News Release

Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings

Strong Execution Drives Business Momentum and Return for Shareholders
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SAN JOSE, CA -- May 13, 2015 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO)

  • Q3 Revenue: $12.1 billion (increase of 5% year over year)
  • Q3 Earnings per Share: $0.47 GAAP; $0.54 non-GAAP 

Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate, today reported its third quarter results for the period ended April 25, 2015. Cisco reported third quarter revenue of $12.1 billion, net income on a generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) basis of $2.4 billion or $0.47 per share, and non-GAAP net income of $2.8 billion or $0.54 per share. 

"Cisco is in a very strong position and we delivered another solid quarter. Our vision and strategy are working and we are executing very well in a tough environment, as evidenced in our revenue growth, profitability, strong gross margins and cash generation. Our customers feel the pace of change and disruption in every industry and market, and know their success depends on digitizing their business. Whether they are the disruptor or the incumbent, they are coming to Cisco as their strategic partner. We believe we are pulling away from our competition using the same formula we've always used: integrating our industry-leading products in every category into architectures and solutions that deliver real outcomes. We've created this opportunity and it is ours to execute," stated John Chambers, Cisco chairman and CEO.

"I am extremely honored and proud to have led Cisco for the last 20 years and to get us to this positive inflection point. We have a tremendous opportunity to extend our lead in the industry, and with Chuck Robbins as the CEO for Cisco's next chapter, we have exactly the right leader to capture that opportunity. I could not be more confident in our future."

 
GAAP Results
 
    Q3 2015   Q3 2014   Vs. Q3 2014
Revenue   $ 12.1   billion   $ 11.5   billion   5.1 %
Net Income   $ 2.4   billion   $ 2.2   billion   11.7 %
Earnings per Share   $ 0.47       $ 0.42       11.9 %
                           
 
Non-GAAP Results
 
    Q3 2015   Q3 2014   Vs. Q3 2014
Net Income   $ 2.8   billion   $ 2.6   billion   5.9 %
Earnings per Share   $ 0.54       $ 0.51       5.9 %
                           

Revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2015 was $36.3 billion, compared with $34.8 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 2014. Net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2015, on a GAAP basis, was $6.7 billion or $1.29 per share, compared with $5.6 billion or $1.06 per share for the first nine months of fiscal 2014. Non-GAAP net income for the first nine months of fiscal 2015 was $8.3 billion or $1.62 per share, compared with $8.0 billion or $1.51 per share for the first nine months of fiscal 2014.

A reconciliation between net income on a GAAP basis and non-GAAP net income is provided in the table following the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Cisco will discuss third 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 flow from operations were $3.0 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2015, compared with $2.9 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, and compared with $3.2 billion for the third quarter of fiscal 2014.
     
  • Cash and cash equivalents and investments were $54.4 billion at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2015, compared with $53.0 billion at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2015, and compared with $52.1 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014.

Dividends and Stock Repurchase Program

  • During the third quarter of fiscal 2015, Cisco paid a cash dividend of $0.21 per common share, or $1.1 billion.
     
  • Cisco repurchased approximately 35 million shares of common stock under the stock repurchase program at an average price of $28.39 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $1.0 billion during the third quarter of fiscal 2015. As of April 25, 2015, Cisco had repurchased and retired 4.4 billion shares of Cisco common stock at an average price of $20.80 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $91.7 billion since the inception of the stock repurchase program. The remaining authorized amount for stock repurchases under this program is approximately $5.3 billion with no termination date.

"I feel great about the quarter. We executed well and the strategy is working," said Kelly Kramer, Cisco executive vice president and CFO. "We saw good balance again across our portfolio and delivered revenues of $12.1 billion up 5%, and grew earnings per share faster than revenue. We continued our strong cash generation and returned another $2.1 billion to our shareholders. We're well positioned in the market, managing the company well, and focused on delivering value for our customers and shareholders. It's an exciting time."

Internet of Everything

  • Cisco released a study highlighting how the adoption of Internet of Everything (IoE) strategies by the oil and gas industry could fuel a U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) increase by up to 0.8 percent, or $816 billion, over 10 years.
  • Cisco opened an IoE Innovation Center in Berlin that unveiled a new asset management solution less than six months after opening its doors.
  • Cisco announced the investment in a Cisco IoE Innovation Center in Australia, one of eight such centers globally.
  • Cisco launched Connected Roadways, a suite of validated solutions using the IoE that connect disparate transportation systems to increase safety, reduce roadside incidents, improve traffic flow and provide a centralized view of highway systems in a highly secure manner.
     

