CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 9, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS INC (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2010-03-05

Reporting Person: CHAMBERS JOHN T (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-05	Common Stock	M	1000000	$16.01	Acquired	3876942	Direct
2010-03-05	Common Stock	M	800000	$20.53	Acquired	4676942	Direct
2010-03-05	Common Stock	S	1800000	$25.00	Disposed	2876942	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-03-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.01	M	1000000	Disposed	2010-08-21	Common Stock (1000000)	Direct
2010-03-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.53	M	800000	Disposed	2011-01-07	Common Stock (800000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	42870	Indirect
Common Stock	42869	Indirect
Common Stock	128948	Indirect
Common Stock	500000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on June 16, 2008.

F2: The option vested in sixty (60) successive equal monthly installments, with the first installment vesting one (1) month following the grant date.

F3: 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.