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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581) 

SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ (147029) 

DANIEL S. DROSMAN (200643) 

JONAH H. GOLDSTEIN (193777) 

MATTHEW P. MONTGOMERY (180196) 

LUCAS F. OLTS (234843) 

JESSICA D. TALLY (234432) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

BillL@lerachlaw.com 

SpenceB@lerachlaw.com 

DanD@lerachlaw.com 

JonahG@lerachlaw.com

MattM@lerachlaw.com 

LukeO@lerachlaw.com

JessicaT@lerachlaw.com

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PATRICK J. COUGHLIN (111070) 

LESLEY E. WEAVER (191305) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

PatC@lerachlaw.com 

LesleyW@lerachlaw.com 

LEVIN, PAPANTONIO, THOMAS, MITCHELL, 

 ECHSNER & PROCTOR, P.A. 

TIMOTHY M. O’BRIEN (pro hac vice) 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, FL 32501 

Telephone: 850/435-7000 

850/497-7057 (fax)

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In re CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. SECURITIES 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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Master File No. C-01-20418-JW(PVT) 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DIRECTING CLASS NOTICE 

PROCEDURES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge James Ware

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WHEREAS, this Court certified this action as a Class Action on May 27, 2004;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court issued Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo,

544 U.S. 336 (2005) on April 19, 2005; 

WHEREAS, defendants filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings which was decided by 

the Court on October 26, 2005; 

WHEREAS, the plaintiffs have changed the Class Period by modifying the starting date of 

the Class Period to November 10, 1999, and by excluding from the Class those who sold their shares 

before the end of the Class Period, February 6, 2001; 

WHEREAS, on April 14, 2006, the Court modified its prior order certifying the Class to 

change the Class Period; 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred regarding the appropriate procedures for 

notifying the Class; 

THEREFORE, the Court orders as follows: 

1. The Court has previously certified this action as a class action under Rule 23 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure in its Order Granting Motion for Class Certification dated May 27, 

2004 and modified that Order on April 14, 2006. 

2. For purposes of giving notice, the Class consists of: 

ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES WHO PURCHASED CISCO SYSTEMS, 

INC. COMMON STOCK BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10, 1999 AND FEBRUARY 6, 

2001, INCLUSIVE OF THOSE DATES AND RETAINED THOSE SHARES ON 

FEBRUARY 6, 2001 (“CLASS PERIOD”). EXCLUDED FROM THE CLASS 

ARE ALL PERSONS NAMED AS DEFENDANTS IN THE FIRST AMENDED 

CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SECURITIES 

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MEMBERS OF THE IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF 

EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS, ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ANY 

DEFENDANT HAS A CONTROLLING INTEREST AND THE LEGAL 

REPRESENTATIVES, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, HEIRS, SUCCESSORS 

OR ASSIGNS OF ANY SUCH EXCLUDED PARTY. 

3. The procedures for giving notice to the Class ordered herein comply with the 

requirements of due process and with Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and constitute 

the best notice practicable under the circumstances. 

4. The firm of Gilardi & Co. LLC (“Claims Administrator”) is retained to supervise and 

administer the notice procedure. 

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5. The Claims Administrator shall compile a list of names and addresses of registered 

purchasers of Cisco common stock during the Class Period as they appear on the Cisco stock transfer 

records that Cisco shall cause to be produced within 25 days of this Order. 

6. The Claims Administrator shall, not later than 10 business days from receipt of Cisco 

stock transfer records, send through the United States mail the form of Notice, substantially in the 

form attached hereto as Exhibit A, to each purchaser identified on said list (the “Notice Date”). 

7. The Claims Administrator, upon request, shall send additional copies of the Notice 

attached hereto as Exhibit A to nominees who were purchasers of Cisco common stock during the 

Class Period. 

