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Cisco Systems Reports Third Quarter Earnings.


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The phrase pro forma
 Net Income Increased 26 Percent Quarter-over-Quarter;

Pro Forma Net Income Increased 264 Percent Year-over-Year

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, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, today reported its third quarter results for the period ending April 27, 2002.

Net sales Net Sales

The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted.

Notes:
This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight
 for the third quarter of fiscal 2002 were $4.8 billion, compared to $4.7 billion in net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2001, an increase of 2%, and compared to $4.8 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2002. Net income on a generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 (GAAP GAAP

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) basis for the third quarter of fiscal 2002 was $729 million or $0.10 per share, compared with a net loss of $2.7 billion or $0.37 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 and net income of $660 million or $0.09 per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2002.

Pro forma net income, which excludes the effects of acquisition charges, payroll tax Payroll Tax

Tax an employer withholds and/or pays on behalf of their employees based on the wage or salary of the employee. In most countries, including the U.S., both state and federal authorities collect some form of payroll tax.
 on employee stock option exercises, and certain nonrecurring items, was $838 million or $0.11 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, compared with pro forma net income of $230 million or $0.03 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2001 and $664 million or $0.09 per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2002.

Net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 were $14.1 billion, compared with $18.0 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 2001, a decrease of 22%. Net income on a GAAP basis for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 was $1.1 billion or $0.15 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.0 billion or $0.14 per share for the first nine months of fiscal 2001. Pro forma net income was $1.8 billion or $0.25 per share for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 compared with $2.9 billion or $0.39 per share for the same period of fiscal 2001.

"We are very pleased with this quarter's performance, especially our year-to-year profit increase of 264% and quarter-to-quarter increase of 26%," said John Chambers John Chambers could be any of the following people:
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, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Cisco Systems. "The combination of our strong market position and solid execution by our team produced results that clearly indicate that Cisco is well positioned when the economy rebounds. Last year was a classic downturn. We took the critical steps to position ourselves for the upturn, and we are beginning to see the very positive results."

Further commenting on Cisco's execution, Chambers added, "From an operational perspective, this quarter was a home run. Our strong results led to gross margins of 63.1%, cash flows of $1.6 billion and inventory turns of 7.5 times, which exceeded our goals. We continue to take market share from our top-ten competitors, with revenue growth of 2% year-over-year versus a drop of 43% for these competitors."

Throughout the quarter, Cisco continued its emphasis on achieving profitable market-share gains, with a focus on growing ten percent faster than ten selected North American North American

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 competitors. Cisco's market-share momentum included leadership in key market segments such as all areas of routing, LAN switching
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LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home.
, security, voice over IP, IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , and enterprise wireless LANs A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area  and virtual private networks (VPNs). Cisco also experienced growth in Layer 3 fixed and modular switching, where customers are transitioning wiring closets The central distribution or servicing point for cables in a network. See MDF and wire center.  to more intelligent packet processing to enable quality of service (QoS) and higher levels of security. Cisco attributes these ongoing market-share gains to its continued focus on providing customers with networking technologies and solutions that increase both productivity and profitability, while delivering a solid return on investment.

Enterprise Segment

In the enterprise market, Cisco provides the framework for enterprise businesses to deploy networking solutions that help enable business resilience resilience (r·zilˑ·yens),
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, increase employee productivity, and mitigate network security threats. Cisco enterprise customers continue to invest in core switching and routing platforms, as well as key networking technologies including IP telephony, security, and mobility.

During the third quarter, Cisco introduced a new Layer 3 switching module for its Catalyst 4000 product line, which delivers a higher level of quality of service (QoS) and security. Cisco announced significant enhancements to and improved performance capabilities of its industry-leading router router

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 portfolio including the Cisco 7200, 7300, 7400, 7500 and 7600 series of midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually  routers. Cisco also announced new advanced software capabilities for its industry-leading Cisco PIX History
Cisco PIX (Private Internet EXchange) is a firewall originally conceived in March 1994 by John Mayes of Redwood City, California and coded by Brantley Coiles of Athens, Georgia.
(R) firewall family with the Cisco PIX 506E and 515 platforms. In the enterprise voice market, Cisco added new features and functions to the Cisco IP Contact Center solution including new agent and supervisor desktops.

