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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A-2
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September 22, 1997
(Further amending Report dated February 19, 1997)
CIENA CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware 0-21969 23-2725311
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(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Number) Identification No.)
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920 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland
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(Address of principal executive offices)
21090
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(410) 865-8500
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CIENA CORPORATION
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
On August 6, 1997, CIENA Corporation (the "Company") amended its Form
8-K originally filed on February 19, 1997, for the purpose of, among other
things, amending and restating in their entirety previously filed cautionary
statements identifying important factors that could cause the Company's actual
results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements
made by or on behalf of the Company. Certain additional and modified
cautionary statements were also set forth in the Company's report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 1997, which was filed on August 20, 1997.
This report hereby further amends and supersedes the statements contained in
both earlier reports under the caption "Shares Eligible for Sale on and after
August 7, 1997," concerning the date of the expiration of the remaining
"lock-up agreements" affecting approximately 17.5 million freely tradeable
shares of Common Stock. As stated in a Company public announcement made on the
date of this Amendment, the lock-up agreements affecting these shares will
expire at the close of business on September 29, 1997, and the shares will
become freely tradeable without restriction under the Securities Act of 1933
(except for shares held by "affiliates" of the Company) on September 30, 1997.
An additional 5.4 million shares will be released on that date from lock-up
restrictions and will become tradeable subject in certain cases to vesting and
the limitations of Rule 144.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CIENA CORPORATION
Date: September 22, 1997 By: G. Eric Georgatos
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G. Eric Georgatos
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
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