secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. (CSCO)
CIK:        0000858877
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000858877-25-000021
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Cisco CFO Scott Herren to retire July 26; Mark Patterson named successor; Jeetu Patel becomes President and CPO
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- CFO Scott Herren retiring effective July 26, 2025; remains Executive Advisor through May 1, 2026.
- Mark Patterson (EVP & Chief Strategy Officer) appointed EVP & CFO effective July 27, 2025.
- Jeetu Patel appointed President and Chief Product Officer effective May 14, 2025; was EVP & CPO.
- Related-person disclosure: Patterson's daughter, an account manager, received ~$286K total comp in FY2024.
- Standard indemnity agreements entered or expected for Patterson and Patel.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/0000858877-25-000021-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/csco-20250509.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-25-000021

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