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Cisco Announces Three-for-Two Stock Split

Cisco Announces Three-for-Two Stock Split
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Nov 04, 1997


SAN JOSE, Calif. - November 4, 1997 - Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that on Monday,November 3, 1997, the company's board of directors authorized the splitting of Cisco's commonstock on a 3-for-2 basis for shareholders of record on November 18, 1997.

Shares resulting from the split are expected to be distributed by the transfer agent onDecember 16, 1997.

The action approved yesterday will be the sixth time that Cisco's common stock has been splitsince the company's initial public offering in February 1990. Two-for-one stock splits occurredin 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996.

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