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RUDMAN & ROBBINS LL P
WILLIAM S . LERACH (68581 )
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SPENCER A . BURKII.OLZ (147029 )
DA NIEL S . DROSMAN (200643)
JONAH I :. GOLDSTI:IN (193777)
MATTU W P . MONTGOMERY (180196 )
JESSICA T, SHINNEFIELD (234432)
655 West .Broadway, Suite 190 0
San Diego, CA 9210 1
Telephone : 6119/231-105 8
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100 Pine Street, Suite 20,07
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone : 415/288-4545
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TIMOTHY M . O'BRILN (pro haL vice)
316 South Baylen Street, Suite 600
Pensacola . FL 3250 1
Telephone : 850/435-700 0
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In re CIS(O SYSTEMS, INC . SECURITIES } Master File No, C-01-2041$-JW('VT)
LITIGATION
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this Document Relates To :
ALL ACTIONS .
) DECLARATION OF LYNNE R . HODGES
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DACE; : December 5, 2006
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CTRM : The Honorable James Ware
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1, Lynne R . Hodges, declare :
I . I am, and was, at all times herein mentioned, a citizen of the United States, over the
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declaration ; and that my business address is 5864 Owens Ave ., Suite 200, Carlsbad, Californi a
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2 . 1 am a private investigator licensed by the State of California, Bureau of Security and
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Investigations . License No . PI 18129 . 1 have over 19 years of investigative experience, in a broad
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area of civil litigation, including state and federal securities fraud, federal false claims, consumer
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fraud, anti-trust, products liability, personal injury, intellectual property theft, military engagement
incidents and toxic tort litigation, among other areas of civil litigation .
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3 . 1 am the president of L .R. Hodges & Associates, Ltd . ("LRH&A"), a Virginia
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corporation qualified to do business in California. LRFt&A: provides investigative and consulting
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services in the area of complex civil litigation, The law firm: of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller
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Rudman & Robbins L .LP (and its predecessor Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP )
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retained LRT-I&A during the time period of'2001-2006 to render investigative services in connection
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Capital's vendor financing customers and other knowledgeable witnesses, as well as performing
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research and analysis relevant to the case issues . During this five-year investigation . LR:H&A.
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interviewed over 100 potential witnesses .
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4 . The issues investigated during these interviews included, but were not limited to : (l)
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Cisco Capital's extension . of vendor financing to uncreditworthy customers; (2) Cisco's revenue
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recognition and revenue forecasting procedures ; (3) the slowdown. in the Service :Provider market
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and. in Cisco's Service Provider line of business ; (4) the build-up of Cisco's product inventory ; (5)
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double-ordering of Cisco' ; products by Cisco customers; and. (7) difficulties with Cisco's newly
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DECL . OF LYNNE R . H Oi)GES IN SUPPT . OF LEAD PLNTFS' VITN FOR FINA L
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discussed c ur findings from interviews andresearch with the Leraeh Coughlin attorneys during face-
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DEC .L, OF LYNNE R. HODGES (N SU"PPT . OF LEAD PLtiTF'S' ,M'I`N FOR FINAL
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVIC E
I hereby certify that on November 20, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with th e
Clerk of the Court using the CMIECF 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 . BURKHOL Z
LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER
RUDMAN & ROBBINS LL P
655 West Broadway , Suite 1900
San Diego , CA 92101
Telephone : 619/231-1058
619/231-7423 (fax )
E-mail : SpenceB( )lerachlaw .com
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Attorney at Law
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Round Rock, TX 78682
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488 Madison Avenue, 8th Floo r
New York_ NY 10022
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Holzer Holzer & Cannon LLC
1117 Perimeter Center West
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Atlanta, GA 30338
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Heller Ehrman LL P
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Manual Service List (cont .)
In re Cisco Systems, Inc . Sec. Litig.
Master File No. C-0 1 -20418-JW(PVT)Stephen B. Morris, APC
MORRIS and ASSOCIATES
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Bellevue, WA 98007-3249
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