Document:

Exhibit

VMware, Inc.
3401 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94304 (877) 486-9273
www.vmware.com

January 23, 2016

Zane C Rowe

Dear Zane,

We are pleased to offer you a position with VMware, Inc. (the "Company") as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, commencing on a mutually agreed upon date to be determined (the "Hire Date"). You will report to me, Pat Gelsinger, the Company's Chief Executive Officer.

SALARY: Your annual salary of $750,000 will be paid semi-monthly in accordance with the Company's normal payroll procedures. The Company, in its sole discretion, may modify job titles, job duties, and managers from time to time as it deems necessary. As a full-time employee you will be eligible to participate in the Company's benefit plans and programs, which may be amended from time to time.

BONUS: You will be eligible to participate in VMware's Executive Bonus Program as it may be amended from
time to time. You will be eligible for an annual target bonus opportunity of 100% of your eligible compensation. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in VMware's Executive Bonus Program, any bonus for which you become eligible will be measured and funded on a semi-annual basis, with the actual payout based on achievement of VMware financial goals and your individual performance, as approved by the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of VMware's Board of Directors (the "Committee"). Any bonus payment for your initial period of employment will be prorated based on your actual start date. VMware reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Executive Bonus Program and/or your bonus opportunity at any time.

EQUITY:  A recommendation will be made to the Committee that you be granted Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs")
and Performance Stock Units ("PSUs") as detailed below at a meeting of the Committee after your date of
hire. Any equity awards granted to you will be subject to the approval of the Committee and will be governed by
the terms and conditions of the applicable grant agreement and the VMware 2007 Equity and Incentive Plan (the
"2007 Plan").

Each RSU and PSU granted to you will have the target values set forth below (the "Target Value"). The number of RSUs and PSUs granted to you will be determined by dividing the Target Value by the average of the closing sale price per share of VMware Class A Common Stock for the 45 trading days ending on (and inclusive of) the last trading day of the month in which your employment commences.

The details of the grant recommendation are as follows:

Restricted Stock Unit Award
Your RSUs will have a target value of $3,750,000 (the "Target Value"). Subject to the terms of the
VMware 2007 Equity and Incentive Plan, these RSUs will vest over four years, commencing on the first day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which your employment begins (the " RSU Vesting Base Date") with 25% of the RSUs vesting on the 12-month anniversary of the RSU Vesting Base Date, and the remaining shares vesting 12.5% on each subsequent semi-annual anniversary of the RSU Vesting Base Date.

Performance Stock Unit Award
PSUs are performance-based equity awards that are convertible into a number of shares of VMware
Class A common stock based upon the level of performance achieved in comparison to predetermined

By accepting this offer below and becoming an employee of VMware, you will be expected to comply with the Company's rules and regulations, including but not limited to the Company's Business Conduct Guidelines, Harassment Policy, Equal Employment Policy, and VMware Employment Agreement , which requires, among  other provisions, the assignment of patent rights to any invention made during your employment at VMware and non-disclosure of proprietary and confidential information both during and after your employment at the Company.

This offer letter, along with the VMware Employment Agreement, which includes the Employment, Confidential Information, Invention Assignment Agreement, VMware Harassment Policy, Statement of Policy on Equal Employment, and VMware Business Conduct Guidelines, contains all of the terms, promises, representations, and understandings between parties, and supersedes all other oral or written agreements or understandings between parties regarding these matters prior to the date hereof. By accepting this offer electronically below, you agree that you have received, read, understand and agree to comply with the enclosed VMware Employment Agreement, VMware Business Conduct Guidelines, Statement of Policy on Equal Employment, and VMw are Harassment Policy as a condition of your employment.

This offer is contingent upon the successful completion of the Company's background check and your verification of your legal right to work in the U.S. As a subsidiary of a US technology company, VMware is subject to certain restrictions on hiring nationals of the following countries: North Korea, Syria, Libya, Iran, Sudan, and Cuba. If you are a national of one of these countries, please contact the HR Shared Services Team at offers@vmware.com.

Any modification or amendment of this offer letter must be in writing and signed by an officer of the Company and you.

This offer expires seven (7) days from the date of this letter. To indicate your acceptance of the Company's offer, please sign and date where indicated below and return to me by e-mail.

We are looking forward to having you join VMware. If you have any questions between now and your first day, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,
Pat Gelsinger
Chief Executive Officer

ACCEPTED AND AGREED to this 26th day of January, 2016.

/s/ Zane C. Rowe        Start Date: February 29, 2016
   (Employee Signature)Exhibit

Ex. 10.1

PERFORMANCE SHARE AGREEMENT

THIS PERFORMANCE SHARE AGREEMENT (the “Award Agreement”) is entered into as of _____ (the “Grant Date”), by and between Great Plains Energy Incorporated (the “Company”) and _________ (the “Grantee”).  All capitalized terms in this Award Agreement that are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Company’s Amended Long-Term Incentive Plan, effective as of January 1, 2014 (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, the Grantee is employed by the Company or one of its subsidiaries in a key capacity, and the Company desires to (i) encourage the Grantee to acquire a proprietary and vested long-term interest in the growth and performance of the Company, (ii) provide the Grantee with an incentive to enhance the value of the Company for the benefit of its customers and shareholders, and (iii) encourage the Grantee to remain in the employ of the Company as one of the key employees upon whom the Company’s success depends; and

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to grant to Grantee, and Grantee wishes to accept, an Award of Performance Shares as approved on _____, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Award Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

		
	1.
	Performance Share Award.  The Company hereby grants to the Grantee an Award of ___  Performance Shares for the three-year period ending December 31, 2018 (the “Award Period”). The Performance Shares may be earned based upon the Company’s performance as set forth in Appendix A.

