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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-297041
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211012

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858877
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT [3576]
		IRS NUMBER:				770059951
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0730

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4085264000

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		STREET 1:		170 WEST TASMAN DR
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95134-1706

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CISCO SYSTEMS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Technology </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States
Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: Mitchell Austin, Staff Attorney and
Anna Abramson, Staff Attorney </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for Fiscal Year Ended July&nbsp;31, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-39940</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr. Austin and Ms. Abramson: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of
Cisco Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Cisco&#148;), set forth below is the Company&#146;s response to the comments of the Staff (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) as set forth in the Staff&#146;s comment letter, dated September&nbsp;15, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Introduction </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a preliminary matter and as context for Cisco&#146;s responses, we note that the topic of the Staff&#146;s comments&#151;climate
change-related matters&#151;is one on which Cisco has been focused for many years. Cisco has a long history of environmental, social and governance (&#147;ESG&#148;) initiatives and commitments and a focus on corporate social responsibility
(&#147;CSR&#148;). Cisco published its first annual CSR report in 2005. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cisco endeavors to play a leading role in addressing one of the
most critical and complex challenges that the world faces&#151;reversing the advance of climate change. This challenge is not new to Cisco. Having been founded in 1984, Cisco has made incremental improvements to the design and development of both
its products and its operations over the course of many years. These incremental improvements resulted from many underlying business reasons, as well as climate change, where Cisco has been working to reduce its own greenhouse gas (&#147;GHG&#148;)
emissions since 2006. Additionally, Cisco has made and continues to make ongoing investments in circular product and energy efficiency design, which further helps reduce the Scope 2 and Scope 3 GHG emissions of Cisco&#146;s customers. Cisco believes
that, collectively, these improvements and product and energy efficiency design innovations contribute to a global reduction in GHG </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Cisco Systems, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Fax: 408 526-4100 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">www.cisco.com </P>

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because these incremental improvements and design innovations have been made by Cisco over the course of many years, new climate change-related improvements and design innovations have not required a significant change in business strategy or
capital expenditures. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, Cisco strives to be a leader in the climate change discussion through its public initiatives and
commitments which are intended to help influence positive change on such a critically important global issue that impacts its customers and the communities in which it operates. For example, in answering the worldwide call to limit global
temperature rise to 1.5&deg;C above <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-industrial</FONT> levels, Cisco has recently committed to reaching net zero across all scopes of GHG emissions by 2040, which includes its product use, operations, and supply
chain, and Cisco has also committed to reaching net zero for all global Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 2025. To date, the actual costs and impacts of Cisco&#146;s climate change-related initiatives and commitments have not been, and the
expected costs are not anticipated to be, material to Cisco&#146;s financial condition or results of operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with
ongoing engagements with various stakeholders, Cisco provides extensive and detailed climate change-related disclosures in a number of voluntary reports intended to meet the needs of a wide range of stakeholders. These include: (i)&nbsp;an annual
report summary (which included Cisco&#146;s Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emission reduction targets in 2020), (ii) an ESG reporting webpage at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">https://www.cisco.com/c/m/en_us/about/csr/esg-hub.html</FONT> (&#147;ESG
Reporting Hub&#148;), (iii) an annual CSR report (the latest version of which is available on the ESG Reporting Hub), and (iv)&nbsp;an Environmental Technical Review (the latest version of which is available on the ESG Reporting Hub). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, Cisco includes required disclosures about climate change-related matters in its Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> and other reports that Cisco files with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In preparing
such required disclosures for inclusion in Cisco&#146;s SEC reports, the Company actively monitors and assesses the impacts and risks of climate change-related matters and undertakes consideration of any required disclosures as outlined in the
Commission&#146;s <I>Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change</I> (Securities Act Rel. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">33-9106,</FONT> Feb. 2, 2010) (&#147;2010 Guidance&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While Cisco&#146;s climate change-related initiatives and commitments are important to the Company and its stakeholders, to date they have not
been material to Cisco&#146;s financial condition or results of operations. Materiality, as used in Cisco&#146;s voluntary CSR reports (as described below) </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Cisco Systems, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Fax: 408 526-4100 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">www.cisco.com </P>

