CIEN Ciena Corporation

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$319.64

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 in line with CIEN's own trailing one-year pace, with 100% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 8 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
8
49 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$43.2M
96,857 shares
Net activity
-$43.2M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 100% planned / 0% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $43.2M 49 transactions · 96,857 shares
Discretionary sales $0 0 transactions · 0 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
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
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $468.83 $1.4M 254,886 −1.1% of holding
Phipps Jason SVP Global Sales and Marketing Sell 10b5-1 2,629 $466.20 $1.2M 62,382 −4% of holding
Kosaraju Sheela SVP and General Counsel Sell 10b5-1 2,013 $466.20 $938.5K 88,081 −2.2% of holding
Graff Marc D. SVP & Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 126 $466.20 $58.7K 126,955 −0.1% of holding
Cumello Joseph SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet Sell 10b5-1 1,586 $466.33 $739.6K 42,872 −3.6% of holding
Graff Marc D. SVP & Chief Financial Officer Sell 10b5-1 126 $449.36 $56.6K 127,081 −0.1% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $457.02 $1.3M 266,605 −1.1% of holding
Rothenstein David M SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $457.07 $1.1M 187,581 −1.3% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $466.10 $559.3K 42,741 −2.7% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $565.92 $1.7M 269,557 −1.1% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $562.05 $1.7M 272,509 −1.1% of holding
Rothenstein David M SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $562.39 $1.4M 190,081 −1.3% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $570.65 $684.8K 43,941 −2.7% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $537.74 $1.6M 275,461 −1.1% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $467.47 $1.4M 278,413 −1% of holding
DiPerna Dino 2 fills SVP Global R&D Sell 10b5-1 2,829 $471.79 $1.3M 43,967 −6% of holding
Rothenstein David M SVP and Chief Strategy Officer Sell 10b5-1 2,500 $467.65 $1.2M 192,581 −1.3% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 1,200 $471.79 $566.1K 45,141 −2.6% of holding
Phipps Jason 15 fills SVP Global Sales and Marketing Sell 10b5-1 22,014 $409.80 $9.0M 87,656 −20.1% of holding
SMITH GARY B President, CEO Sell 10b5-1 2,952 $415.51 $1.2M 281,365 −1% of holding
Kosaraju Sheela SVP and General Counsel Sell 10b5-1 2,012 $401.71 $808.2K 92,107 −2.1% of holding
Cumello Joseph SVP, General Mgr. Blue Planet Sell 10b5-1 1,773 $394.82 $700.0K 46,175 −3.7% of holding
Gage Brodie SVP Global Products & Supply Sell 10b5-1 5,000 $405.00 $2.0M 46,341 −9.7% 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.