Ciena: Capital Raising
Ciena priced an upsized private offering of $2.5 billion of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2031 — up from the $2.0 billion announced earlier the same day — with a further $375 million option granted to initial purchasers.
Source: SEC 8-K (Ciena)
The leadership read
Treasury and strategic-finance leadership to deploy the proceeds; depending on use of funds, product, engineering or corporate-development hires to support growth initiatives.
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