Next Generation of IT

  • Cisco introduced Cisco Collaborative Knowledge, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed to help its customers invigorate their organizations and empower employees with the digital tools and technology needed to access experts, learning and knowledge in real time.
  • Cisco unveiled a host of new capabilities and services for security professionals that provide extensive intelligence and analysis on potential threats, and solutions to protect against, respond to and recover from attacks.
  • Cisco announced three significant enhancements to the Cisco Evolved Programmable Network (EPN) portfolio, an open, elastic, and application-centric network infrastructure framework that helps enable service providers to accelerate time-to-revenue while reducing the costs of deploying new services.
  • To make it easier for customers to achieve business outcomes, Cisco announced it has established software resale agreements with Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR for their industry leading Apache Hadoop data management capabilities and innovation.
  • Cisco completed the acquisition of Embrane, a provider of a lifecycle-management platform for application-centric network services.
     

Innovation

  • One of the Brazil's largest retail groups, CSD, selected Cisco technology to unify its communications infrastructure.
  • Cisco and Globo, a leading broadcaster in Brazil and one of the largest content producers worldwide, are working together on a large-scale project to provide Globo with greater business agility by virtualizing and orchestrating the network functions and workflows required to manage, deliver and share produced content within its new media content partners.
  • Employees across many industries are now using Cisco Spark to collaborate simply and in a highly secure way inside and outside their organizations in ways not previously possible.
  • Cisco announced an extension of its cloud and data center relationship with Microsoft to include a new technology platform designed to accelerate service delivery and streamline the journey to the Cisco Intercloud™ for cloud providers.
  • Cisco announced that EE, the United Kingdom's largest mobile network operator, is deploying Cisco small cells to support its growing base of enterprise customers. Cisco's end-to-end small cell solutions can scale to be suitable for small, medium and large enterprise buildings.
  • Cisco announced that AT&T will use its virtualized mobile Internet solution to help support AT&T's auto-maker customers in providing advanced connected car services.
  • The Sao Paulo International Airport adopted Cisco technology to integrate and update its technology and telecommunications infrastructure.
  • Telstra and Cisco announced their intention to extend their strategic collaboration by giving Telstra's domestic and global business customers a unified, on-demand suite of cloud and managed network services.
  • Cisco introduced Mobility IQ, a mobility SaaS analytics solution hosted on Cisco Cloud Services that provides advanced insights and a high-level overview across Wi-Fi, 3G and LTE network activity in real-time.
     

Editor's Notes:

  • Q3 fiscal year 2015 conference call to discuss Cisco's results along with its business outlook will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Conference call number is 1-888-848-6507 (United States) or 1-212-519-0847 (international).
  • Conference call replay will be available from 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time, May 13, 2015 to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time, May 20, 2015 at 1-800-839-1170 (United States) or 1-402-998-0559 (international). The replay will also be available via webcast from May 13, 2015 through July 17, 2015 on the Cisco Investor Relations website at http://investor.cisco.com.
  • Additional information regarding Cisco's financials, as well as a webcast of the conference call with visuals designed to guide participants through the call, will be available at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, May 13, 2015. Text of the conference call's prepared remarks will be available within 24 hours of completion of the call. The webcast will include both the prepared remarks and the question-and-answer session. This information, along with the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation information, will be available on the Cisco Investor Relations website at http://investor.cisco.com.
     

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This release includes non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, non-GAAP net income per share data, non-GAAP inventory turns and free cash flow.

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. Cisco believes that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with Cisco's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used to evaluate Cisco's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.

Cisco believes that the presentation of non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, and non-GAAP net income per share data, when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. In addition, Cisco believes that the presentation of non-GAAP inventory turns provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and business trends relating to inventory management based on the operating activities of the periods presented. Cisco believes that the presentation of free cash flow, which it defines as the net cash provided by operating activities less cash used to acquire property and equipment, to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors because of its intent to return a stated percentage of free cash flow to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock repurchases. Cisco further regards free cash flow as a useful measure because it reflects cash that can be used to, among other things, invest in its business, make strategic acquisitions, repurchase common stock, and pay dividends on its common stock, after deducting capital investments.

