| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/25/2021 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VMWARE, INC. [ VMW ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Class A Common Stock | 30,678,605(1) | D | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Class B Common Stock | (2) | (2) | Class A Common Stock | 307,221,836 | (2) | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Reflects a distribution of shares of Class A Common Stock of VMware, Inc. (the "Issuer") to the reporting person by its wholly-owned subsidiary, EMC Corporation ("EMC"). The reporting person is indirectly wholly owned by Dell Technologies Inc. ("Dell Technologies") through its directly held wholly-owned subsidiary Denali Intermediate Inc. ("Denali"). The reporting person intends to effect an indirect distribution of such shares of Class A Common Stock through Denali to Dell Technologies, which intends to distribute to its stockholders on a pro rata basis (the "Distribution") all of the shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of the Issuer which it owns. |
| 2. Reflects a distribution of shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer to the reporting person by EMC. Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer at any time, upon the election of the holder. The reporting person intends to effect an indirect distribution of such shares of Class B Common Stock through Denali to Dell Technologies in connection with the Distribution. As described in footnote 1, Dell Technologies intends to distribute all of the shares of Class B Common Stock which it owns in the Distribution. Immediately following, and automatically as a result of, the Distribution, and prior to receipt thereof by Dell Technologies' stockholders, each share of Class B Common Stock will be converted into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. |
| Remarks: |
| Dell Inc. By: /s/ Robert Potts, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary | 10/27/2021 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
