Ciena Corporation 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class II Directors: Gary B. Smith

Ciena Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gary B. Smith”): 118,653,413 for, 1,345,108 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 31, 2026 (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 156 asset managers below reported 57,529,893 for, 202,942 against, 23,026 abstained, 107 not voted.

Showing the 25 largest of 156 asset managers. See all 156 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class II Directors: Joanne B. Olsen

Ciena Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joanne B. Olsen”): 104,605,000 for, 15,351,009 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 31, 2026 (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: 87% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 156 asset managers below reported 53,075,446 for, 4,657,389 against, 23,026 abstained, 107 not voted.

Showing the 25 largest of 156 asset managers. See all 156 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Election of three Class II Directors: Mary G. Puma

Ciena Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Mary G. Puma”): 114,242,082 for, 5,745,697 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 31, 2026 (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: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 156 asset managers below reported 55,525,885 for, 2,206,951 against, 23,026 abstained, 107 not voted.

Showing the 25 largest of 156 asset managers. See all 156 in the interactive database.

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

Ciena Corporation’s own tally for this item (“A stockholder advisory vote on the named executive officer compensation described in the proxy materials”): 114,515,974 for, 5,360,579 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 31, 2026 (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.

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 155 managers: 56,658,987 for, 1,541,500 against, 23,026 abstained, 153,870 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 606 managers: 70,388,772 for, 4,484,080 against, 3,650 withheld, 85,224 abstained, 12,803 not voted. 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 2026.

Ciena Corporation’s own tally for this item (“Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Ciena's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2026”): 123,082,607 for, 5,389,750 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 31, 2026 (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 158 asset managers below reported 57,198,105 for, 550,593 against, 23,026 abstained, 107 not voted.

Showing the 25 largest of 158 asset managers. See all 158 in the interactive database.