8. The Claims Administrator shall cause to be published on one occasion in the national 

edition of Investor’s Business Daily the Summary Notice, substantially in the form attached hereto as 

Exhibit B, not later than seven days after the mailing of the Class Notice, which will give those who 

did not receive such Notice an opportunity to request it and to protect their rights in this action. 

9. The Notice and Summary Notice shall provide an address for the purpose of receiving 

requests for exclusion from the Class, requests for appearances through counsel from Class members 

and requests for additional copies of the Notice from, inter alia, nominee purchasers of Cisco 

securities. After the period allowed for Class members to request exclusion has expired, plaintiffs 

shall promptly file all such requests for exclusion and serve copies of the same on all parties and 

shall promptly respond to all requests for additional copies of this Notice. 

10. The deadline for exclusion from the Class shall be 45 days after the Notice Date. 

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11. The costs of notice shall be borne by plaintiffs and the Class, and not by defendants. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: May 4, 2006 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH 

SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ 

DANIEL S. DROSMAN 

JONAH H. GOLDSTEIN 

MATTHEW P. MONTGOMERY 

LUCAS F. OLTS 

JESSICA D. TALLY 

s/ SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ 

SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

PATRICK J. COUGHLIN 

LESLEY E. WEAVER 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SANDRA STEIN 

1845 Walnut Street, 25th Floor 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215/988-9546 

215/988-9885 (fax) 

LEVIN, PAPANTONIO, THOMAS, MITCHELL,

 ECHSNER & PROCTOR, P.A. 

TIMOTHY M. O’BRIEN 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, FL 32501 

Telephone: 850/435-7000 

850/497-7057 (fax) 

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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 I, Spencer A. Burkholz, am the ECF user whose ID 

and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DIRECTING CLASS NOTICE PROCEDURES. 

In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that defense counsel Ronald S. Betman 

has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: May 4, 2006 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 

DAN K. WEBB 

ROBERT Y. SPERLING 

ROBERT L. MICHELS 

RONALD S. BETMAN 

s/ RONALD S. BETMAN 

RONALD S. BETMAN 

35 West Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601 

Telephone: 312/558-5600 

312/558-5700 (fax) 

FENWICK & WEST LLP 

DEAN S. KRISTY 

KEVIN P. MUCK 

275 Battery Street, Suite 1500 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/875-2300 

415/281-1350 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants Cisco Systems, Inc., John 

T. Chambers, Larry R. Carter, Steven M. West, 

Edward R. Kozel, Donald T. Valentine, Judith L. 

Estrin, Gary J. Daichendt, Donald J. Listwin, Carl 

Redfield and Michaelangelo Volpi 

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 I, Spencer A. Burkholz, am the ECF user whose ID 

and password are being used to file this 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

DIRECTING CLASS NOTICE PROCEDURES. 

In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that defense counsel Norman J. Blears 

has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: May 4, 2006 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

NORMAN J. BLEARS 

s/ NORMAN J. BLEARS 

NORMAN J. BLEARS 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 

Telephone: 650/324-7000 

650/324-0638 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendant 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 

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O R D E R 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

S:\CasesSD\Cisco\STP00030576.doc 

June 15, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on May 4, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the 

Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses 

denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the 

foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF participants 

indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

 s/ SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ 

 SPENCER A. BURKHOLZ 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail:Sburkholz@lerachlaw.com

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Mailing Information for a Case 5:01-cv-20418-JW

Electronic Mail Notice List 

The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. 

x George E. Barrett

gbarrett@barrettjohnston.com 

x Eric J. Belfi

ebelfi@murrayfrank.com 

x Stuart L. Berman

sberman@sbclasslaw.com 

x Ronald S Betman

rbetman@winston.com 

x Patrice L. Bishop

service@ssbla.com 

x Norman J. Blears

nblears@hewm.com susan.griffinpreston@hellerehrman.com;yvonne.somek@hellerehrman.com 

