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s Class A common stock held by each executive officer director and holder of 10 or more of the outstanding Class A common stock have been excluded from this calculation because such persons may be deemed affiliates This determination of executive officer or affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for any other purpose
Portions of the registrant s proxy statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10 K where indicated Such proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the registrant s fiscal year ended February 2 2025
This Annual Report on Form 10 K contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended the Exchange Act about us and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations are forward looking statements In some cases forward looking statements may be identified by words such as anticipate believe continue could design estimate expect intend may plan potentially predict project should will or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions
Forward looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10 K include but are not limited to statements regarding macroeconomic conditions including among other issues inflation interest rates and a slowdown in demand our ability to sustain or manage our profitability and growth our expectations regarding demand for our products and subscription services including
trends in the external storage market our ability to expand market share our expectations that sales prices may decrease or fluctuate over time our plans to expand and continue to invest internationally our plans to continue investing in marketing sales support and research and development our shift to subscription services including as a Service offerings our expectations regarding fluctuations in our revenue and operating results including the timing and magnitude of sales in connection with our design win announcement with a hyperscaler our expectations that we may continue to experience losses despite revenue growth our ability to successfully attract motivate and retain qualified personnel and maintain our culture our expectations regarding our technological leadership and market opportunity including our ability to meet hyperscalers performance and price requirements our ability to realize benefits from our acquisitions and investments our ability to innovate and introduce new or enhanced products our expectations regarding technology and product strategy and technology differentiation specifically our sustainability goals our customer priorities around sustainability and the environmental and energy saving benefits to our customers of using our products our competitive position and the effects of competition and industry dynamics including alternative offerings from incumbent emerging and public cloud vendors the potential disruptions to our contract manufacturers or supply chain our expectations about the impact of and trends relating to component pricing our expectations concerning relationships with third parties including our partners customers suppliers and contract manufacturers the adequacy of our intellectual property rights expectations concerning potential legal proceedings and related costs and the impact of adverse economic conditions on our business operating results cash flows and or financial condition
We have based these forward looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition results of operations business strategy and financial needs These forward looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks uncertainties and assumptions including risks described in the section titled Risk Factors These risks are not exhaustive Other sections of this report include additional factors that could harm our business and financial performance Moreover we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ from those contained in or implied by any forward looking statements
Investors should not rely upon forward looking statements as predictions of future events We cannot assure investors that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward looking statements will be achieved or occur Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward looking statements are reasonable we cannot guarantee future results levels of activity performance or achievements Except as required by law we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward looking statements for any reason after the date of this report or to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations Investors should read this Annual Report on Form 10 K and the documents that we reference in this Annual Report on Form 10 K and have filed as exhibits to this report with the understanding that our actual future results levels of activity performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect We qualify all of our forward looking statements by these cautionary statements
Data is foundational to our customers business transformation and we are focused on delivering an innovative and disruptive data storage platform that enables customers to maximize the value of their data
We are a global leader in data management and storage with a mission to redefine the data experience by simplifying how people manage consume and interact with data Our vision of an all flash data center integrates our foundation of simplicity and reliability with four major market trends that are impacting all organizations large and small 1 the shift to modernizing today s data infrastructure with all flash 2 the increase of modern cloud native applications 3 increasing demand to consume data storage as a service and 4 increasing demand for data storage to support the acceleration in artificial intelligence AI adoption while managing rising energy costs
Our data storage platform Pure Platform supporting structured and unstructured data at scale and across any data workloads on premises in the cloud and hosted environments makes it possible for customers to construct their Enterprise Data Clouds EDC EDC allows customers to serve a variety of data workloads including mission critical production test and development analytics disaster recovery backup and restore AI and machine learning ML with a single consistent highly automated and agile cloud operating model
We pioneered the use of solid state All Flash technology in enterprise storage with a clean slate approach to building Flash based systems and have continued to expand our leadership position and technology differentiation across our tightly integrated software and hardware
We continue to drive industry disruption by further expanding flash into historical disk use cases leveraging our flash software leadership currently with quad level cell QLC flash We see a tremendous growth opportunity as flash economics coupled with the growth in unstructured data disrupt the current hybrid and mechanical disk market For instance our
hardware technology is expected to free up significant amounts of power and space in its data centers significantly reduce failure rates and maintenance costs associated with legacy disk storage while doubling the expected lifetime of their storage infrastructure This achievement represents the vanguard for flash storage providing all online storage in major hyperscale environments in the future
Our extended advantage stems from three technology differentiators Our leadership with direct to NAND software our integrated hardware software direct flash modules and our advanced flash management capabilities Because our highly sophisticated flash management software requires less NAND we drive significant efficiency advantages over solid state drives SSDs by eliminating over provisioning extending endurance requiring far less common equipment and reducing environmental impact
Module DFM marking a five fold increase in capacity over standard hard drives and two and a half increase over the largest SSDs We are on track to deliver a 300TB DFM in late 2025 Our increasing density roadmap for
We continue to extend our leadership position in delivering the cloud operating model and enabling cloud native applications We empower our customers to run and operate storage as a service for both traditional and modern applications
transforms traditional legacy enterprise data storage architectures by virtualizing data management and storage into a unified cloud like experience This will enable customers to store manage protect and access their data seamlessly across on premises cloud and hosted environments The result is fully automated workflows that consistently manages enterprise data
software solution is the leader in the enterprise Kubernetes container data space providing customers a secure solution for both their primary container storage needs as well as their critical data workflows like backup disaster recovery and migration
allows us to help customers operationalize their hybrid cloud environment by enabling them to run and deploy both traditional and cloud native apps on premise in cloud and across multiple clouds with the same process and operations
We are leading in the storage as a service market with a robust set of service level agreements SLAs and guarantees in the industry bringing the benefits of the cloud operating model to on premises data storage Our subscription offering
architecture and DirectFlash technology Our add on portfolio of advanced SLAs goes even further offering unique value added guarantees to address specific customer needs such as a guaranteed recovery time SLA with our Cyber Recover and Resilience Add On We are focused on providing these services through our technology rather than merely creating a financial and professional services construct
the industry s most powerful storage platform to empower the most demanding specialty GPU clouds and HPC environments Featuring a purpose built massively parallel architecture that independently scales both data and metadata
Legacy data storage management has long been fragmented and siloed manually managed by disparate teams and tools leading to increased risk and cyber vulnerabilities rising costs from inefficient utilization and data sprawl and reduced reliability with more frequent business disruptions We have reimagined enterprise storage by delivering unmatched simplicity efficiency and always on reliability with zero planned downtime or disruption In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 we took this experience to the next level with
empowers customers to create their own EDC a highly intelligent and autonomous environment that enables customers to store manage protect and access their data seamlessly across on premises cloud and hosted environments The result is fully automated workflows that consistently manage enterprise data removing the need to manage silos and instead data management inside a large EDC
EDC is made possible by our Pure Platform which delivers a cloud experience with one unified data management and storage solution incorporating highly differentiated all flash technology products and subscription services that helps organizations reduce the complexity increase reliability and cyber resiliency and lower the costs of their data infrastructure Our Pure Platform provides four key competitive advantages our unified Purity Operating System our Purity DirectFlash technology our Evergreen technology and business model and our Cloud Operating Model
Our Pure Platform reduces the complexity and risks of traditional data infrastructure as our Purity Operating Software enables customers to unify the majority of their fragmented block file and object storage workloads onto a single storage and management environment that is simple to deploy run and manage We use Purity Operating Software across all of our storage solutions to deliver a consistent experience whether deployed in a cloud on premises or hybrid cloud environment This single Pure Platform environment makes accessing data easier and faster which is proving critical in an environment driven by AI
the Pure Platform operates like a cloud delivering on demand self service storage and managed data services backed by SLA guarantees Organizations can manage all of their data types and workloads from the data center to the cloud with our single consistent Pure Platform true data mobility and flexible consumption models
Our Pure Platform delivers all flash storage for data spanning from Tier 0 workloads to cost sensitive archives that is 10x more reliable than our all flash competitors with our unique vertically integrated hardware controller and software Our Pure Platform increases reliability by ending unexpected and planned downtimes to keep an organization s data available 24 7 year round through proactively managed SLAs that ensure 99 9999 uptime with predictive integrated support
subscription organizations also enjoy the benefit of having their power and rack space costs be paid by us Our flash optimized systems generally require 5 10x less labor to operate and use 2 5x less power and space compared to competitive all flash storage configurations resulting in at least 50 lower total cost of ownership This reduction in power usage and space is proving critical in an environment driven by AI given the massive energy demands of AI
We continue to invest in and innovate for a low carbon global economy and are committed to the continued delivery of an enterprise grade storage platform and innovative services that empower our customers to operate sustainably and efficiently Our technology differentiators such as
provide significant environmental sustainability benefits by offering the most efficient and densest flash modules leading to higher capacity storage with a smaller hardware footprint This not only lowers the costs of our systems but also their environmental footprint
software is able to deliver 1 superior performance by optimizing how data is placed and accessed on Flash 2 reliability through optimizing the use of Flash in our systems 3 density via our designed for flash algorithms data structures and data reduction capabilities and 4 environmental sustainability efficiencies through our integrated hardware and software thereby enabling our systems to use the same amount of data storage with significantly less power space and e waste
software is shared across our flash optimized systems and provides leading enterprise class data services such as always on data reduction data protection and encryption as well as a wide range of storage protocols such as block file and object
software This deep integration of hardware and software allows us to be a proven leader in all flash performance reliability and efficiency from mainstream triple level cell TLC flash and capacity oriented QLC flash that delivers unparalleled density
customers can view and manage our storage arrays in a single pane of glass from any device with just a web browser or our mobile app Service capabilities include AI driven management and full stack analytics predictive intelligence that forecasts capacity and performance needs in advance and a customer centric support system of humans and AI that continuously monitor and proactively resolve array issues
creates a highly intelligent and autonomous environment enabling data storage to be offered through customized storage service classes providing storage consumers on demand API access to storage services while automating previously complex tasks such as storage provisioning workload placement workload mobility and fleet rebalancing
also automates compliance policies for secure consistent data handling enhances cybersecurity eliminates manual errors and enables automated data set management enforcing and tracking corporate rules and policies The result is fully automated workflows that consistently manage enterprise data removing the need to manage silos
architecture enables our hardware storage systems to stay modernized and not require wholesale replacement like traditional legacy storage systems Our architecture includes several key technology elements that allow our arrays to be upgraded non disruptively which is a critical underpinning of delivering a full as a service experience
We design and build each component e g storage controllers flash modules of our hardware systems to be independently replaceable and upgradable allowing our flash optimized hardware to be more reliable and with longer service lifetimes
Continuous telemetry collection coupled with AI driven intelligent analytics supported by machine learning models allows us to deliver both predictive and proactive recommendations targeted assessments and workload planning based on knowledge accumulated across our entire fleet
supports everything from Tier 1 databases to large scale virtualized and cloud native applications with a non disruptive upgrade path Based on TLC flash our latest R4 edition delivers up to 40 higher performance and over 80 increased memory speeds to support greater workload consolidation a 30 inline compression boost to stretch storage capacity further and new ransomware protection capabilities
As part of an unified approach to block and file data management File Services reduces operational overhead by giving storage administrators policy driven automated management at the director share or virtual machine VM level File Services delivers simplicity of management to a broad set of scale up file data workloads including user data and department shares content repositories such as Picture Archiving and Communication System PACS and video data file based applications and now Network File System NFS datashares for virtual infrastructure
provides solutions for managing and processing unstructured data workloads of all types from the most demanding modern big data applications such as real time log analytics and commercial HPC to data protection and recovery Further
a flexible all QLC system that delivers scalable and sustained high performance to handle the most demanding workloads including computational analytics and AI image search and recognition electronic design automation media special effects high performance computing and data protection
includes Zero Move Tiering ZMT a feature designed to enable seamless movement of data across different performance tiers within the same array without manual intervention or migration optimizing both performance and cost efficiency
is a scale out unstructured data repository for 4 PB or more of data that makes the management of unstructured data growth more efficient reliable and sustainable with an user experience and economics that enable organizations to eliminate the last remnants of disk in their data center
expected to be generally available in mid fiscal 2026 is a high performing data storage solution purpose built to handle the most demanding requirements of large scale GPU intensive AI and HPC workloads
maximizes AI pipeline efficiency and minimizes delays during AI model training and inference workflows by delivering multi dimensional performance at scale with cost efficient off the shelf data nodes and reduces complexity by eliminating metadata bottlenecks
is the only data management platform that is able to provide robust enterprise grade container storage coupled with data protection workflows such as Kubernetes backup PX Backup disaster recovery PX DR and portability between on premise hybrid cloud and multi cloud environments Portworx also offers PX CSI a container storage connector for
is the industry s first Database as a Service Platform for Kubernetes Today s applications are composed of dozens or even hundreds of microservices often supported by multiple data services Managing each of these data services in a dynamic Kubernetes world is complex and time consuming With
DevOps engineers can deploy and manage production grade data services with the click of a button on and across private and public clouds With deployment options from the industry s broadest catalog of databases for SQL NoSQL search streaming and more
is software delivered requires no dedicated hardware running in the public cloud or internet colocation data centers and is designed to be multi cloud supporting Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
delivers a complete cloud operating model allowing customers to consume storage as a service based entirely on guaranteed service level agreements enabling them to store their data whenever and wherever they want with guaranteed reliability and performance
unifies on premises and public cloud data storage services in a single storage subscription service that delivers a true hybrid cloud experience We ship to the customer whatever infrastructure is needed to deliver on the outcomes we guarantee and we pay customers for the power and rack space that our infrastructure takes in their data center With
Our global customer base is over 13 500 at the end of fiscal 2025 Both large enterprises and smaller organizations with limited IT expertise or budgets benefit from using our technology We have deployed our products and subscription services to customers across multiple industry verticals and geographies We define a customer as an entity that purchases our products and services either from one of our channel partners or from us directly
