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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000858877-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T07:37:12.802024+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Brenton L. Saunders resigns from Cisco board to become Bausch + Lomb CEO

## Summary
- Saunders resigned effective February 21, 2023.
- He was appointed Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Bausch + Lomb Corporation.
- No other board changes or compensatory arrangements disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000858877-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-02-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887723000006/0000858877-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887723000006/csco-20230221.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brenton L. Saunders resigned as Director at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 21, 2023, in connection with the announcement of his appointment as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Bausch + Lomb Corporation, Brenton L. Saunders notified Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) of his decision to resign from Cisco’s Board of Directors effective February 21, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887723000006/0000858877-23-000006-index.htm

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