CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. — Director's Dealing 2014

Sep 12, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)
CIK: 0000858877
Period of Report: 2014-09-10

Reporting Person: Christie Katherine Blair (SVP, Chief Marketing Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-09-10	Common Stock	A	50000	—	Acquired	331006	Direct
2014-09-11	Common Stock	A	77890	—	Acquired	408896	Direct
2014-09-11	Common Stock	F	70562	$24.93	Disposed	338334	Direct
2014-09-12	Common Stock	M	50000	$23.01	Acquired	388334	Direct
2014-09-12	Common Stock	S	50000	$25.25	Disposed	338334	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-09-12	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.01	M	50000	Disposed	2015-09-21	Common Stock (50000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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, 2015.

F2: Represents settlement of a performance-based restricted stock unit ("PRSU") award granted on September 8, 2011 resulting from the satisfaction of performance metrics during the three-year performance period.

F3: Represents shares withheld for payment of tax liability arising as a result of the settlement of the PRSU described in footnote 2 and the partial settlement of four (4) restricted stock unit awards originally reported by the reporting person in a Form 3 filed with the Commission on February 3, 2011 and in Forms 4 filed with the Commission on September 9, 2011, September 13, 2012 and September 20, 2013.

F4: This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on March 10, 2014.

F5: This option is immediately exercisable.