Our enterprise business model supports the largest global organizations including hyperscalers and managed service providers MSPs Today we are in approximately 62 of Fortune 500 companies and the loyalty of our customers is reflected in our market leading certified customer Net Promoter Score NPS of 81 as of December 31 2024
We sell our products and subscription services using a direct sales force and our channel partners Our sales organization is supported by sales engineers with deep technical expertise and responsibility for pre sales technical support solutions engineering and technical training Our channel partners sell and market our products and subscription services in partnership with our direct sales force This joint sales approach provides us with the benefit of direct relationships with our customers and expands our reach through the relationships of our channel partners In certain geographies we sell through a two tier distribution model We also sell to service providers that deploy our products and offer cloud based storage services to their customers We intend to continue to invest in our channel partners
We work closely with technology partners that help us deliver an ecosystem of world class solutions to our customers and ensure the efficient deployment and support of their environments Our technology partners include application partners such as VMware Microsoft Oracle and SAP cloud partners such as Microsoft Azure AWS Google and IBM data protection partners such as Commvault and Veeam and infrastructure partners such as Cisco and NVIDIA In addition we work closely with our technology partners through co marketing and lead generation activities in an effort to broaden our marketing reach and help us win new customers and retain existing ones
Our marketing is focused on building our brand reputation and market awareness communicating our Pure Platform advantages and demand generation for our sales force and channel partners Our marketing effort consists primarily of product field channel solutions digital marketing and public relations
Our research and development efforts are focused on innovation building new features and functionality for our existing products and subscription services developing software and building new solutions Our Pure Platform integrates both software and hardware innovations and accordingly our research and development teams employ both software and hardware engineers in the design development testing certification and support of our products Our research and development teams are primarily based in Santa Clara California Prague Czech Republic Bangalore India Bellevue Washington and Vancouver Canada We also design test and certify our products to ensure interoperability with a variety of third party software servers operating systems and network components We plan to continue investing globally in significant resources for our ongoing research and development efforts
Our contract manufacturers manufacture assemble test and package our products in accordance with our specifications We provide our contract manufacturers with a rolling forecast for anticipated orders which our contract manufacturers use to build finished products The products mix and volumes are adjusted based on anticipated demand and actual sales and shipments in prior periods We work closely with our contract manufacturers to meet our products delivery requirements and to manage the manufacturing process and quality control We also utilize a range of training and assessment tools from the Responsible Business Alliance to support continuous improvement in the social environmental and ethical responsibility of our supply chain
We generally experience seasonality as sales of our products and subscription services are usually lower during the first quarter of our fiscal year and highest during the last quarter of our fiscal year As a result we expect that our business and results of operations will fluctuate from quarter to quarter
We operate in the intensely competitive data storage market that is characterized by constant change Changes in the application requirements data center infrastructure trends and the broader technology landscape result in evolving customer requirements for capacity performance scalability and enterprise features of storage systems Our main competitors include legacy vendors such as Dell EMC NetApp Hitachi Vantara HP Enterprise and IBM each of which offer a broad range of systems targeting various use cases and end markets and have the technical and financial resources to bring competitive products to market
In addition we compete against cloud providers and vendors of hyperconverged products Some large scale cloud providers known for developing storage systems internally offer alternatives to our data storage solutions for a variety of customer workloads Our market attracts new startups and more highly specialized vendors as well as other vendors that may continue to acquire or bundle products that compete with our offerings All of our competitors utilize a broad range of competitive strategies
We believe we compete favorably with our competitors on these factors as we continue to take market share However many of our competitors have substantially greater financial technical and other resources greater name recognition larger sales and marketing budgets broader distribution and larger and more mature intellectual property portfolios
Our success depends in part upon our ability to protect our core technology and intellectual property To establish and protect our proprietary rights we rely on a combination of intellectual property rights including patents trademarks copyrights trade secret laws license agreements confidentiality procedures employee disclosure and invention assignment agreements and other contractual rights
We have over 2 500 issued patents and patent applications in the United States and foreign countries We also license technology from third parties when we believe it will facilitate our product offerings or business
We are committed to demonstrating our core values customer first persistence creativity teamwork and ownership and we believe that the interplay of strategy organization talent and culture enables us to achieve outstanding results for all of our stakeholders
We employ nearly 6 000 employees globally approximately 3 500 in the U S and over 2 400 internationally at the end of fiscal 2025 Our workforce is distributed across over 30 countries and we continue to expand our location strategy to ensure we can obtain the right skills and have a global mindset with diversity of thinking Our business growth presents us with the opportunity to attract talent and provide competitive employee value propositions in terms of work environment pay benefits professional development and career growth opportunities that help meet the varying needs of our workforce
Our human capital strategy is developed by our executive committee and led by our Chief Administrative and Legal Officer CALO The CALO delivers human capital reports to our Board of Directors and compensation and talent committee on a quarterly basis
To foster our employees and our success we seek to create an environment where people can thrive and do their best work We strive to maximize our employees potential by creating a respectful inclusive work environment with training and development programs that enable our global employees to create products and services that furthers their career goals and our corporate mission We also have global performance management and internal mobility programs to enable employee development growth and performance
At Pure we support fair and equitable hiring and promotion practices and greatly value a broad diversity of thought experiences backgrounds cultures and ideas A close knit team culture is core to our success and fuels the industry leading innovation and customer experience that sets us apart
We assess and recognize leadership behaviors that contribute to a workplace where all employees can do their best work Our leaders review results quarterly and take action as needed to strengthen workplace engagement and collaboration
We apply structured data driven approaches to ensure fairness and objectivity in hiring compensation performance reviews and promotions We conduct regular pay equity reviews and track career progression to support transparent and consistent advancement opportunities
We provide competitive and fair compensation and inclusive benefit offerings We regularly benchmark our programs against the market to ensure we are delivering competitive salaries variable pay and equity awards as well as health and welfare benefits to employees We offer a comprehensive and tailored set of benefits to employees and their families Our total rewards efforts include
We encourage employees to practice self care and proactively manage their mental and physical health We support employee wellness through customizable programs and offerings ranging from mental health coaching therapy as well as nutrition and exercise programs Employee wellness is also supported through our flexible time off policy
Managers differentiate rewards based on business impact and how our employees model our values We empower leaders to make thoughtful fair decisions and we equip employees with the resources to understand how our compensation philosophy works in practice
Our customer first culture and commitment to innovation create a thriving company that customers partners employees and investors love Employee listening tools and data sources indicate that our high employee engagement is a key enabler of the positive customer experience and strong net promoter scores Our employee Pulse of Pure Survey is implemented and assessed through a third party vendor It focuses on measuring employee engagement organizational health team and manager effectiveness sense of community and belonging career growth and overall wellbeing
A key tenant of our culture is our commitment to integrity respect and a safe work environment which is supported by our Code of Conduct Speak Up Policy and annual Pure Ethics and Compliance Pulse survey We continually remind our employees that they are empowered to report concerns without fear of retaliation through our anonymous speak up hotline and web portal or through their management chain HR business partner or Legal team
We are committed to advancing our responsible business practices ensuring business operations and supply chain resilience and having a positive impact on the environment and society Our Board of Directors receives an annual update on our environmental and social policies programs and progress towards our commitments
Our governance model is structured to ensure the appropriate amount of oversight assessment and management of sustainability risks and opportunities across our organization and supply chain Our Audit Committee oversees our sustainability efforts
family of products that significantly reduce power consumption compared to other flash and disk based alternatives We ve expanded our procurement of renewable electricity maintaining meaningful amounts of renewable electricity for our Santa Clara headquarters campus as well as our Prague and Bangalore campuses Our Life Cycle Analysis LCA is conducted across our Pure Platform and is used in identifying opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of our solutions and adhering to International Organization for Standardization ISO 14040 and 14044 standards
We obtained third party verification of our greenhouse gas emissions GHG for fiscal 2024 and delivered on our 2022 commitment to set near term science based targets through the Science Based Targets Initiative a global collaboration that guides companies in setting scientifically grounded GHG reduction targets to combat climate change
For more information about our sustainability priorities alignment to Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Global Reporting Initiative United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Task Force on Climate related Financial Disclosures please see our fiscal 2024 ESG report at www purestorage com ESG The contents of our sustainability website are not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10 K or any other report or document we file with the SEC and any reference to our sustainability website is intended to be an inactive textual reference only
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Investing in our Class A common stock which we refer to as our common stock involves a high degree of risk Investors should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information contained in this report including our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing in this annual report before deciding to invest in our common stock If any of the following risks actually occur it could harm our business prospects operating results and financial condition In such event the trading price of our common stock could decline and investors might lose all or part of their investment
We are devoting significant resources toward developing flash storage solutions for hyperscalers We recently secured a design win with a major hyperscale customer but there can be no assurance that our efforts will be successful or lead to any sales
Sales of our subscription and consumption offerings as a percentage of our total sales are difficult to predict and we expect they will fluctuate over time With a traditional CapEx sale a large portion of revenue is recognized as product revenue as the order is fulfilled Revenue for our subscription and consumption offerings is recognized over a period of time and the majority of revenue is included in subscription services revenue As such we expect fluctuations in sales of our subscription and consumption offerings to impact both product and total revenue growth
If our security measures are compromised or the security confidentiality integrity or availability of our information technology or data is compromised our business could experience a material adverse impact
Our operations and performance depend in part on worldwide economic conditions and the economic health of our current and prospective customers Recent macroeconomic and geopolitical events including tariffs inflation elevated interest rates geopolitical tensions and political and fiscal challenges in the United States and abroad have and may continue to have an adverse effect on the budgets confidence and demand of our customers particularly in the United States where we derive the majority of our revenue These pressures create a great deal of uncertainty and affect our customer demand margins costs and operations Macroeconomic conditions can and do further exacerbate other risks discussed in this Risk Factors section such as risks related to our sales and marketing efforts If we are unable to successfully manage the effects of these pressures our business operating results cash flows and financial condition may be adversely affected
Our sales efforts involve educating our customers about the use and benefits across our data storage platform Pure Platform and often involve an evaluation process that can result in a lengthy sales cycle particularly for larger customers We spend substantial time and resources on our sales efforts without any assurance that our efforts will produce any sales In addition purchases are frequently subject to our customers budget constraints multiple approvals and unplanned administrative and other delays These factors can lead to unpredictable and extended closing times of sales to our customers For example in fiscal 2025 we experienced extended closing times for larger
opportunities and our business has been impacted by increased customer budget scrutiny of IT spending decisions Some of our customers make large concentrated purchases to complete or upgrade specific data storage deployments A substantial portion of our quarterly sales typically occurs during the last several weeks of the quarter which we believe largely reflects customer buying patterns of products similar to ours and other technology products generally As a result our revenue and operating results have and may continue to fluctuate from quarter to quarter
Since revenue from a product sale is not recognized until performance obligations are satisfied a substantial portion of our sales late in a quarter may negatively impact the recognition of the associated revenue Furthermore our products come with a 30 day money back guarantee allowing a customer to return a product within 30 days of receipt if the customer is not satisfied with its purchase for any reason These factors among others make it difficult for us to predict when customers will purchase our products which may adversely affect our operating results and cause our operating results to fluctuate In addition if sales expected from a specific customer for a particular quarter are not realized in that quarter or at all our operating results may suffer
Despite ongoing data growth the data storage market in which we compete has not experienced substantial growth in the past few years due to a combination of technology transitions increased storage efficiency competitive pricing dynamics and changing economic and business environments Some customers are shifting spending toward the public cloud and software as a service as well as other storage deployment models The impact of these trends on future growth of the overall data storage market is uncertain If we fail to accurately predict trends successfully update our product offerings or adapt our sales programs to meet changing customer demands and priorities our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed Reductions in the overall data storage market or the specific markets in which we compete would harm our business and operating results
We are devoting significant resources toward developing flash storage solutions for hyperscalers We recently secured a design win with a major hyperscale customer but there can be no assurance that our efforts will be successful or lead to any sales
We are devoting significant resources in our efforts to develop flash storage solutions for hyperscalers and recently secured a design win with a major hyperscaler A design win means the customer has tested our solution verified that it meets the customer s requirements and qualified our solution for the customer s use Achieving a design win with a major hyperscaler requires us to dedicate significant resources and investment in pursuit of a single customer opportunity without any guarantee of revenue While we believe the opportunity to sell our solutions to hyperscalers that replace their bulk disk and hybrid disk storage is significant and that sales to hyperscalers may in the future account for a significant portion of our revenue we may never generate any revenue from such sales
Further while we expect our recent hyperscaler design win will lead to meaningful revenue contribution beginning in our fiscal year 2027 a design win does not guarantee sales to a given customer Even after we have secured a design win a customer could choose to delay or cancel purchasing or licensing our technology and services It is therefore difficult to predict the volume and timing of sales if any that will follow from any design win that we secure
The market for data storage products is rapidly evolving Changes in the application requirements data center infrastructure trends and the broader technology landscape result in evolving customer requirements for capacity scalability and other enterprise features of storage systems Our future financial performance depends on our ability to adapt to competitive dynamics and emerging customer demands and trends such as the opportunities created by the recent advances in artificial intelligence AI We continue to expand and evolve our Pure Platform to compete directly with hard disk systems and that strategy may take longer than we anticipate or may not succeed due to unforeseen factors We may be unable to capture significant storage workloads for AI environments and hyperscalers The enhancement of all flash storage products by incumbent vendors and changes or advances in alternative technologies or adoption of cloud storage offerings that do not utilize our Pure Platform could adversely affect the demand for our Pure Platform
Offerings from large public cloud providers are expanding quickly and serve as alternatives to our Pure Platform for a variety of customer workloads Since these providers are known for developing storage systems internally this trend reduces the demand for storage systems like ours It is difficult to predict customer adoption rates of new offerings customer demand for our Pure Platform or the future growth rate and size of our addressable market Reduced demand for our Pure Platform caused by technological challenges alternative technologies and products or any other reason would result in a lower revenue growth rate or decreased revenue either of which would negatively impact our business and operating results
