short-term investments529,552181,483
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $10.8 million and $10.9 million as of April 30, 2022 and October 30, 2021, respectively.774,896884,958
Inventories, net536,878374,265
Prepaid expenses and other367,344325,654
Total current assets3,228,5333,188,906
Long-term investments87,14270,038
Equipment, building, furniture and fixtures, net278,494284,968
Operating right-of-use assets45,72144,285
Goodwill328,924311,645
Other intangible assets, net88,95665,314
Deferred tax asset, net798,238800,180
Other long-term assets108,12199,891
Total assets$4,964,129$4,865,227
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$352,999$356,176
Accrued liabilities and other short-term obligations333,150409,285
Deferred revenue156,400118,007
Operating lease liabilities19,27918,63

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements that discuss future events or expectations, projections of results of operations or financial condition, changes in the markets for our products and services, trends in our business, business prospects and strategies and other “forward-looking” information. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this report, including in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors.” In some cases, you can identify “forward-looking statements” by words like “may,” “will,” “can,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “future,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “potential,” “projects,” “targets,” or “continue” or the negative of those words and other comparable words. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on our current views and assumptions, and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events or results to differ materially.

For a discussion identifying some of the important factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” in this report. For a more complete understanding of the risks associated with an investment in our securities, you should review these factors and the rest of this report in combination with the more detailed description of our business and management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and risk factors described in our annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2021, which we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 17, 2021 (our “2021 Annual Report”). However, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risks and uncertainties emerge, are identified or become apparent from time to time. We cannot predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this report, and we undertake no obligation to revise or to update any forward-looking statements made in this report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. The forward-looking statements in this report are intended to be subject to protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “Ciena,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Ciena Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Overview

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes thereto included in Item 1 of Part I of this report and of our 2021 Annual Report.

We are a networking systems, services and software company, providing solutions that enable a wide range of network operators to deploy and manage next-generation networks that deliver services to businesses and consumers. We provide hardware, software and services that enable the transport, routing, switching, aggregation, service delivery and management of video, data and voice traffic on communications networks. Our solutions are used by communications service providers, cable and multiservice operators, Web-scale providers, submarine network operators, governments, enterprises, research and education institutions and emerging network operators. Our portfolio is designed to enable what we refer to as the Adaptive Network™, our vision for a network end state that emphasizes a programmable and scalable network infrastructure, software control and automation capabilities, network analytics and intelligence, and related advanced services. Our solutions include Networking Platforms, including our Converged Packet Optical and Routing and Switching portfolios, which can be applied from the network core to end-user access points, and which allow network operators to scale capacity, increase transmission speeds, allocate traffic efficiently and adapt dynamically to changing end-user service demands. To complement our Networking Platforms, we offer Platform Software, which includes a wide array of software solutions that deliver operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) functionality, as well as domain control, orchestration, operational support systems (OSS) and service assurance to achieve closed loop automation across multi-vendor and multi-domain network environments. Through our Blue Planet® Software suite, we enable customers to accelerate the digital transformation of their networks through service lifecycle automation.

Demand Environment

Since the second quarter of fiscal 2021, we have experienced unprecedented demand for our products and services. Our quarterly order volumes during this period have significantly exceeded our quarterly revenue and historical order volumes, with some concentration of orders among certain existing Webscale and North America-based service provider customers. As a result of order volume growth in recent periods, our backlog has grown from $2.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2021 to $4.1 billion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2022. We believe that we are benefiting from certain shifts in business and consumer behaviors, in part accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which represent positive, long-term trends for our business. These include enterprise and consumer cloud network adoption, increasing demands on the network edge, and network operator focus on resilience and automation. We believe that some portion of our increased order volumes in recent periods also reflects customer acceleration of future orders due to the implementation of security of supply strategies, or spending that was delayed or deferred in prior years due to COVID-19 related impacts. We believe that many of the drivers of the recent increase in network operator demand are durable and represent long-term opportunities for our business. However, we do not expect the rate of orders growth experienced in recent periods to be sustainable in the long term and expect it to moderate over time, and backlog should not necessarily be viewed as an accurate indicator of revenue for any particular period. See “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part II of this report for further discussion of risks related to the demand environment.

