ITEM 5.07 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS



On March 31, 2022, Ciena Corporation ("Ciena") held its 2022 annual meeting of
stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). As of the February 4, 2022 record date,
there were 153,010,672 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to notice
of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. 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:

Proposal 1                                               For              Against          Abstain          Non-Votes

Election to the Board of Directors of three
Class I directors:
Lawton W. Fitt                                       103,386,209        22,227,542          82,559         10,521,813
Devinder Kumar                                       123,508,191         2,102,330          85,789         10,521,813
Patrick H. Nettles, Ph.D.                            116,421,743         6,961,482        2,313,085        10,521,813



Each director nominee above was elected by the vote of the majority of the votes
cast by stockholders in accordance with Ciena's bylaws. Each Class I director
will serve a three-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of
stockholders.

Proposal 2                                                        For             Against          Abstain         Non-Votes

Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers 127,091,906 

      9,048,451          77,766            ( 0 )

LLP as Ciena's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022:





Proposal 3                                                For             Against          Abstain          Non-Votes

A stockholder advisory vote on the named              118,626,832        6,777,983         291,495         10,521,813
executive officer compensation described in the
proxy materials:



Proposals 2 and 3 were each approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of
shares present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and
entitled to vote on these proposals, with abstentions having the same effect as
a vote "AGAINST" and broker non-votes not counted as a vote either "FOR" or
"AGAINST" and having no effect on the outcome of the vote.

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