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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BHATT PRAT   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. [CSCO] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP, Corp Controller & CAO (Last) (First) (Middle) 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/11/2016 (Street) SAN JOSE, CA 95134 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/11/2016   A   22,041 (1) A $ 0 133,113 D   Common Stock 09/11/2016   F   27,157 (2) D $ 30.85 105,956 D   Common Stock 09/13/2016   S(3)   24,884 D $ 31.0221 (4) 81,072 D   Common Stock 09/13/2016   S   822 D $ 31.0538 80,250 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BHATT PRAT 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE SAN JOSE, CA 95134			SVP, Corp Controller & CAO

Signatures

/s/ Prat Bhatt by Evan Sloves, Attorney-in-Fact		09/13/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents settlement of a performance-based restricted stock unit ("PRSU") award granted on September 18, 2013 resulting from the satisfaction of performance metrics during the three-year performance period.
(2)	Represents shares withheld for payment of tax liability arising as a result of the settlement of the PRSU described in footnote 1 and the partial settlement of four (4) restricted stock unit awards originally reported by the reporting person in Forms 4 filed with the Commission on September 13, 2012, September 20, 2013, September 12, 2014 and September 11, 2015.
(3)	This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by the reporting person on March 22, 2016.
(4)	Represents a weighted average sales price per share. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $30.9381 to $31.10. The reporting person has provided to the issuer, and undertakes to provide to the staff of the 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.

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