Supply Chain Constraints

In the face of extraordinary demand across a range of industries, global supply for certain raw materials and components, including, in particular, semiconductor, integrated circuits and other electronic components used in most of our products, has experienced substantial constraint and disruption in recent periods. As a result, we have experienced significant component shortages, extended lead times, increased costs, and unexpected cancellation or delay of previously committed supply of key components. These conditions worsened for our business during the second quarter of fiscal 2022, in particular in relation to unexpected cancellation or delay of previously committed supply in two primary areas. First, several key optical suppliers were unable to meet their previous supply commitments due to constrained access to semiconductors. Second, several integrated circuit providers experienced a lack of supply for certain lower value, commodity parts, which we believe was exacerbated by government-mandated lockdowns in several cities in China in response to COVID-19.

These supply constraints are impacting our ability to meet customer demand and our anticipated level of revenue and growth in fiscal 2022. At the s

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. For a discussion of quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Item 7A of Part II of our 2021 Annual Report.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We have not experienced any significant impact to our internal control over financial reporting despite the fact that most of our employees have been primarily working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The design of our processes and controls allow for remote execution with secure accessibility to data. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation to minimize the impact, if any, on the design and operating effectiveness on our internal controls.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The information set forth under the heading “Litigation” in Note 22 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this report, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before investing in our securities, you should consider carefully the information contained in this report and in our 2021 Annual Report, including the risk factors identified in Item 1A of Part I thereof (Risk Factors). This report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations” above. Our actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Any of the risks discussed in our 2021 Annual Report, in this report, in other reports we file with the SEC, and other risks we have not anticipated or discussed, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Except as set forth below, there has been no material change to our Risk Factors from those presented in our 2021 Annual Report.

Challenges relating to current supply chain constraints, including with respect to semiconductors and integrated circuits, could adversely impact our revenue, gross margins and financial results.

In the face of extraordinary demand across a range of industries, the global supply market for certain raw materials and components, including, in particular, semiconductor, integrated circuits and other electronic components used in most of our products, has experienced significant constraint and disruption in recent periods. This constrained supply environment has adversely affected, and could further affect, component availability, lead times and cost, and could increase the likelihood of unexpected cancellations or delays of previously committed supply of key components. These conditions worsened for our business during the second quarter of fiscal 2022 with several key optical suppliers unable to meet their previous supply commitments due to constrained access to semiconductors, and due to a lack of supply for certain lower value, commodity parts, which we believe was exacerbated by government-mandated lockdowns in several cities in China in response to COVID-19. In an effort to mitigate these risks, we have incurred higher costs to secure available inventory, have extended our purchase commitments and placed non-cancellable, advanced orders with or through suppliers, particularly for long lead time components. Our efforts to expand our manufacturing capacity and multi-source and pre-order components and finished goods inventory may fail to reduce the impact of these adverse supply chain conditions on our customers.

Despite our mitigation efforts, these constrained supply conditions have and are expected to continue to adversely impact our revenue, results of operations and our ability to meet customer demand in fiscal 2022. For example, revenue for the first half of fiscal 2022 was adversely impacted by a range of disruptions in our supply chain, including later-than-expected deliveries, extension of component delivery timelines into future periods, and third-party manufacturing disruptions that took production offline for periods of time. At the same time, increased costs associated with supply premiums, expediting fees and freight and logistics have impacted and can be expected to continue to adversely impact our gross margin, profitability and ability to reduce the cost to produce our products in a manner consistent with prior periods. The COVID-19 pandemic has also contributed to and exacerbated this strain, and there can be no assurance that the impacts of the pandemic on our supply chain will not continue, or worsen, in the future. The current supply chain challenges could also result in increased use of cash, engineering design changes, and delays in new product introductions, each of which could adversely impact our business and financial results. We believe these supply chain challenges and their adverse impact on our business and financial results will persist for the foreseeable future, and specifically, we expect these conditions to adversely impact both our revenue and our profitability during the remainder of fiscal 2022.

Accurately predicting demand and necessary inventory levels within the current environment is challenging, and we may incur additional costs or be required to write off significant inventory that would adversely impact our results of operations.

