0001193125-13-059252.txt : 20130214 0001193125-13-059252.hdr.sgml : 20130214 20130214134629 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-059252 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CIENA CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000936395 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661] IRS NUMBER: 232725311 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-54195 FILM NUMBER: 13610600 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7035 RIDGE ROAD CITY: HANOVER STATE: MD ZIP: 21076 BUSINESS PHONE: 4108658500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7035 RIDGE ROAD CITY: HANOVER STATE: MD ZIP: 21076 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Brookside Capital Trading Fund, L.P. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001461875 IRS NUMBER: 264233731 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BROOKSIDE CAPITAL, LLC STREET 2: JOHN HANCOCK TOWER, 200 CLARENDON STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 617-516-2000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O BROOKSIDE CAPITAL, LLC STREET 2: JOHN HANCOCK TOWER, 200 CLARENDON STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 SC 13G/A 1 d482972dsc13ga.htm SC 13G/A SC 13G/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

(Rule 13d-102)

Information Statement Pursuant to Rules 13d-1 and 13d-2

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

 

 

Ciena Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01

(Title of Class of Securities)

171779309

(CUSIP Number)

December 31, 2012

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this schedule is filed:

¨ Rule 13d-1(b)

x Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


13G/A

 

CUSIP No. 171779309   Page 2 of 5 Pages

 

  1.   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

 

Brookside Capital Trading Fund, L.P.

  2.  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*

(a)  ¨        (b)  ¨

 

  3.  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    Delaware

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

   5.    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

    0 Shares

   6.   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    0

   7.   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    0 Shares

   8.   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    0

  9.

 

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    0 Shares

10.

 

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES  ¨

 

11.

 

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

 

    0.00%

12.

 

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

    PN

 


Item 1  

(a).

   Name of Issuer      
    

The name of the issuer to which this filing on Schedule 13G/A relates is Ciena Corporation (the “Company”).

     
Item 1  

(b).

   Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices      
    

The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 1201 Winterson Road, Linthicum, MD, 21090

     
Item 2  

(a).

   Name of Person Filing      
    

This Statement is being filed on behalf of Brookside Capital Trading Fund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Brookside Fund”). Brookside Capital Investors II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Brookside Investors II”) is the sole general partner of the Brookside Fund. Brookside Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Brookside Management”), is the sole general partner of Brookside Investors II.

     
Item 2  

(b).

   Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence      
    

The principal business address of each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors II, Brookside Management is John Hancock Tower, 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116.

     
Item 2  

(c).

   Citizenship      
    

Each of the Brookside Fund, Brookside Investors and Brookside Management is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.

     
Item 2  

(d).

   Title of Class of Securities      
    

The class of equity securities of the Company to which this filing on Schedule 13G/A relates is Common Stock, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”).

     
Item 2  

(e).

   CUSIP Number      
    

The CUSIP number of the Company’s Common Stock is 171779309.

     
Item 3.   If this statement is filed pursuant to §§ 240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:   
  Not applicable.   
  (a)    ¨    Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
  (b)    ¨    Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 73c).
  (c)    ¨    Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
  (d)    ¨    Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
  (e)    ¨    An investment adviser in accordance with §13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).
  (f)    ¨    An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
  (g)    ¨    A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
  (h)    ¨    A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
  (i)    ¨    A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).
  (j)    ¨    Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
     x    If this statement is filed pursuant to §240.13d-1(c), check this box.


Item 4.    Ownership      
Item 4    (a).    Amount beneficially owned      
     

As of the close of business on December 31, 2012, the Brookside Fund beneficially owned 0 Shares of Common Stock.

     
Item 4    (b).    Percent of Class      
     

As of the close of business on December 31, 2012, the Brookside Fund was the beneficial owner of 0.00% of the Common Stock of the Company. The aggregate percentage of Common Stock reported owned by the Brookside Fund is based upon 100,610,686 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which is the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of December 13, 2012, based on representations made in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2012.

     
Item 4    (c).    Number of shares as to which such person has:      
      (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         0 Shares      
      (ii)    shared power to vote or to direct the vote:      
         0      
      (iii)    sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         0 Shares      
      (iv)    shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:      
         0      
Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class   
  

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of this date hereof the Reporting Persons have ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than five percent of the Common Stock, check the following:  x

  
Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person      
  

Not Applicable.

     
Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company:
  

Not Applicable.

Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group      
  

Not Applicable.

     
Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group      
  

Not Applicable.

     


Item 10.    Certification      

By signing below, the undersigned certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

Dated: February 14, 2013

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct.

 

BROOKSIDE CAPITAL TRADING FUND, L.P.
By:  

    /s/ William E. Pappendick IV

  Name: William E. Pappendick IV
  Title: Managing Director