X0304 4 2012-03-08 0 0000858877 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. CSCO 0001198043 CARTER LARRY R 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE CA 95134 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2011-12-20 5 G 0 59244 0 D 31581 D Common Stock 2011-12-20 5 G 0 59244 0 A 61832 I by Trust Common Stock 2012-03-08 4 M 0 250000 13.04 A 281581 D Common Stock 2012-03-08 4 S 0 250000 19.6715 D 31581 D Common Stock 3400 I by Carter Living Trust Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 13.04 2012-03-08 4 M 0 250000 0 D 2004-04-10 2012-04-10 Common Stock 250000 0 D Shares held by the Carter Revocable Trust dated October 18, 1994. This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on March 24, 2011. Represents a weighted average sales price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $19.54 to $19.78. The reporting person has provided to the issuer, and undertakes to provide to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any security holder of the issuer, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range. The option vested as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares on the one (1) year anniversary of the grant date, and as to the remaining eighty percent (80%) of the shares thereafter in forty-eight (48) successive equal monthly installments. /s/ Larry R. Carter by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact 2012-03-09