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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;13, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>77-0059951</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(408) 526-4000 </B></P>
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name or former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Results of Operations and Financial Condition. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November&nbsp;13, 2013, Cisco
Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) reported its results of operations for its fiscal first quarter 2014 ended October&nbsp;26, 2013. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant concerning the foregoing results is furnished herewith
as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibits shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing. The information in this report, including
the exhibits hereto, shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The attached exhibits include non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, non-GAAP net income
per share data and non-GAAP inventory turns. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, measures prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. The
Registrant believes that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Registrant&#146;s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used
to evaluate the Registrant&#146;s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant believes that
the presentation of non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, and non-GAAP net income per share data when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial
and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the Registrant believes that the presentation of non-GAAP inventory turns provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and
business trends relating to inventory management based on the operating activities of the periods presented. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For its internal budgeting
process, the Registrant&#146;s management uses financial statements that do not include, when applicable, share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, impact to cost of sales from purchase accounting
adjustments to inventory<I>,</I> acquisition-related/divestiture costs, significant asset impairments and restructurings, significant litigation settlements (such as the patent litigation settlement with TiVo, Inc. in the fourth quarter of fiscal
2013), the income tax effects of the foregoing, and significant tax matters. The Registrant&#146;s management also uses the foregoing non-GAAP measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of the
Registrant. In prior periods, the Registrant has excluded other items that it no longer excludes for purposes of its non-GAAP financial measures. From time to time in the future, there may be other items, such as significant gains or losses from
contingencies, that the Registrant may exclude for purposes of its internal budgeting process and in reviewing its financial results. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As
described above, the Registrant excludes the following items from one or more of its non-GAAP measures when applicable: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Share-based
compensation expense.</I> These expenses consist primarily of expenses for employee stock options, employee stock purchase rights, employee restricted stock and employee restricted stock units, including such expenses associated with acquisitions.
The Registrant excludes share-based compensation expense from its non-GAAP measures primarily because they are non-cash expenses that the Registrant does not believe are reflective of ongoing operating results. Further, the Registrant believes that
it is useful to investors to understand the impact of share-based compensation to its results of operations.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Amortization of
acquisition-related intangible assets</I>. The Registrant incurs amortization of intangible assets (which may include impairment charges from the write-downs of purchased intangible assets) in connection with acquisitions. The Registrant excludes
these items because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing operating results in the period incurred. These amounts arise from the Registrant&#146;s prior acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of the Registrant&#146;s
business.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Impact to cost of sales from purchase accounting adjustments to inventory</I>. This represents the amount of increase
in inventory valuation resulting from the fair value adjustments required under purchase accounting for business combinations. These amounts arise from the Registrant&#146;s prior acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of the
Registrant&#146;s business.<I> </I></P>

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Registrant incurs compensation expense, changes to the fair value of contingent consideration, as well as professional fees and other direct expenses such as restructuring activities related to the acquired company. In addition, from time to time
the Registrant enters into foreign currency transactions related to pending acquisitions, and may incur gains or losses on such transactions. The Registrant may also from time to time incur gains or losses from divestitures of a business area as
well as professional fees and other direct expenses associated with such transactions. The Registrant excludes such compensation expense, changes to the fair value of contingent consideration, fees, other direct expenses, and gains and losses, as
they are related to acquisitions and divestitures and have no direct correlation to the operation of the Registrant&#146;s business.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Significant asset impairments and restructurings</I>. The Registrant from time to time incurs significant asset impairments, restructuring
charges, and gains or losses on asset disposals. The Registrant excludes these items, when significant, because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Significant litigation settlements. </I>The Registrant from time to time may incur charges or benefits related to significant litigation
settlements. The Registrant excludes these charges or benefits, when significant, because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Income tax effects of the foregoing</I>. This amount is used to present each of the amounts described above on an after-tax basis
consistent with the presentation of non-GAAP net income.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Significant tax matters. </I>The Registrant may incur tax charges or
benefits in the current period that relate to one or more prior fiscal years as a result of events such as changes in tax legislation, court decisions, and/or tax settlements. The Registrant excludes these charges or benefits, when significant,
because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time in the future, there
may be other items, such as significant gains or losses from contingencies, that the Registrant may exclude if it believes that doing so is consistent with the goal of providing useful information to investors and management. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant will incur share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, impacts to cost of sales
from purchase accounting adjustments to inventory, and acquisition-related costs, in future periods. Significant asset impairments, restructurings, significant litigation settlements, and divestiture costs could occur in future periods. The
Registrant could also be impacted by significant tax matters in future periods. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="text-indent:2.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: November 13, 2013</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Frank A. Calderoni</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Press Release of Registrant, dated November 13, 2013, reporting the results of operations for the Registrant&#146;s fiscal first quarter ended October&nbsp;26, 2013.</TD></TR>
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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 13, 2013
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its 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
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Item 2.02.
Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 13, 2013, Cisco
Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") reported its results of operations for its fiscal first quarter 2014 ended October 26, 2013. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant concerning the foregoing results is furnished herewith
as Exhibit 99.1.
The information contained herein and in the accompanying exhibits shall not be incorporated by reference into any
filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such filing. The information in this report, including
the exhibits hereto, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The attached exhibits include non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, non-GAAP net income
per share data and non-GAAP inventory turns.
These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, measures prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. The
Registrant believes that non-GAAP measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the amounts associated with the Registrant's results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP and that these measures should only be used
to evaluate the Registrant's results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures.
The Registrant believes that
the presentation of non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP effective tax rates, and non-GAAP net income per share data when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures, provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial
and business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the Registrant believes that the presentation of non-GAAP inventory turns provides useful information to investors and management regarding financial and
business trends relating to inventory management based on the operating activities of the periods presented.
For its internal budgeting
process, the Registrant's management uses financial statements that do not include, when applicable, share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, impact to cost of sales from purchase accounting
adjustments to inventory
,
acquisition-related/divestiture costs, significant asset impairments and restructurings, significant litigation settlements (such as the patent litigation settlement with TiVo, Inc. in the fourth quarter of fiscal
2013), the income tax effects of the foregoing, and significant tax matters. The Registrant's management also uses the foregoing non-GAAP measures, in addition to the corresponding GAAP measures, in reviewing the financial results of the
Registrant. In prior periods, the Registrant has excluded other items that it no longer excludes for purposes of its non-GAAP financial measures. From time to time in the future, there may be other items, such as significant gains or losses from
contingencies, that the Registrant may exclude for purposes of its internal budgeting process and in reviewing its financial results.
As
described above, the Registrant excludes the following items from one or more of its non-GAAP measures when applicable:
Share-based
compensation expense.
These expenses consist primarily of expenses for employee stock options, employee stock purchase rights, employee restricted stock and employee restricted stock units, including such expenses associated with acquisitions.
The Registrant excludes share-based compensation expense from its non-GAAP measures primarily because they are non-cash expenses that the Registrant does not believe are reflective of ongoing operating results. Further, the Registrant believes that
it is useful to investors to understand the impact of share-based compensation to its results of operations.
Amortization of
acquisition-related intangible assets
. The Registrant incurs amortization of intangible assets (which may include impairment charges from the write-downs of purchased intangible assets) in connection with acquisitions. The Registrant excludes
these items because these expenses are not reflective of ongoing operating results in the period incurred. These amounts arise from the Registrant's prior acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of the Registrant's
business.
Impact to cost of sales from purchase accounting adjustments to inventory
. This represents the amount of increase
in inventory valuation resulting from the fair value adjustments required under purchase accounting for business combinations. These amounts arise from the Registrant's prior acquisitions and have no direct correlation to the operation of the
Registrant's business.
Acquisition-related/divestiture costs
. In connection with its business combinations, the
Registrant incurs compensation expense, changes to the fair value of contingent consideration, as well as professional fees and other direct expenses such as restructuring activities related to the acquired company. In addition, from time to time
the Registrant enters into foreign currency transactions related to pending acquisitions, and may incur gains or losses on such transactions. The Registrant may also from time to time incur gains or losses from divestitures of a business area as
well as professional fees and other direct expenses associated with such transactions. The Registrant excludes such compensation expense, changes to the fair value of contingent consideration, fees, other direct expenses, and gains and losses, as
they are related to acquisitions and divestitures and have no direct correlation to the operation of the Registrant's business.
Significant asset impairments and restructurings
. The Registrant from time to time incurs significant asset impairments, restructuring
charges, and gains or losses on asset disposals. The Registrant excludes these items, when significant, because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.
Significant litigation settlements.
The Registrant from time to time may incur charges or benefits related to significant litigation
settlements. The Registrant excludes these charges or benefits, when significant, because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.
Income tax effects of the foregoing
. This amount is used to present each of the amounts described above on an after-tax basis
consistent with the presentation of non-GAAP net income.
Significant tax matters.
The Registrant may incur tax charges or
benefits in the current period that relate to one or more prior fiscal years as a result of events such as changes in tax legislation, court decisions, and/or tax settlements. The Registrant excludes these charges or benefits, when significant,
because it does not believe they are reflective of ongoing business and operating results.
From time to time in the future, there
may be other items, such as significant gains or losses from contingencies, that the Registrant may exclude if it believes that doing so is consistent with the goal of providing useful information to investors and management.
The Registrant will incur share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, impacts to cost of sales
from purchase accounting adjustments to inventory, and acquisition-related costs, in future periods. Significant asset impairments, restructurings, significant litigation settlements, and divestiture costs could occur in future periods. The
Registrant could also be impacted by significant tax matters in future periods.
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: November 13, 2013
By:
/s/ Frank A. Calderoni
Name:
Frank A. Calderoni
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
99.1
Press Release of Registrant, dated November 13, 2013, reporting the results of operations for the Registrant's fiscal first quarter ended October 26, 2013.