CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2010

Oct 22, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS INC (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2010-10-20

Reporting Person: CARTER LARRY R (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-10-20	Common Stock	M	50000	$17.26	Acquired	111674	Direct
2010-10-20	Common Stock	S	50000	$23.54	Disposed	61674	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-10-20	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.26	M	50000	Disposed	2010-11-02	Common Stock (50000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2588	Indirect
Common Stock	3400	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on September 16, 2010.

F2: Shares held by the Carter Revocable Trust dated October 18, 1994.

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.