Edgar Filing: Sherry Steven P.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Sherry Steven P.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Guidewire Software, Inc. [GWRE]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Sales Officer

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1001 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 800

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/15/2017

(Street)

FOSTER CITY, CA 94404

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/15/2017		M		4,777	A	$ 0	4,777	D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Performance Shares

$ 0

12/15/2017

211

⁽¹⁾

09/04/2024

Common Stock

211

$ 0

635

Performance Shares

$ 0

12/15/2017

656

⁽²⁾

09/03/2025

Common Stock

656

$ 0

4,596

Performance Shares

$ 0

12/15/2017

250

⁽³⁾

09/13/2026

Common Stock

250

$ 0

5,251 ⁽⁴⁾

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

500

⁽⁵⁾

03/10/2024

Common Stock

500

$ 0

500

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

312

⁽¹⁾

09/04/2024

Common Stock

312

$ 0

938

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

437

⁽²⁾

09/03/2025

Common Stock

437

$ 0

3,063

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

1,562

⁽⁶⁾

03/02/2026

Common Stock

1,562

$ 0

14,063

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

406

⁽³⁾

09/13/2026

Common Stock

406

$ 0

4,469

Restricted Stock Unit

$ 0

12/15/2017

443

⁽⁷⁾

09/12/2027

Common Stock

443

$ 0

6,657

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sherry Steven P. 1001 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., SUITE 800 FOSTER CITY, CA 94404			Chief Sales Officer

Signatures

By: Winston King Attorney in Fact For: Steven P. Sherry		12/18/2017
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The grant consists of two separate issuances of Restricted Stock Units. One issuance consists of 5,000 units which vest as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly following the vesting commencement date of September 15, 2014 (the "VCD"), subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer. The second issuance consists of 3,384 units, for which vesting was subject to the satisfaction of both performance-based conditions and time-based criteria. Attainment regarding the performance-based conditions was determined by the Issuer's Board of Directors based on the Issuer's results for FYE July 31, 2015 and the time-based vesting criteria are as follows: 1/4th of the units vested on September 15, 2015, the one year anniversary of the VCD, and an additional 1/16th of the units will vest quarterly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer.
(2)	The grant consists of two separate issuances of Restricted Stock Units. One issuance consists of 7,000 units which vest as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly commencing December 15, 2015, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer. The second issuance consists of 10,503 units, for which vesting was subject to the satisfaction of both performance-based conditions and time-based criteria. The performance-based conditions were previously deemed by the Issuer's Board of Directors to have been met and exceeded, and the time-based vesting criteria are as follows: 1/4th of the units vested on the one year anniversary of the vesting commencement date of September 15, 2015 and an additional 1/16th of the units will vest quarterly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer.
(3)	The grant consists of three separate issuances of Restricted Stock Units, each with vesting subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer. The first is 6,500 units vesting as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly commencing December 15, 2016. The second is 4,001 units, for which vesting was subject to the satisfaction of both performance-based conditions and time-based criteria. The performance-based conditions were deemed met and exceeded by the Issuer's Board of Directors, and the time-based vesting criteria are as follows: 1/4th of the units vested on September 15, 2017 and an additional 1/16th of the units will vest quarterly thereafter. The third consists of units for which vesting will be determined based on the Issuer's total shareholder return percentile ranking relative to a set peer group, over a three year period ending on July 31, 2019.
(4)	The number of shares reported in Column 9 of Table II represents the 2016 Performance Stock Unit ("PSU") and the Total Shareholder Return grants less the number of PSU shares vested as of this Transaction Date.
(5)	The Restricted Stock Units vest as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly commencing June 15, 2014 subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through each such vesting date.
(6)	The Restricted Stock Units vest as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly commencing June 15, 2016 subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through each such vesting date.
(7)	The Restricted Stock Units vest as follows: 1/16th of the units vest quarterly commencing December 15, 2017, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through each such vesting date.

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