AGM 2019

Jun 20, 2019

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Pure Storage's 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. This meeting is now being called to order. I'm Charles John Carlo, chairman and CEO of Pure Storage. I am joined by John Karlgrove, the founder and CTO of Pure Storage. As well as Joe Fitzgerald, our Vice President And General Counsel. This meeting is being held by live webcast. Which enables us broad stockholder access and participation. All of our stockholders are able to participate and submit questions online. The Q and participating in this meeting, including Mark Garrett and Jeff, and and Anita Sands. We'd also like to and representing our independent public account who are representing our public accountants, Deloitte in and they will be available to respond to questions during Q And A. Thank you again for joining us, and let me now turn the meeting over to Joe, who will conduct the official business. Thank you, Charlie. Notice of this meeting has been given in accordance with the company's bylaws and applicable law. Company's agents have certified that notice of this meeting and availability of the proxy materials was sent to stockholders of record as of April 25, 2019. Copies of the notice and related affidavit will be kept with the meeting minutes. Next, I would like to introduce the Inspector of Elections for today's meeting, Leah Grant, a representative of Broadridge Financial Solutions. The Inspector of Elections has executed an oath of Office, which will be kept with the meeting minutes. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 25, 2019 are entitled to vote at today's meeting. The Inspector of Elections has informed us that a majority of the shares entitled to vote are represented at today's meeting, either in person or by proxy. Therefore, a quorum is present and this meeting is duly constituted. Today, stockholders will vote on the 4 proposals described in the proxy statement dated May 8, 2019. In proposal 1, the Board of Directors is proposing the election of 3 directors, Charles John Carlo, Scott Deton, and John Carl Grove to serve until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2022. In proposal 2, the Board of Directors is proposing the ratification of the selection of Deloitte and Touce as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for this fiscal year. In proposal 3, the Board of Directors is proposing an amendment to the company's 2015 employee stock purchase plan to increase the share reserve by 5,000,000 shares. In proposal 4, the Board of Directors is proposing an advisory basis and approval of our named executive officer compensation. The Board of Directors recommends that stockholders vote for each of the proposals. A detailed description of each proposal was provided in the proxy statement. We will now proceed with the voting It is 10:04 AM Pacific Time, and the polls are now open for voting on the items of business. You may vote online prior to the closing of the polls. If you have previously voted by proxy and do not wish to change your vote, your vote will be cast as you previously instructed and no further action is needed. If you wish to change your vote and wish to recast your vote or if you have not already cast your vote, You may cast your vote now by clicking on the voting button in the web portal provided you entered the meeting using the control number you previously received. We will now pause You need to have completed your electronic ballot by now so we can ensure that your votes will be counted. It is 10:05 AM Pacific Time, and the polls are now closed. The Inspector of Elections has provided me with a preliminary report summarizing the voting on the proposals. I am pleased to report that the proposals has passed. We expect to publicly report the final voting results on a Form 8 K filing with the SEC, We will ask the Inspector of Elections to execute a report after final tabulation of the boats that will be kept with the meeting minutes. This concludes the official business for this 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. I will now turn the time back over to Charlie. Thank you, Joe, and thank you, everyone. The official business of this annual meeting is now concluded, and we will now entertain questions. If you desire to ask a question, please use the designated field on the web portal to submit your question. Joe, please read us any questions. No questions have been received. The Q and A session is concluded I'll hand the time back to Charlie for any final Storage. We hope that you will join us for next year's annual meeting, and we thank you for your time. Goodbye.