Cisco Prices $5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes

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Mon Nov 9, 2009 6:12pm EST 

  SAN JOSE, CA, Nov 09 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced the pricing of three series of
senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5 billion.
The offering is expected to close on November 17, 2009.

    Of these notes, $500 million will mature in November 2014 and will bear
interest at an annual rate of 2.90%, $2.5 billion will mature in January
2020 and will bear interest at an annual rate of 4.45%, and $2 billion
will mature in January 2040 and will bear interest at an annual rate of
5.50%. The 2.90% notes due November 2014, the 4.45% notes due January
2020, and the 5.50% notes due January 2040 were priced to yield 2.955%,
4.469% and 5.679%, respectively.

    Cisco intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general
corporate purposes.

    This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities nor shall there be
any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The offering
of securities may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and
accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus can be obtained from:


Barclays Capital Inc.                    Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
c/o Broadridge Integrated Distribution   Prospectus Department
Service                                  One Madison Avenue
1155 Long Island Avenue                  New York, NY 10010
Edgewood, NY 11717                       1-800-221-1037
E-mail:
barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com
1-888-603-5847

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.            Banc of America Securities LLC
Attn: Prospectus Department              Prospectus Department
Harborside Financial Center              100 West 33rd Street
100 Plaza One                            New York, NY  10001
Jersey City, NJ 07311-3988               1-800-294-1322
1-800-503-4611

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.               J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
c/o Broadridge                           270 Park Avenue
1155 Long Island Avenue, Bay 1-7         New York, NY 10017
Edgewood, NY 11717                       Attn - Investment Grade Syndicate
1-866-811-8049                           Desk
                                         1-212-834-4533

    
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    Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms
how people connect, communicate and collaborate.

    

Press Contact:
John Earnhardt
Cisco
+1 (408) 527-2180
jearnhar@cisco.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Laura Graves
Cisco
+1 (408) 526-6521
lagraves@cisco.com

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