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Supplemental Information | 9 Months Ended
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Apr. 25, 2015
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract] |
Supplemental Information | Supplemental Information In September 2001, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program. As of April 25, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors had authorized an aggregate repurchase of up to $97 billion of common stock under this program with no termination date. The stock repurchases since the inception of this program and the related impacts on Cisco shareholders’ equity are summarized in the following table (in millions):
| Shares of Common Stock |  | Common Stock and Additional Paid-In Capital |  | Retained Earnings |  | Total Cisco Shareholders’ Equity
Repurchases of common stock under the repurchase program | 4,408 |  |  | $ | 22,318 |  |  | $ | 69,356 |  |  | $ | 91,674 |

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