SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/09 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes under an automatic shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers.

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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