CIEN Ciena Corporation

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Ciena Corporation (CIEN) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal In line Selling ran below CIEN's own trailing one-year pace, with 87% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 10 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
10
22 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$17.5M
45,143 shares
Net activity
-$17.5M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 87% planned / 13% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $15.1M 20 transactions · 38,548 shares
Discretionary sales $2.4M 2 transactions · 6,595 shares

Largest single sale: $2.2M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Phipps Jason EVP & Chief Customer Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,629 $355.19 $933.8K 57,388 −4.4% of holding
Kosaraju Sheela EVP & Chief Legal Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,101 $355.19 $746.3K 84,065 −2.4% of holding
Graff Marc D. EVP & Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 97 $355.19 $34.5K 107,136 −0.1% of holding
Cumello Joseph EVP & General Mgr. Sell 10b5-1 1,586 $358.52 $568.6K 39,570 −3.9% of holding
Claflin Bruce L. Director Sell 2,857 $355.91 $1.0M 8,279 −25.7% of holding
NEVENS THOMAS MICHAEL Director Sell 3,738 $359.04 $1.3M 6,289 −37.3% of holding
DiPerna Dino EVP & Chief R&D Officer Sell 10b5-1 249 $350.00 $87.2K 39,126 −0.6% of holding
SMITH GARY B President & CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $330.18 $974.7K 240,126 −1.2% of holding
Rothenstein David M EVP & Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $330.48 $826.2K 177,731 −1.4% of holding
Gage Brodie EVP & Chief Product & Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $324.86 $389.8K 37,207 −3.1% of holding
DiPerna Dino EVP & Chief R&D Officer Sell 10b5-1 249 $324.86 $80.9K 39,375 −0.6% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $362.90 $1.1M 243,078 −1.2% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $447.78 $1.3M 246,030 −1.2% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $439.24 $527.1K 38,407 −3% of holding
Graff Marc D. SVP & Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 4,995 $430.72 $2.2M 107,519 −4.4% of holding
Rothenstein David M SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $438.10 $1.1M 180,231 −1.4% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $379.81 $1.1M 248,982 −1.2% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $421.10 $1.2M 251,934 −1.2% of holding
Rothenstein David M SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $420.91 $1.1M 182,731 −1.3% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $449.15 $539.0K 39,607 −2.9% of holding
DiPerna Dino 2 fills SVP Global R&D Sell 10b5-1 782 $449.15 $351.2K 40,015 −1.9% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.