SAN JOSE, Calif., June 16, 2000 - Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced it has completed the acquisition of Pentacom of Herzliya, Israel.

On April 11, 2000, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Pentacom, a leading provider of products implementing Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP) which allows IP based metropolitan networks to offer the same protection and restoration benefits as SONET-based networks while doubling bandwidth efficiency. This acquisition is being accounted for using purchase accounting.