SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Goeckeler David (Last) (First) (Middle) 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE (Street) SAN JOSE CA 95134 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/31/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. [ CSCO ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP, Networking and Security	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	555,543(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes: (i) the 6,750 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 27,000 shares of common stock on September 18, 2013, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2014; (ii) the 2,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 10,000 shares of common stock on March 20, 2014, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on March 11, 2015; (Continued on Footnotes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

2. (Continued from Footnote 1) (iii) the 20,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 40,000 shares of common stock on September 10, 2014, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2015; (iv) the 20,000 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 40,000 shares of common stock on January 28, 2015, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on February 19, 2016; (Continued on Footnotes 3, 4, 5 and 6)

3. (Continued from Footnotes 1 and 2) (v) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 37,500 shares of common stock, which award was granted on May 28, 2015 and which vests in three (3) successive equal annual installments, with the first one-third (1/3) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2017; (vi) the 22,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 30,000 shares of common stock on September 9, 2015, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2016; (Continued on Footnotes 4, 5 and 6)

4. (Continued from Footnotes 1, 2 and 3) (vii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 40,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on January 27, 2016 and which vests in three (3) successive equal annual installments, with the first one-third (1/3) of the shares vesting on February 19, 2018; (viii) the 112,500 remaining unvested shares of a restricted stock unit award originally granted with respect to 150,000 shares of common stock on June 1, 2016, which award vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on June 11, 2017; (Continued on Footnotes 5 and 6)

5. (Continued from Footnotes 1, 2, 3 and 4) (ix) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 100,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on July 27, 2016 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2017; (x) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 48,400 shares of common stock, which award was granted on September 21, 2016 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on November 20, 2017; (Continued on Footnote 6)

6. (Continued from Footnotes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) (xi) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 81,000 shares of common stock, which award was granted on January 25, 2017 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on February 19, 2018; and (xii) a restricted stock unit award with respect to 62,500 shares of common stock, which award was granted on July 26, 2017 and which vests in four (4) successive equal annual installments, with the first twenty five percent (25%) of the shares vesting on September 11, 2018.

	/s/ David Goeckeler by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact	08/09/2017
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