VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

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VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW) Files An 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
Fiscal Year

(a) Amendment to Bylaws

On February 17, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of
VMware, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment to the
Company’s Bylaws. In summary, the Bylaws have been amended as
follows:

Section 1.2 has been revised to clarify that the books and records
of the Company may kept inside of, as well as outside of, the State
of Delaware.

Sections 2.1, 2.3, 2.5 and 2.12 has been revised to provide for
meetings of the Companys stockholders to be held by means of remote
communication.

Section 3.2(D) has been revised to remove references basing the
terms of the Companys Class I, Class II and Class III directors on
the initial terms ending in 2008 2009 and 2010 and replace them
with references to the duration of such directors current terms of
office.

Section 3.14 describing the selection and duties of the Chairman of
the Board has replaced former Section 4.3, which has been deleted,
to clarify that the Chairman of the Board is not considered an
officer of the Company. The selection and the duties of the
Chairman of the Board formerly described in Sections 4.3 and 4.4
have been moved to Section 3.14 and are unchanged.

Section 5.3 has been revised to add a reference to mutilated stock
certificates.

Section 6.10 has been revised to clarify the conditions under which
Delaware is established as the exclusive forum for certain actions,
updating the previous section establishing Delaware as the
exclusive forum.

A copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective February 17,
2017, is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated

herein by reference.


Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws, as of February 17, 2017

About VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW)
VMware, Inc. is a provider of virtualization infrastructure solutions and cloud infrastructure solutions. The Company develops and markets its product and service offerings within three product groups, which include software-defined data center (SDDC), hybrid cloud computing and end-user computing (EUC). Its compute virtualization includes offerings that allow organizations to manage Information technology (IT) resources across private clouds and complex multi-cloud, and multi-device environments. Its SDDC is designed to transform the data center into an on-demand service. Its cloud strategy has three components, which include continue to expand beyond compute virtualization in the private cloud, extend the private cloud into the public cloud, and connect and secure endpoints across a range of public clouds. Its End-User Computing portfolio enables IT organizations to deliver secure access to applications, data and devices for their end users. VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW) Recent Trading Information
VMWARE, INC. (NYSE:VMW) closed its last trading session down -1.01 at 90.74 with 1,079,077 shares trading hands.