We face intense competition from a number of established companies that sell competing storage products including Dell EMC HP Enterprise Hitachi Vantara IBM and NetApp We also compete against cloud providers and vendors of hyperconverged products which combine compute networking and storage These providers are growing and expanding their product offerings potentially displacing some demand for our products In addition some of our competitors offer bundled products and services in order to reduce the initial cost of their storage products Further some of our competitors offer their storage products either at significant discounts or even for free in competing against us Our competitors may have
Many of our competitors have developed or acquired storage technologies with features or data reduction technologies that directly compete with our Pure Platform or have introduced business programs designed among other things to compete with our innovative programs such as our
model We expect our competitors to continue to improve their products reduce their prices and introduce new offerings that may or may claim to offer greater value compared to our Pure Platform These developments may render our products or technologies obsolete or less competitive These and other competitive pressures may prevent us from competing successfully against our competitors
Many of our competitors benefit from established brand awareness and long standing relationships with key decision makers at our current and prospective customers Our competitors often leverage these existing relationships to discourage customers from evaluating or purchasing our Pure Platform Additionally most of our prospective customers have existing storage products supplied by our competitors who have an advantage in retaining the customer because among other things the incumbent vendor already understands the customer s IT infrastructure user demands and needs or the customer is concerned about actual or perceived costs of switching to a new vendor and technology If we are unable to sell our Pure Platform to new customers or persuade existing customers to continue purchasing our Pure Platform we will not be able to maintain or increase our market share and revenue which would adversely affect our business and operating results
We rely on a limited number of contract manufacturers to manufacture our products which reduces our control over the assembly process and exposes us to risks such as reduced control over quality assurance costs and product supply If we fail to manage our relationships with these contract manufacturers effectively or if these contract manufacturers experience delays disruptions capacity constraints or quality control problems our ability to timely ship products to our customers will be impaired potentially on short notice and our competitive position reputation and financial results could be harmed If we are required for whatever reason to change contract manufacturers or assume internal manufacturing operations we may lose revenue incur increased costs and damage our customer relationships Qualifying a new contract manufacturer and commencing production is expensive and time consuming We may need to increase our component purchases contract manufacturing capacity and internal test and quality functions if we experience increased demand The inability of our contract manufacturers to provide us with adequate supplies of high quality products could exacerbate other risk factors and cause a delay in our order fulfillment and our business operating results and financial condition may be harmed
We rely on a limited number of suppliers and in some cases single source suppliers and any disruption or termination of our supply arrangements could delay shipments of our products and could harm our relationships with current and prospective customers
We rely on a limited number of suppliers and in some cases on single source suppliers for several key components of our products and we have not generally entered into agreements for the long term purchase of these components If we are unable to obtain components from our existing suppliers we may need to obtain these components through secondary sources or markets Our reliance on a limited number of suppliers and the lack of any guaranteed sources of supply exposes us to several risks including
Further we source some of our product components from suppliers outside the United States including from China which subjects us to additional logistical risks and risks associated with complying with local rules and regulations in foreign countries Significant changes to existing international trade agreements could result in import delays or the imposition of increased tariffs on our sourcing partners which could lead to sourcing or logistics disruptions to our business For example there have been and may continue to be significant changes to U S trade policies legislation treaties and tariffs including announcements of import tariffs and export restrictions As new legislation and or regulations are implemented existing trade agreements are renegotiated or terminated and trade restrictions and tariffs are imposed on foreign sourced or U S goods it may be inefficient and expensive for us to alter our business operations in order to adapt to or comply with such changes Such operational changes could have a material adverse effect on our business financial condition results of operations or cash flows
As a result of these risks we cannot assure investors that we will be able to obtain a sufficient supply of key product components in the future or that the cost of these components will not increase If our component supply is disrupted or delayed or if we need to replace our suppliers there can be no assurance that additional components will be available when required or that components will be available on favorable terms which could extend our manufacturing lead times increase the costs of our components and harm our business operating results and financial condition We may not be able to continue to procure components at reasonable prices which may impact our business negatively or require us to enter into longer term contracts to obtain components Any of the foregoing disruptions could exacerbate other risk factors increase our costs and decrease our gross margins harming our business operating results and financial condition
Managing the supply of our products and underlying components is complex and has become increasingly difficult in part due to component quality and inflationary pressure In addition we must invest to scale our supply chain including to ensure a sufficient supply of flash in connection with our recent hyperscaler design win Our third party contract manufacturers procure components and build our products based on our forecasts and we generally do not hold inventory for a prolonged period of time Our forecasts are based on estimates of future demand for our products which are in turn based on historical trends and analyses from our sales and marketing organizations adjusted for overall market conditions In order to reduce manufacturing lead times and plan for adequate component supply we may issue orders for components and products that are non cancelable and non returnable Our inventory management systems and related supply chain visibility tools may be inadequate to enable us to make accurate forecasts and effectively manage the supply of our products and components If we have excess supply we may reduce our prices and write down or write off excess or obsolete inventory which in turn could result in lower gross margins Alternatively insufficient supply levels may lead to shortages that exacerbate other risk factors and result in delayed revenue reduced product margins or lost sales opportunities altogether If we are unable to effectively manage our supply and inventory including the supply of flash necessary to fulfill potential hyperscaler demand our results of operations could be adversely affected
Our future success is highly dependent upon our ability to establish and maintain successful relationships with our partners including value added resellers service providers and systems integrators In addition to selling our Pure Platform our partners may offer installation post sale service and support in their local markets In markets where we rely on partners more heavily we have less contact with our customers and less control over the sales process and the quality and responsiveness of our partners As a result it may be more difficult for us to ensure the proper delivery and installation of our Pure Platform or the quality or responsiveness of the support and services being offered Moreover because our success depends on our partner relationships we have recently increased our partner incentive compensation arrangements However there can be no assurance that this increased incentive compensation will result in a corresponding increase in our sales Any failure on our part to effectively identify train and manage our channel partners and to monitor their sales activity as well as the customer support and services provided to our customers could harm our business operating results and financial condition
Our partners may choose to discontinue offering our Pure Platform or may not devote sufficient attention and resources toward selling our Pure Platform We typically enter into non exclusive written agreements with our channel partners These agreements generally have a one year self renewing term have no minimum sales commitment and do not prohibit our channel partners from offering competing products and services Additionally our competitors may provide incentives to our existing and potential channel partners to use purchase or offer their products and services or to prevent or reduce sales of our products and services The occurrence of any of these events could harm our business operating results and financial condition
Building and maintaining brand recognition and customer goodwill is critical to our success On occasion our competitors marketing efforts have included negative or misleading statements about us and our Pure Platform If we are unable to effectively respond to our competitors marketing efforts and protect our brand and customer goodwill now or in the future our business will be adversely affected
Sales to governmental agencies may in the future account for a significant portion of our revenue and pose additional challenges and risks to our sales efforts Governments have and may continue to impose restrictions or requirements that must be complied with in order for us to sell to certain governmental customers Government demand and payment for our Pure Platform may be impacted by public sector budgetary cycles and funding reductions or delays such as an extended federal government shutdown which may adversely affect public sector demand for our Pure Platform We sell our offerings to governmental agencies through our channel partners and these agencies may have statutory contractual or other legal rights to terminate contracts with our distributors and resellers for convenience or due to a default and any such termination may adversely impact our results of operations Governments routinely investigate and audit government contractors administrative processes and any unfavorable audit could result in the government refusing to continue buying our Pure Platform which would adversely impact our revenue and results of operations or institute fines or civil or criminal liability if the audit uncovers improper or illegal activities Finally governments may require certain products to be manufactured in the United States and other relatively high cost manufacturing locations and we may not manufacture all products in locations that meet these requirements affecting our ability to sell to certain governmental agencies
We operate in a dynamic environment characterized by rapidly changing technologies and industry standards and technological obsolescence To compete successfully we must design develop market and sell new or enhanced storage offerings that provide increasingly higher levels of performance capacity functionality and reliability and meet our customers expectations which is a complex and uncertain process We believe that we must continue to dedicate significant resources to our research and development efforts and innovate business models such as
to improve our competitive position We continue to expand our large capacity data storage offerings to compete directly with hard disk systems Our investments may take longer to generate revenue or may generate less revenue than we anticipate The introduction of new storage offerings by our competitors or the emergence of alternative technologies or industry standards could render our Pure Platform obsolete or less competitive
As we introduce new or enhanced Pure Platform offerings we must successfully manage their launch and customer adoption If we are not able to successfully manage the development and release of new or enhanced Pure Platform offerings our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed Similarly if we fail to introduce new or enhanced Pure Platform offerings such as new or improved software features that meet our customers needs in a timely or cost effective fashion we may lose market share and our operating results could be adversely affected
Our subscription offerings are relatively new to the storage market and will continue to evolve and we may not be able to compete effectively drive continued revenue growth or maintain profitability with these business models Our subscription offerings require different accounting of our customer transactions such as changing how we recognize revenue and capitalize commissions among other things In addition our subscription offerings require compliance with additional regulatory legal and trade licensing requirements in some countries and entail incremental operational technical legal and other costs Continued market acceptance of subscription offerings depends on our ability to create a seamless customer experience and optimally price our offerings in light of market conditions our costs and customer demand Additionally subscription models may unfavorably impact the pricing of and demand for our on premise offerings which could reduce our revenues and profitability If we do not successfully execute our subscription offering strategy our financial results could be negatively impacted
Our Pure Platform is highly technical and may contain defects or bugs which could cause data unavailability loss breach or corruption that might in turn result in liability and harm to our reputation and business
Our Pure Platform is highly technical and complex and is often used to store information critical to our customers business operations Our Pure Platform may contain errors defects or security vulnerabilities that could result in data unavailability loss corruption or other harm to our customers Some errors in our Pure Platform may only be discovered after it has been installed and used by customers We have from time to time identified vulnerabilities in our Pure Platform Despite our efforts to detect and remediate actual and potential vulnerabilities in our systems we cannot be certain that we will be able to address any such vulnerabilities and there may be delays in developing and deploying patches and other remedial measures to adequately address vulnerabilities We may also incur unexpected costs replacing defective hardware or ensuring that hardware remains interoperable and upgradable Any of these errors defects bugs or security vulnerabilities may leave us our Pure Platform and our customers susceptible to exploitation including by malicious actors which could result in a loss of revenue injury to our reputation loss of customers or increased service and warranty costs and adversely affect our business and operating results In addition errors or failures in the products of third party technology vendors may be attributed to us and may harm our reputation
We could face claims for product liability tort or breach of warranty We may not be able to enforce provisions in our contracts relating to warranty disclaimers and liability limitations Defending a lawsuit regardless of its merit would be costly and could divert management s attention and harm our reputation Our business liability insurance coverage may be inadequate with respect to a claim and future coverage may not be available on acceptable terms or at all Any of these issues could result in claims against us and our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed
Our Pure Platform must interoperate with our customers infrastructure specifically networks servers software and operating systems which are offered by a wide variety of vendors When new or updated versions of these operating systems or applications are introduced we may need to develop updated versions of our software so that our Pure Platform continues to interoperate properly We may not deliver or maintain interoperability quickly cost effectively or at all as these efforts require capital investment and engineering resources If we fail to maintain compatibility of our Pure Platform with these infrastructure components our customers may not be able to fully utilize our Pure Platform and we may among other consequences lose or fail to increase our market share and experience reduced demand for our Pure Platform which may harm our business operating results and financial condition
Generally our Pure Platform comprises only a part of an IT environment The servers network software and other components and systems deployed by our customers must comply with established industry standards in order to interoperate and function efficiently together We depend on companies that provide other systems in this ecosystem to conform to prevailing industry standards These companies are often significantly larger and more influential in driving industry standards than we are Some industry standards may not be widely adopted or implemented uniformly and competing standards may emerge that our customers prefer If larger companies do not conform to the same industry standards that we do or if competing standards emerge sales of our Pure Platform could be adversely affected which may harm our business
Our ability to successfully market and sell our Pure Platform depends in part on ease of use and the quality of our customer experience and any failure to offer high quality technical services and support could harm our business
Once our customers deploy our Pure Platform they depend on our customer experience organization to drive non disruptive upgrades and resolve technical issues Our ability to provide effective technical services largely depends on our ability to attract train and retain qualified personnel as well as engage with qualified support partners that provide a similar level of customer support In addition our sales process is highly dependent on our reputation and on recommendations from our existing customers We may need to provide customized installation and configuration services to our customers before our Pure Platform is fully operational in their environments Any failure to maintain or a market perception that we do not maintain high quality technical services and support could harm our reputation our ability to sell our Pure Platform to existing and prospective customers and our business
Our gross margins fluctuate from period to period due primarily to product costs customer mix and product mix A variety of factors may cause our gross margins to fluctuate and make them difficult to predict including but not limited to
If we are unable to manage these factors effectively our gross margins may decline and fluctuations in gross margins may make it difficult to manage our business and achieve or maintain profitability which could materially harm our business operating results and financial condition
Our operating expenses largely are based on anticipated revenue and a high percentage of our expenses are and will continue to be fixed in the short term If we fail to adequately increase revenue and manage costs we may not achieve or maintain profitability in the future As a result our business could be harmed and our operating results could suffer
Our strategy is to continue investing in marketing sales support and research and development We believe continuing to invest heavily in our business including investments to scale operations to support our recent hyperscaler design win is critical to our future success and meeting our growth objectives We anticipate that our operating expenses will continue to increase in absolute terms Even if we achieve or maintain significant revenue growth we may experience losses forgoing near term profitability on a U S GAAP basis
Our operating results may fluctuate due to a variety of factors a portion of which are outside of our control As a result comparing our results on a period to period basis may not be meaningful Factors that are difficult to predict and that could cause our operating results to fluctuate include
The sales prices of our offerings may fluctuate or decline for a variety of reasons including competitive pricing pressures discounts the introduction of competing products or services or promotional programs a change in our mix of products and services cost of components supply chain constraints inflation and other adverse economic conditions We expect competition to increase in the future thereby leading to increased pricing pressures Larger competitors may reduce the price of products or services that compete with ours or may bundle them with other products and services Additionally although we price our offerings predominantly in U S dollars currency fluctuations in certain countries and regions may negatively impact actual prices that partners and customers are willing to pay in those countries and regions Furthermore we anticipate that our product prices will decrease over product life cycles If we are required to decrease our prices to be competitive and are not able to offset this decrease by increases in the volume of sales or the sales of new products with higher margins our gross margins and operating results could be adversely affected
We have significantly expanded our overall business customer base headcount channel partner relationships and operations in prior periods and we anticipate that we will continue to expand and experience growth in future periods Our future operating results will depend to a large extent on our ability to successfully sustain our growth and manage our continued expansion To sustain and manage our growth successfully we believe that we must among other things effectively allocate resources and operate our business across a wide range of priorities
We expect that our future growth will continue to place strain on our managerial administrative operational financial and other resources We will incur costs associated with this future growth prior to realizing the anticipated benefits and the return on these investments may be lower than or develop slower than we expect or may never materialize Investors should not consider our revenue growth in prior periods as indicative of our future performance In future periods we may not achieve similar percentage revenue growth rates as we have achieved in some past periods If we are unable to maintain adequate revenue or revenue growth our stock price could be volatile and it may be difficult to achieve and maintain profitability If we are unable to manage our growth successfully we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities or release new Pure Platform offerings in a timely manner and we may fail to satisfy customer expectations maintain product quality execute on our business plan or adequately respond to competitive pressures each of which could adversely impact our growth and affect our business and operating results
Existing customers may not renew their subscription services agreements after the initial period and given changing customer purchasing preferences we may not be able to accurately predict our renewal rates Our customers renewal rates may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors including their available budget and the level of their satisfaction with our Pure Platform customer support and pricing compared to our competitors If our customers renew their contracts they may renew on terms that are less economically beneficial to us If our customers do not renew their agreements or renew on less favorable terms our revenue may grow more slowly than expected if at all
Sales from our subscription and consumption offerings as a percentage of our total sales are difficult to predict and we expect they will fluctuate over time which will impact our product and total revenue growth
subscription and consumption offerings as a percentage of our total sales are difficult to predict and we expect they will fluctuate over time With a traditional CapEx sale a large portion of revenue is recognized as product revenue when the order is fulfilled By contrast revenue for our subscription and consumption offerings is recognized over the term of the relevant contract period and the majority of revenue is included in subscription services revenue An increase in sales from our
subscription and consumption offerings as a percentage of total sales may have a near term negative impact on both quarter over quarter and year over year product and total revenue growth rate comparisons By contrast a relative decrease in sales of our subscription and consumption offerings as a percentage of total sales may have a near term positive impact on both quarter over quarter and year over year product and total revenue growth rate comparisons As such we expect fluctuations in sales of our subscription and consumption offerings to impact both product and total revenue growth
We intend to continue investing in our business growth and may require additional funds to support business initiatives including the need to develop new Pure Platform offerings or enhance our existing Pure Platform offerings enhance our operating infrastructure and acquire complementary businesses and technologies Accordingly we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds If we raise additional funds through further issuances of equity or convertible debt securities our stockholders could suffer significant dilution and any new equity securities we issue could have rights preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our common stock Any debt financing we undertake in the future could involve additional restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities including potential acquisitions We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us if at all If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it our ability to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly limited and our prospects and financial condition could be harmed
Most of our sales are made on an open credit basis We monitor individual customer payment capability when we grant open credit arrangements and may limit these open credit arrangements based on perceived creditworthiness We also maintain allowances we believe are adequate to cover exposure for doubtful accounts Although we have programs in place that are designed to monitor and mitigate these risks we cannot assure investors these programs will be effective in managing our credit risks especially as we expand our business internationally If we are unable to adequately control these risks our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed
If our security measures or those maintained on our behalf are compromised or the security confidentiality integrity or availability of our information technology software services networks products communications or data is compromised limited or fails our business could experience a material adverse impact including without limitation a material interruption to our operations harm to our reputation a loss of customers significant fines penalties and liabilities or breach or triggering of data protection laws privacy policies or other obligations
In the ordinary course of our business we collect store transmit and otherwise process proprietary confidential and sensitive data including by using our internal systems networks and servers which may include intellectual property our proprietary business information and that of our customers suppliers and business partners and sales data which may on occasion include personally identifiable information Additionally we design and sell products that allow our customers to store their data We also rely on third party service providers and technologies to operate our business and elements of our infrastructure and our business operations depend in part on the success of these third parties own cybersecurity measures The security of our networks and those of our third party service providers and the intrusion protection features of our products are critical to our operations and business strategy
Cyberattacks malicious internet based activity and online and offline fraud are prevalent and continue to increase We have been and may in the future be subject to attempts to gain unauthorized access to our systems The threats to our information systems and information and those of third parties on whom we rely include traditional computer hackers social engineering schemes for example attempts to induce fraudulent invoice payments or divert money from us phishing attacks faulty password management software bugs malicious code such as viruses and worms malware installation personnel misconduct or error theft denial of service attacks such as credential stuffing advanced persistent threat intrusions server malfunction software or hardware failures loss of data or other computer assets adware as well as attacks from nation state and nation state supported actors These threats are also becoming increasingly difficult to detect AI technologies may also be used in connection with certain attacks resulting in heightened risks of security breaches and incidents Additionally ransomware attacks including those from organized criminal threat actors nation states and nation state supported actors are becoming increasingly prevalent and severe and could lead to significant interruptions delays or outages in our operations disruptions in our services loss of data loss of income significant extra expense to restore data or systems reputational loss and the diversion of funds To alleviate the financial operational and reputational impact of a ransomware attack it may be preferable to make extortion payments but we may be unwilling or unable to do so including for example if applicable laws or regulations prohibit such payments Similarly supply chain attacks have increased in frequency and severity and there have been high profile incidents of third party service providers causing widespread disruptions to their customers infrastructure due to errors in their SaaS offerings We cannot guarantee that third parties and infrastructure in our supply chain have not been compromised or that they do not contain exploitable defects or bugs that could result in a breach of or disruption to our Pure Platform systems and network or the systems and networks of third parties that support us and our business Moreover we may have limited remedies against third party providers in the event of a service disruption
We devote significant resources to network security authentication technologies data encryption employee training and other security measures designed to protect our systems and data including to secure the transmission and storage of data and prevent third party access to our data or accounts but there can be no assurance that our security measures or those of our service providers partners and other third parties upon whom we rely will be effective in protecting against a security incident or the material adverse impacts that may arise from a security incident Notwithstanding our efforts we may fail to detect the existence of security breaches or incidents Malicious third parties might use techniques that we are unable to defend against to compromise and infiltrate our systems The techniques used by malicious actors change frequently and are often not recognized until launched against a target Any destructive or intrusive breach of our internal systems could result in the information stored on our networks including without limitation source code for our products and services or the networks and systems of third parties upon whom we rely being accessed publicly disclosed lost or stolen Additionally an effective attack on our Pure Platform could disrupt the proper functioning of our Pure Platform allow unauthorized access to sensitive proprietary or confidential information of ours or our customers disrupt or temporarily interrupt our and our customers operations or cause other destructive outcomes including the theft of information sufficient to engage in fraudulent transactions
The risk that these types of events could seriously harm our business is likely to increase as we expand our network of channel partners resellers and authorized service providers and operate in more countries The economic costs to us to eliminate or alleviate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities could be significant and may be difficult to anticipate or measure because the damage may differ based on the identity and motive of the programmer or hacker which are often difficult to identify
If any of these types of security incidents occurs and we are unable to protect our Pure Platform systems and data or if we are perceived to have such a security incident our relationships with our business partners and customers could be materially damaged our reputation and brand could be materially harmed use of our Pure Platform could decrease and we could be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation
including without limitation class action litigation and other possible liabilities A security incident could also result in government enforcement actions that could include investigations fines penalties audits and inspections additional reporting requirements and or oversight temporary or permanent bans on all or some processing of personal information For a description of our processes for assessing identifying and managing material risks from cybersecurity threats see Part 1 Item 1C Cybersecurity in this Annual Report on Form 10 K
Moreover applicable data protection laws contracts policies and other data protection obligations may require us to notify relevant stakeholders of security incidents including affected individuals customers regulators and credit reporting agencies Such disclosures are costly and the disclosures or the failure to comply with such requirements could lead to material adverse impacts such as negative publicity loss of customer confidence in our services or security measures investigations and private or government claims Security incidents that impact our information technology systems could also result in breaches of our contracts some of which may not have liability limitations and or require us to indemnify affected parties and could lead to litigation with customers partners or other relevant stakeholders These proceedings could force us to spend money in defense or settlement divert management s time and attention increase our costs of doing business and adversely affect our reputation or otherwise adversely affect our business
If we are unable to attract motivate and retain sales engineering and other key personnel including our management team we may not be able to increase our revenue and our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed
Our ability to increase our revenue depends on our ability to attract motivate and retain qualified sales engineering and other key employees including our management These positions may require candidates with specific backgrounds in software and the storage industry and competition for employees with such expertise is intense We have from time to time experienced and we expect to continue to experience difficulty in hiring and retaining highly skilled employees with appropriate qualifications To the extent that we are successful in hiring to fill these positions we may need a significant amount of time to train new employees before they are effective and efficient in performing their jobs Further we face new challenges regarding workforce planning employee expectations regarding the ability to work from home or remotely and maintaining employee productivity as well as higher employee turnover and slower hiring rates If we are unable to adequately address these challenges our ability to recruit and retain employees and to ensure employee productivity could be negatively affected From time to time there may be changes in our management team which could create short term uncertainty All of our employees including members of our management team and executive officers are generally employed on an at will basis which means that they could terminate their employment with us at any time If we are unable to attract motivate and retain qualified sales engineering and other key employees including our management or if they are unable to work effectively our business and operating results could suffer
We rely on contract manufacturers and component vendors some of which are located outside the United States As such the importation of our products and the underlying components may be affected by changes in applicable tariffs trade agreements and trade policies and expose us to risks associated with doing business globally The United States and other countries in our supply chain or in which we have sales have imposed and may impose additional tariffs duties quotas or other restrictions or regulations or may adversely adjust prevailing tariff levels quotas duties or other restrictions or regulations Countries impose modify and remove tariffs and other trade restrictions in response to a diverse array of factors including global and national economic and political conditions which make it impossible for us to predict future developments regarding tariffs and other trade restrictions Additionally changes in U S administrative policy from the recent U S presidential and congressional elections may lead to significant changes in tariffs for imported goods among other possible changes If tariffs are imposed on our products or the underlying components we may be required to raise our prices which may result in the loss of customers and harm our business and results of operations or we may choose to pay for these tariffs without raising prices which may negatively impact our results of operations and profitability
We need to continue to expand and optimize our sales organization in order to grow our customer base and our business We plan to continue to expand and train our sales force both domestically and internationally We must design and implement effective sales incentive programs and it can take time before new sales representatives are fully trained and productive We must adapt our sales processes for new sales and marketing approaches including those required by our shift to subscription services and the changes resulting from evolving economic and budgetary constraints If we are unable to hire develop and retain qualified sales personnel or if new sales personnel are unable to achieve desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time we may not be able to realize the expected benefits of these investments or increase our revenue and our business and operating results could suffer
Our company culture has contributed to our success and if we cannot maintain this culture as we grow we could lose the innovation creativity and teamwork fostered by our culture and our business may be harmed
We believe that our company culture has been a critical contributor to our success Our culture fosters innovation creativity teamwork passion for customers focus on execution and facilitates critical knowledge sharing In particular we believe that the difference between our sales support and engineering cultures and those of incumbent vendors is a key competitive advantage and differentiator for our customers and partners As we grow and change or are required to adapt to changes in business operations including expectations around work location we may find it difficult to maintain these important aspects of our company culture which could limit our ability to innovate and operate effectively Any failure to preserve our culture could also negatively affect our ability to retain and recruit personnel continue to perform at current levels or execute on our business strategy
We maintain operations outside of the United States which we have been expanding and intend to continue to expand in the future As a company headquartered in the United States conducting and expanding international operations subjects us to costs and risks that we may not face in the United States including
Changes in federal state or international tax laws or tax rulings could adversely affect our effective tax rate and our operating results We generally conduct our international operations through wholly owned subsidiaries and report our taxable income in various jurisdictions worldwide based upon our business operations in those jurisdictions Given proposed tax legislation and other global tax developments we continue to evaluate our corporate structure and intercompany relationships Future changes to U S and global tax laws may adversely impact our effective tax rate
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 amendments to Internal Revenue Code IRC Section 174 require that specific research and experimental expenditures be capitalized and amortized over five years if incurred in the U S or fifteen years if incurred in a foreign jurisdiction beginning in our fiscal 2023 Although Congress is considering legislation that would defer modify or repeal this capitalization and amortization requirement the possibility that this will happen is uncertain If this requirement is not deferred modified or repealed we may continue to incur additional cash taxes