New enterprise customers deploying Cisco's next-generation 10-Gigabit Ethernet solutions included Curtin University of Technology in Australia, Kyoto University Kyoto University (京都大学 Kyōto daigaku  in Japan, and Arkansas State University Arkansas State University, at Jonesboro; coeducational; chartered 1909; named State Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1925–33. In 1933 the school became Arkansas State College, and in 1967 it achieved university status and adopted its present name.  in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Cisco also announced new enterprise voice solution customers including Research Triangle Institute The Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is a non-profit research organization based in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) of North Carolina. RTI is the oldest tenant of this major research park, and the sister organization to the Research Triangle Foundation.  (RTI RTI - Return from interrupt ) and the Village at Squaw Valley Squaw Valley, valley, NE Calif., in the Sierra Nevada Mts., NW of Lake Tahoe. A well-known ski and winter recreational resort, it was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Ski lifts and trails are on Squaw Peak (8,960 ft/2,731 m high). , USA. New enterprise customers deploying Cisco security solutions included Lockwood Green and Centex Mortgage.

Service Provider Segment

Cisco service provider customers remain focused on decreasing operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 and increasing top line revenue through the convergence of disparate networks, services and operational support systems (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ). During the quarter, Cisco continued to work with service providers to identify and market new business network services such as VPNs, metropolitan area access, and managed IP telephony and security. For example, Case Western Reserve University signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Sprint, which will use Cisco infrastructure, to build one of the fastest LANs in the world.

New customers that selected Multiprotocol Label Switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important.  (MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS.

(2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network.
) solutions based on Cisco software and hardware technologies include more than 100 leading service providers such as Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for , BT Ignite, France Telecom, Equant E´quant

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, Infonet Services, KDDI, Japan Telecom, and NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
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 Communications. MPLS is key to enabling converged networking The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch.

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 infrastructures for the delivery of new IP services. In addition, AT&T announced deployment of Cisco optical solutions for its nationwide intelligent optical network, further underscoring Cisco's leadership in the metro optical segment. Finally, Cisco experienced continued interest in its metro optical strategy with new deployments such as Grange Net in Australia, and Government of Alberta's SuperNet project and CANARIE CANARIE Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research Industry and Education
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 15454 platform.

During the quarter, Cisco enhanced its leadership in the service provider cable marketplace. The Cisco uBR10012 Cable Modem Termination System A cable modem termination system or CMTS is equipment typically found in a cable company's headend, or at cable company hubsite and is used to provide high speed data services, such as cable internet or Voice over IP, to cable subscribers.  (CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. ) and uBR7246VXR VXR Vauxhall Racing  Universal Broadband Router A device that provides access to the Internet for multiple computers. It typically includes a network switch with four or more Ethernet ports for wired connections to desktop and laptop computers. "Wireless" broadband routers include an 802.11g access point.  received qualification for Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. ) 1.1, making Cisco the only company currently with multiple Layer 3 DOCSIS 1.1 qualified CMTS systems. The Cisco uBR7246VXR is also the only CMTS currently included in the advanced interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other.  test network, which consists of vendors with the most advanced implementations of PacketCable specifications and is used for system interoperability testing. Cisco also introduced new Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences.

It is described in RFC 2543.
 (SIP)-enabled voice-over-IP solutions.

Commercial Segment

Cisco continued to meet the unique requirements of small and medium-sized business customers (SMBs) during the quarter with expanded programs to help educate and build demand for the value of networking technology and by delivering innovative new networking solutions including wireless access products, switches, and integrated communication systems.

Cisco introduced 14 new access routers See edge router and remote access router.  designed to extend network intelligence including security, availability, and QoS to the enterprise branch office and remote worker. Cisco also announced the Cisco Aironet(R) 1200 Series dual radio wireless LAN access point supporting both IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields.  802.11b and the 5-GHz IEEE 802.11a radios as they become available.

The Cisco Internet Business Roadmap initiative has been made available to thousands of resellers of Cisco products, helping them establish networking relevance for e-business applications. In addition, the Cisco Mobile Office initiative added several new customer venues offering high-speed access to their customers including Airpath Wireless (WLAN See wireless LAN.

WLAN - wireless local area network
 at AirTran Airways AirTran Airways is a low-cost airline that is a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Orlando, Florida, USA and is a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings. AirTran operates over 750 daily flights throughout the eastern USA and the Midwest, including over 270 daily departures from  boarding gates); Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport (WLAN throughout the Lindbergh Terminal), Gaylord Entertainment (high-speed access throughout its Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Florida St. Cloud is a city in Osceola County, Florida, United States. The population was 20,074 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 24,249 [1].

