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CIENA CORP. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and CIENA CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

4Ballot items
540Asset managers
2,568Fund votes
March 27, 2025Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of March 27, 2025: 4 items on CIENA CORP.’s Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2025: 2 elected · 2 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by CIENA CORP.

These tallies are CIENA CORP.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed April 1, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

CIENA CORP. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held March 27, 2025
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Lawton W. Fitt	111,192,645	10,246,768	75,536	--	8,462,711	92%	Elected	—
Elect Director: Devinder Kumar	116,696,561	4,740,525	77,863	--	8,462,711	96%	Elected	—
Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ciena's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025	124,980,175	4,931,292	66,193	--	0	96%	Not verified	—
A stockholder advisory vote on the named executive officer compensation described in the proxy materials	114,787,685	6,602,755	124,509	--	8,462,711	95%	Not verified	—

Source: CIENA CORP., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 1, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the CIENA CORP. 2024-2025 meeting

Each item below shows how the 540 asset managers that disclosed a CIENA CORP. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Devinder Kumar

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 116,696,561AGAINST: 4,740,525

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 126 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of two Class I Directors: Devinder Kumar

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Devinder Kumar”): 116,696,561 for, 4,740,525 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2025 (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 126 asset managers below reported 58,213,051 for, 1,716,900 against, 31,443 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 58,213,051AGAINST: 1,716,900ABSTAIN: 31,443

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class I Directors: Devinder Kumar” at CIENA CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	16,093,911	0	For
Vanguard	15,911,439	0	For
BlackRock	7,868,617	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	1,846,721	0	For
Thrivent	1,801,738	0	For
Dimensional	1,583,231	0	For
JPMorgan	1,413,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	1,329,815	Against
State Street	1,055,768	0	For
TIAA	994,637	0	For
Charles Schwab	943,520	0	For
Neuberger Berman	575,453	0	For
Jackson National	541,372	0	For
First Trust	506,446	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	463,756	0	For
Manager Directed Portfolios	383,443	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	377,270	0	For
Equitable	105,325	168,228	Mixed
John Hancock	215,509	48,775	Mixed
Hartford	261,216	0	For
DIAMOND HILL FUNDS	230,412	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	213,925	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	208,546	0	For
Natixis	206,887	0	For
GMO	188,541	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 126 asset managers. See all 126 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Lawton W. Fitt

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 4 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

92% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 92%

FOR: 111,192,645AGAINST: 10,246,768

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 126 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Election of two Class I Directors: Lawton W. Fitt

CIENA CORP.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lawton W. Fitt”): 111,192,645 for, 10,246,768 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2025 (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: 92% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 126 asset managers below reported 57,366,888 for, 2,563,063 against, 31,443 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 57,366,888AGAINST: 2,563,063ABSTAIN: 31,443

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of two Class I Directors: Lawton W. Fitt” at CIENA CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	16,093,911	0	For
Vanguard	15,911,439	0	For
BlackRock	7,868,617	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	1,523,881	322,840	Mixed
Thrivent	1,801,738	0	For
Dimensional	1,583,231	0	For
JPMorgan	1,413,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	0	1,329,815	Against
State Street	1,055,692	76	For
TIAA	994,637	0	For
Charles Schwab	943,520	0	For
Neuberger Berman	575,453	0	For
Jackson National	233,837	307,535	Mixed
First Trust	506,446	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	463,756	0	For
Manager Directed Portfolios	383,443	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	377,270	0	For
Equitable	105,325	168,228	Mixed
John Hancock	215,509	48,775	Mixed
Hartford	261,216	0	For
DIAMOND HILL FUNDS	230,412	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	213,925	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	208,546	0	For
Natixis	206,887	0	For
GMO	188,541	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 126 asset managers. See all 126 in the interactive database.

3. A stockholder advisory vote on the named executive officer compensation described in the proxy materials

Outcome not verified Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 16 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 114,787,685AGAINST: 6,602,755

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 533 asset managers

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”): 114,787,685 for, 6,602,755 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2025 (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.

