Business Combinations

3 Months Ended

Oct. 27, 2012

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

(a) Acquisition Summary

On July 30, 2012, the Company completed its acquisition of NDS Group Limited (“NDS”), a leading provider of video software and content security solutions that enable service providers and media companies to securely deliver and monetize new video entertainment experiences. The acquisition of NDS is expected to complement and accelerate the delivery of Cisco Videoscape, the Company's comprehensive content delivery platform that enables service providers and media companies to deliver next-generation entertainment experiences. With the NDS acquisition, the Company aims to broaden its opportunities in the service provider market and to expand its reach into emerging markets such as China and India, where NDS has an established customer presence.

Under the terms of the acquisition agreement, the Company paid total cash consideration of approximately $5.0 billion, which included the repayment of $993 million of pre-existing NDS debt to third party creditors at the closing of the acquisition. The following table summarizes the purchase consideration for the NDS acquisition (in millions):

	Fair Value
Cash consideration to seller	$	4,012
Repayment of NDS debt to third party creditors	993
Total purchase consideration	$	5,005

The payment of the total purchase consideration of approximately $5.0 billion shown above, net of $98 million cash and cash equivalents acquired, is classified as a use of cash under investing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company's purchase price allocation for NDS is preliminary and subject to revision as additional information about fair value of assets and liabilities becomes available. Additional information, which existed as of the acquisition date but at that time was unknown to the Company, may become known to the Company during the remainder of the measurement period, a period not to exceed 12 months from the acquisition date. Adjustments in the purchase price allocation may require a recasting of the amounts allocated to goodwill retroactive to the period in which the acquisition occurred.

A summary of the preliminary allocation of the total purchase consideration for NDS is presented as follows (in millions):

	Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents	$	98
Accounts receivable, net	199
Other tangible assets	268
Goodwill	3,444
Purchased intangible assets	1,746
Deferred tax liabilities, net	(378		)
Liabilities assumed	(372		)
Total purchase consideration	$	5,005

The Company completed three additional business combinations during the three months ended October 27, 2012 for a total cash consideration of $5 million. A summary of the allocation of the total purchase consideration is presented as follows (in millions):

	Purchase Consideration		Net Liabilities Assumed			Purchased Intangible Assets		Goodwill
All other acquisitions	$	5	$	(3	)	$	7	$	1

The total cash and cash equivalents acquired from these business combinations were immaterial.

(b) Other Acquisition Information

Total transaction costs related to the Company's business combination activities were $6 million and $2 million for the three months ended October 27, 2012 and October 29, 2011, respectively. These transaction costs were expensed as incurred as general and administrative ("G&A") expenses.

The goodwill generated from the Company's business combinations completed during the three months ended October 27, 2012 is primarily related to expected synergies. The goodwill is generally not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Consolidated Financial Statements include the operating results of each business combination from the date of acquisition. Pro forma results of operations for the acquisitions completed during the three months ended October 27, 2012 have not been presented because the effects of the acquisitions, individually and in the aggregate, were not material to the Company's financial results.

(c) Pending Acquisition of Meraki Inc.

On November 18, 2012, the Company announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Meraki Inc. (“Meraki”), a leader in cloud networking.  Meraki offers mid-market customers on-premise networking solutions centrally managed from the cloud that are easy to deploy and manage. With its acquisition of Meraki, the Company intends to address the rapidly occurring shift to cloud networking as a key part of the Company's overall strategy to accelerate the adoption of software-based business models that provide new consumption options for customers and revenue opportunities for partners.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will pay approximately $1.2 billion in cash to acquire Meraki. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory review.