Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 12, 2022
VMWARE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-33622
94-3292913
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
3401 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto
CA
94304
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 427-5000
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock
VMW
New York Stock Exchange
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 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
VMware held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 12, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of the Company (1) elected the three Class III director nominees to each serve a three-year term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (3) ratified the selection by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to serve as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending February 3, 2023.
1.Election of Class III directors:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Nicole Anasenes
361,006,229
832,517
329,587
30,975,124
Marianne Brown
346,868,896
14,971,518
327,919
30,975,124
Paul Sagan
328,128,652
33,717,407
322,274
30,975,124
2.Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
270,290,739
91,474,910
402,684
30,975,124
3.Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent auditor for the fiscal year ending February 3, 2023.
For
Against
Abstain
386,993,436
5,800,906
349,115
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: July 14, 2022
VMware, Inc.
By:
/s/ Craig Norris
Craig Norris
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary