CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 4, 2012

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2012-10-03

Reporting Person: Robbins Charles (SVP, Worldwide Sales)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	418112	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.82	2013-06-11	Common Stock (21600)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.80	2014-08-12	Common Stock (4500)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.86	2014-09-29	Common Stock (10000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$19.60	2015-07-05	Common Stock (11333)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.01	2015-09-21	Common Stock (76667)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$32.21	2016-09-20	Common Stock (42000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.88	2017-02-19	Common Stock (100000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$20.10	2016-06-11	Common Stock (70000)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes: (i) the 2,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 10,000 shares of common stock on February 19, 2008, which award vests in five (5) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty percent (20%) of the shares vesting on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date; (ii) the 8,750 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock on March 12, 2009, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date; (Continued on Footnotes 2, 3 and 4)

F2: (Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 35,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on March 12, 2009 and which vests in its entirety on the four (4) year anniversary of the grant date; (iv) the 40,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 160,000 shares of common stock on November 12, 2009, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2010; (Continued on Footnotes 3 and 4)

F3: (Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (v) the 50,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock on September 16, 2010, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2011; (vi) the 150,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 200,000 shares of common stock on June 16, 2011, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2012; (Continued on Footnote 4)

F4: (Continued from Footnotes 1, 2 and 3) (vii) the 56,250 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock on September 8, 2011, which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2012; and (viii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 75,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 12, 2012 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2013.

F5: The option vests as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares originally granted 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.

F6: The option vests as to twenty-five percent (25%) of the shares originally granted on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares thereafter in thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments.