Form S-1 · Ciena Corp

Ciena

Priced February 11, 1997 · $23.00 a share · Original on SEC EDGAR · PDF

Prospectus Summary

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by, and should be read in conjunction with, the more detailed information and financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this Prospectus assumes no exercise of the over-allotment options granted to the Underwriters and has been adjusted to reflect a five-for-one split of the Company's Common Stock effective on December 9, 1996 and the conversion of the Company's mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock (the "Convertible Preferred Stock") into 73,315,740 shares of Common Stock and the exercise of certain warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of Convertible Preferred Stock which are convertible into 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock upon the closing of the Offerings.

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