CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Jan 7, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS INC (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2011-01-05

Reporting Person: POND RANDALL E (EVP, Ops, Processes & Systems)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-01-05	Common Stock	M	200000	$20.53	Acquired	654909	Direct
2011-01-05	Common Stock	S	200000	$20.7001	Disposed	454909	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-01-05	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.53	M	200000	Disposed	2011-01-07	Common Stock (200000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	119698	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on June 25, 2010.

F2: Represents a weighted average sales price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $20.70 to $20.705. The reporting person has provided to the issuer, and undertakes to provide to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any security holder of the issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range.

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.