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SCHEDULE 14A
(RULE 14a-101)
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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To: All Employees Holding Cisco Shares
From: Larry Carter
Re: Upcoming Shareholders Meeting
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The 1998 Annual Meeting of the Cisco shareholders will take place on November
12, 1998. The Company has recently mailed a proxy statement to you and every
other Cisco shareholder indicating the items on which the shareholders are to
vote at that meeting. Your vote is very important, and we strongly encourage you
to exercise your shareholder rights by completing your proxy ballot via
Internet, telephone or mail.
One of the items which will be submitted to shareholder vote at the 1998 Annual
Meeting is the approval of an amendment to the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive
Plan. Approval of the amendment will ensure that Cisco will continue to have the
ability to issue stock options to employees and other individuals who contribute
to the Company's future business and financial success. Cisco believes that such
individuals should share directly in that success. Stock options are essential
to the Company's achievement of our goals because of the opportunity options
give Cisco employees to increase their ownership interest in the Company. For
this reason, the Company encourages you to vote in favor of the proposal to
approve the amendment. This particular proposal is designated as Proposal No. 2
in the proxy statement and ballot.
If you were a Cisco shareholder as of September 14, 1998, and you do not receive
a proxy statement and ballot for the 1998 Annual Meeting or should you misplace
these documents, please contact your broker or Boston EquiServe at 781-575-3120.
We hope that you will take the opportunity to exercise your rights as a Cisco
shareholder and to cast your vote in favor of Proposal No. 2 as an important
benefit for you and other Cisco employees.