Since the second quarter of fiscal 2021, we have experienced unprecedented demand for our products and services. Accurately predicting demand and matching necessary inventory to fulfill that demand within the current supply constrained environment is challenging. We have and continue to take a number of steps to mitigate the current supply chain challenges, including extending our purchase commitments and placing non-cancellable, advanced orders with or through suppliers, particularly for long lead time components. As of April 30, 2022 we had $1.8 billion in outstanding purchase order commitments to our contract manufacturers and component suppliers for inventory. These inventory practices further introduce obsolescence risk and are resulting in increased costs and use of cash that could adversely impact our financial results. If we are required to write off or write down a significant amount of inventory, our results of operations for the applicable period would be materially adversely affected. Conversely, if we underestimate our demand, our contract manufacturers and component suppliers may have inadequate time, materials, or components required to manufacture our products. This could result in loss of revenue, increased costs, or delays that could adversely impact customer satisfaction.

To avoid delays and meet customer delivery demands, we regularly place orders with our contract manufacturers and component suppliers based on forecasts of customer demand. In many cases these suppliers may require longer lead times for fulfillment than we have with our customers. Thus, our practice of buying inventory based on forecasted demand exposes us to the risk that our customers ultimately may not order the products we have forecast or will purchase fewer products than forecast. As a result, we may purchase inventory in anticipation of sales that ultimately do not occur. We regularly incur, on a

quarterly basis, expense provisions against excess or obsolete inventory and may have difficulty forecasting inventory and customer spending. Moreover, our customer purchase agreements generally do not include any minimum purchase commitment and customers often have the right to modify, reduce or cancel purchase quantities. Also, our products are highly configurable, and certain new products have overlapping feature sets or application with existing products. Accordingly, it is increasingly possible that customers may forgo purchases of certain products we have inventoried in favor of a similar or newer product. These practices and our supply mitigation efforts, particularly within the current demand and supply environment, have and will continue to cause us to incur additional cost and may increase our inventory risk, each of which could adversely impact our results of operations.

We are experiencing unprecedented demand and our backlog may not be an accurate indicator of our level and timing of future revenues.

As a result of order volume growth in recent periods, our backlog has grown from $2.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2021 to $4.1 billion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2022. Backlog may be fulfilled several quarters following receipt of a purchase order, either due to customer purchasing schedules or due to delays caused by supply chain constraints, or in the case of certain service obligations, may relate to a multi-year support period. Our ability to fulfill backlog is being adversely impacted by the current global supply constraints described above. Generally, our customers may cancel or change their orders with limited advance notice, or they may decide not to accept our products and services, although instances of both cancellation and non-acceptance have been rare historically. As a result, backlog should not necessarily be viewed as an accurate indicator of future revenue for any particular period. In addition, we believe that some portion of our increased order volumes in recent periods reflects customer acceleration of future orders due to the implementation of security of supply strategies, or spending that was delayed or deferred in prior years due to COVID-19 related impacts, and we do not expect this level of order volume to be sustainable in the long-term.

We rely on third-party contract manufacturers, and our business and results of operations may be adversely affected by risks associated with their businesses, financial condition and the geographies in which they operate.

We rely on third-party contract manufacturers, including those with facilities in Canada, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States, to perform a substantial portion of our supply chain activities, including component sourcing, manufacturing, product testing and quality, and fulfillment and logistics relating to the distribution and support of our products. There are a number of risks associated with our dependence on contract manufacturers, including:

  • reduced control over delivery schedules and planning;

  • reliance on the quality assurance procedures of third parties;

  • potential uncertainty regarding manufacturing yields and costs;

  • availability of manufacturing capability and capacity, particularly during periods of high demand;

  • risks and uncertainties associated with the locations or countries where our products are manufactured, including potential manufacturing disruptions caused by social, geopolitical, environmental or health factors, including pandemics or widespread health epidemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic;

  • risks associated with data security breaches or cyber-attacks targeting our third-party manufacturers, including manufacturing disruptions or unauthorized access to information;

  • changes in law or policy governing tax, trade, manufacturing, development and investment in the countries where we currently manufacture our products, including the World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement or other free trade agreements;

  • inventory liability for excess and obsolete supply;

  • limited warranties provided to us; and

  • potential misappropriation of our intellectual property.

