Item 5. Other Information

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Item 5. Other Information

Required Disclosure Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)

Under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act, we are required to disclose in our periodic reports if we or any of our affiliates knowingly conducted a transaction or dealing with entities or individuals designated pursuant to certain Executive Orders. On March 2, 2021, the U.S. government designated the Russian Federal Security Service (the “FSB”) as a blocked party subject to such reporting requirements; however, on the same day, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control updated General License No. 1B (the “OFAC General License”), which now also generally authorizes U.S. companies to engage in certain transactions and dealings with the FSB necessary and ordinarily incident to requesting or obtaining licenses, permits, certifications or notifications issued or registered by the FSB for the importation, distribution or use of information technology products in Russia.

During the quarter ended January 29, 2022, a subsidiary of Cisco filed notifications with, or applied for import licenses and permits from, the FSB as required pursuant to Russian encryption product import controls for the purpose of enabling Cisco or our subsidiaries to import and distribute certain products in Russia. Neither Cisco nor our subsidiaries generated any gross revenues or net profits directly from such approval activity and neither Cisco nor our subsidiaries sell to the FSB. Cisco expects that we or our subsidiaries will continue to file notifications with and apply for import licenses and permits from the FSB as required for importation and distribution of our products in Russia, if and as permitted by applicable law, including the OFAC General License.

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