SEC Form 3

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* Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/20/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WeWork Inc. [ WE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X 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)
Class A Common Stock	19,471,310	I	See Footnote(1)(2)(3)(4)

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

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Benchmark Capital Partners VII (AIV), L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Benchmark Founders' Fund VII, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Benchmark Founders' Fund VII-B, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2965 WOODSIDE ROAD (Street) WOODSIDE CA 94062 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The shares are held by Benchmark Capital Partners VII (AIV), L.P. ("BCP AIV"), as nominee for itself and Benchmark Founders' Fund VII, L.P. ("BFF VII") and Benchmark Founders' Fund VII-B, L.P. ("BFF VII-B"). Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C. ("BCMC VII") is the general partner of each of BCP AIV, BFF VII and BFF VII-B and may be deemed to have sole voting and dispositive power over such shares. Matthew R. Cohler, Bruce W. Dunlevie (a member of the Issuer's board of directors), Peter H. Fenton, J. William Gurley, Kevin R. Harvey, Mitchell H. Lasky and Steven M. Spurlock, the managing members of BCMC VII, may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over these shares beneficially held by such entities.

2. Each such person and entity disclaims the existence of a "group", as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities, except to the extent of such person's or entity's pecuniary interest in such securities.

3. The Reporting Persons are a party to that certain Stockholders Agreement (the "Stockholders Agreement") dated as of October 20, 2021, among the Issuer, BCP AIV, the BowX Investor (as defined therein), the SB Investor (as defined therein) and the VF Investor (as defined therein, and together with the BowX Investor and the SB Investor, the "Other Parties"). By virtue of being a party to the Stockholders Agreement, each of the Reporting Persons on this Form 3 may be deemed to be members of a "group", as defined in Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Other Parties.

4. The parties to the Stockholders Agreement hold, in the aggregate, more than 10% of the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer. The share ownership reported for the Reporting Persons does not include any securities of the Issuer owned by the Other Parties, and each of the Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of the securities beneficially owned by the Other Parties.

Remarks:

This report is one of three reports, each on a separate Form 3, but relating to the same holdings being filed by entities affiliated with Benchmark and their applicable members.

	/s/ An-Yen Hu by power of attorney for Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C.	11/01/2021
	/s/ An-Yen Hu by power of attorney for Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C., the General Partner of Benchmark Capital Partners VII (AIV), L.P.	11/01/2021
	/s/ An-Yen Hu by power of attorney for Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C., the General Partner of Benchmark Founders' Fund VII, L.P.	11/01/2021
	/s/ An-Yen Hu by power of attorney for Benchmark Capital Management Co. VII, L.L.C., the General Partner of Benchmark Founders' Fund VII-B, L.P.	11/01/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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