x Ruth Marian Bond, Esq

ruth.bond@sfgov.org blanca.martin@sfgov.org 

x Jennifer Corinne Bretan

jbretan@fenwick.com 

x George H. Brown

gbrown@hewm.com nsims@hewm.com;rsazegari@hewm.com 

x Spencer A. Burkholz

SpenceB@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Connie Cheung

conniec@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x James Nixon Daniel

jnd@beggslane.com 

x Daniel S. Drosman

DanD@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Krista M. Enns

kenns@winston.com hhammon@winston.com 

x Kathryn Fritz

kfritz@fenwick.com 

x Donald P. Gagliardi

dgagliardi@be-law.com njones@be-law.com 

x Christopher Alan Garcia

cgarcia@fenwick.com 

x Bruce C. Gibney

bgibney@hewm.com 

x Daniel C. Girard

girardgibbs@girardgibbs.com 

x Lionel Z. Glancy

info@glancylaw.com 

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x Jonah Goldstein

jonahg@lerachlaw.com 

x Mark Gordon

x Thomas J. Harrison

x Alice L. Jensen

ajensen@fenwick.com vadelman@fenwick.com 

x Robert A. Jigarjian

CAND.USCOURTS@CLASSCOUNSEL.COM 

x Willem F. Jonckheer

wjonckheer@schubert-reed.com 

x Dean S. Kristy

dkristy@fenwick.com 

x Felix Lee

flee@fenwick.com 

x William S. Lerach

e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Robert L. Michels

rmichels@winston.com 

x Matthew Paul Montgomery

mattm@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Kevin P. Muck

kmuck@fenwick.com 

x Lucas Olts

LukeO@Lerachlaw.com 

x Brian J. Robbins

robbins@ruflaw.com zimmer@ruflaw.com;maytorena@ruflaw.com 

x Darren J. Robbins

e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Daniel T. Rockey

drockey@hewm.com nsims@hewm.com;rsazegari@hewm.com 

x Michael L. Rugen

mrugen@hewm.com 

x Robert Yale Sperling

rsperling@winston.com 

x James G. Stranch, III

jgs@branstetterlaw.com cbatey@branstetterlaw.com 

x Jessica Tally

JessicaT@lerachlaw.com

x Carol Lynn Thompson

CTHOMPSON@HEWM.COM 

x Lesley E. Weaver

lesleyw@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

x Dan Keith Webb

dwebb@winston.com 

x Ethan Richard York

eyork@winston.com 

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Manual Notice List 

The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case 

(who therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy 

this list into your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these 

recipients. 

J. Erik Connolly

Winston & Strawn LLP 

West Wacker Drive 

Chicago, IL 60601-9703 

Frederick W. Gerkens, III

Wechsler Harwood Halebian & Feffer, LLP 

488 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor 

New York,, NY 10022 

John Halebian

Wechsler Harwood Halebian & Feffer LLP 

488 Madison Avenue 

8th Floor 

New York, NY 10022 

Corey D. Holzer

Holzer Holzer & Cannon LLC 

1117 Perimeter Center West 

Suite E-107 

Atlanta, GA 30338 

Peter Lawrence Kaufman

Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, FL 32502 

Frederick T. Kuykendall

Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, Fl 32501 

Christopher R. Leclerc

Heller Ehrman LLP 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, Ca 94025-3506 

Fredric G. Levin

Levin PapantonioThomas Mitchell Echsner 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, fL 32501 

Timothy M. O'Brien

Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitcgell Echsner 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola, Fl 32501 

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J. Papantonio Papantonio

Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Ech 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola,, Fl 32501 

Troy A. Rafferty

Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner 

600 West Broadway, Suite 1800 

San Diego, Ca 92101 

Joe Scarborough

Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Ech 

316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600 

Pensacola,, Fl 32501 

Robert E. Smith, JR

Levin Papantonio thomas Mitchell Echsner 

316 South Baylen St., Ste 400 

Pensacola, FL 32502 

Melvyn I. Weiss

Attorney at Law 

One Pennsylvania Plaza 

New York, NY 10119-1063 

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