Form 8-K

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

Dated: December 11, 2020

/s/ Evan Sloves

Evan Sloves

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 10, 2020

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California

0-18225

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 ☐

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Amendment and Restatement of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) held on December 10, 2020, Cisco’s shareholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Cisco 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Amended Stock Plan”). The Amended Stock Plan was approved by Cisco’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on October 7, 2020, subject to the approval of Cisco’s shareholders, and became effective with such shareholder approval on December 10, 2020.

As a result of such shareholder approval, the Amended Stock Plan was materially amended and modified to add 95.975 million shares and to extend the term of the Amended Stock Plan for nine more years. The Amended Stock Plan will expire on the date of the 2030 Annual Meeting. Except for expanding the ability of the Compensation and Management Development Committee to set appropriate performance goals under the plan, clarifying that dividends, dividend equivalents, and other distributions on unvested awards will be paid or settled only after the underlying awards have been earned and are vested and not during the performance/service vesting period, and expanding cash compensation elections for non-employee directors to allow for non-employee directors to elect to receive stock grants or deferred stock units in lieu of any retainer paid in connection with service on any committee of the Board or other cash fees (not limited to his or her regular annual cash retainer), the terms of the Amended Stock Plan remain unchanged.

A more complete description of the terms of the Amended Stock Plan and the material amendments and modifications thereto can be found in “Compensation Committee Matters — Proposal No. 3 — Approval of the Amendment and Restatement of the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan” (pages 31 through 39) in Cisco’s definitive proxy statement dated October 19, 2020, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 21, 2020 (the “Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing descriptions and the description incorporated by reference from Cisco’s Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Amended Stock Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report.

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Meeting, the shareholders voted on the following six proposals and cast their votes as follows:

Proposal 1: To elect nine members of Cisco’s Board:


Nominee	For		Against		Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
M. Michele Burns		2,745,014,134		161,825,811		10,920,522		625,797,167
Wesley G. Bush		2,877,060,322		29,619,129		11,081,016		625,797,167
Michael D. Capellas		2,684,670,148		217,380,877		15,709,442		625,797,167
Mark Garrett		2,832,937,216		73,760,052		11,063,199		625,797,167
Dr. Kristina M. Johnson		2,878,619,555		28,510,618		10,630,294		625,797,167
Roderick C. McGeary		2,701,655,182		204,686,067		11,419,218		625,797,167
Charles H. Robbins		2,652,601,200		241,137,560		24,021,707		625,797,167
Brenton L. Saunders		2,475,121,911		430,700,488		11,938,068		625,797,167
Dr. Lisa T. Su		2,899,917,491		7,340,313		10,502,663		625,797,167

Proposal 2: To approve the reincorporation of Cisco from California to Delaware:


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
2,884,910,183	22,172,891	10,677,393	625,797,167

Proposal 3: To approve the amendment and restatement of the Cisco 2005 Stock Incentive Plan:


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
2,757,695,969	141,164,464	18,900,034	625,797,167

Proposal 4: To approve, on an advisory basis, executive compensation:


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
2,701,410,858	199,897,446	16,452,163	625,797,167

Proposal 5: To ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Cisco’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2021:


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
3,356,431,163	174,884,275	12,242,196	0

Proposal 6: A shareholder proposal to have Cisco’s Board adopt a policy to have an independent Board chairman.


For	Against	Abstained	Broker Non-Votes
945,145,911	1,950,656,596	21,957,960	625,797,167

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description of Document

10.1		Cisco Systems, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (including related form agreements)

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)