X0306 4 2017-09-11 0 0001124610 VMWARE, INC. VMW 0001651403 Durban Egon C/O SILVER LAKE PARTNERS, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 1 0 0 0 0001387096 Silver Lake Partners III LP C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001637683 Silver Lake Technology Investors III, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 0 0 1 0 0001491809 Silver Lake Technology Associates III, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001491808 SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001552054 Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001672565 Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001672566 Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001672568 SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 0001418226 Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK CA 94025 0 0 1 0 Class A Common Stock 2017-09-11 4 S 0 2308807 D 31114287 I See footnotes Under the terms of a stock purchase agreement, dated as of March 29, 2017, as supplemented by purchase commitment supplement no. 2, dated as of August 23, 2017, 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. The 2,308,807 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer sold in the reported transaction, which is expected to close on September 14, 2017, were held directly by EMC Equity Assets LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation ("EMC"). Of the 31,114,287 shares of Class A Common Stock reported in Column 5 of Table I, (a) EMC is the record holder of 10,149,359 shares, (b) VMW Holdco LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of EMC, is the record holder of 20,000,000 shares, and (c) EMC Equity Assets LLC is the record holder of 964,928 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"). 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. 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), (3) and (4) above, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own securities of the Issuer held by VMW Holdco LLC, EMC Equity Assets LLC and EMC. 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. 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. /s/ Egon Durban 2017-09-13 By: /s/ Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA III (GP), L.L.C. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ Egon Durban, Managing Director of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13 By: /s/ 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. 2017-09-13