For its internal budgeting process, Cisco's management uses financial statements that do not include, when applicable, share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, impact to cost of sales from purchase accounting adjustments to inventory, acquisition-related/divestiture costs (which includes a gain recognized in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 with respect to the reorganization and divestiture of a portion of Cisco's investment in VCE), significant asset impairments and restructurings, significant litigation and other contingencies, the income tax effects of the foregoing, and significant tax matters. Cisco's management also uses the foregoing non-GAAP measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of Cisco. In prior periods, Cisco has excluded other items that it no longer excludes for purposes of its non-GAAP financial measures. From time to time in the future there may be other items that Cisco may exclude for purposes of its internal budgeting process and in reviewing its financial results. For additional information on the items excluded by Cisco from one or more of its non-GAAP financial measures, refer to the Form 8-K regarding this release furnished today to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS  
(In millions, except per-share amounts)  
(Unaudited)  
   
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
    April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
REVENUE:                                
  Product   $ 9,326     $ 8,820     $ 27,839     $ 26,640  
  Service     2,811       2,725       8,479       8,145  
    Total revenue     12,137       11,545       36,318       34,785  
COST OF SALES:                                
  Product     3,584       3,595       11,309       11,665  
  Service     1,028       944       3,061       2,756  
    Total cost of sales     4,612       4,539       14,370       14,421  
GROSS MARGIN     7,525       7,006       21,948       20,364  
OPERATING EXPENSES:                                
  Research and development     1,547       1,565       4,659       4,701  
  Sales and marketing     2,449       2,342       7,272       7,030  
  General and administrative     510       460       1,504       1,426  
  Amortization of purchased intangible assets     70       71       213       207  
  Restructuring and other charges     24       26       411       336  
    Total operating expenses     4,600       4,464       14,059       13,700  
OPERATING INCOME     2,925       2,542       7,889       6,664  
  Interest income     190       170       558       508  
  Interest expense     (139 )     (146 )     (417 )     (422 )
  Other income (loss), net     59       76       238       187  
    Interest and other income (loss), net     110       100       379       273  
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES     3,035       2,642       8,268       6,937  
Provision for income taxes     598       461       1,606       1,331  
  NET INCOME   $ 2,437     $ 2,181     $ 6,662     $ 5,606  
                                 
Net income per share:                                
  Basic   $ 0.48     $ 0.42     $ 1.30     $ 1.06  
  Diluted   $ 0.47     $ 0.42     $ 1.29     $ 1.06  
Shares used in per-share calculation:                                
  Basic     5,102       5,143       5,110       5,271  
  Diluted     5,148       5,180       5,154       5,311  
                                 
Cash dividends declared per common share   $ 0.21     $ 0.19     $ 0.59     $ 0.53  
                                 
   
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME  
(In millions, except per-share amounts)  
   
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
    April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
GAAP net income   $ 2,437     $ 2,181     $ 6,662     $ 5,606  
  Adjustments to cost of sales:                                
    Share-based compensation expense     56       51       149       146  
    Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets     172       181       586       530  
    Supplier component remediation charge (adjustment)     (164 )     --       (164 )     655  
    Acquisition-related/divestiture costs     --       1       --       1  
    Rockstar patent portfolio charge     --       --       188       --  
  Total adjustments to GAAP cost of sales     64       233       759       1,332  
  Adjustments to operating expenses:                                
    Share-based compensation expense     311       302       897       867  
    Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets     70       71       213       207  
    Acquisition-related/divestiture costs     79       68       272       483  
    Significant asset impairments and restructurings     24       26       411       336  
  Total adjustments to GAAP operating expenses     484       467       1,793       1,893  
  Adjustments to other income (loss), net:                                
    Gain on VCE reorganization     --       --       (126 )     --  
  Total adjustments to GAAP income before provision for income taxes.     548       700       2,426       3,225  
                                 
  Income tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments     (124 )     (156 )     (546 )     (649 )
  Significant tax matters     (66 )     (85 )     (200 )     (154 )
  Total adjustments to GAAP provision for income taxes     (190 )     (241 )     (746 )     (803 )
Non-GAAP net income   $ 2,795     $ 2,640     $ 8,342     $ 8,028  
                                 
Diluted net income per share:                                
GAAP   $ 0.47     $ 0.42     $ 1.29     $ 1.06  
Non-GAAP   $ 0.54     $ 0.51     $ 1.62     $ 1.51  
                                 
