Form 8-K

 

 

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): November 27, 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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On November 27, 2013, a trust related to Pankaj Patel, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Global Engineering of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), modified a pre-arranged stock trading plan originally entered into and disclosed in June 2013. Sales under the plan, as modified, may begin in February 2014. The modified plan supersedes the original plan and terminates in December 2014. As previously disclosed, the trust may sell up to 105,000 shares of Cisco stock under the plan.

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 4, 2013   By:  

/s/ Evan Sloves

  Name:   Evan Sloves
  Title:   Assistant Secretary