13D Filing: Silver Lake Partners and Vmware Inc. (VMW)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 7)*

VMware, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

928563402

(CUSIP Number)

Karen M. King, Esq.

Silver Lake

2775 Sand
Hill Road, Suite 100

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(650) 233-8120

(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

With copies to:

Richard Capelouto, Esq.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

2475 Hanover Street

Palo
Alto, California 94304

(650) 251-5000

May 10, 2017

(Date of
Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing
person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following
box.  ☐

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for
other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject
to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 7 (the Amendment No. 7) amends the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed by the Reporting Persons on
September 19, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed on November 7, 2016, Amendment No. 2 to the Schedule 13D filed on December 16, 2016, Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed on
December 22, 2016, Amendment No. 4 to the Schedule 13D filed on February 15, 2017, Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D filed March 30, 2017 and Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 13D filed on April 5, 2017 (as so
amended, the Schedule 13D). The Items below amend the information disclosed under the corresponding Items of the Schedule 13D as described below. Except as specifically provided herein, this Amendment does not modify any of the
information previously reported in the Schedule 13D. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Schedule 13D..

The Class A Common Stock of the Issuer reported as beneficially owned in the Schedule 13D is directly held by EMC Corporation (EMC) or its
wholly-owned subsidiaries EMC Equity Assets LLC (EMC Sub) and VMW Holdco LLC (VMW Holdco). EMC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Inc., which is indirectly wholly-owned by Dell Technologies Inc. (Dell
Technologies). Dell Technologies is owned by investors including certain of the Reporting Persons, Michael S. Dell, a separate property trust for the benefit of Mr. Dells wife and funds affiliated with MSD Partners, L.P. This
Amendment is being filed to report the following events in connection with the transactions disclosed in Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D: (a) the sale, which closed on May 10, 2017, by EMC Sub of an additional 666,354 shares of
the Issuers Class A Common Stock to the Issuer; and (b) a reduction in the number of shares and percentages of the outstanding Class A Common Stock of the Issuer which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Reporting
Persons as a result of such sale of Class A Common Stock by EMC Sub to the Issuer.

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraph
at the end thereof:

The information set forth in Item 5 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 4.

The information contained in rows 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 on
each of the cover pages of this Amendment and the information set forth or incorporated in Items 2 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 5.

Items 5 (a), (b) and (c) are hereby amended and restated as follows:

(a) (b) After completion of the transaction reported in Item 5(c), the Reporting Persons may be deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 333,423,094
shares of the Issuers Class A Common Stock, which includes (i) 33,423,094 shares of the Issuers Class A Common Stock held by EMC, VMW Holdco or EMC Sub and (ii) 300,000,000 shares of the Issuers Class B Common Stock
held by EMC or VMW Holdco, which are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis at any time at the election of EMC or VMW Holdco, as
applicable, representing approximately 81.8% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Issuers Class A Common Stock calculated on the basis of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act. The percentages of
beneficial ownership in this Schedule 13D are based on 408,408,591 shares of common stock of the Issuer outstanding as of May 5, 2017, and include 108,408,591 shares of Class A Common Stock and 300,000,000 shares of Class B Common
Stock, as provided by the Issuer, reflect that the 666,354 shares of Class A Common Stock sold to the Issuer on May 10, 2017 in connection with the transactions reported herein are no longer outstanding following such transaction and
assume conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock. As further described in Item 6 of the Schedule 13D, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over all
shares reported herein with EMC, VMW Holdco (to the extent of its direct holdings), EMC Sub (to the extent of its direct holdings), Dell Technologies and certain of its other subsidiaries, and Mr. Dell. Dell Technologies, EMC, VMW Holdco, EMC
Sub and Mr. Dell separately file Schedule 13D filings reporting their respective beneficial ownership of such securities.

Information with respect
to the beneficial ownership of Class A Common Stock by the individuals listed in Annex A of the Schedule 13D is set forth in Annex A of the Schedule 13D and is incorporated herein by reference in response to this Item 5.

(c) On May 10, 2017, EMC Sub sold an additional 666,354 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Issuer at
a price of approximately $89.1383 per share, at a second closing pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, dated as of March 29, 2017, by and among Dell Technologies, EMC Sub and the Issuer (the March 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement).
As reported in Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 13D, under the March 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement, EMC Sub sold 2,699,204 shares of Class A Common Stock to the Issuer for a cash payment of $300 million at an initial price of $92.14
per share, less a discount of 3.5% from that per share price, in an initial closing that occurred on April 5, 2017. The number of shares of Class A Common Stock sold at the second closing was determined in accordance with the March 2017
Stock Purchase Agreement by dividing (x) the $300 million aggregate purchase price for all shares purchased at both closings (all of which was paid in cash by the Issuer at the initial closing which occurred on April 5, 2017) by
(y) a final price of approximately $92.37 per share based on the volume-weighted average price per share 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 subtracting from such number of shares the 2,699,204 shares delivered at the initial closing on April 5, 2017. EMC Sub has sold a total of 3,365,558 shares of Class A Common Stock to
the Issuer under the March 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement at such final price of approximately $89.1383 per share, including the shares sold at the initial closing under the March 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement. The terms of the March 2017 Stock
Purchase Agreement are described in Amendment No. 5 to the Schedule 13D, and a copy of the March 2017 Stock Purchase Agreement is filed as an exhibit thereto.

Except as set forth in this Amendment, none of the Reporting Persons, or, to the best knowledge of the Reporting Persons, any other person listed in Annex A,
have effected any transaction in Class A Common Stock since the filing of Amendment No. 6 to the Schedule 13D on April 5, 2017.

Item
6 is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:

The information set forth in Item 5 of this Schedule 13D is
incorporated by reference in its entirety into this Item 6.

Signatures

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated: May 10, 2017