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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Dell Technologies Inc   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VMWARE, INC. [VMW] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE DELL WAY 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/19/2016 (Street) ROUND ROCK, TX 78682 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 12/19/2016   S   4,775,142 D (1) 38,250,166 I See footnote (2)

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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 Underlying Securities (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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Dell Technologies Inc ONE DELL WAY ROUND ROCK, TX 78682		X
EMC CORP ONE DELL WAY ROUND ROCK, TX 78682		X

Signatures

Dell Technologies Inc. By: /s/ Janet B. Wright, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary		12/20/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
EMC Corporation By: /s/ Janet B. Wright, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary		12/20/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	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).
(1)	Under the terms of a stock purchase agreement dated as of December 15, 2016, by and among Dell Technologies Inc. (the "Company"), EMC Equity Assets LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and VMware, Inc., 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 shares 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 the shares of Class A Common Stock reported in Column 5 of Table I. EMC is directly wholly owned by Dell Inc., which in turn is indirectly wholly owned by the Company through its directly held wholly-owned subsidiary Denali Intermediate Inc.

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