SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

DiMaria Matthew

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

2755 CAMPUS DRIVE, 3RD FLOOR

(Street)

SAN MATEO

94403-2538

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SERENA SOFTWARE INC [ SRNA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	V.P.-Worldwide Marketing

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/10/2006

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check 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 (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction 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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/10/2006		M⁽¹⁾		32,432	A	$22.52⁽¹⁾	32,432	D
Common Stock	03/10/2006		F⁽¹⁾		30,433	D	$24⁽¹⁾	1,999	D
Common Stock	03/10/2006		D		1,999⁽²⁾	D	$24	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction 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 (Month/Day/Year)		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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$22.52	03/10/2006		M			32,432⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾	02/24/2015	Common Stock	32,432⁽¹⁾	$1.48	67,568	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Immediately prior to the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, the Reporting Person exercised on a "cashless basis" an option to buy 32,432 shares of the Issuer's common stock for $22.52 per share. In connection with this cashless exercise, the exercise price for the exercise of such option was satisfied by the delivery to the Issuer of 30,433 shares of the Issuer's common stock in satisfaction of the exercise price.

2. In connection with the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, shares of the Issuer's common stock were converted into the right to receive $24.00 per share, without interest.

3. Prior to 3/10/06, such option would become vested and exercisable with respect to 1/4 of the shares underlying such option on 2/24/06 and the remaining shares underlying such option would become vested and exercisable in equal installments on each one-month anniversary of 2/24/06 until 2/24/09, at which time such option would be fully vested and exercisable. Immediately prior to the effective time of the merger of Spyglass Merger Corp. with and into the Issuer, the option became fully vested and exercisable with respect to all shares underlying such option that were not previously vested and exercisable.

	MATTHEW DiMARIA	03/16/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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