News Release

Cisco Announces Two-for-One Stock Split

San Jose, Calif., January 24, 1996 -- Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Jan 24, 1996

San Jose, Calif., January 24, 1996 -- Cisco Systems, Inc. today announcedthat at the company's regularly scheduled board meeting on Tuesday, January23, 1996, the board of directors authorized the splitting of the stock on a2-for-1 basis for shareholders of record on February 2, 1996.

Shares resulting from the split are expected to be distributed by thetransfer agent on February 16, 1996.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the leading globalsupplier ofinternetworking solutions,including routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-upaccess servers and network management software. These products, integratedby the Cisco IOSTM software, linkgeographically dispersed LANs, WANs andIBM networks. Cisco news and product/service information are available atWorld Wide Web site http://www.cisco.com/. Cisco is headquartered in SanJose, Calif.