
Ciena borrowed $2.88bn at zero interest — and the $230.0m tax asset never touched the income statement
Note 13 of the third-quarter report Ciena (CIEN) filed on September 3 sets out three contracts entered on a single day, June 11. Notes of $2.88bn bearing 0.00% interest; a contract the company paid $988.4m for; a contract it received $873.4m for. The same note records that a tax election on this structure produced a $230.0m deferred tax asset, with the offsetting entry in equity.













