FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Cook William (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC. 875 HOWARD STREET, FIFTH FLOOR (Street) SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/19/2018	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pivotal Software, Inc. [ PVTL ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Options	(1)	06/28/2023	Class A Common Stock	500,000	5.06	D
Stock Options	(2)	05/13/2025	Class A Common Stock	1,500,000	6.78	D
Stock Options	(3)	03/15/2027	Class A Common Stock	500,000	8.58	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The stock options were granted on June 28, 2013 and are fully vested.

2. The stock options were granted on May 13, 2015 and vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining options vesting in equal monthly installments thereafter.

3. The stock options were granted on March 15, 2017 and vest over a four-year period, with 25% of the options vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date and the remaining options vesting in equal monthly installments thereafter.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Christopher Ing, attorney-in-fact	04/19/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Georgina Lai, Jane Jue and Christopher Ing as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

 

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or member of the Board of Directors of Pivotal Software, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5, including any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder (the "Exchange Act");

 

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 51 complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the applicable stock exchange or similar authority; and

 

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest oft or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to act separately and to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of April 12, 2018.

Signature: /s/ William Cook
Name: William Cook

 

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