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Cisco Reports Second Quarter Earnings

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A reconciliation between net income on a GAAP basis and non-GAAP net income is provided in the table on page 6.

Cisco will discuss second quarter results and business outlook on a conference call and webcast at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time today. Call information and related charts are available at http://investor.cisco.com.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments

•Cash flows from operations were $3.3 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2013, compared with $2.5 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, and compared with $3.1 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2012. •Cash and cash equivalents and investments were $46.4 billion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2013, compared with $45.0 billion at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2013, and compared with $48.7 billion at the end of fiscal 2012.

Dividends and Stock Repurchase Program

During the second quarter of fiscal 2013:

•The combination of cash used for dividends and common stock repurchases under the stock repurchase program totaled approximately $1.2 billion. •Cisco paid a cash dividend of $0.14 per common share, or $743 million. •Cisco repurchased approximately 25 million shares of common stock under the stock repurchase program at an average price of $20.15 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $500 million. As of January 26, 2013, Cisco had repurchased and retired 3.8 billion shares of Cisco common stock at an average price of $20.34 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $76.9 billion since the inception of the stock repurchase program. The remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program is approximately $5.1 billion with no termination date.

"We delivered another solid quarter achieving profitable growth which contributes to increasing shareholder value over the long term," stated Frank Calderoni, Cisco executive vice president and chief financial officer. "We are executing consistently, and we remain confident with our financial strategy while capitalizing on strategic investment opportunities to help drive our continued leadership in the industry."

Select Global Business Highlights

•Cisco announced and completed the acquisition of privately held Cloupia, Inc., a software company that automates converged data center infrastructure, allowing enterprises and service providers to simplify the deployment and configuration of physical and virtual resources from a single management console. •Cisco announced and completed the acquisition of privately held Meraki, Inc., a leader in cloud networking offering midmarket customers easy-to-deploy, on-premise networking solutions that can be centrally managed from the cloud. •Cisco announced and completed the acquisition of privately held Cariden Technologies, Inc., a supplier of network planning, design and traffic management solutions for telecommunications service providers. •Cisco announced and completed the acquisition of BroadHop, Inc., a provider of next-generation policy control and service management technology for carrier networks worldwide. •Cisco announced the investment of $6 million in the venture capital fund Monashees Capital, a leading Brazilian VC focused on Internet companies and online education. •Belkin announced its intent to acquire Cisco's Linksys product line. •Cisco unveiled its new "Internet of Everything" global integrated marketing campaign, with a message that connecting people, process, data and things will make the network more valuable than ever.

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