CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Sep 23, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS INC (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2010-09-21

Reporting Person: CHANDLER MARK D (SVP, LglSrvs, GenCnsl & Secty)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-09-21	Common Stock	F	9337	$21.7499	Disposed	392070	Direct
2010-09-21	Common Stock	M	35000	$17.26	Acquired	427070	Direct
2010-09-21	Common Stock	S	35000	$21.57	Disposed	392070	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-09-21	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.26	M	35000	Disposed	2010-11-02	Common Stock (35000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	237388	Indirect
Common Stock	5600	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares withheld for payment of tax liability arising as a result of the partial settlement of a restricted stock unit award originally reported by the reporting person in a Form 4 filed with the Commission on September 21, 2006.

F2: Includes 48,060 shares held in an investment retirement account in the name of the reporting person's spouse.

F3: By Mark Chandler and Christina S. Kenrick Family Trust dated 3/10/97.

F4: The reporting person is one of three co-trustees and is a remainder beneficiary of the trust. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purposes.

F5: The option vested as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining eighty percent (80%) of the shares thereafter in forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments.