VMware Prices Initial Public Offering

VMware kicked off an IPO of 33,000,000 shares for its Class A Common Stock priced at $29 per share. Shares began trading NYSE today under the ticker symbol "VMW".

Citi, JPMorgan and Lehman Brothers acted as the representatives of the underwriters and, together with Credit Suisse, Merrill Lynch & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities, acted as the joint book-running managers of the offering.

A registration statement relating to the offering was filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by contacting: Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220 (tel: 718-765-6732; fax: 718-765-6734); JPMorgan, Prospectus Department, National Statement Processing, Prospectus Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, New York 11245 (tel: 718-242-8002); or Lehman Brothers c/o Broadridge, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 (email: qiana.smith@broadridge.com, tel: 631-274-2635).