1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 1997 Registration No. 33-40509 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter) CALIFORNIA 77-0059951 (State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer Identification No.) of incorporation or organization) 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-1706 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) ------------------- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1987 STOCK OPTION PLAN(1) (Full title of the plan) ------------------- JOHN T. CHAMBERS PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 95134-1706 (Name and address of agent for service) (408) 526-4000 (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------- This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933. - ---------- (1) 68,836,100 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Registrant's predecessor 1987 Stock Option Plan were transferred to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan at the time of its implementation on November 15, 1996, and the predecessor 1987 Stock Option Plan thereupon terminated. The transferred 68,836,100 shares were previously registered on the following Form S-8 Registration Statements (Registration Nos. 33-34849, 33-40509, 33-44221, 33-71860, 33-87096 and 333-01069). Any of those registered shares of Common Stock which remained unissued as of the November 15, 1996 effective date of the successor 1996 Stock Incentive Plan were transferred to the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan at that time for subsequent issuance thereunder. No further option grants or stock issuances will be made under the predecessor 1987 Stock Option Plan. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 9th day of December, 1997. CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. By /s/ JOHN T. CHAMBERS ---------------------------- John T. Chambers President and Chief Executive Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John T. Chambers and Larry R. Carter and each of them acting individually, as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution, for such person, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Signatures Title Date - ---------- ----- ---- /s/ JOHN T. CHAMBERS President, Chief Executive December 9, 1997 - --------------------- Officer and Director (Principal John T. Chambers Executive Officer) /s/ LARRY R. CARTER Vice President, Finance and December 9, 1997 - --------------------- Administration, Chief Financial Larry R. Carter Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ JOHN P. MORGRIDGE Chairman of the Board December 9, 1997 - ---------------------- and Director John P. Morgridge 2. 3 Signatures Title Date - ---------- ----- ---- /s/ DONALD T. VALENTINE Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Donald T. Valentine /s/ JAMES F. GIBBONS Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- James F. Gibbons /s/ ROBERT L. PUETTE Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Robert L. Puette /s/ MASAYOSHI SON Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Masayoshi Son /s/ STEVEN M. WEST Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Steven M. West /s/ RICHARD M. MOLEY Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Richard M. Moley /s/ EDWARD KOZEL Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Edward Kozel /s/ CAROL BARTZ Director December 9, 1997 - ----------------------- Carol Bartz 3.