Ciena CorporationUnderwriting Agreement • June 6th, 2007 • Ciena Corp • Telephone & telegraph apparatus • New York
Ciena Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (the “Underwriter”) an aggregate of $450,000,000 principal amount of the 0.875% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2017, 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 $50,000,000 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”).
