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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000858877-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:29:39.718091+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco appoints Ekta Singh-Bushell to board, effective June 14, 2024

## Summary
- Former Deputy to First VP, COO at Federal Reserve Bank of New York appointed to Cisco board.
- Deemed independent; will serve on Audit and Environmental, Social, and Public Policy Committees.
- Receives pro-rata portion of $105,000 annual cash retainer and $245,000 equity award grant-date fair value.
- Standard indemnity agreement entered with the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000858877-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-14T23:59:59+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/858877/000085887724000010/0000858877-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887724000010/csco-20240612.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-24-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-24-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ekta Singh-Bushell was appointed as member of the Board at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On June 12, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cisco Systems, Inc. ("Cisco") appointed Ekta Singh-Bushell, former Deputy to the First Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Office at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as a member of the Board effective June 14, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887724000010/0000858877-24-000010-index.htm

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