Our intercompany relationships are and after the implementation of any changes to our corporate structure will continue to be subject to complex transfer pricing regulations administered by taxing authorities in various jurisdictions The relevant taxing authorities may disagree with our determinations as to the income and expenses attributable to specific jurisdictions If such a disagreement were to occur and our position were not sustained we could be required to pay additional taxes interest and penalties which could result in tax charges higher effective tax rates reduced cash flows and lower overall profitability of our operations
There is a substantial amount of intellectual property litigation in the data storage industry and we may become party to or threatened with litigation or other adversarial proceedings regarding our intellectual property rights The outcome of intellectual property litigation is subject to uncertainties that cannot be adequately quantified in advance We have been and may in the future be subject to claims that we infringe upon the intellectual property rights of other intellectual property holders particularly as we grow and face increasing competition
Any intellectual property rights claim against us or our customers suppliers and channel partners with or without merit could be time consuming and expensive to litigate or settle divert management s resources and attention from operating our business and force us to acquire intellectual property rights and licenses which may involve substantial royalty payments Further a party making such a claim if successful could secure a judgment that requires us to pay substantial damages including treble damages and attorneys fees if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent An adverse determination also could invalidate our intellectual property rights prevent us from manufacturing and selling our products and may require that we procure or develop substitute products that do not infringe which could require significant effort and expense We are also incorporating AI into the operations of our business The intellectual property rights surrounding AI technologies are unsettled and the use or adoption of AI technologies in our business could expose us to copyright infringement or other intellectual property misappropriation claims
We may not be able to re engineer our products to avoid infringement and we may have to seek a license for the infringed technology which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all may significantly increase our operating expenses or may require us to restrict our business activities in one or more respects Even if we were able to obtain a license it could be non exclusive which may give our competitors access to the same technologies licensed to us Claims that we have misappropriated the confidential information or trade secrets of third parties could have a similar negative impact on our business Any of these events could harm our business and financial condition
We currently have a number of agreements in effect with our customers suppliers and channel partners pursuant to which we have agreed to defend indemnify and hold them harmless from damages and costs which may arise from claims of infringement by our products of third party patents trademarks or other proprietary rights The scope of these indemnity obligations varies but may in some instances include indemnification for damages and expenses including attorneys fees Our insurance may not cover intellectual property infringement claims A claim that our products infringe a third party s intellectual property rights could harm our relationships with our customers deter future customers from purchasing our products and expose us to costly litigation and settlement expenses Even if we are not a party to any litigation between a customer and a third party relating to infringement claims by our products an adverse outcome in any such litigation could make it more difficult for us to defend our products against intellectual property infringement claims in any subsequent litigation in which we are a named party Any of these results could harm our brand business and financial condition
We rely on a combination of patent copyright service mark trademark and trade secret laws as well as confidentiality procedures and contractual restrictions to establish and protect our proprietary rights all of which provide only limited protection We have over 2 500 issued patents and patent applications in the United States and foreign countries We cannot assure investors that future patents issued to us if any will give us the protection that we seek if at all or that any patents issued to us will not be challenged invalidated circumvented or held to be unenforceable Our issued and future patents may not provide sufficiently broad protection or may not be enforceable Further the laws of certain foreign countries do not provide the same level of protection of corporate proprietary information and assets such as intellectual property trademarks trade secrets know how and records as the laws of the United States For instance the legal systems of certain countries particularly certain developing countries do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection As a result we may encounter significant problems in protecting and defending our intellectual property or proprietary rights abroad
Changes to intellectual property laws in the United States and other jurisdictions could also diminish the value of our patents and patent applications or narrow the scope of our patent protection among other intellectual property rights We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent theft unauthorized use or the reverse engineering of our proprietary information and other intellectual property including technical data manufacturing processes data sets or other sensitive information Moreover others may independently develop technologies that are competitive to ours or that infringe our intellectual property Furthermore any of our trademarks may be challenged by others or invalidated through administrative process or litigation
Protecting against the unauthorized use of our intellectual property products and other proprietary rights is expensive and difficult Litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce or defend our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of others Any such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of management s resources and attention either of which could harm our business operating results and financial condition Further many of our current and potential competitors have the ability to dedicate substantially greater resources than us to defend intellectual property infringement claims and enforce their intellectual property rights Accordingly we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating our intellectual property Effective patent trademark service mark copyright and trade secret protection may not be available in every country in which our products are available An inability to adequately protect and enforce our intellectual property and other proprietary rights could harm our business and financial condition
We use open source software in our Pure Platform and expect to continue to use open source software in the future Although we monitor our use of open source software the terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by U S or foreign courts and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that imposes unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to market our Pure Platform From time to time we may face claims from third parties claiming ownership of or demanding release of the open source software or derivative works that we have developed using such software which could include our proprietary source code or otherwise seeking to enforce the terms of the applicable open source license These claims could result in litigation and could require us to make our software source code freely available seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our Pure Platform for certain uses or cease offering the implicated solutions unless and until we can re engineer them to avoid infringement This re engineering process could require significant additional research and development resources and we may be required to discontinue providing some of our software if re engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis any of which could harm our business operating results and financial condition
Our business is subject to regulation by various federal state local and foreign governmental agencies including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing employment and labor laws workplace safety product safety environmental laws consumer protection laws anti bribery laws import export controls data privacy securities laws and tax laws and regulations In certain jurisdictions these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than in the United States For example the European Union has adopted certain directives to facilitate the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment sold in the European Union including the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive
Changes in applicable laws regulations and standards could harm our business operating results and financial condition For example since the start of the new presidential administration in 2025 U S policy changes have been implemented at a rapid pace and additional changes are likely Changes to U S policy implemented by the U S Congress and the new presidential administration have impacted and may in the future impact among other things the U S and global economy international trade relations unemployment immigration healthcare taxation the U S regulatory environment inflation and other areas Although we cannot predict the impact if any of these changes to our business they could adversely affect our business
In recent years we have also become subject to a variety of data privacy laws including the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR California Consumer Privacy Act CCPA and California Privacy Rights Act CPRA Other jurisdictions have proposed and in certain cases enacted similar laws We have modified our data protection compliance program in response to data privacy regulations and will continue to monitor the implementation and evolution of global data protection regulations but if we are not compliant with such privacy regulations we may be subject to significant fines and our business may be harmed The potential effects of new or modified privacy laws may be far reaching and require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses Customers may choose to implement technological solutions to comply with such laws that impact the performance and competitiveness of our Pure Platform Even the perception of privacy concerns whether or not valid may harm our reputation and inhibit competitiveness and adoption of our Pure Platform by current and future customers
In addition sustainability reporting and disclosure requirements continue to evolve with increasing global regulation Companies must develop an expanded set of metrics and measures data collection and processing controls and reporting processes in order to meet regulatory requirements As global sustainability regulatory requirements evolve this could lead to disruptions in our product manufacturing increase our operating costs and harm our profitability If we fail or are seen as failing to effectively respond to sustainability regulatory requirements our reputation and brand could be harmed demand for our offerings could decline and our profitability could be adversely impacted Sustainability at Pure Storage includes but is not limited to topics such as environmental human capital ethics date security and privacy
Noncompliance with applicable regulations or requirements could subject us to investigations sanctions mandatory product recalls enforcement actions disgorgement of profits fines damages civil and criminal penalties or injunctions If any governmental sanctions are imposed or if we do not prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed In addition responding to any action will likely result in a significant diversion of management s attention and resources and an increase in professional fees Enforcement actions and sanctions could harm our business operating results and financial condition
The U S and various foreign governments have imposed controls export license requirements and restrictions on the import or export of some technologies especially encryption technology as well as laws relating to forced labor and conflict minerals From time to time governmental agencies have proposed additional regulation of encryption technology such as requiring the escrow of imports or exports If we fail to obtain required import or export approval for our products or their various components or to timely provide requested documentation our international and domestic sales could be harmed and our revenue may be adversely affected In many cases we rely on vendors and channel partners to handle logistics associated with the import and export of our products so our visibility and control over these matters may be limited In addition failure to comply with such regulations could result in penalties costs and restrictions on export privileges which could harm our business operating results and financial condition
We have completed acquisitions in the past and continue to evaluate and consider additional strategic transactions including acquisitions of or investments in businesses technologies services products and other assets in the future We also may enter into relationships with other businesses in order to expand our product offerings which could involve preferred or exclusive licenses additional channels of distribution or discount pricing or investments in other companies Negotiating these transactions can be time consuming difficult and expensive and our ability to close these transactions may be subject to third party or government approvals which are beyond our control Consequently we can make no assurance that these transactions once undertaken and announced will close
These kinds of acquisitions or investments may result in unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures In particular we may encounter difficulties assimilating or integrating the businesses technologies products personnel or operations of acquired companies particularly if the key personnel of the acquired business choose not to work for us and we may have difficulty retaining the customers of any acquired business Acquisitions and investments may also disrupt our ongoing business divert our resources and require significant management attention that would otherwise be available for development of our business Any acquisition or investment could expose us to unknown liabilities We may not successfully evaluate or utilize the acquired technology or personnel or accurately forecast the financial impact of an acquisition or investment transaction Moreover we cannot assure investors that the anticipated benefits of any acquisition or investment will be realized In connection with these types of transactions we may issue additional equity securities that dilute our stockholders use cash that we may need in the future to operate our business incur debt on terms unfavorable to us or that we are unable to repay incur large charges or substantial liabilities encounter difficulties integrating diverse business cultures and become subject to adverse tax consequences substantial impairment or deferred compensation charges These challenges related to acquisitions or investments could harm our business and financial condition
In August 2020 we entered into a Credit Agreement with a consortium of financial institutions and lenders that provides for a five year senior secured revolving credit facility of 300 0 million Credit Facility We can borrow repay and re borrow funds under this Credit Facility at any time through August 2025 subject to customary borrowing conditions for general corporate purposes and working capital
The agreement governing our Credit Facility limits our ability among other things to incur additional secured indebtedness sell transfer license or dispose of assets consolidate or merge enter into transactions with our affiliates and incur liens In addition our Credit Facility contains financial and other restrictive covenants that limit our ability to engage in activities that may be in our long term best interest such as subject to permitted exceptions making capital expenditures in excess of certain thresholds making investments loans and other advances and prepaying any additional indebtedness while our indebtedness under our Credit Facility is outstanding Our failure to comply with financial and other restrictive covenants could result in an event of default which if not cured or waived could result in the lenders requiring immediate payment of all outstanding borrowings or foreclosing on collateral pledged to them to secure the indebtedness
The trading price of our common stock has been and will likely continue to be highly volatile Since shares of our common stock were sold in our initial public offering in October 2015 at a price of 17 00 per share our closing stock price has ranged from 8 76 to 72 37 through March 19 2025 Some of the factors many of which are beyond our control affecting our volatility may include
In several recent situations where the price of a stock has been volatile holders of that stock have instituted securities class action litigation against the issuer If any of our stockholders were to bring a lawsuit against us the defense and disposition of the lawsuit could be costly and divert the time and attention of our management and harm our business operating results and financial condition
Our Board of Directors has periodically authorized share repurchases funded from available working capital including up to 250 0 million authorized in February 2025 The repurchase authorization has no fixed end date Although our Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program this program does not obligate us to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of shares The share repurchase program could affect the price of our common stock increase volatility and diminish our cash reserves
The trading market for our common stock will likely be influenced by research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business If one or more of these analysts downgrades our stock lowers their price target or publishes unfavorable or inaccurate research about our business our stock price would likely decline If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly demand for our stock could decrease which could cause our stock price and trading volume to decline
We have never declared or paid any dividends on our common stock We intend to retain any earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the future As a result investors may only receive a return on their investment in our common stock if the market price of our common stock increases
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws and under Delaware law might discourage delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management and therefore depress the price of our common stock
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could depress the trading price of our common stock by acting to discourage delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management that our stockholders may deem advantageous These provisions
Additionally we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder became an interested stockholder and which may discourage delay or prevent a change of control of our company
Any provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our common stock and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be exclusive forum for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders which could limit our stockholders ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors officers or employees
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine The choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors officers or other employees which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors officers and other employees If a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions which could harm our business and financial condition
Our business is subject to the risks of earthquakes fires floods and other natural catastrophic events and to interruption by man made factors such as war computer viruses or terrorism or by the impact of public health epidemics or pandemics
We and our suppliers have operations in locations including our headquarters in California that are subject to earthquakes fires floods and other natural catastrophic events such as climate change severe weather and geological events which could disrupt our operations or the operations of our customers and suppliers Our customers affected by a natural disaster could postpone or cancel orders of our products which could negatively impact our business Moreover should any of our key suppliers fail to deliver components to us as a result of a natural disaster we may be unable to purchase these components in necessary quantities or may be forced to purchase components in the open market at significantly higher costs We may also be forced to purchase components in advance of our normal supply chain demand to avoid potential market shortages Our business interruption insurance may be insufficient to compensate us for losses due to a significant natural disaster or due to man made factors Any natural catastrophic events may also prevent our employees from being able to reach our offices in any jurisdiction around the world and therefore impede our ability to conduct business as usual
In addition man made factors such as acts of war terrorism or malicious computer viruses and public health epidemics or pandemics could cause disruptions in our or our customers businesses or the economy as a whole To the extent that these disruptions result in delays or cancellations of customer orders or the deployment of our products our business operating results and financial condition could be harmed
We employ a defense in layers approach in our cybersecurity program that includes various processes to identify assess prioritize manage and report on cybersecurity risks that could result in loss or other adverse consequences to Pure Storage We maintain a variety of channels designed to identify risks including risks associated with our use of third party service providers such as by conducting vulnerability assessments reviewing audit findings discussing with key stakeholders and analyzing security incidents and reports from our employees and others
We maintain procedures and processes designed to evaluate and respond to certain identified risks We assess potential adverse impact across a variety of factors such as financial product roadmap brand and reputation operational performance and our ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations Potential responses for cybersecurity risks are
Our cybersecurity program is integrated into our broader enterprise risk management framework For example certain members of our executive management evaluate material risks from cybersecurity threats against our overall business objectives and report to our Risk Committee of the Board of Directors which evaluates our overall enterprise risk
We use third party service providers to assist us from time to time in an effort to identify assess and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats These service providers provide services such as threat intelligence and dark web monitoring In addition we engage independent third parties such as assessors or consultants to periodically assess the capability and maturity of our cybersecurity program
Our Governance Risk and Compliance GRC team oversees our third party cybersecurity risk management program which evaluates the security posture of certain third party vendors Our assessments may include the collection and verification of various cybersecurity measures implemented by our third party vendors Depending upon the third party vendor as well as the data and information systems to which the vendor will have access the GRC team may review the vendor s information security policies and standards examine the vendor s certifications and attestations and review vulnerability assessments or other evaluations
As of the date of this report we have not identified any risks from cybersecurity threats including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents that we believe have materially affected us our business strategy results of operations or financial condition For a description of the risks from cybersecurity threats that may materially affect our company in the future and how they may do so see our risk factors under Part 1 Item 1A Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10 K including the risk factor entitled If our security measures or those maintained on our behalf are compromised or the security confidentiality integrity or availability of our information technology software services networks products communications or data is compromised limited or fails our business could experience a material adverse impact including without limitation a material interruption to our operations harm to our reputation a loss of customers significant fines penalties and liabilities or breach or triggering of data protection laws privacy policies or other obligations
Our Board of Directors addresses the company s cybersecurity risk management as part of its general oversight function Our Risk Committee is responsible for overseeing the company s cybersecurity risk management program including accepting transferring or mitigating cybersecurity risks as appropriate In addition we have established an Executive Security Council ESC The ESC oversees and governs our cybersecurity program
Our cybersecurity program is implemented and maintained by Pure s Global Information Security Office GISO a team of security professionals responsible for developing and implementing an information security program designed to protect our assets including data networks applications and people from cyber threats The GISO includes individuals with expertise in the following areas and who continue to leverage such expertise at the company in the following manners
Supporting our product teams security objectives by providing design review certification management penetration testing and consulting services as well as operating security vulnerability management and reporting dashboard capabilities
The GISO reports to our Risk Committee and ESC on cybersecurity risks Our Chief Information Security Officer CISO meets with the ESC and Risk Committee periodically in an effort to review the company s cybersecurity risks the company s prevention detection and remediation efforts of cybersecurity incidents as appropriate and key cybersecurity performance indicators We also maintain procedures designed to escalate certain cybersecurity risks and incidents to members of executive management and the board of directors as appropriate
Our corporate headquarters are located in Santa Clara California We also maintain offices in multiple locations in the United States and internationally in Africa Asia Australia Europe and North and South America We lease all of our facilities and do not own any real property We believe that our facilities are adequate to meet our needs for the immediate future and that should it be needed suitable additional space will be available to accommodate expansion of our operations
The information set forth under the Legal Matters subheading in Note 7 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10 K is incorporated herein by reference
In addition we may from time to time be involved in various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business and an unfavorable resolution of any of these matters could materially affect our future results of operations cash flows or financial position
As of March 19 2025 there were 29 holders of record of our common stock This figure does not include a substantially greater number of street name holders or beneficial holders of our common stock whose shares are held of record by banks brokers and other financial institutions
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future Any future determination to declare dividends will be made at the discretion of our Board of Directors subject to applicable laws and will depend on our financial condition operating results capital requirements general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant
Our insider trading policy permits directors officers and other employees covered under the policy to establish subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the policy written trading plans which are intended to comply with Rule 10b5 1 under the Exchange Act which permits automatic trading of our common stock or trading of our common stock by an independent person such as a stockbroker who is not aware of material nonpublic information at the time of the trade
This performance graph shall not be deemed soliciting material or to be filed with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Pure Storage Inc under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
The following graph compares the cumulative total return to stockholders on our common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the NYSE Composite Index and NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index for the five years ended February 2 2025 The graph assumes that 100 with reinvestment of all dividends was invested in our common stock and in each index on February 2 2020 and assumes the reinvestment of any dividends The returns shown are based on historical results and are not intended to suggest future performance
Investors should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10 K This discussion contains forward looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of various factors including those discussed in the section titled
Risk Factors and in other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10 K See also the section titled Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements in this report Our fiscal year end is the first Sunday after January 30
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations covers fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024 items and year over year comparisons between fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2024 Discussions of fiscal 2023 items and year over year comparisons between fiscal 2024 and 2023 that are not included in this Form 10 K can be found in Management s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in Part II Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10 K for the fiscal year ended February 4 2024 that was filed with the SEC on April 1 2024
We are a global leader in data management and storage with a mission to redefine the storage experience by simplifying how people manage consume and interact with data Our vision of an all flash data center integrates our foundation of simplicity and reliability with four major market trends that are impacting all organizations large and small 1 the shift to modernizing today s data infrastructure with all flash 2 the increase of modern cloud native applications 3 increasing demand to consume data storage as a service and 4 increasing demand for data storage to support the acceleration in artificial intelligence adoption while managing rising energy costs
Our Pure Platform supporting structured and unstructured data at scale and across any data workloads in on premises cloud and hosted environments makes it possible for customers to construct their Enterprise Data Clouds This allows them to serve a variety of data workloads including mission critical production test and development analytics disaster recovery backup and restore artificial intelligence and machine learning with a single consistent highly automated and agile cloud operating model
Provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been met we typically recognize product revenue upon transfer of control to our customers and the satisfaction of our performance obligations For
product revenue is recognized upon the commencement of the underlying subscription services Products are typically shipped directly by us to customers and our channel partners generally do not stock our inventory We expect our product revenue may vary from period to period based on among other things the timing and size of orders and delivery of products and the impact of significant transactions
We generally recognize revenue from the fair value of subscription services provided ratably over the contractual service period or on a consumption basis based on the minimum usage commitment as well as usage above the commitment amount and professional services as delivered We expect our subscription services revenue to increase and continue to grow faster than our product revenue as more customers choose to consume our storage solutions as a service and our existing
Cost of product revenue primarily consists of costs paid to our third party contract manufacturers which includes the costs of our raw material components and personnel costs associated with our supply chain operations Personnel costs consist of salaries bonuses and stock based compensation expense Our cost of product revenue also includes allocated overhead costs adjustments to inventory and purchase commitments based on forecasted demand product warranty costs amortization of intangible assets pertaining to developed technology and freight Allocated overhead costs consist of certain employee benefits and facilities related costs We expect our cost of product revenue to increase in absolute dollars as our product revenue increases
Cost of subscription services revenue primarily consists of personnel costs associated with delivering our subscription and professional services part replacements allocated overhead costs depreciation of infrastructure used to deliver our subscription services and amortization of capitalized internal use software We expect our cost of subscription services revenue to increase in absolute dollars as our subscription services revenue increases
Operating expenses consist of research and development sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses Salaries and personnel related costs including stock based compensation expense are the most significant component of each category of operating expenses Operating expenses also include allocated overhead costs for employee benefits facilities and certain information technology costs
Research and development expenses consist primarily of employee compensation and related expenses prototype expenses depreciation associated with assets acquired for research and development data center and cloud services costs third party engineering and contractor support costs as well as allocated overhead We expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars Key incremental investments will focus on accelerating density of our direct flash modules and increasing operational scale of our supply chain partners to support expected production deployment ramp in connection with our hyperscale design win for large production deployments starting in fiscal 2027
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of employee compensation and related expenses sales commissions marketing programs travel and entertainment expenses as well as allocated overhead Marketing programs consist of advertising events corporate communications and brand building activities We expect our sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee compensation and related expenses for administrative functions including finance legal human resources facilities IT and fees for third party professional services as well as amortization of intangible assets pertaining to defensive technology patents and allocated overhead We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars
Other income expense net consists primarily of interest income related to cash cash equivalents and marketable securities interest expense related to our debt and gains losses from foreign currency transactions
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct business and current federal and state income taxes in the United States Our foreign subsidiaries earn a profit margin based upon transfer pricing principles which require an arm s length return Our foreign subsidiaries sales and marketing expenses are expected to increase over time as we grow resulting in higher pre tax foreign earnings and higher foreign income taxes
We have provided a full valuation allowance for U S deferred tax assets which includes net operating loss carryforwards capitalized research costs and tax credits related primarily to research and development When considering our historical earnings trend sufficient positive evidence may become available where we will release all or a portion of the valuation allowance within 12 months Release of the valuation allowance would result in the recognition of certain deferred tax assets and a decrease to income tax expense for the period the release is recorded
We operate using a 52 53 week fiscal year ending on the first Sunday after January 30 Fiscal 2024 and 2025 were both 52 week years that ended on February 4 2024 and February 2 2025 respectively Unless otherwise stated all dates refer to our fiscal years
During fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 total revenue in the United States grew by 12 from 2 0 billion to 2 2 billion while total rest of the world revenue grew by 13 from 851 3 million to 960 8 million
We use Subscription ARR as a key business metric to evaluate the performance of subscription services Subscription ARR should be viewed independently of revenue deferred revenue and remaining performance obligations and is not intended as a substitute for any of these items
Subscription ARR is calculated as the total annualized contract value of all active customer subscription agreements at the end of a fiscal quarter plus on demand revenue for the quarter multiplied by four Contract values are established prior to any adjustments made in accordance with ASC 606
The year over year growth in our Subscription ARR at the end of fiscal 2025 was 21 compared to growth of 25 in fiscal 2024 Year over year growth in subscription ARR to 21 was impacted by lower Total Contract Value TCV sales of
Total remaining performance obligations RPO which is total contracted but not recognized revenue was 2 6 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 and includes non cancelable TCV sales for our storage as a service offerings including
consumption and subscription based offerings as well as 41 1 million of non cancelable product orders RPO consists of both deferred revenue and non cancelable amounts that are expected to be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods Product orders are generally cancelable until delivery has occurred and as such unfulfilled product orders that are cancelable are excluded from RPO Cancelable orders will fluctuate depending on numerous factors
TCV sales for our storage as a service offerings is a key business metric we use to evaluate the performance of our consumption and subscription based offerings TCV sales for these offerings include recurring subscription fees any non recurring charges such as initial setup fees and any other billable services directly tied to the execution of the underlying service contract The year over year growth in RPO to 14 at the end of fiscal 2025 compared to 31 at the end of fiscal 2024 was primarily due to lower TCV sales of
solutions as customers transition their cost sensitive workloads from traditional disk solutions to flash We also experienced higher QLC component costs that were partially offset by lower excess and obsolete charges
The increase in subscription services gross margin during fiscal 2025 when compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily driven by i lower depreciation expense from increasing the estimated useful lives of assets supporting our
offering during the third quarter of fiscal 2025 and ii continued optimization and increased efficiencies in our technical services operations combined with cost benefits from automating our service logistics workflows that support delivery of our
Stock based compensation expense in fiscal 2025 included 36 6 million relating to a modification of our fiscal 2024 PRSUs that was recognized in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 contributing to higher stock based compensation expense when compared to fiscal 2024 Refer to Note 11 of Part II Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10 K for further information
The increase in research and development expense during fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily driven by an increase in employee compensation and related costs including stock based compensation and to a lesser extent an increase in outside services costs and higher data center and cloud services costs
The increase in sales and marketing expense during fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily due to an increase in employee compensation and related costs including stock based compensation and to a lesser extent higher travel costs
During fiscal 2025 we recognized 15 9 million of restructuring and impairment costs We recognized 9 5 million of incremental restructuring costs primarily related to one time severance and other termination benefits associated with the workforce realignment plan discussed below We also recognized 6 4 million in incremental abandonment and impairment charges related to certain leases associated with our former corporate headquarters The incremental impairment charge was due to a revision to the underlying sublease assumptions during fiscal 2025
