CIENA CORP. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of four Class III Directors and one Class II Director: Patrick T. Gallagher

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Patrick T. Gallagher”): 104,886,591 for, 16,768,561 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The matters described below were voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter, and with respect to the election of directors, were as indicated below: Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by …”
Support: 86% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 109 asset managers below reported 54,734,518 for, 2,719,255 against, 31,492 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four Class III Directors and one Class II Director: Bruce L. Claflin

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Bruce L. Claflin”): 113,894,507 for, 7,783,896 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The matters described below were voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter, and with respect to the election of directors, were as indicated below: Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by …”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 109 asset managers below reported 57,337,234 for, 116,539 against, 31,492 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four Class III Directors and one Class II Director: T. Michael Nevens

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: T. Michael Nevens”): 120,237,225 for, 1,443,539 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The matters described below were voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter, and with respect to the election of directors, were as indicated below: Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by …”
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 109 asset managers below reported 57,342,736 for, 111,037 against, 31,492 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four Class III Directors and one Class II Director: Mary G. Puma

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mary G. Puma”): 108,590,083 for, 13,084,708 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The matters described below were voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter, and with respect to the election of directors, were as indicated below: Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by …”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 109 asset managers below reported 56,053,307 for, 1,400,248 against, 31,710 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of four Class III Directors and one Class II Director: Hassan M. Ahmed, Ph.D.

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Hassan M. Ahmed, Ph.D.”): 116,649,883 for, 5,030,615 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The matters described below were voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting and the number of votes cast with respect to each matter, and with respect to the election of directors, were as indicated below: Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast by …”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 97 asset managers below reported 53,766,491 for, 363,413 against.

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Description as filed by funds: APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO CIENA'S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOR OFFICER EXCULPATION.

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Approval of the amendment of Ciena's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to provide for officer exculpation”): 110,488,692 for, 11,163,942 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 91% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 109 asset managers below reported 54,986,254 for, 2,467,519 against, 31,492 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE 2017 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN, INCLUDING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE FOR ISSUANCE THEREUNDER BY 10.1 MILLION SHARES.

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Approval of the amendment of Ciena's 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to (i) increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder by 10.1 million shares and (ii) increase the recoupment period for misconduct relati”): 115,625,116 for, 6,044,246 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 113 asset managers below reported 55,941,518 for, 1,517,840 against, 31,571 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials.

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“A stockholder advisory vote on the named executive officer compensation described in the proxy materials”): 109,616,628 for, 12,044,975 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 90% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 109 managers: 56,764,256 for, 689,847 against, 31,492 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 384 managers: 66,875,122 for, 9,953,828 against, 79 abstained, 8,960 not voted, 98 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024.

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ciena's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024”): 120,216,118 for, 10,531,080 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 110 asset managers below reported 57,453,569 for, 504 against, 31,492 abstained.

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