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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-191280
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DFAN14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190709
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190709
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190709

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Acacia Communications, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001651235
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				270291921
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-37771
		FILM NUMBER:		19947634

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE MILL AND MAIN PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			MAYNARD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01754
		BUSINESS PHONE:		978-938-4896

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE MILL AND MAIN PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			MAYNARD
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01754

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576]
		IRS NUMBER:				770059951
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0727

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		FORM TYPE:		DFAN14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4085264000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CISCO SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Commission File No.: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-37771</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a blog post authored by Bill Gartner, Senior Vice President/GM of Cisco&#146;s Optical Systems and Optics Group. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cisco Announces Intent to Buy Acacia Communications; Helping Drive Significant Industry Network Architectural Shifts </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bill Gartner </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">July&nbsp;9, 2019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Over time, the networking industry has benefited from continuous innovation in how products, including routers, switches and optical systems, are
interconnected. As advances in silicon continue to drive performance and capacity gains in routers and switches, it becomes imperative that optics keep pace. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Today, we are pleased to announce our intent to buy Acacia Communications, an existing Cisco supplier and a public fabless semiconductor company based in
Maynard, Ma. Acacia develops, manufactures and sells high-speed coherent optical interconnect products that are designed to transform communications networks through improvements in performance, capacity and cost. Cisco is building an
industry-leading portfolio of optical, silicon, and software technologies to advance our intent-based networking, and Acacia&#146;s coherent optics technology will build on the strength of that portfolio. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The primary challenges for cloud and service providers in Data Center Interconnect (DCI), Metro and Long Haul networks are to: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Automate to lower opex and eliminate human error </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Solutions to these challenges will drive significant architectural shifts for service providers. A key trend in this segment is the migration from
chassis-based solutions to pluggable optics. Functions that were traditionally delivered in separate chassis-based solutions in a separate optical layer will be available in a pluggable form factor as part of the IP layer &#150; offering significant
benefits for network operators in terms of operational simplicity and lower cost. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acacia&#146;s coherent optics technology empowers webscale companies,
service providers and data center operators to meet the fast-growing consumer demands for data. Acacia brings industry-leading expertise and innovation in all the key technology areas for coherent optics applications &#150; algorithm development,
ASIC design and verification for the Digital Signal Processing (DSP), RF design and module packaging/ integration. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, Acacia uses silicon
photonics as the platform for integration of multiple photonic functions for coherent optics. The greater levels of integration increase the density and reduce the cost of the coherent optics. Leveraging the advances in silicon photonics, each new
generation of coherent optics products has enabled higher data transmission rates, lower power and higher performance than the one before. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cisco
considers silicon, optics and software foundational technologies for continuing to deliver industry-leading innovations in routing and switching, and we see the emergence of pluggables serving the DCI, Metro and Long Haul segments as an important
transition for customers. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In my next blog, I&#146;ll take a deeper dive into industry trends and technologies and how our solutions,
including the Acacia portfolio, can help customers manage those transitions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*** </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Forward-Looking Statements </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This blog contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical
fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. For example, statements regarding integration plans and the expected benefits to Cisco, Acacia, and their respective customers from completing the acquisition are forward-looking
statements. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include those described in the joint press release announcing our proposed acquisition of Acacia and in Cisco&#146;s SEC reports (including but not limited to its most recent reports on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> and Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;21, 2019 and September&nbsp;6, 2018, respectively). These documents are available free of charge at the SEC&#146;s website at
www.sec.gov or by going to Cisco&#146;s Investor Relations website at https://investor.cisco.com. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, Cisco&#146;s results could differ materially from its
expectations in these statements. Cisco undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional
Information and Where to Find It </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the proposed acquisition and required stockholder approval, Acacia will file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission a preliminary proxy statement and a definitive proxy statement. The proxy statement will be mailed to the stockholders of Acacia. <B>Acacia&#146;s stockholders are urged to read the proxy statement (including all amendments
and supplements) and other relevant materials when they become available because they will contain important information.</B> Investors may obtain free copies of these documents (when they are available) and other documents filed with the SEC at its
website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, investors may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Acacia by going to Acacia&#146;s Investor Relations page on its corporate website at
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">http://ir.acacia-inc.com</FONT> or by contacting Acacia Investor Relations at (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">871-3927.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acacia and its officers and directors and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from
Acacia&#146;s stockholders with respect to the acquisition. Information about Acacia&#146;s executive officers and directors is set forth in the proxy statement for Acacia&#146;s 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on
April&nbsp;3, 2019, Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;3, 2019, and Acacia&#146;s other filings with the SEC. Investors may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of
Acacia and its respective executive officers and directors in the acquisition by reading the preliminary and definitive proxy statements regarding the transaction, which will be filed with the SEC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, Cisco and its officers and directors may be deemed to have participated in the solicitation of proxies from Acacia&#146;s stockholders in favor
of the approval of the transaction. Information concerning Cisco&#146;s directors and executive officers is set forth in Cisco&#146;s proxy statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;24, 2018,
annual report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;6, 2018, Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;22, 2019, and Cisco&#146;s other filings with the SEC.
These documents are available free of charge at the SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov or by going to Cisco&#146;s Investor Relations website at https://investor.cisco.com. </P>
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