SEC Form 4

FORM 4		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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ahlberg Christopher (Last) (First) (Middle) 3303 HILLVIEW AVENUE (Street) PALO ALTO CA 94304 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TIBCO SOFTWARE INC [ TIBX ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) EVP & President, Spotfire Div
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/06/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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	05/06/2008		A(1)		43,750	A	$0	173,750	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$7.83	05/06/2008		A		87,500		(2)	05/06/2015	Common Stock	87,500	$0	87,500	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The stock is restricted stock issued pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan. One-fourth of the shares of restricted stock will vest on the first anniversary of the vesting commencement date and an additional one-fourth of the shares of restricted stock will vest on each of the next three annual anniversaries of the vesting commencement date, such that 100 percent of the shares of restricted stock will be vested four years from the vesting commencement date.

2. The option is granted under the TIBCO Software Inc. 1996 Stock Option Plan. One-forty-eighth of the shares subject to the option will vest each month after the vesting commencement date on the same day of the month as the vesting commencement date, so that 100 percent of the shares subject to the option will be vested four years from the vesting commencement date.

	By: William R Hughes, attorney-in-fact For: Christopher Ahlberg	05/08/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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