During fiscal 2024 we recognized 33 6 million of restructuring and impairment costs related to severance and other termination benefits associated with a workforce realignment that was initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and the cease use of our former headquarters during the second quarter of fiscal 2024
The increase in other income expense net during fiscal 2025 compared to fiscal 2024 was primarily due to an increase in interest income from a larger balance in cash cash equivalents and marketable securities and a higher interest rate environment partially offset by higher net foreign exchange losses as the U S dollar strengthened relative to certain foreign currencies
At the end of fiscal 2025 we had cash cash equivalents and marketable securities of 1 5 billion Our cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of bank deposits and money market accounts Our marketable securities generally consist of highly rated debt instruments of the U S government and its agencies debt instruments of highly rated corporations debt instruments issued by foreign governments and asset backed securities
We believe our existing cash cash equivalents marketable securities and revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our operating and capital needs for at least the next 12 months Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors including our sales growth the timing and extent of capital spending to support development efforts including investments to scale operations in support of our recent hyperscale design win with Meta growth of our
offering the addition or closure of office space the timing of new product introductions our share repurchases the timing of renewal and or repayment of borrowings under the revolving credit facility and cash payments for tax withholding obligations for equity awards held by employees We may continue to enter into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses services and technologies including intellectual property and other licensing rights We may enter into equipment financing arrangements and seek additional equity or debt financing in the future
At the end of fiscal 2025 we had non cancelable contractual purchase obligations of 540 1 million of which 385 9 million is short term These purchase obligations primarily includes non cancelable inventory purchase commitments with contract manufacturers and suppliers software service contracts and hosting arrangements
At the end of fiscal 2025 aggregate future minimum lease payments under non cancelable operating leases and finance leases were 219 2 million of which 55 8 million is short term Non cancelable operating leases include leases that have been executed but not yet commenced We lease office and data center facilities under operating leases expiring through July 2032 and lease certain engineering test equipment under finance leases
In August 2020 we entered into a Credit Agreement with a consortium of financial institutions and lenders that provides for a five year senior secured revolving credit facility of 300 0 million Credit Facility Proceeds from the Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes and working capital The Credit Facility expires absent default or early termination by us on August 24 2025 In March 2023 we amended the Credit Facility to transition LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate SOFR effective April 1 2023 The annual interest rates applicable to loans under the Credit Facility are at our option equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0 50 to 1 25 or term SOFR based on one three or six month interest periods subject to a floor of 0 plus a margin ranging from 1 50 to 2 25 Interest on revolving loans is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to loans based on the base rate and at the end of an interest period in the case of loans based on term SOFR or at each three month interval if the interest period is longer than three months We are also required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments ranging from 0 25 to 0 40 per annum payable quarterly in arrears
The outstanding balance of 100 0 million at the end of fiscal 2025 bore weighted average interest at an annual rate of approximately 6 59 based on a one month term SOFR period resulting in interest expense of 6 6 million during fiscal
Loans under the Credit Facility are collateralized by substantially all of our assets and subject to certain restrictions and two financial ratios measured as of the last day of each fiscal quarter a consolidated leverage ratio not to exceed 4 5 1 and an interest coverage ratio not to be less than 3 1 We were in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility at the end of fiscal 2025
At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 we had outstanding letters of credit in the aggregate amount of 7 7 million and 7 2 million in connection with our facility leases The letters of credit are collateralized by either restricted cash or the Credit Facility and mature on various dates through September 2030
In February 2024 our Board of Directors authorized a 250 0 million increase to repurchase shares of our common stock under our share repurchase program of which 21 5 million remained available at the end of fiscal 2025 In February 2025 our Board of Directors authorized an additional 250 0 million to repurchase shares of our common stock increasing the total remaining authorization amount to 271 5 million The authorization allows us to repurchase shares of our common stock opportunistically and will be funded from available working capital Repurchases may be made at management s discretion from time to time on the open market through privately negotiated transactions transactions structured through investment banking institutions block purchase techniques 10b5 1 trading plans or a combination of the foregoing The share repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any of our common stock has no end date and may be suspended or discontinued by us at any time without prior notice During fiscal 2025 we repurchased and retired 6 7 million shares of common stock at an average purchase price of 55 57 per share for an aggregate repurchase price of 373 8 million
In June 2024 we extended the net share settlement of equity awards to the majority of our employees by withholding shares upon vesting to satisfy tax withholding obligations whereas previously shares were sold to cover such tax withholding obligations This change resulted in the withholding of approximately 3 5 million shares to cover 208 8 million in tax withholding obligations during fiscal 2025 compared to 0 9 million shares to cover 30 0 million in tax withholding obligations during fiscal 2024
Cash provided by operating activities consists of net income adjusted for non cash items and changes in operating assets and liabilities Non cash items primarily included stock based compensation and depreciation and amortization The year over year increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily driven by higher net income of
from changes in operating assets and liabilities The decrease from changes in operating assets and liabilities were primarily impacted by prepayments for certain software license and subscription services partially offset by lower deferred commissions and accounts receivable due to timing of collections
Our primary uses of cash from operating activities during fiscal 2024 and 2025 were payments to our contract manufacturers payments for employee compensation and general corporate operating expenditures
Net cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2025 was driven by 226 7 million in capital expenditures and the purchase of a strategic investment Key capital expenditures included investments for a testing new products and services including for our recent design win with Meta b accelerating density of our direct flash modules and c developing our
Net cash provided by investing activities during fiscal 2024 was driven by maturities and net sales of marketable securities of 193 4 million partially offset by capital expenditures of 195 2 million relating to test equipment for new product innovation and equipment supporting our growing
Net cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2025 was primarily driven by cash outflows related to share repurchases of 374 0 million and tax withholding remittances on vesting of equity awards of 206 6 million partially offset by issuance of common stock under our employee stock purchase plan ESPP of 51 7 million and exercise of stock options of 27 2 million The year over year increase in tax withholding remittances on vested equity awards was due to extending the net share settlement of equity awards to satisfy tax withholding obligations to the majority of our employees in June 2024 whereas previously shares were sold to cover such tax withholding obligations
Net cash used in financing activities during fiscal 2024 was primarily driven by cash outflows related to the repayment of the principal amount of the Convertible Senior Notes of approximately 575 0 million share repurchases of 135 8 million and tax withholding remittances on vested equity awards of 30 0 million partially offset by proceeds from borrowing under the Credit Facility of 100 0 million issuance of common stock under our ESPP of 45 1 million and exercise of stock options of 39 8 million
we did not have any relationships with any entities or financial partnerships such as structured finance or special purpose entities established for the purpose of facilitating off balance sheet arrangements or other purposes
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U S generally accepted accounting principles GAAP The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets liabilities revenue expenses and related disclosures A summary of significant accounting policies applicable to our consolidated financial statements is included in Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II Item 8 We deem an accounting policy to be critical if the nature of the estimate or assumption it incorporates is subject to material level of judgment related to matters that are highly uncertain and changes in those estimates and assumptions are reasonably likely to materially impact our consolidated financial statements
We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis Our estimates and judgments are based on historical experience forecasted events and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances Our actual results could differ from these estimates
Our revenue is derived from sales of our integrated storage hardware and embedded licensed software products and subscription services which also includes support and maintenance and professional services We enter into contracts with customers that may include combinations of these products and subscription services resulting in arrangements containing multiple promised performance obligations
Determining whether our products and subscription services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately versus together may require significant judgment For these contracts we account for individual performance obligations separately if they are distinct
Revenue is recognized when or as control of the promised products or subscription services is transferred to the customer at the transaction price The transaction price is determined based on the consideration which we will be entitled to in exchange for transferring goods or services to the customer Transaction price may be adjusted for variable consideration which we estimate by applying the expected value or most likely estimate and subsequently update at each reporting period as additional information becomes available
To recognize revenue for the products and subscription services for which control has been transferred we allocate the transaction price for the contract among the identified performance obligations on a relative standalone selling price SSP basis We establish SSP for most of our products and subscription services based on the observable price of the products or subscription services when sold separately in similar circumstances to similar customers When the SSP is not directly observable through historical transactions we estimate SSP based on management judgment by considering available data such as internal margin objectives pricing strategies approved pricing guidelines market competitive conditions historical profitability data as well as other observable inputs We establish SSP ranges for our products and subscription services and reassess them periodically
Our cash cash equivalents and marketable securities primarily consist of bank deposits and money market accounts highly rated debt instruments of the U S government and its agencies debt instruments of highly rated corporations debt instruments issued by foreign governments and asset backed securities At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 we had cash cash equivalents and marketable securities of 1 5 billion The carrying amount of our cash equivalents reasonably approximates fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments The primary objectives of our investment activities are the preservation of capital the fulfillment of liquidity needs and the fiduciary control of cash and investments We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes Our investments are exposed to market risk due to fluctuation in interest rates which may affect our interest income and the fair value of our investments
We considered the historical volatility of short term interest rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that an adverse change of 100 basis points could be experienced in the near term A hypothetical 1 00 100 basis points increase in interest rates would have resulted in a decrease in the fair value of our marketable securities of approximately 8 8 million as of the end of fiscal 2025
Our sales contracts are primarily denominated in U S dollars with a proportionally small number of contracts denominated in foreign currencies A portion of our operating expenses are incurred outside the United States and denominated in foreign currencies and are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates particularly changes in the British pound Euro and Yen Additionally fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may cause us to recognize transaction gains and losses in our statement of operations Given the impact of foreign currency exchange rates has not been material to our historical operating results we have not entered into any derivative or hedging transactions but we may do so in the future if our exposure to foreign currency exchange should become more significant
We considered the historical trends in currency exchange rates and determined that it was reasonably possible that adverse changes in exchange rates of 10 for all currencies could be experienced in the near term These reasonably possible adverse changes in exchange rates of 10 were applied to total monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U S dollar at the end of fiscal 2025 to compute the adverse impact these changes would have had on our income before income taxes in the near term These changes would have resulted in an adverse impact on income before provision for income taxes of approximately 9 0 million at the end of fiscal 2025
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Pure Storage Inc and subsidiaries the Company as of February 4 2024 and February 2 2025 the related consolidated statements of operations comprehensive income stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 2 2025 and the related notes collectively referred to as the financial statements In our opinion the financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of February 4 2024 and February 2 2025 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended February 2 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
We have also audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board United States PCAOB the Company s internal control over financial reporting as of February 2 2025 based on criteria established in
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 26 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company s internal control over financial reporting
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company s management Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company s financial statements based on our audits We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U S federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements whether due to error or fraud and performing procedures that respond to those risks Such procedures included examining on a test basis evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that 1 relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and 2 involved our especially challenging subjective or complex judgments The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole and we are not by communicating the critical audit matter below providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates
The Company generates revenue from product revenue and subscription services revenue For contracts that contain multiple performance obligations the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price The standalone selling price is determined based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately or if not observable through past transactions is estimated taking into account available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to performance obligations The determination of the standalone selling price requires management to make significant estimates and judgments related to market conditions and pricing guidelines
We identified the determination of standalone selling price as a critical audit matter because of the significant judgments made by management in estimating standalone selling price when the price at which the performance obligation sold separately is not available This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort to perform qualitative evaluations of the audit evidence related to management s determination of the standalone selling price
We evaluated the appropriateness of the Company s methodology used to determine standalone selling price by comparing to historical analysis completed by the Company internal forecasts practices observed in the industry and other significant assumptions
We tested the underlying data that served as the basis for the Company s analysis and the mathematical accuracy of such analysis and verified the consistent application of the methodology of establishing standalone selling price
issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission COSO In our opinion the Company maintained in all material respects effective internal control over financial reporting as of February 2 2025 based on criteria established in
We have also audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board United States PCAOB the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended February 2 2025 of the Company and our report dated March 26 2025 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements
The Company s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U S federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting assessing the risk that a material weakness exists testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion
A company s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles A company s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that 1 pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company 2 provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company and 3 provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition use or disposition of the company s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements
Because of its inherent limitations internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements Also projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate
Pure Storage Inc the Company we us or other similar pronouns was originally incorporated in the state of Delaware in October 2009 under the name OS76 Inc In January 2010 we changed our name to Pure Storage Inc We are headquartered in Santa Clara California and have wholly owned subsidiaries throughout the world
We operate using a 52 53 week fiscal year ending on the first Sunday after January 30 Fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 were 52 week years that ended on February 5 2023 February 4 2024 and February 2 2025 respectively Unless otherwise stated all dates refer to our fiscal years
