Pivotal Software Files for IPO

The spinoff of EMC and VMare didn’t disclose an offering price or where the shares would list

Cloud software-services company Pivotal Software Inc., a spinoff of EMC Corp. and VMware Inc., plans to go public.

Pivotal filed preliminary documents for an initial public offering, Securities and Exchange Commission records show. The company’s filing Friday with the SEC lists an amount of $100 million, but that is a placeholder figure likely to change.

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