 
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP EFFECTIVE TAX RATE
 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    April 25,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
  April 25,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
GAAP effective tax rate   19.7%   17.4%   19.4%   19.2%
Tax effect of non-GAAP adjustments to net income   2.3%   3.6%   2.6%   1.8%
Non-GAAP effective tax rate   22.0%   21.0%   22.0%   21.0%
                 
 
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 
    April 25,
 2015
  July 26,
 2014
ASSETS            
Current assets:            
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 3,870   $ 6,726
  Investments     50,549     45,348
  Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $290 at April 25, 2015 and $265 at July 26, 2014     4,889     5,157
  Inventories     1,760     1,591
  Financing receivables, net     4,248     4,153
  Deferred tax assets     2,539     2,808
  Other current assets     1,476     1,331
    Total current assets     69,331     67,114
Property and equipment, net     3,276     3,252
Financing receivables, net     3,506     3,918
Goodwill     24,398     24,239
Purchased intangible assets, net     2,626     3,280
Other assets     3,075     3,331
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 106,212   $ 105,134
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY            
Current liabilities:            
  Short-term debt   $ 4,418   $ 508
  Accounts payable     1,118     1,032
  Income taxes payable     80     159
  Accrued compensation     2,726     3,181
  Deferred revenue     9,371     9,478
  Other current liabilities     5,532     5,451
    Total current liabilities     23,245     19,809
Long-term debt     16,586     20,401
Income taxes payable     1,294     1,851
Deferred revenue     4,810     4,664
Other long-term liabilities     1,444     1,748
Total liabilities     47,379     48,473
Total equity     58,833     56,661
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY   $ 106,212   $ 105,134
             
   
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS  
(In millions)  
(Unaudited)  
   
    Nine Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
Cash flows from operating activities:                
  Net income   $ 6,662     $ 5,606  
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:                
    Depreciation, amortization, and other     1,791       1,811  
    Share-based compensation expense     1,044       1,009  
    Provision for receivables     82       48  
    Deferred income taxes     438       (181 )
    Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation     (102 )     (84 )
    (Gains) losses on investments and other, net     (231 )     (228 )
    Change in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions:                
      Accounts receivable     97       1,064  
      Inventories     (235 )     (50 )
      Financing receivables     36       332  
      Other assets     (341 )     180  
      Accounts payable     101       (2 )
      Income taxes, net     (511 )     (356 )
      Accrued compensation     (324 )     (411 )
      Deferred revenue     217       (309 )
      Other liabilities     (310 )     291  
        Net cash provided by operating activities     8,414       8,720  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                
  Purchases of investments     (30,617 )     (27,884 )
  Proceeds from sales of investments     13,890       14,490  
  Proceeds from maturities of investments     11,632       12,048  
  Acquisition of businesses, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired     (238 )     (2,784 )
  Purchases of investments in privately held companies     (155 )     (315 )
  Return of investments in privately held companies     274       119  
  Acquisition of property and equipment     (907 )     (950 )
  Proceeds from sales of property and equipment     8       168  
  Other     (115 )     (30 )
        Net cash used in investing activities     (6,228 )     (5,138 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:                
  Issuances of common stock     1,584       1,053  
  Repurchases of common stock--repurchase program     (3,325 )     (7,965 )
  Shares repurchased for tax withholdings on vesting of restricted stock units     (415 )     (345 )
  Short-term borrowings, original maturities less than 90 days, net     496       (2 )
  Issuances of debt     --       8,001  
  Repayments of debt     (507 )     (3,274 )
  Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation     102       84  
  Dividends paid     (3,017 )     (2,784 )
  Other     40       (34 )
        Net cash used in financing activities     (5,042 )     (5,266 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (2,856 )     (1,684 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period     6,726       7,925  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period   $ 3,870     $ 6,241  
                 
Supplemental cash flow information:                
Cash paid for interest   $ 646     $ 561  
Cash paid for income taxes, net   $ 1,680     $ 1,868  
                 
 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS
(In millions)
 
    April 25,
 2015
  July 26,
 2014
Cash and cash equivalents and investments:            
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 3,870   $ 6,726
  Fixed income securities     48,626     43,396
  Publicly traded equity securities     1,923     1,952
    Total   $ 54,419   $ 52,074
             
   
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES  
TO FREE CASH FLOW (NON-GAAP)  
(In millions)  
   
