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): September 8, 2014
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)
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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.
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), upon recommendation by the Nomination and Governance Committee of the Board, has nominated each of the current directors for election, and each has decided to stand for re-election at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, with the exception of Marc Benioff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of salesforce.com, inc., who on September 8, 2014 had notified Cisco and its Board of his decision not to stand for re-election at the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Board has reduced the size of the Board to ten members effective at the time of the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Benioff will continue to serve as a director until Cisco’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on November 20, 2014.
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: September 12, 2014 | By: | /s/ Evan Sloves | ||||
| Name: | Evan Sloves | |||||
| Title: | Assistant Secretary | |||||