Current Report Filing (8-k)
12 December 2018 - 8:29AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2018
VMWARE, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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001-33622
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94-3292913
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
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3401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
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94304
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(650) 427-5000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933(§230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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of this chapter).
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 11, 2018, VMware Inc. (VMware) issued a press release announcing that December 27, 2018 had been set as the
record date (the Record Date) for VMwares $11 billion, conditional
one-time
special dividend payable
pro-rata
to all VMware stockholders (the
Special Dividend) as of the close of business on the Record Date, and containing certain other information regarding the Special Dividend, including its expected tax treatment. Payment of the Special Dividend, which VMware previously
announced on July 2, 2018, remains subject to the conditions described in VMwares Current Reports on Form
8-K
filed with the SEC on July 2, 2018, and November 15, 2018. It is currently
expected that the payment date for the Special Dividend will be December 28, 2018.
A copy of the press release is furnished as
exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.
The information in this Item 7.01 (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form
8-K
contains forward-looking statements that are based on VMwares
current expectations, including, among other things, statements regarding VMwares Special Dividend, including its record date and payment date, the tax treatment of the Special Dividend and the specific percentage of the Special Dividend that
will be treated as a return on capital or capital gain, the expected completion of the Dell exchange transaction and the satisfaction of conditions to payment of the Special Dividend. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor
provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to:
(i) VMwares ability to pay the Special Dividend, (ii) the satisfaction of conditions to the Special Dividend payment, including the timely satisfaction of conditions to the consummation of the Dell exchange transaction, including any
financing condition, (iii) adverse changes in general economic, capital markets or other market conditions; (iv) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into the
virtualization software and cloud, end user and mobile computing industries, and new product and marketing initiatives by VMwares competitors; (v) VMwares relationship with Dell and Dells ability to control matters requiring
stockholder approval, including the election of VMwares board members and matters relating to Dells investment in VMware; (vi) tabulation of VMwares financial results for FY19; and (vii) other factors relating to the
final calculation of the portion of the Special Dividend taxable as a dividend or as a return of capital or capital gain including calculations of the impact on VMware as a member of a consolidated tax group with Dell. These forward-looking
statements are made as of the date of this Current Report on Form
8-K,
are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect as well as
other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including VMwares most recent reports on Form
10-K
and Form
10-Q
and Current
Reports on Form
8-K
that we have filed and may file from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any
such forward-looking statements after the date of this Current Report on Form
8-K.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 11, 2018
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VMware, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Craig Norris
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Craig Norris
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Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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