Cisco Systems (CSCO) 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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): December 9, 2021

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-39940	77-0059951
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	CSCO	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) held on December 13, 2021, Cisco’s stockholders voted on the following four proposals and cast their votes as follows:

Proposal 1: To elect eleven members of Cisco’s Board of Directors (the “Board”):

Nominee	For	��	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
M. Michele Burns	2,807,138,082		184,938,737	10,134,440	509,228,422
Wesley G. Bush	2,969,988,584		21,533,792	10,688,883	509,228,422
Michael D. Capellas	2,691,054,943		292,278,348	18,877,968	509,228,422
Mark Garrett	2,655,233,554		336,743,214	10,234,491	509,228,422
John D. Harris II	2,982,457,136		8,977,219	10,776,904	509,228,422
Dr. Kristina M. Johnson	2,969,930,620		22,437,719	9,842,920	509,228,422
Roderick C. McGeary	2,748,314,238		243,048,256	10,848,765	509,228,422
Charles H. Robbins	2,739,259,879		244,433,307	18,518,073	509,228,422
Brenton L. Saunders	2,906,824,741		84,664,536	10,721,982	509,228,422
Dr. Lisa T. Su	2,984,343,494		8,133,897	9,733,868	509,228,422
Marianna Tessel	2,984,597,250		7,733,385	9,880,624	509,228,422

Proposal 2: To approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation:

For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
2,642,125,104	342,492,164	17,593,991	509,228,422

Proposal 3: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Cisco’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 30, 2022:

For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
3,328,901,158	170,925,745	11,612,778	0

Proposal 4: A stockholder proposal to have Cisco’s Board amend Cisco’s proxy access bylaw to remove the stockholder aggregation limit.

For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
1,206,876,039	1,775,284,488	20,050,732	509,228,422

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 9, 2021, Prat Bhatt, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cisco, adopted a pre-arranged stock trading plan to sell shares of Cisco stock. The plan is scheduled to terminate in December 2022.

The transactions under the plan will be disclosed publicly through Form 144 and Form 4 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The plan was 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: December 14, 2021	By:	/s/ Evan Sloves
	Name:	Evan Sloves
	Title:	Secretary