		
	2.
	Terms and Conditions.  The Award of Performance Shares is subject to the following terms and conditions:

		
	a.
	The Performance Shares shall be credited with a hypothetical cash credit equal to the per share dividend paid on the Company’s common stock as of the date any such dividend was paid during the entire Award Period, and not just the period of time after the Grant Date.  At the end of the Award Period and provided the Performance Shares have not been forfeited in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Grantee shall be paid, in a lump sum cash payment, the aggregate amount of such hypothetical dividend equivalents.  

    
		
	b.
	No Company common stock will be delivered under this or any other outstanding awards of performance shares until either (i) the Grantee (or the Grantee’s successor) has paid to the Company the amount that must be withheld under federal, state and local income and employment tax laws or (ii) the Grantee and the Company have made satisfactory provision for the payment of such taxes. The Company shall first withhold such taxes from the cash portion, if any, of the Award. To the extent the withheld cash portion of the Award is insufficient to satisfy fully the Company's tax withholding obligation and unless otherwise elected by the Grantee or not permitted by the Compensation and Development Committee 

(which may disallow share withholding at any time), all of the Company's remaining tax withholding obligation will be satisfied through the Company’s withholding of a number of shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the Company’s remaining tax withholding obligations.  

As an alternative to the Company retaining that number of shares (valued at their Fair Market Value) necessary to satisfy the Company’s applicable tax withholding obligations, the Grantee or the Grantee’s successor may elect to make a cash payment to the Company in an amount equal to the Company’s applicable tax withholding obligation.  If the Grantee desires to satisfy his or her remaining tax withholding liability through a cash payment to the Company, the Grantee must make an election on the form provided by the Corporate Secretary of the Company and return it to the designated person set forth on the form no later than the date specified thereon (which shall in no event be more than thirty (30) days from the Grant Date of the Award).  Following satisfaction of all tax withholding liabilities, the Company will release or deliver, as applicable, the shares owed to the Grantee.

		
	c.
	The Company will, to the full extent permitted by law, have the discretion based on the particular facts and circumstances to require that the Grantee reimburse the Company for all or any portion of any awards if and to the extent the awards reflected the achievement of financial results that were subsequently the subject of a restatement, or the achievement of other objectives that were subsequently found to be inaccurately measured, and a lower award would have occurred based upon the restated financial results or inaccurately measured objectives.  The Company may, in its discretion, (i) seek repayment from the Grantee; (ii) reduce the amount that would otherwise be payable to the Grantee  under current or future awards; (iii) withhold future equity grants or salary increases; (iv) pursue other available legal remedies; or (v) any combination of these actions. The Company may take such actions against any Grantee, whether or not such Grantee engaged in any misconduct or was otherwise at fault with respect to such restatement or inaccurate measurement. The Company will not, however, seek reimbursement with respect to any awards paid more than three years prior to such restatement or the discovery of inaccurate measurements, as applicable.

		
	d.
	Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Award of Performance Shares is subject to and governed by the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. 

		
	3.
	Amendment.  This Agreement may be amended only in the manner provided by the Company evidencing both parties’ agreement to the amendment.  This Agreement may also be amended, without prior notice to Grantee and without Grantee’s consent prior to any Change in Control by the Committee if the Committee in good faith determines the amendment does not materially adversely affect any of Grantee’s rights under this Agreement.

		
	4.
	Entire Agreement.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings between the parties relating thereto. 

2

	
		
	GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED
	 

	 
	 

	By: _____________________________________
	________________________________________

	 
	_______________

	 
	Grantee

	 
	 

	 
	[Date]

3

APPENDIX A

2016 - 2018 Performance Criteria

	
						
	Objectives
	Weighting
(Percent)
	Threshold
(50%)
	Target
(100%)
	Stretch
(150%)
	Superior
(200%)

	Total Shareholder Return (TSR) versus EEI Index1
(Interpolation applicable)
	100%
	30th 
Percentile
	50th
Percentile
	70th
 Percentile
	90th
 Percentile

______________________________________________________ 
1  TSR is compared to an industry peer group of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) index of electric companies during the three-year measurement period.  At the end of the three-year measurement period, the Company will assess its total shareholder return compared to the EEI index. Depending on the Company’s percentile rank, the executive will receive a percentage of the performance share grants. Interpolation will be used to determine payouts if percentile rank of relative total shareholder return falls between the percentile ranks shown.    

Cap on Negative TSR:  If actual TSR performance is negative, payout would be capped at Target (100%).

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00257-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00257-of-00352.parquet"}]]