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different from the concept of materiality when used in the context of SEC disclosure obligations. Accordingly, topics and issues (such as those related to climate change) viewed as material for purposes of Cisco&#146;s voluntary CSR reports and for
purposes of determining its ESG strategy may not be considered material for SEC reporting purposes, and inclusion of information (such as information related to climate change) in its voluntary CSR reports does not indicate that the topic or
information is material to the Company&#146;s financial condition or results of operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the 2020 CSR report, Cisco&#146;s
definition of &#147;ESG materiality&#148; mirrored that of the Global Reporting Initiative&#146;s (&#147;GRI&#148;) definition at the time, under which a &#147;material topic&#148; is one that reflects a reporting organization&#146;s significant
economic, environmental, and social impacts; or that substantively influences the assessments and decisions of stakeholders. Cisco performs a biennial ESG materiality assessment. Cisco&#146;s 2019 ESG materiality assessment was conducted in 2019
with the help of an outside consultant. While there was not a new ESG materiality assessment conducted in 2020, Cisco&#146;s 2020 CSR report was informed by stakeholder engagement in 2020 in addition to the 2019 ESG materiality assessment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In 2021, a new ESG materiality assessment was conducted with a broader set of stakeholders. For this 2021 ESG materiality assessment, Cisco
again mirrored GRI&#146;s definition of materiality for its &#147;ESG materiality&#148; definition, as updated by GRI in 2020. Under such revised definition, &#147;material topics&#148; are topics that reflect the organization&#146;s most
significant impacts on the economy, environment, and people, including impacts on human rights. The 2021 CSR report (expected to be published in December 2021) will again be written for a broad range of stakeholders. Additionally, to improve ease of
use and comparability with peers, Cisco plans to index its 2021 CSR report against frameworks from GRI, the Value Reporting Foundation (SASB Standards), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and the UN Sustainable Development
Goals, where applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Response to Staff Comments </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For ease of reference, the headings and numbers of responses set forth below correspond to the headings and numbers in the Staff&#146;s
comments, and we have set forth below, in italics, the text of the Staff&#146;s comments prior to the response. </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Fax: 408 526-4100 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">www.cisco.com </P>

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for Fiscal Year Ended July&nbsp;31, 2021 </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>General </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>We note your disclosure in your CSR report that reducing your energy use and GHG emissions is an
issue of high importance to your customers, employees, and company leadership, and is therefore one of your top material issues. We also note that you provided more expansive disclosure in your CSR report than you provided in your SEC filings.
Please advise us what consideration you gave to providing the same type of climate-related disclosure in your SEC filings as you provided in your CSR report. </I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In preparing the
Company&#146;s SEC filings, including the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> the Company carefully considers the requirements applicable to each filing, including, as applicable, Commission guidance regarding those requirements.
Thus, with respect to climate change-related matters, the Company considered the 2010 Guidance and included information consistent with the existing rules and the 2010 Guidance, as summarized in response to comments
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">2-7</FONT> below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s CSR reporting includes extensive details about climate
change-related information prepared to meet the requests of the Company&#146;s wide range of stakeholders. While the Company voluntarily provides this information for its stakeholders, the information included in the 2020 CSR report is substantially
more detailed than climate change-related disclosures required under existing Commission rules. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The climate change-related information
included in the Company&#146;s 2020 CSR report is responsive to the requests, inquiries or expectations of a wide range of stakeholders received in response to the Company&#146;s 2020 stakeholder engagement. As outlined in the 2020 CSR report, the
stakeholder groups include customers, partners, investors, employees and CSR thought leaders. The Company uses inputs from stakeholder groups to determine what issues are most important to stakeholders both inside and outside the Company. The 2020
CSR report explains that the ESG materiality assessment helps the Company prioritize investments, executive sponsorship, risk management and stakeholder engagement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The disclosure in the 2020 CSR report that reducing the Company&#146;s energy use and GHG emissions is an issue of high importance to
customers, employees, and Company leadership, and is therefore one of the Company&#146;s &#147;top material issues,&#148; reflects the ESG materiality analysis applied for CSR reporting, as discussed above. The focus for CSR reporting is based on
the views of stakeholders and, as also described above, the reference to materiality relates to the concept of &#147;ESG materiality&#148; and for CSR reporting purposes is not aligned with the term for securities law reporting purposes. </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Fax: 408 526-4100 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">www.cisco.com </P>

