CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 13, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2012-09-11

Reporting Person: Patel Pankaj (EVP, Chief Development Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-09-11	Common Stock	F	50221	$19.15	Disposed	808864	Direct
2012-09-12	Common Stock	A	66000	—	Acquired	874864	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1223	Indirect
Common Stock	3548	Indirect
Common Stock	187652	Indirect
Common Stock	128005	Indirect
Common Stock	28368	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares withheld for payment of tax liability arising as a result of the partial settlement of five (5) restricted stock unit awards originally reported by the reporting person in a Form 3 filed with the Commission on August 23, 2012.

F2: Represents a restricted stock unit award that vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2013. Fifty percent (50%) of any vested shares underlying the restricted stock unit award will settle upon the earlier of (a) the reporting person's "separation from service" to Cisco within the meaning of Code Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and (b) January 1, 2019, the fixed payment date elected by the reporting person.