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Cisco Prices $5 Billion of Senior Unsecured Notes



2009-11-10 00:18:01 -

SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- 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 : mailto: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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