Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (Form 3)

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 * SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 2021-11-01 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VMWARE, INC. [VMW] (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SILVER LAKE , 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 6. Individual or Join/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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
Date Exercisable	Expriation Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
SLTA SPV-2 (GP), L.L.C. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
SLTA SPV-2, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X
SL SPV-2, L.P. C/O SILVER LAKE, 2775 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 100 MENLO PARK, CA94025	X	X

Signatures

By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel 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.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., GP of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., GP of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., man. member of SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C., GP of Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P., GP of Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA SPV-2 (GP), L.L.C.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA SPV-2 (GP), L.L.C., general partner of SLTA SPV-2, L.P.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
By: /s/ Andrew J. Schader; Andrew J. Schader, Managing Director and General Counsel of Silver Lake Group, L.L.C., managing member of SLTA SPV-2 (GP), L.L.C., general partner of SLTA SPV-2, L.P., general partner of SL SPV-2, L.P.	2021-11-02
**Signature of Reporting Person	Date

Explanation of Responses:

(*)	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	These securities are directly held by SL SPV-2, L.P. ("SPV-2"). The general partner of SPV-2 is SLTA SPV-2, L.P. ("SLTA SPV") and the general partner of SLTA SPV is SLTA SPV-2 (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA SPV GP").
(2)	These securities are directly held by Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. ("SLP IV"). The general partner of SLP IV is Silver Lake Technology Associates IV, L.P. ("SLTA IV") and the general partner of SLTA IV is SLTA IV (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA IV GP").
(3)	These securities are directly held by Silver Lake Partners V DE (AIV), L.P. ("SLP V"). The general partner of SLP V is Silver Lake Technology Associates V, L.P. ("SLTA V") and the general partner of SLTA V is SLTA V (GP), L.L.C. ("SLTA V GP").
(4)	These securities are directly held by Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. The general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors IV, L.P. is SLTA IV and the general partner of SLTA IV is SLTA IV GP.
(5)	These securities are directly held by Silver Lake Technology Investors V, L.P. The general partner of Silver Lake Technology Investors V, L.P. is SLTA V and the general partner of SLTA V is SLTA V GP.
(6)	These securities are directly owned by Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. ("SLG").
(7)	SLG is the managing member of SLTA SPV GP, SLTA IV GP and SLTA V GP. Egon Durban, who serves as a director of the Issuer, also serves as a Co-CEO and Managing Member of SLG. Each of the reporting persons may be deemed a director by deputization of the Issuer.

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