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); and Lufthansa Airlines (enabling high-speed, Ethernet access to passenger seats on airplanes).

"Today's announcement of an 8.6% productivity gain for the United States in the first quarter underscores our strong belief that our customers will invest in those technologies that deliver productivity results," continued John Chambers. "We've grown our productivity by 20 percent over the last four quarters, with about half of it coming from our use of Internet business solutions, and we believe that the Internet will be a prime factor in gains of 5 to 10% a year for companies and 3 to 5% a year for countries."

Editors Note:
-- Q3 conference call to be held at 1:45 p.m. PDT on Tuesday, May 7; conference
call number is 800-779-9040 (domestic) and 712-257-3767 (international)

-- For additional information regarding Cisco's financials and to participate
in Cisco's conference call at 1:45 p.m. PDT, please visit our investor
relations site at http://www.cisco.com/go/inves tors

-- Conference call replay available from 5/7/02 at 4:30 p.m. through 5/14/02 at
800-876-4361 for domestic callers and 402-280-9920 for international callers.

-- Additional information regarding Cisco's Q3 earnings is available at
http://newsroom.cisco.com


About Cisco Systems

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) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com.

This release contains projections and other forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
 regarding future events and the future financial performance of Cisco that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Cisco with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Form 10-K Form 10-K

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Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, 10-Q and 8-K, each as it may be amended from time to time, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition to these risk factors, other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: business and economic conditions and growth trends in the networking industry in various geographic regions; global economic conditions; overall information technology spending; the growth of the Internet and levels of capital spending capital spending

Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years.
 on Internet-based systems; variations in customer demand for products and services, including sales to the service provider market; the ability to successfully restructure existing businesses; the timing of orders and manufacturing lead times; changes in customer order patterns; insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory Obsolete Inventory

Term that refers to inventory that is at the end of its product life cycle and has not seen any sales or usage for a set period of time usually determined by the industry. This type of inventory has to be written down and can cause large losses for a company.
; variations in sales channels, product costs, or mix of products sold; the ability to successfully reduce overhead and manage expenses; the ability to successfully acquire businesses and technologies and to successfully integrate and operate these acquired businesses and technologies; increased competition in the networking industry; dependence on the introduction and market acceptance of new product offerings and standards; rapid technological and market change; the trend towards sales of integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network.  solutions; manufacturing and sourcing risks; Internet infrastructure problems and government regulation of the Internet; international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. ; the timing and amount of employer payroll tax to be paid on employees' gains on stock options exercised; litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

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, stockholder and other matters; possible disruption disruption /dis·rup·tion/ (dis-rup´shun) a morphologic defect resulting from the extrinsic breakdown of, or interference with, a developmental process.  in commercial activities occasioned by terrorist activity and armed conflict, such as changes in logistics and security arrangements, and reduced end-user purchases relative to expectations; exposure to credit risks relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

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 markets; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; stock price volatility; financial risk management; and potential volatility in operating results, among others. The financial information contained in this release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements Consolidated Financial Statements

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 included in Cisco's most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q

See 10-Q.
, each as it may be amended from time to time. Cisco's results of operations for the three and nine months ended April 27, 2002 are not necessarily indicative of Cisco's operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods.

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 with, or an alternative for, generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from pro forma measures used by other companies.

Aironet, Catalyst, Cisco, Cisco IOS Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and all current Cisco network switches. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly integrated with a , Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document or Web site are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company.


                         Cisco Systems, Inc.
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                (In millions, except per-share amounts)
                              (Unaudited)

                          Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended
                        ---------------------   ---------------------
                        April 27,   April 28,   April 27,   April 28,
                          2002        2001        2002        2001
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

NET SALES:
  Product               $  3,993    $  4,007    $ 11,671    $ 15,982
  Service                    829         721       2,415       2,013
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total net sales        4,822       4,728      14,086      17,995
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

COST OF SALES:
  Product                  1,515       4,131       4,608       8,563
  Service                    239         269         748         796
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total cost
     of sales              1,754       4,400       5,356       9,359
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

