0001193125-18-156094.txt : 20180508 0001193125-18-156094.hdr.sgml : 20180508 20180508165155 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-18-156094 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180508 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180508 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180508 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pure Storage, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001474432 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572] IRS NUMBER: 271069557 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-37570 FILM NUMBER: 18815424 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 650 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400 CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94041 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-379-7873 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 650 CASTRO STREET, SUITE 400 CITY: MOUNTAIN VIEW STATE: CA ZIP: 94041 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PURE Storage, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100804 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Os76, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20091014 DEFA14A 1 d573827ddefa14a.htm DEFA14A DEFA14A

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PURE STORAGE, INC.     Meeting Information
     

Meeting Type:            Annual Meeting

 

     

For holders as of:       April 25, 2018

 

     

Date: June 21, 2018            Time: 10:00 AM PT

 

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ALL of the following nominees:

 

  1. Election of three Class III directors to serve until our
     Annual Stockholder Meeting in 2021.

Nominees:

 

  01) Jeffrey Rothschild
  02) Anita Sands
  03) Michelangelo Volpi

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  2. Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending January 31, 2019.

 

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