Restructuring And Other Charges

9 Months Ended

Apr. 28, 2012

Restructuring And Other Charges [Abstract]

Restructuring And Other Charges

5. Restructuring and Other Charges

In fiscal 2011, the Company initiated a number of key, targeted actions to address several areas in its business model. These actions are intended to simplify and focus the Company's organization and operating model; align the Company's cost structure given transitions in the marketplace; divest or exit underperforming operations; and deliver value to the Company's shareholders. The Company is taking these actions to align its business based on its five foundational priorities: leadership in its core business (routing, switching, and associated services), which includes comprehensive security and mobility solutions; collaboration; data center virtualization and cloud; video; and architectures for business transformation.

Pursuant to the restructuring that the Company announced in July 2011, the Company has incurred cumulative charges of $946 million (included as part of the charges discussed below). The Company expects that the total pre-tax charges pursuant to these restructuring actions will be approximately $1 billion and it expects the remaining charges to be incurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. The following table summarizes the activities related to the restructuring and other charges since the Company's July 2011 announcement related to the realignment and restructuring of the Company's business as well as certain consumer product lines as announced during April 2011 (in millions):

	Voluntary Early Retirement  Program			Employee Severance			Goodwill Intangible Assets			Other			Total
Charges in fiscal 2011	$	453		$	247		$	71		$	28		$	799
Cash payments		(436	)		(13	)		—			—			(449	)
Non-cash items		—			—			(71	)		(17	)		(88	)
Balance as of July 30, 2011		17			234			—			11			262
Charges		—			195			—			30			225
Cash payments		(17	)		(380	)		—			(16	)		(413	)
Non-cash items		—			—			—			(19	)		(19	)
Balance as of April 28, 2012	$	—		$	49		$	—		$	6		$	55

During the three months ended April 28, 2012, the Company incurred restructuring charges of $20 million. During the nine months ended April 28, 2012, the Company incurred total restructuring charges of $225 million consisting of $195 million of employee severance charges and $30 million of other restructuring charges. The employee severance charges consisted of $233 million of charges primarily related to impacted employees in the Company's international locations, partially offset by a reduction of $38 million related to a change in estimate regarding certain employee severance charges recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011. Other charges incurred during the nine months ended April 28, 2012 were primarily for the consolidation of excess facilities, as well as an incremental charge related to the sale of the Company's Juarez, Mexico manufacturing operations, which sale was completed in the first quarter of fiscal 2012.

During the three and nine months ended April 30, 2011, the Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $120 million in connection with restructuring related to the Company's consumer product lines, most notably exiting the Flip Video camera product line, which were recorded in cost of sales and not included in the preceding table.