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Your Vote Counts! CIENA CORPORATION 2025 Annual Meeting Vote by March 26, 202511:59 PM ET CIENA CORPORATION 7035 RIDGE ROAD HANOVER, MD 21076 V61256-P21710 You invested in CIENA CORPORATION and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on March 27, 2025.Get informed before you vote View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report with Form 10-K online OR you can receive a free paper or email copyof the material(s) by requesting prior to March 13, 2025. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/orfuture stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email tosendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number Vote Virtually at the Meeting* March 27, 2025 3:00 PM EDT Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CIEN2025*Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance.

 


 

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Vote at www.ProxyVote.com THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Voting Items Board Recommends Election of two Class I Directors: Nominees: 1a. Lawton W. Fitt For 1b. Devinder Kumar For 2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2025. For 3. Advisory vote on our named executive officer compensation, as described in the proxy materials. For NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”.V61257P21710

 



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