cisco-annual-report-2021

Item 9B.
Other Information
Required Disclosure Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
Under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, we are required to disclose in our periodic reports if we or any of our affiliates
knowingly conducted a transaction or dealing with entities or individuals designated pursuant to certain Executive Orders. On
March 2, 2021, the U.S. government designated the Russian Federal Security Service (the “FSB”) as a blocked party subject to
such reporting requirements; however, on the same day, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
updated General License No. 1B (the “OFAC General License”), which now also generally authorizes U.S. companies to engage
in certain transactions and dealings with the FSB necessary and ordinarily incident to requesting or obtaining licenses, permits,
certifications or notifications issued or registered by the FSB for the importation, distribution or use of information technology
products in Russia.
During the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021, a subsidiary of Cisco filed notifications with, or applied for import licenses and
permits from, the FSB as required pursuant to Russian encryption product import controls for the purpose of enabling Cisco
or our subsidiaries to import and distribute certain products in Russia. Neither Cisco nor our subsidiaries generated any gross
revenues or net profits directly from such approval activity and neither Cisco nor our subsidiaries sell to the FSB. Cisco expects
that we or our subsidiaries will continue to file notifications with and apply for import licenses and permits from the FSB as
required for importation and distribution of our products in Russia, if and as permitted by applicable law, including the OFAC
General License.
PART III
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information required by this item relating to our executive officers is included under the caption “Information about our
Executive Officers” in Part I, Item 1 of this report.
The information required by this item relating to our directors and nominees is included under the caption “Proposal No. 1 —
Election of Directors” in our Proxy Statement related to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) and
is incorporated herein by reference. The information required by this item regarding our Audit Committee is included under
the caption “Board Meetings and Committees” in our Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference. We will provide
disclosure of delinquent Section 16(a) reports, if any, in our Proxy Statement, and such disclosure, if any, is incorporated herein
by reference.
We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to our principal executive officer and all members of our finance department,
including the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. This code of ethics can be found at the “Financial
Officer Code of Ethics” link in the Corporate Governance section of Cisco’s Investor Relations website at investor.cisco.com.
We intend to satisfy any disclosure requirement regarding an amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of this code of ethics
by posting such information on that website or in a report on Form 8-K.
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
The information required by this item relating to director and executive compensation is included under the captions “Director
Compensation,” “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” “Compensation Committee Report,” “Compensation Committee
Interlocks and Insider Participation,” “Fiscal 2021 Compensation Tables,” and “CEO Pay Ratio” in our Proxy Statement and is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item relating to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is included
under the caption “Ownership of Securities” in our Proxy Statement, and the information required by this item relating to
securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is included under the caption “Equity Compensation Plan
Information” in our Proxy Statement, and, in each case, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item relating to review, approval or ratification of transactions with related persons is
included under the caption “Certain Relationships and Transactions with Related Persons” in our Proxy Statement, and the
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