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Cisco acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Cisco bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Splunk Inc.Word for word“As described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, on March 18, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of Splunk for total consideration of approximately $27 billion.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | March 18, 2024 | approximately $27 billion |
Acquisitions completed during fiscal 2025Word for word“The total purchase consideration of $ 293 million related to our acquisitions completed during fiscal 2025 consisted primarily of cash consideration.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | during fiscal 2025 | $ 293 million |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-30 | $3.16 billion | $372 million | $2.56 billion |
| 2017-07-29 | $3.32 billion | $0 | $2.94 billion |
| 2018-07-28 | $3.01 billion | — | $2.02 billion |
| 2019-07-27 | — | — | $2 billion |
| 2020-07-25 | — | — | $198 million |
| 2021-07-31 | — | — | $4.21 billion |
| 2022-07-30 | $373 million | — | $332 million |
| 2023-07-29 | $301 million | — | $183 million |
| 2024-07-27 | $25.99 billion | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | $291 million | — | $191 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-03-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2024-02-26 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-02-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-09-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-10-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-05-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Cisco’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-09-02. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.