For example, during the first half of fiscal 2022, we experienced third-party manufacturing disruptions that took production of certain of our products offline for periods of time, which adversely impacted our revenue. These and other risks could impair our ability to fulfill orders, harm our sales and impact our reputation with customers. If our contract manufacturers are unable or unwilling to manufacture our products or components of our products, or if we experience a disruption in manufacturing, we may be required to identify and qualify alternative manufacturers, which could cause us to be delayed in or unable to meet our supply requirements to our customers. The process of qualifying a new contract manufacturer and commencing volume production is expensive and time-consuming, and if we are required to change or qualify a new contract manufacturer, we would likely experience significant business disruption and could lose revenue and damage our existing customer relationships.

The international scale of our sales and operations exposes us to additional risk and expense that could adversely affect our results of operations.

We market, sell and service our products globally, maintain personnel in numerous countries, and rely on a global supply chain for sourcing important components and manufacturing our products. Our international sales and operations are subject to inherent risks, including:

  • adverse social, political and economic conditions, such as inflation and rising interest rates;

  • effects of adverse changes in currency exchange rates;

  • greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable and longer collection periods;

  • difficulty and cost of staffing and managing foreign operations;

  • higher incidence of corruption or unethical business practices;

  • less protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

  • tax and customs changes that adversely impact our global sourcing strategy, manufacturing practices, transfer-pricing, or competitiveness of our products for global sales;

  • compliance with certain testing, homologation or customization of products to conform to local standards;

  • significant changes to free trade agreements, trade protection measures, tariffs, export compliance, domestic preference procurement requirements, qualification to transact business and additional regulatory requirements;

  • natural disasters (including as a result of climate change), acts of war or terrorism, and public health emergencies, including the COVID-19 pandemic; and

  • uncertain economic, legal and political conditions in Europe, Asia and other regions where we do business, including, for example, as a result of the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and changes in China-Taiwan relations.

We utilize a sourcing strategy that emphasizes global procurement of materials that has direct or indirect dependencies upon a number of vendors with operations in the Asia-Pacific region. We also rely upon third-party contract manufacturers, including those with facilities in Canada, Mexico, Thailand and the United States, to manufacture, support and ship our products. Physical, regulatory, technological, market, reputational, and legal risks related to climate change in these regions and globally are increasing in impact and diversity and the magnitude of any short term or long term adverse impact on our business or results of operations remains unknown. The physical impacts of climate change, including as a result of certain types of natural disasters occurring more frequently or with more intensity or changing weather patterns, could disrupt our supply chain, result in damage to or closures of our facilities, and could otherwise have an adverse impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition.

Our international operations are subject to complex foreign and U.S. laws and regulations, including anti-bribery and corruption laws, antitrust or competition laws, data privacy laws, such as the GDPR, and environmental regulations, among others. In particular, recent years have seen a substantial increase in anti-bribery law enforcement activity by U.S. regulators, and we currently operate and seek to operate in many parts of the world that are recognized as having greater potential for corruption. Violations of any of these laws and regulations could result in fines and penalties, criminal sanctions against us or our employees, prohibitions on the conduct of our business and on our ability to offer our products and services in certain geographies, and significant harm to our business reputation. Our policies and procedures to promote compliance with these laws and regulations and to mitigate these risks may not protect us from all acts committed by our employees or third-party vendors, including contractors, agents and services partners. Additionally, the costs of complying with these laws (including the costs of investigations, auditing and monitoring) could adversely affect our current or future business.

In addition, there may be changes to our business, operations and financial results if there is instability, disruption or destruction in a significant geographic region, regardless of cause, including: war, terrorism, riot, civil insurrection or social unrest; natural or man-made disasters; or public health emergencies. For example, in February 2022, armed conflict escalated between Russia and Ukraine. The U.S. and certain other countries have imposed sanctions on Russia and could impose further sanctions, which could damage or disrupt international commerce and the global economy. We are complying with a broad range of U.S. and international sanctions and export control requirements imposed on Russia and, on March 7, 2022, we announced our decision to immediately suspend our business operations in Russia. Although this decision has not materially impacted our results of operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2022 due to the limited amount of business that we conducted in Russia, it is not possible to predict the broader or longer-term consequences of this conflict, which could include further sanctions, embargoes, regional instability, geopolitical shifts and adverse effects on macroeconomic conditions, security conditions, currency exchange rates and financial markets. Such geopolitical instability and uncertainty could have a negative impact on our ability to sell to, ship products to, collect payments from, and support customers in certain regions based on trade restrictions, embargoes and export control law restrictions, and logistics restrictions including closures of air space, and could increase the costs, risks and adverse impacts from supply chain and logistics challenges.

