Edgar Filing: MICROSOFT CORP

Ownership Submission

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, 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 ^*

Â Morfit G Mason

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/11/2014

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MICROSOFT CORP [MSFT]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

435 PACIFIC AVENUE,Â 4TH FLOOR

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

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	__X__ Other (specify below)
See Remarks

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
Common Stock	66,865,530	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾
Common Stock	4,420,000	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾

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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 of Derivative Security: 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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Morfit G Mason 435 PACIFIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Holdings, L.P. 435 PACIFIC AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. 435 PACIFIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Co-Invest Master Fund, L.P. 435 PACIFIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
VA Partners I, LLC 435 PACIFIC AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. 435 PACIFIC AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Capital Management, LLC 435 PACIFIC AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks
ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC 435 PACIFIC AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO,Â CAÂ 94133	Â X	Â	Â	See Remarks

Signatures

By:/s/ G. Mason Morfit		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT HOLDINGS, L.P. By: VALUEACT HOLDINGS GP, LLC, its General Partner By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT CAPITAL MASTER FUND, L.P. By: VA PARTNERS I, LLC, its General Partner By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT CO-INVEST MASTER FUND, L.P. By: VA PARTNERS I, LLC, its General Partner By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VA PARTNERS I, LLC By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. By: VALUEACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, its General Partner By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
VALUEACT HOLDINGS GP, LLC By:/s/ George F. Hamel. Jr.		03/21/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	Each reporting person listed herein disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such person is the beneficial owner of the securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.
(2)	The securities reported herein are directly beneficially owned by ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P. and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) VA Partners I, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P., (ii) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. as the manager of ValueAct Capital Master Fund, L.P., (iii) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., (iv) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. as the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, LLC and as the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I, LLC and (v) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Holdings, L.P. G. Mason Morfit is a member of the management board of ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC.
(3)	The securities reported herein are directly beneficially owned by ValueAct Co-Invest Master Fund, L.P. and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) VA Partners I, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Co-Invest Master Fund, L.P., (ii) ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. as the manager of ValueAct Co-Invest Master Fund, L.P., (iii) ValueAct Capital Management, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P., (iv) ValueAct Holdings, L.P. as the sole owner of the limited partnership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, L.P. and the membership interests of ValueAct Capital Management, LLC and as the majority owner of the membership interests of VA Partners I, LLC and (v) ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC as General Partner of ValueAct Holdings, L.P. G. Mason Morfit is a member of the management board of ValueAct Holdings GP, LLC.
Â Remarks: -Â TheÂ reportingÂ personsÂ hereinÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ toÂ beÂ membersÂ ofÂ aÂ "group"Â forÂ purposesÂ ofÂ theÂ SecuritiesÂ ExchangeÂ ActÂ ofÂ 1934,Â asÂ amended.Â EachÂ reportingÂ personÂ disclaimsÂ beneficialÂ ownershipÂ ofÂ anyÂ securitiesÂ deemedÂ toÂ beÂ ownedÂ byÂ theÂ groupÂ thatÂ areÂ notÂ directlyÂ ownedÂ byÂ suchÂ reportingÂ person.Â ThisÂ reportÂ shallÂ notÂ beÂ deemedÂ anÂ admissionÂ thatÂ suchÂ reportingÂ personÂ isÂ aÂ memberÂ ofÂ aÂ groupÂ orÂ theÂ beneficialÂ ownerÂ ofÂ anyÂ securitiesÂ notÂ directlyÂ ownedÂ byÂ suchÂ reportingÂ person. -Â G.Â MasonÂ Morfit,Â aÂ memberÂ ofÂ theÂ managementÂ committeeÂ ofÂ ValueActÂ HoldingsÂ GP,Â LLC,Â servesÂ onÂ theÂ boardÂ ofÂ directorsÂ ofÂ theÂ Issuer.Â AsÂ aÂ result,Â theÂ otherÂ reportingÂ personsÂ hereinÂ mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ directorsÂ byÂ deputization.

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