CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 20, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2012-03-16

Reporting Person: CHANDLER MARK D (SVP, LglSrvs, GenCnsl & Secty)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-16	Common Stock	M	37500	$13.04	Acquired	519701	Direct
2012-03-16	Common Stock	S	37500	$19.945	Disposed	482201	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-16	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$13.04	M	37500	Disposed	2012-04-10	Common Stock (37500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	400	Indirect
Common Stock	600	Indirect
Common Stock	500	Indirect
Common Stock	300	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person acquired beneficial ownership of these shares on December 30, 2011 upon marriage. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

F2: 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.

F3: Since the last reporting of this stock option, the reporting person transferred 37,500 of the underlying securities in a transaction exempt from reporting under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such securities are no longer beneficially owned by the reporting person.