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this year&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> in its Part I, Item 1&#151;Business section, the Company added disclosure regarding environmental sustainability consistent with the 2020 CSR report, explaining that
&#147;sustainability and protecting the environment are both top priorities for Cisco.&#148; This section includes further information on the Company&#146;s efforts in this regard and provides investors with details on how to access the
Company&#146;s CSR reporting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Risk Factors, page 13 </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>Disclose any material litigation risks related to climate change and the potential impact to the
company.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company believes the risk factors in this year&#146;s Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> appropriately reflect its material
litigation risks. The Company actively monitors and assesses its material litigation risks in advance of each relevant filing with the Commission. The result of such assessments to date is that the Company is not subject to material litigation risks
related to climate change. Accordingly, risk factor disclosure on this topic is not required. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, page 30 </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>Please discuss any material impact of pending or existing climate change-related legislation,
regulations, and international accords on your business, financial condition, and results of operations.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted at the outset of this letter, the Company has prioritized environmental sustainability and reduction of its GHG emissions for many
years. As a result, at present, the Company does not believe that pending or existing climate change-related legislation, regulations, or international accords could reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Company&#146;s financial
condition or results of operations. The Company cannot predict whether new laws or regulations that may be proposed and implemented in the future related to climate change could impose material costs or otherwise materially impact its business, but
this remains a risk. The Company discloses this risk in &#147;Risk Factors &#150; Risks Related to Cybersecurity and Regulations &#150; Our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially harmed by regulatory uncertainty
applicable to our products and services.&#148; </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
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have undertaken. If material, please provide additional detail regarding these projects and quantify the related capital expenditures in your SEC filing.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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of projects it has undertaken to further its sustainability goals for illustrative purposes in the context of the detailed reporting included in the 2020 CSR report and the Environmental Technical Review. While the Company believes describing these
projects is meaningful for stakeholders reviewing these reports, the climate-related projects included in these reports have not required material capital expenditures, individually or in the aggregate, or otherwise been material to the Company.
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carbon-based energy sources;</I> </P></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"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>any anticipated reputational risks resulting from operations or products that produce material greenhouse gas
emissions.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a technology leader, developing products and services to meet the needs of its customers. This includes developing products with
lower emissions and conducting its business in ways that continuously reduce its GHG emissions. Although these actions are important to the Company, they have not materially impacted the matters listed in the Staff&#146;s comment 5. While the
Company has not experienced material impacts to date, the Company notes that it includes disclosure in Risk Factors about potential risks from future climate-related regulation. See &#147;Risk Factors &#150; Risks Related to Cybersecurity and
Regulations &#150; Our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially harmed by regulatory uncertainty applicable to our products and services.&#148; </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Fax: 408 526-4100 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">www.cisco.com </P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>If applicable and to the extent material, discuss the significant physical effects of climate change
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>quantification of material weather-related damages to your property or operations;</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>potential for indirect weather-related impacts that have affected or may affect your major customers; and</I>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><I>any weather-related impacts on the cost or availability of insurance.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has not
experienced material impacts from the matters listed in the Staff&#146;s comment 6. The Company notes that it includes disclosure in Risk Factors about the risks related to various catastrophic events, including as a result of climate change. See
&#147;Risk Factors &#150; Risks Related to our Business and Industry &#150; Our business and operations are especially subject to risks of earthquakes, floods, and other natural catastrophic events (including as a result of global climate
change).&#148; In this risk factor, the Company provides specific information about risks arising from the locations of its operations, and also notes that some of the Company&#146;s suppliers are located in places that have been affected by
earthquake, tsunami or flooding activity, which has in the past and may in the future disrupt the flow of components and delivery of products. To date, these conditions have not had a material impact on the Company. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>We note you refer to increased compliance costs related to new laws and regulations in response to
climate change on pages <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">26-27</FONT> of your filing. If material, please quantify any such costs.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While there are risks that the
costs arising from increased compliance costs related to new laws and regulations in response to climate change could materially impact the Company (as noted in the risk factor referenced in comment 7), the Company has not experienced material costs
to date. </P>
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</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">170 West Tasman Drive </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">San Jose,
CA 95134-1706 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Phone: 408 526-4000 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Conall Dempsey, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P>
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