  GROSS MARGIN             3,068         328       8,730       8,636

OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Research and
   development               807         970       2,504       2,885
  Sales and marketing      1,057       1,333       3,207       4,102
  General and
   administrative            163         191         459         578
  Restructuring costs
   and other special
   charges                    --       1,170          --       1,170
  Payroll tax on
   stock option exercises      1          10           7          50
  Amortization of deferred
   stock-based compensation   37          70         133         106
  Amortization of goodwill    --         181          --         494
  Amortization of purchased
   intangible assets         129          95         411         263
  In-process research
   and development            --         109          37         855
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total operating
     expenses              2,194       4,129       6,758      10,503
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

OPERATING
 INCOME (LOSS)               874      (3,801)      1,972      (1,867)

Net gains (losses)
 on investments               --          --        (858)        190
Interest and other
 income, net                 150         236         499         741
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE
 PROVISION FOR
 (BENEFIT FROM)
 INCOME TAXES              1,024      (3,565)      1,613        (936)
Provision for
 (benefit from)
 income taxes                295        (872)        492          85
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

  NET INCOME (LOSS)     $    729    $ (2,693)   $  1,121    $ (1,021)
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Net income (loss)
 per share--basic       $   0.10    $  (0.37)   $   0.15    $  (0.14)
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Net income (loss)
 per share--diluted (1) $   0.10    $  (0.37)   $   0.15    $  (0.14)
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Shares used in
 per-share
 calculation--basic        7,306       7,251       7,310       7,170
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Shares used in
 per-share
 calculation--
 diluted (1)               7,454       7,251       7,473       7,170
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Note 1: Diluted net loss per share for the three and nine months ended
April 28, 2001 is computed using the weighted-average number of common
shares outstanding during the period and excludes common-equivalent
shares, as their effect is anti-dilutive.


                          Cisco Systems, Inc.
            PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
           (See pro forma adjustments listed in table below)
                (In millions, except per-share amounts)
                              (Unaudited)

                          Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended
                        ---------------------   ---------------------
                        April 27,   April 28,   April 27,   April 28,
                          2002        2001        2002        2001
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
NET SALES:
  Product               $  3,993    $  4,007    $ 11,671    $ 15,982
  Service                    829         721       2,415       2,013
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total net sales        4,822       4,728      14,086      17,995
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

COST OF SALES:
  Product                  1,542       1,882       5,120       6,314
  Service                    239         269         748         796
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total cost
     of sales              1,781       2,151       5,868       7,110
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

  GROSS MARGIN             3,041       2,577       8,218      10,885

OPERATING EXPENSES:
  Research and
   development               807         970       2,504       2,885
  Sales and marketing      1,057       1,333       3,207       4,102
  General and
   administrative            163         191         459         578
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
    Total operating
     expenses              2,027       2,494       6,170       7,565
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

OPERATING INCOME           1,014          83       2,048       3,320

Interest and other
 income, net                 150         236         499         741
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

INCOME BEFORE PROVISION
 FOR INCOME TAXES          1,164         319       2,547       4,061
Provision for
 income taxes                326          89         713       1,138
                        --------    --------    --------    --------

  NET INCOME            $    838    $    230    $  1,834    $  2,923
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Net income per
 share--basic           $   0.11    $   0.03    $   0.25    $   0.41
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Net income per
 share--diluted         $   0.11    $   0.03    $   0.25    $   0.39
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Shares used in
 per-share
 calculation--basic        7,306       7,251       7,310       7,170
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

Shares used in
 per-share
 calculation--diluted      7,454       7,486       7,473       7,552
                        ========    ========    ========    ========

The above pro forma
 amounts have been
 adjusted to exclude
 the following items:

In-process research
 and development        $     --    $    109    $     37    $    855
Payroll tax on
 employee stock
 option exercises              1          10           7          50
Amortization of
 deferred stock-based
 compensation                 37          70         133         106
Amortization of goodwill      --         181          --         494
Amortization of purchased
 intangible assets           129          95         411         263
Net (gains) losses
 on investments               --          --         858        (190)
Restructuring costs
 and other special charges    --       1,170          --       1,170
Excess inventory
 (benefit) charge            (27)      2,249        (512)      2,249
Income tax effect            (31)       (961)       (221)     (1,053)
                        --------    --------    --------    --------
                        $    109    $  2,923    $    713    $  3,944
                        ========    ========    ========    ========


