Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-131723
February 10, 2006
| Press Contact: | Investor Relations Contact: | |
| Heather Dickinson | Laura Graves | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Cisco Systems, Inc. | |
| (212) 714-4350 | (408) 526-6521 | |
| hdickins@cisco.com | lagraves@cisco.com |
CISCO ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF $5.5 BILLION
OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES
SAN JOSE, Calif. — February 10, 2006 — Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, today announced that it is offering, subject to market and other conditions, three series of investment grade notes for an aggregate principal amount of $5.5 billion. Cisco expects to issue the $5.5 billion of senior unsecured notes in a mix of three year floating rate notes, and five and ten year fixed rate notes.
Cisco intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its purchase of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. and for general corporate purposes.
Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley 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:
| Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 388 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10013 |
J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. 270 Park Avenue - 8th Floor Syndicate Desk New York, New York 10017 | |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated 4 World Financial Center, FL 05 New York, New York 10080 |
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated 180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014; Attention: Prospectus Department | |
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The issuer of the securities that are the subject of this press release has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you a prospectus if you request by calling toll-free 1-800-248-3580.