Sec Form 4 Filing - Hornik David @ SPLUNK INC - 2012-12-03

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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 Hornik David 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPLUNK INC [ SPLK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O AUGUST CAPITAL, 2480 SAND HILL ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 12/03/2012 (Street) MENLO PARK, CA94025 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 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 (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 12/03/2012 J( 1 ) 3,311 A $ 0 3,311 D Common Stock 12/04/2012 S 7,669 D $ 28.0964 ( 4 ) 10,955 I See footnotes ( 2 ) ( 3 )

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 (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 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 (MM/DD/YY) 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 V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Hornik David C/O AUGUST CAPITAL 2480 SAND HILL ROAD MENLO PARK, CA94025 X Signatures /s/ Steven Simonian, by power of attorney for David M. Hornik 12/04/2012 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Distributed pro rata by August Capital Strategic Partners III, L.P. without additional consideration to its partners pursuant to the partnership agreement. ( 2 )Shares held of record by August Capital V, L.P. ("August V"), as nominee for August V (10,786 shares), August Capital Strategic Partners V, L.P. (91 shares) ("August Strategic V") and related individuals. August Capital Management V, L.L.C. ("ACM V"), the general partner of each of August V and August Strategic V, may be deemed to have sole voting and investment power over the reported shares of the Issuer's common stock. ( 3 )Howard Hartenbaum, David M. Hornik, John R. Johnston, David F. Marquardt, Vivek Mehra and Andrew S. Rappaport, as members of ACM V, share voting and investment power over the reported shares of the issuer's stock. ( 4 )The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $27.93 to $28.36667, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote 4 to this Form 4.

Remarks: The Reporting Person disclaims the existence of a "group" and disclaims beneficial ownership of any securities (except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in such securities) other than any securities reported herein as being directly owned by such Reporting Person. This report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. *This report is one of two reports, each on a separate Form 4, but relating to the same transaction being filed by entities affiliated with August Capital and their applicable members.*

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