The success of our international sales and operations will depend, in large part, on our ability to anticipate and manage these risks effectively. Our failure to manage any of these risks could harm our international operations, reduce our international sales, and could give rise to liabilities, costs or other business difficulties that could adversely affect our operations and financial results.

Data security breaches and cyber-attacks could compromise our intellectual property or other sensitive information and cause significant damage to our business, reputation and operational capacity.

In the ordinary course of our business, we maintain on our network systems, and on the networks of our third-party providers, certain information that is confidential, proprietary or otherwise sensitive in nature. This information includes intellectual property, financial information and confidential business information relating to us and our customers, suppliers and other business partners. Companies in the technology industry, and in particular in the telecommunications industry, have been increasingly subjected to a wide variety of security incidents, cyber-attacks and other attempts to gain unauthorized access to networks or sensitive information. Our network systems and storage and other business applications, and the systems and storage and other business applications maintained by our third-party providers, have been in the past, and may be in the future, subjected to attempts to gain unauthorized access to our network or information, malfeasance or other system disruptions. In some cases, it is difficult to anticipate or to detect immediately such incidents and the damage caused thereby. If an actual or perceived breach of security occurs in our network or any of our third-party providers’ networks, we could incur significant costs, our operations could be impacted, and our reputation could be harmed. In addition, the internet has experienced an increase in cyber threats during the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of phishing emails, malware attachments and malicious websites. These risks, as well as the number and frequency of cybersecurity events globally, may also be heightened during times of geopolitical tension or instability between countries, including, for example, the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, from which a number of recent cybersecurity events have been alleged to have originated.

While we work to safeguard our internal network systems and validate the security of our third-party providers to mitigate these potential risks, including through information security policies and employee awareness and training, there is no assurance that such actions will be sufficient to prevent future cyber-attacks or security breaches. We have been subjected in the past, and expect to be subjected in the future, to a range of incidents including phishing, emails purporting to come from a company executive or vendor seeking payment requests, and communications from look-alike corporate domains, as well as security-related risks created by the use of third-party software and services. While these types of incidents to which we have been subjected have not had a material effect on our business or our network security to date, future incidents involving access to or improper use of our systems, networks or products could compromise confidential or otherwise protected information, destroy or corrupt data, or otherwise disrupt our operations. These security events could also negatively impact our reputation and our competitive position and could result in litigation with third parties, regulatory action, loss of business, potential liability and increased remediation costs, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table provides a summary of repurchases of our common stock during the second quarter of fiscal 2022:

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased (1)Average Price Paid per Share**(1)**Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in thousands)****(1)
January 30, 2022 to February 26, 2022884,531$69.78884,531$750,000
February 27, 2022 to March 26, 2022537,226$58.07537,226$718,806
March 27, 2022 to April 30, 2022964,674$57.84964,674$663,006
2,386,431$62.322,386,431

(1) On December 9, 2021, we announced that our Board of Directors had authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our common stock, which replaced in its entirety our previous stock repurchase program. On December 13, 2021, we entered into the ASR Agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman”). Pursuant to the ASR Agreement, during the first quarter of fiscal 2022, we made an upfront payment of $250.0 million and received an initial delivery of 2.7 million shares of our common stock which were retired. On February 15, 2022, we received a delivery from Goldman of the remaining 884,531 shares of common stock repurchased under the ASR Agreement, calculated based on the average of the daily volume-weighted average prices of our common stock of $69.78 for the period from December 14, 2021 to February 11, 2022, which completed the repurchases contemplated by the ASR Agreement. During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, we repurchased an additional $87.0 million of our common stock under the stock repurchase program, and we had $663.0 million remaining under the current repurchase authorization as of April 30, 2022.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

31.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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fSIGNATURES

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
Date:June 8, 2022By:/s/ Gary B. Smith
Gary B. Smith
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Duly Authorized Officer)
Date:June 8, 2022By:/s/ James E. Moylan, Jr.
James E. Moylan, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)