UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 7, 2013
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
California
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
| 0-18225 | 77-0059951 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California | 95134-1706 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(408) 526-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On June 7, 2013, Pankaj Patel, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Global Engineering of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), and a related trust adopted pre-arranged stock trading plans. Under the plans, Mr. Patel may (i) exercise up to 340,000 Cisco stock options originally granted in 2005 and set to expire in August and September 2014, and sell the acquired shares of Cisco stock, and (ii) sell up to 105,000 shares of Cisco stock currently held by the trust. The plan relating to the trust terminates in June 2014, and the other plan terminates in September 2014.
The transactions under the plans will be disclosed publicly through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The plans were adopted in accordance with guidelines specified under Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Cisco’s policies regarding stock transactions.
Rule 10b5-1 permits individuals who are not in possession of material, non-public information at the time the plan is adopted to establish pre-arranged plans to buy or sell company stock. Using these plans, individuals can prudently and gradually diversify their investment portfolios over an extended period of time.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||||
| Dated: June 12, 2013 | By: | /s/ Evan Sloves | ||||
| Name: | Evan Sloves | |||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||||