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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-228572"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:51:12.767986+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco appoints Sarah Rae Murphy to Board of Directors, Audit Committee

## Summary
- Sarah Rae Murphy appointed to Board effective Aug 24, 2022; also joins Audit Committee.
- Murphy is former Chief Procurement Officer and SVP Global Sourcing at United Airlines.
- Receives pro-rata portion of $80,000 annual cash retainer and Audit Committee retainer; plus pro-rata equity award of $245,000.
- Standard indemnity agreement executed; compensation consistent with non-employee director policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-228572
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-08-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522228572/0001193125-22-228572-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522228572/d381846d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-228572
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-228572.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-228572.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sarah Rae Murphy was appointed as Director at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 24, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) appointed Sarah Rae Murphy, former Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Sourcing of United Airlines Holdings, Inc., as a member of the Board effective August 24, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522228572/0001193125-22-228572-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.