                          Cisco Systems, Inc.
                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             (In millions)
                              (Unaudited)

                                             April 27,      July 28,
                                               2002           2001
                                             --------       --------

ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents                  $  6,493       $  4,873
  Short-term investments                        2,478          2,034
  Accounts receivable, net of allowance
   for doubtful accounts of $346
   at April 27, 2002 and $288 at
   July 28, 2001                                  990          1,466
  Inventories, net                                869          1,684
  Deferred tax assets                           2,010          1,809
  Lease receivables, net                          272            405
  Prepaid expenses and other
   current assets                                 498            564
                                             --------       --------

    Total current assets                       13,610         12,835

Investments                                    12,090         10,346
Restricted investments                             --          1,264
Property and equipment, net                     4,002          2,591
Goodwill                                        3,350          3,189
Purchased intangible assets, net                1,090          1,470
Lease receivables, net                             42            253
Other assets                                    2,942          3,290
                                             --------       --------

    TOTAL ASSETS                             $ 37,126       $ 35,238
                                             ========       ========

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Current liabilities:
  Accounts payable                           $    436       $    644
  Income taxes payable                            292            241
  Accrued compensation                          1,266          1,058
  Deferred revenue                              3,122          2,470
  Other accrued liabilities                     2,523          2,553
  Restructuring liabilities                       341            386
                                             --------       --------

    Total current liabilities                   7,980          7,352

Deferred revenue                                  711            744
                                             --------       --------

    Total liabilities                           8,691          8,096

Minority interest                                  16             22

Shareholders' equity                           28,419         27,120
                                             --------       --------

    TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
     SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                    $ 37,126       $ 35,238
                                             ========       ========


                          Cisco Systems, Inc.
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             (In millions)
                              (Unaudited)

                                                 Nine Months Ended
                                             -----------------------
                                             April 27,      April 28,
                                               2002           2001
                                             --------       --------
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income (loss)                          $  1,121       $ (1,021)
  Adjustments to reconcile net
   income (loss) to net cash provided
   by operating activities:
    Depreciation and amortization               1,353          1,615
    Provision for doubtful accounts                91            123
    Provision for inventory                       109          2,697
    Deferred income taxes                        (373)        (1,431)
    Tax benefits from employee
     stock option plans                            51            705
    In-process research and development            25            739
    Net (gains) losses on investments and
     provision for losses                       1,076             43
    Restructuring costs and
     other special charges                         --            501
    Change in operating assets
     and liabilities:
      Accounts receivable                         385            197
      Inventories                                 665         (1,730)
      Prepaid expenses and other
       current assets                             (20)           (66)
      Accounts payable                           (208)           (85)
      Income taxes payable                         51            786
      Accrued compensation                        208           (108)
      Deferred revenue                            619          1,000
      Other accrued liabilities                  (130)            74
      Restructuring liabilities                   (45)           668
                                             --------       --------
        Net cash provided by
         operating activities                   4,978          4,707
                                             --------       --------

Cash flows from investing activities:
  Purchases of short-term investments          (4,166)        (2,870)
  Proceeds from sales and maturities of
   short-term investments                       4,702          3,459
  Purchases of investments                    (13,600)       (14,613)
  Proceeds from sales and
   maturities of investments                   10,658         12,732
  Purchases of restricted investments            (291)          (758)
  Proceeds from sales and maturities of
   restricted investments                       1,471            941
  Acquisition of property and equipment        (2,243)        (1,814)
  Acquisition of businesses, net of
   cash and cash equivalents                       14            (13)
  Change in lease receivables, net                344            224
  Purchases of investments in privately
   held companies                                 (52)          (960)
  Lease deposits                                  320           (320)
  Purchase of minority interest of
   Cisco Systems, K.K. (Japan)                    (91)          (365)
  Other                                            98           (573)
                                             --------       --------
        Net cash used in investing
         activities                            (2,836)        (4,930)
                                             --------       --------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Issuance of common stock                        431          1,106
  Repurchase of common stock                     (952)            --
  Other                                            (1)           (15)
                                             --------       --------
        Net cash (used in) provided
         by financing activities                 (522)         1,091
                                             --------       --------
Net increase in cash and
 cash equivalents                               1,620            868
Cash and cash equivalents,
 beginning of period                            4,873          4,234
                                             --------       --------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period     $  6,493       $  5,102
                                             ========       ========
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