Ciena CorporationUnderwriting Agreement • April 5th, 2006 • Ciena Corp • Telephone & telegraph apparatus
Ciena Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of $300,000,000 principal amount of the 0.250% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2013, convertible into shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Stock”), of the Company, specified above (the “Firm Securities”) and, at the election of the Underwriter, up to an aggregate of $45,000,000 additional principal amount (the “Optional Securities”) (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities which the Underwriter elects to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof are herein collectively called the “Securities”).
