FORM 4
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).         
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Durban Egon 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

VMWARE, INC. [ VMW ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

__ X __ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

12/19/2016
(Street)

MENLO PARK, CA 94025
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Class A Common Stock   12/19/2016     S    4775142   D   (1) 38250166   I   See footnotes   (2) (3) (4) (5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Under the terms of a stock purchase agreement dated as of December 15, 2016, by and among Dell Technologies Inc. ("Dell Technologies"), EMC Equity Assets LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Technologies, and VMware, Inc. (the "Issuer"), the final price per share will be determined based on the volume-weighted average per share price of the Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange during a specified reference period, less a discount of 3.5% from that volume-weighted average per share price, and subject to adjustment in certain circumstances as set forth in the stock purchase agreement. The price per share will be set forth in an amendment to this Form 4 report.
(2)  The 4,775,142 shares of Class A Common Stock sold in the reported transaction, which is expected to close on December 22, 2016, were held directly by EMC Equity Assets LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation ("EMC"). EMC is the record holder of 35,139,359 of the 38,250,166 shares of Class A Common Stock reported in Column 5 of Table I, and EMC Equity Assets LLC is the record holder of the remainder of such shares. EMC is directly wholly-owned by Dell Inc., which in turn is indirectly wholly-owned by Dell Technologies through its directly held wholly-owned subsidiary Denali Intermediate Inc. Dell Technologies is owned by investors including Silver Lake Partners III, L.P. ("SLP III"), Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P. ("SLTI III"), Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. ("SLP IV"), Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. ("SLTI IV") and SLP Denali Co-Invest, L.P. ("SLP Denali," and together with SLP III, SLTI III, SLP IV and SLTI IV, the "Silver Lake Funds").
(3)  Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. ("SLG") is the managing member of (i) SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA III GP"), which is the general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. ("SLTA III"), which is the general partner of SLP III and SLTI III and the managing member of SLP Denali Co-Invest GP, L.L.C. ("SLP Denali GP"), which is the general partner of SLP Denali and (ii) SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA IV GP"), which is the general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. ("SLTA IV", and collectively with the Silver Lake Funds, SLP Denali GP, SLTA III, SLTA III GP, SLTA IV GP and SLG, the "Silver Lake Investors"), which is the general partner of SLP IV and SLTI IV. Egon Durban, who serves as a director of the Issuer, also serves as a Managing Director of SLG and as a member of the investment committees of SLTA III GP and SLTA IV GP.
(4)  The Silver Lake Funds have the right, under an agreement with Dell Technologies and other Dell Technologies stockholders, to approve the sale by Dell Technologies or specified subsidiaries of Dell Technologies of any shares of common stock of the Issuer held by them. As a result of the relationships and contractual provisions described above and in footnotes (2) and (3) above, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own securities of the Issuer held by EMC Equity Assets LLC and EMC.
(5)  This filing shall not be deemed an admission that the Silver Lake Investors engaged in any transaction subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owners of any equity securities in excess of their respective pecuniary interests, and each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, if any.

Remarks:
The Reporting Persons are jointly filing this Form 4 pursuant to Rule 16a-3(j) under the Exchange Act. Because no more than 10 reporting persons can file any one Form 4 through the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system, SLP Denali and SLP Denali GP have filed a separate Form 4, which reports the transaction reported herein. Michael S. Dell, Dell Technologies and EMC are also separately filing a Form 4 reporting the transaction reported herein.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Durban Egon
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025 		X


Silver Lake Partners III LP
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 
X

Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

SLTA III (GP), L.L.C.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X

Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.
C/O SILVER LAKE
2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100
MENLO PARK, CA 94025
X


Signatures
EGON DURBAN: /s/ Egon Durban 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Partners III, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

By: /s/ Egon Durban; Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. 12/20/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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