0001181431-12-049652 4 1 20120906 20120910 20120910 Eschenbach Carl M. 0001409324 4 34 001-33622 121083833 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE PALO ALTO CA 94304 VMWARE, INC. 0001124610 7372 943292913 DE 1231 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE PALO ALTO CA 94304 (650) 427-5000 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE PALO ALTO CA 94304 VMWARE INC 20000923 4 1 rrd355453.xml FORM 4 FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL [ ] Check this OMB Number: box if no longer UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 3235-0287 subject to Washington, D.C. 20549 Estimated Section 16. Form STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF average burden 4 or Form 5 SECURITIES hours per obligations may response... 0.5 continue. See Instruction 1(b). 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 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 5. Relationship of Person * or Trading Symbol Reporting Person(s) to Eschenbach Carl M. VMWARE, INC. [ VMW ] Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. Date of Earliest below) _____ Other 3401 HILLVIEW AVE. Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) (specify below) 9/6/2012 COO and Co-President (Street) 4. If Amendment, Date 6. Individual or PALO ALTO, CA 94304 Original Filed Joint/Group Filing (Check (City) (State) (Zip) (MM/DD/YYYY) Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security 2. Trans. Date 2A. 3. Trans. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of (Instr. 3) Deemed Code of (D) Securities Form: Direct (D) Indirect Execution (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially or Indirect (I) Beneficial Date, if Owned Following (Instr. 4) Ownership (Instr. any Reported 4) Transaction(s) (A) (Instr. 3 and 4) or Code V Amount (D) Price Class A Common Stock 9/6/2012 M 3125 A $30.80 0 D Class A Common Stock 9/6/2012 S 23468 D $93.21 (1) (2) 119819 D Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of 2. 3. Trans. Date 3A. 4. Trans. 5. Number of 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price 9. Number of 10. 11. Nature Derivate Conversion Deemed Code Derivative and Expiration Date Securities Underlying of derivative Ownership of Security or Execution (Instr. 8) Securities Derivative Security Derivative Securities Form of Indirect (Instr. 3) Exercise Date, if Acquired (A) or (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Beneficially Derivative Beneficial Price of any Disposed of (D) (Instr. 5) Owned Security: Ownership Derivative (Instr. 3, 4 and Following Direct (D) (Instr. 4) Security 5) Reported or Transaction(s) Indirect Date Expiration Amount or (Instr. 4) (I) Exercisable Date Title Number of (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Shares Employee Stock Class A Option $30.80 9/6/2012 M 3125 (3) 6/15/2015 Common 3125 $0 9375 D (right-to-buy) Stock Explanation of Responses: (1) Price represents weighted average for sales reported. The range of prices for the sales reported is $93.16 through $93.33. (2) The reporting person will provide upon request by the Securities and Exchange Commission staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price. (3) The option, representing a right to purchase 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, became exercisable as to 25% of the shares on June 1, 2010. Thereafter, the remaining 75% of the option vests in equal monthly installments over three years. Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Eschenbach Carl M. 3401 HILLVIEW AVE. COO and Co-President PALO ALTO, CA 94304 Signatures Larry Wainblat, attorney-in-fact 9/10/2012 ** 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 4(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 control number.