    Three Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
    January 24,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
Net cash provided by operating activities   $ 3,040     $ 2,883     $ 3,198  
Acquisition of property and equipment     (357 )     (265 )     (373 )
Free cash flow   $ 2,683     $ 2,618     $ 2,825  
                         
 
DIVIDENDS PAID AND REPURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK
(In millions, except per-share amounts)
 
    DIVIDENDS   STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM   TOTAL
Quarter Ended   Per Share   Amount   Shares   Weighted-Average Price per Share   Amount   Amount
Fiscal 2015                                  
  April 25, 2015   $ 0.21   $ 1,070   35   $ 28.39   $ 1,008   $ 2,078
  January 24, 2015   $ 0.19   $ 974   44   $ 27.63   $ 1,208   $ 2,182
  October 25, 2014   $ 0.19   $ 973   41   $ 24.58   $ 1,013   $ 1,986
                                   
Fiscal 2014                                  
  July 26, 2014   $ 0.19   $ 974   61   $ 25.11   $ 1,514   $ 2,488
  April 26, 2014     0.19     974   90   $ 22.24     2,005     2,979
  January 25, 2014     0.17     896   185   $ 21.73     4,020     4,916
  October 26, 2013     0.17     914   84   $ 23.65     2,000     2,914
Total   $ 0.72   $ 3,758   420   $ 22.71   $ 9,539   $ 13,297
                                   
 
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND DSO
(In millions, except DSO)
 
    April 25,
 2015
  January 24,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
Accounts receivable, net   $ 4,889   $ 4,541   $ 4,443
Days sales outstanding in accounts receivable (DSO)     37     35     35
                   
 
INVENTORIES
(In millions)
 
    April 25,
 2015
  January 24,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
Inventories:                  
  Raw materials   $ 264   $ 265   $ 57
  Work in process     2     2     5
  Finished goods:                  
    Distributor inventory and deferred cost of sales     635     733     623
    Manufactured finished goods     547     577     550
      Total finished goods     1,182     1,310     1,173
  Service-related spares     268     274     255
  Demonstration systems     44     39     38
      Total   $ 1,760   $ 1,890   $ 1,528
                   
   
INVENTORY TURNS AND RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP  
COST OF SALES USED IN INVENTORY TURNS  
(In millions, except annualized inventory turns)  
   
    Three Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
    January 24,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
Annualized inventory turns - GAAP     10.1       10.9       11.8  
  Cost of sales adjustments     (0.1 )     (0.7 )     (0.6 )
Annualized inventory turns - non-GAAP     10.0       10.2       11.2  
                         
GAAP cost of sales   $ 4,612     $ 4,846     $ 4,539  
  Cost of sales adjustments:                        
    Share-based compensation expense     (56 )     (45 )     (51 )
    Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets     (172 )     (233 )     (181 )
    Supplier component remediation adjustment     164       --       --  
    Acquisition-related/divestiture costs     --       --       (1 )
Non-GAAP cost of sales   $ 4,548     $ 4,568     $ 4,306  
                         
 
DEFERRED REVENUE
(In millions)
 
    April 25,
 2015
  January 24,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
Deferred revenue:                  
  Service   $ 9,236   $ 9,020   $ 8,746
  Product:                  
    Unrecognized revenue on product shipments and other deferred revenue     4,258     4,276     3,669
    Cash receipts related to unrecognized revenue from two-tier distributors     687     725     736
    Total product deferred revenue     4,945     5,001     4,405
      Total   $ 14,181   $ 14,021   $ 13,151
Reported as:                  
  Current   $ 9,371   $ 9,369   $ 9,198
  Noncurrent     4,810     4,652     3,953
      Total   $ 14,181   $ 14,021   $ 13,151
                         
   
SUMMARY OF SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE  
(In millions)  
   
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended  
    April 25,
 2015
  April 26,
 2014
  April 25,
 2015
    April 26,
 2014
 
Cost of sales - product   $ 12   $ 12   $ 34     $ 34  
Cost of sales - service     44     39     115       112  
  Share-based compensation expense in cost of sales     56     51     149       146  
Research and development     114     106     338       306  
Sales and marketing     147     144     408       408  
General and administrative     50     52     151       153  
Restructuring and other charges     --     --     (2 )     (4 )
  Share-based compensation expense in operating expenses     311     302     895       863  
  Total share-based compensation expense   $ 367   $ 353   $ 1,044     $ 1,009  
Income tax benefit for share-based compensation   $ 88   $ 86   $ 267     $ 246