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: 125 asset managers voting on “Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials.” at CIENA CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	16,093,911	0	For
Vanguard	15,911,439	0	For
BlackRock	7,868,617	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	1,846,721	0	For
Thrivent	1,801,738	0	For
Dimensional	1,583,231	0	For
JPMorgan	1,413,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	1,329,815	0	For
State Street	1,055,768	0	For
TIAA	994,637	0	For
Charles Schwab	943,520	0	For
Neuberger Berman	575,453	0	For
Jackson National	541,372	0	For
First Trust	506,446	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	463,756	0	For
Manager Directed Portfolios	383,443	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	377,270	0	For
Equitable	273,553	0	For
John Hancock	264,284	0	For
Hartford	0	261,216	Against
DIAMOND HILL FUNDS	230,412	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	213,925	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	208,546	0	For
Natixis	206,887	0	For
GMO	188,541	0	For

Fund voting reports, all 125 managers: 59,175,330 for, 760,521 against, 31,443 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 439 asset managers voting on “Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials.” at CIENA CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	21,296,395	60,463	For
BlackRock	5,926,634	1,905	For
State Street	4,159,818	0	For
BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC	3,751,880	0	For
T. Rowe Price	3,284,553	0	For
JPMorgan	3,162,990	0	For
BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.	0	2,773,489	Against
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2,420,122	0	For
Thrivent	1,831,169	0	For
Neuberger Berman	1,570,245	1,653	For
Point72	1,489,742	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	1,387,847	0	For
Nuveen	1,151,029	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	1,115,691	0	For
Northern Trust	1,107,068	0	For
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP	0	1,056,640	Against
Charles Schwab	960,081	0	For
Slate Path Capital LP	909,787	0	For
WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	784,359	0	For
Janus Henderson	751,267	0	For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC	630,082	0	For
Hood River Capital Management LLC	617,984	0	For
Stephens Investment Management Group LLC	606,347	0	For
Dimensional	571,312	0	For
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P.	534,941	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 439 managers: 73,329,076 for, 5,595,543 against, 3,650 withheld, 62 abstained, 158,344 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

4. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ciena's independent registered public accounting firm…

Outcome not verifiedAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Not verified

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 124,980,175AGAINST: 4,931,292

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 127 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025.

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 2025”): 124,980,175 for, 4,931,292 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 1, 2025 (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: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 127 asset managers below reported 59,789,458 for, 146,550 against, 31,443 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 59,789,458AGAINST: 146,550ABSTAIN: 31,443

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting ” at CIENA CORP., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Fidelity	16,093,911	0	For
Vanguard	15,911,439	0	For
BlackRock	7,868,617	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	1,846,721	0	For
Thrivent	1,801,738	0	For
Dimensional	1,583,231	0	For
JPMorgan	1,413,232	0	For
T. Rowe Price	1,329,815	0	For
State Street	1,055,692	76	For
TIAA	994,637	0	For
Charles Schwab	943,520	0	For
Neuberger Berman	575,453	0	For
Jackson National	541,372	0	For
First Trust	506,446	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	463,756	0	For
Manager Directed Portfolios	383,443	0	For
CARILLON SERIES TRUST	377,270	0	For
Equitable	273,553	0	For
John Hancock	264,284	0	For
Hartford	261,216	0	For
DIAMOND HILL FUNDS	230,412	0	For
WILLIAM BLAIR FUNDS	213,925	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	208,546	0	For
Natixis	206,887	0	For
GMO	188,541	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 127 asset managers. See all 127 in the interactive database.

Largest CIENA CORP. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 142,528,510 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top CIENA CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials.”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Fidelity	11.29%
2	Vanguard	11.16%
3	BlackRock	5.52%
4	Bridge Builder Trust	1.30%
5	Thrivent	1.26%
6	Dimensional	1.11%
7	JPMorgan	0.99%
8	T. Rowe Price	0.93%
9	State Street	0.74%
10	TIAA	0.70%

Institutional-manager reports: top CIENA CORP. shareholders by shares voted on “Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials.”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Fidelity	14.98%
2	BlackRock	4.16%
3	State Street	2.92%
4	BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC	2.63%
5	T. Rowe Price	2.30%
6	JPMorgan	2.22%
7	BNP Paribas Asset Management Holding S.A.	1.95%
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	1.70%
9	Thrivent	1.28%
10	Neuberger Berman	1.10%

Reported CIENA CORP. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

CIENA CORP. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
FMR (Fidelity)	14.95%	13F
BlackRock	11.96%	13F
Vanguard Group	10.51%	13F
JPMorgan Chase	3.39%	13F
State Street	3.20%	13F
Geode Capital	1.76%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.67%	13F
Point72	1.40%	13F
Morgan Stanley	1.08%	13F
Nuveen	0.97%	13F

Percentages above are of 142,528,510 shares outstanding, as reported by CIENA CORP. on its Form 10-Q dated February 1, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from CIENA CORP.’s 10-Q dated February 1, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At CIENA CORP.'s shareholder meeting held March 27, 2025, in the 2024-2025 proxy season, 540 asset managers reported how they voted on 4 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 2,568 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials. — FOR was 95% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: CIENA CORP.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2025.

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