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and our wholly owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States U S GAAP All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U S GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and accompanying notes Actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions due to risks and uncertainties Such estimates include but are not limited to the determination of standalone selling price for revenue arrangements with multiple performance obligations when the price at which the performance obligation sold separately or observable past transactions are not available useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment the period of benefit for deferred contract costs for commissions fair value for certain stock based awards provision for income taxes including related reserves fair value of leases and impairment of related right of use ROU assets Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions which management believes to be reasonable the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities
The functional currency of our foreign subsidiaries is the U S dollar Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are remeasured to the functional currency at the average exchange rate in effect during the period At the end of each reporting period monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured using exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date Non monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured at historical exchange rates Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are recorded in other income expense net in the consolidated statements of operations
Financial instruments that are exposed to concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents marketable securities and accounts receivable At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 the majority of our cash and cash equivalents are primarily invested with two global financial institutions and our deposits exceed federally insured limits These two global financial institutions were identified by the Financial Stability Board in 2024 as being global systemically important banks and are allocated to buckets 3 or higher Our investments are intended to facilitate liquidity and capital preservation and consist predominantly of highly rated fixed income securities Our investment policy also requires diversification of investment type and credit exposures and includes certain limits on portfolio duration Management believes that the financial institutions that hold our cash cash equivalents and marketable securities are financially sound and accordingly are subject to minimal credit risk
We define a customer as an entity that purchases our products and services from one of our channel partners or from us directly A substantial amount of our revenue and accounts receivable are derived from the United States across a multitude of industries We perform ongoing evaluations to determine partner and customer credit
No customer or channel partner represented more than 10 percent of revenue for fiscal 2023 and 2025 One customer represented more than 10 percent of total accounts receivable at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 and more than 10 percent of revenue for fiscal 2024
We rely on a limited number of contract manufacturers and suppliers of components for our products In instances where contract manufacturers and suppliers fail to perform their obligations we may be unable to find alternative contract manufacturers and suppliers or satisfactorily deliver our products to our customers on time
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash in banks and highly liquid investments primarily money market accounts and U S government treasury notes purchased with an original maturity of three months or less
We classify our marketable securities as available for sale AFS at the time of purchase and reevaluate such classification at each balance sheet date We may sell these securities at any time for use in current operations even if they have not yet reached maturity As a result we classify our securities including those with maturities beyond twelve months as current assets in the consolidated balance sheets We carry these securities at estimated fair value and record unrealized gains and losses in accumulated other comprehensive income loss which is reflected as a component of stockholders equity We evaluate our AFS debt securities with an unamortized cost basis in excess of estimated fair value to determine what amount of that difference if any is caused by expected credit losses Credit related impairment losses not to exceed the amount that fair value is less than the amortized cost basis are recognized through an allowance for credit losses with changes in the allowance for credit losses recognized as a charge to other income expense net in the consolidated statements of operations Any remaining impairment is included in accumulated other comprehensive income loss as a component of stockholders equity Realized gains and losses from the sale of marketable securities are determined based on the specific identification method and are reported in other income expense net in the consolidated statements of operations
Our strategic investments consist primarily of equity investments in privately held companies without readily determinable fair values in which we do not own a controlling interest or exercise significant influence These investments are recorded at cost using the fair value measurement alternative and are adjusted for observable price changes from orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer or impairment events Additionally we assess these investments quarterly for impairment Adjustments and impairments if any are recorded in other income expense net on the consolidated statements of operations
Deferred compensation payments are held in investment accounts within a consolidated NQDC trust The trust is classified in other assets non current on the consolidated balance sheets as the funds in the trust are not available for use in our operations The value of the trust is adjusted each quarter based on the fair value of the underlying investments which are considered trading securities with unrealized gains and losses classified as other income expense net in the consolidated statements of operations
Our obligation with respect to the NQDC trust is recorded in other liabilities non current on the consolidated balance sheets Increases or decreases in the fair value of the NQDC trust liability are recognized as compensation expense in the consolidated statements of operations There is no net impact to our net income from the fair value adjustments as changes in the fair value of the investment accounts held in the NQDC trust and the NQDC trust liability offset
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and stated at realizable value net of an allowance for doubtful accounts Credit is extended to partners and customers based on an evaluation of their financial condition and other factors We generally do not require collateral or other security to support accounts receivable We perform ongoing credit evaluations and maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts
We assess the collectability of the accounts by taking into consideration the aging of our trade receivables historical experience and management judgment We write off trade receivables against the allowance when management determines a balance is uncollectible and no longer actively pursues collection of the receivable
Restricted cash is associated with our letters of credit for leases and certain employee related benefits At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 we had restricted cash of 9 6 million and 14 2 million Our restricted cash balance at the end of fiscal 2025 includes 1 6 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets on our consolidated balance sheets
Inventory consists of finished goods and component parts which are purchased from contract manufacturers Product demonstration units which we regularly sell are the primary component of our inventories Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value Cost is determined using the specific identification method for finished goods and weighted average method for component parts We account for excess and obsolete inventory by reducing the carrying value to the estimated net realizable value of the inventory based upon management s assumptions about future demand and market conditions
In addition we record a liability for firm non cancelable and unconditional purchase commitments with contract manufacturers and suppliers for quantities in excess of future demand forecasts consistent with excess and obsolete inventory valuations The liabilities for these purchase commitments amounted to 23 6 million and 13 6 million at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 and are reported in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization Depreciation and amortization is computed using the straight line method over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets test and infrastructure equipment 5 to 7 years computer equipment and software 4 to 7 years furniture and fixtures 7 years Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the remaining lease term Depreciation commences once the asset is placed in service
In accordance with our accounting practices we review the estimated useful lives of our property and equipment on an ongoing basis In the third quarter of fiscal 2025 management determined that the estimated useful lives of our test and infrastructure equipment and assets supporting our
offerings should be revised from 4 years to a range of 5 to 7 years The change in estimated useful lives was recognized on a prospective basis effective at the beginning of the third quarter of fiscal 2025 The effect of this change in estimate resulted in an aggregate reduction to depreciation expense and corresponding increase in net income of 20 1 million or 0 06 per basic and diluted share during fiscal 2025
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price consideration over the estimated fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year as a single reporting unit and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable We may elect to qualitatively assess whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit is less than its carrying value If we opt not to qualitatively assess a quantitative goodwill impairment test is performed The quantitative test compares our reporting unit s carrying amount including goodwill to its fair value calculated based on our enterprise value If the carrying amount exceeds its fair value an impairment loss is recognized for the excess
Purchased intangible assets with finite lives are stated at cost net of accumulated amortization We amortize our intangible assets on a straight line basis over an estimated useful life of three to seven years
We review our long lived assets including property and equipment finite lived intangible assets and ROU assets associated with leased facilities for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable We measure the recoverability of these assets by comparing the carrying amounts to the future undiscounted cash flows the assets are expected to generate If the total of the future undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying amount of an asset we record an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value
Deferred commissions consist of variable sales costs paid to our sales force to obtain customer contracts Deferred commissions related to product revenue are recognized upon transfer of control to customers As the deferred commissions paid for initial contracts are not commensurate with the amounts paid for renewal contracts such amounts are amortized over an expected benefit period of six years We determine the expected benefit period by evaluating our technology development life cycle expected customer relationship period and other factors Deferred commissions paid for renewal contracts are amortized over the related contractual period We classify deferred commissions as current and non current in our consolidated balance sheets based on the timing of when we expect to recognize the expense Amortization of deferred commissions is included in sales and marketing expense in the consolidated statements of operations
We assess whether an arrangement contains a lease at inception and if so we evaluate the classification of the lease as operating or finance Lease liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future lease payments at commencement date The interest rate implicit in our operating and finance leases is not readily determinable and therefore an incremental borrowing rate is estimated to determine the present value of future payments The estimated incremental borrowing rate factors in a hypothetical interest rate on a collateralized basis with similar terms payments and economic environments The lease ROU asset is determined based on the lease liability initially established and reduced for any prepaid lease payments and any lease incentives We account for the lease and non lease components of operating and finance lease contract consideration as a single lease component
Certain of the operating lease agreements contain rent concession rent escalation and option to renew provisions Rent concession and rent escalation provisions are considered in determining the lease cost Lease cost under our operating leases is recognized on a straight line basis over the lease term commencing on the date we have the right to use the leased property We generally use the base non cancelable lease term when recognizing the lease assets and liabilities unless it is reasonably certain that an extension or termination option will be exercised In addition certain of our operating lease agreements contain tenant improvement allowances from our landlords These allowances are accounted for as lease incentives and reduce our ROU asset and lease cost over the lease term
For short term leases defined as leases that at the commencement date have a lease term of twelve months or less and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that we are reasonably certain to exercise we recognize rent expense in our consolidated statements of operations on a straight line basis over the lease term and record variable lease payments as incurred
Our finance leases contain a purchase option at the end of the lease term that we are reasonably certain to exercise As such we include the purchase option in the measurement of the finance lease liability and utilize the useful life of the underlying assets as the period to amortize the finance lease ROU assets over on a straight line basis We record interest expense for finance lease liabilities based on the incremental borrowing rate Assets recognized are included in property and equipment net and the short and long term lease liabilities are included in accrued expenses and other liabilities non current in the consolidated balance sheets
We will at times lease our data storage solutions and subscription services Total net consideration is allocated to each component based on relative standalone selling price The amounts allocated to the lease and non lease components are accounted for in accordance with ASC 842 and ASC 606 respectively
For sales type leases we recognize the selling profit or loss upfront and a lease receivable equal to the present value of the future lease payments is included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and other assets non current in our consolidated balance sheets The future lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease or our incremental borrowing rate if the implicit interest rate cannot be reasonably determined Lease income associated with sales type leases are classified as product revenue on our consolidated statements of operations
Initial direct costs are incremental costs directly related to negotiating and executing the lease are allocated to the lease and non lease components based on relative standalone selling price Initial direct costs allocated to sales type leases are expensed immediately and included in the selling profit or loss while initial direct costs allocated to operating leases are deferred and amortized on a straight line basis over the lease term as an operating expense
Deferred revenue primarily consists of amounts that have been invoiced but have not yet been recognized as revenue and performance obligations pertaining to subscription services The current portion of deferred revenue represents the amounts that are expected to be recognized as revenue within one year of the consolidated balance sheet dates
We generate revenue from two sources 1 product revenue which includes the sale of integrated storage hardware and embedded licensed operating system software and 2 subscription services revenue which includes primarily our portfolio of
subscription service agreement provides our customers with a new controller based upon certain contractual terms The controller refresh represents a separate performance obligation that is included within the subscription service agreement and the allocated revenue is recognized upon shipment of the controller Costs associated with E
subscription services also include the right to receive unspecified software updates and upgrades on a when and if available basis software bug fixes replacement parts and other services related to the underlying infrastructure as well as access to our cloud based management and support platform
We recognize revenue upon the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services This is achieved through applying the following five step approach
When applying this five step approach we apply judgment in determining the customer s ability and intention to pay which is based on a variety of factors including the customer s historical payment experience and or published credit and financial information pertaining to the customer To the extent a customer contract includes multiple promised goods or services we determine whether promised goods or services should be accounted for as a separate performance obligation The transaction price is determined based on the consideration which we will be entitled to in exchange for transferring goods or services to the customer For contracts that contain multiple performance obligations we allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price SSP The SSP is determined based on the price at which the performance obligation is sold separately or if not observable through past transactions is estimated taking into account available information such as market conditions and internally approved pricing guidelines related to performance obligations
We generally provide a three year warranty on hardware and a 90 day warranty on our software embedded in the hardware that commences upon shipment Our hardware warranty provides for parts replacement for defective components and our software warranty provides for bug fixes Our
subscription agreement provides for the same parts replacement that customers are entitled to under our warranty program except that replacement parts are delivered according to targeted response times to minimize disruption to our customers critical business applications Substantially all customers purchase
subscription agreements We will establish a warranty reserve for specifically identified products if and when we determine we have systemic product failure Our estimate for future estimated costs related to warranty activities is based upon historical product failure rates and historical costs incurred in correcting product failures Warranty reserves at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 were not material
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred Research and development costs consist primarily of employee compensation and related expenses prototype expenses to the extent there is no alternative use for that equipment depreciation of equipment used in research and development third party engineering and contractor support costs data center and cloud services costs as well as allocated overhead costs
We expense costs to develop software that is externally marketed before technological feasibility is reached We have determined that technological feasibility is reached shortly before the release of our products and as a result the development costs incurred after the establishment of technological feasibility and before the release of those products have not been significant and accordingly have been expensed as incurred
We capitalize i costs incurred to develop or modify software solely for our internal use including hosted applications used to deliver our support services and ii certain implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract when the preliminary project stage is complete management with the relevant authority authorizes and commits to the funding of the software project and it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the intended function Costs related to preliminary project activities and post implementation activities are expensed as incurred
Software development costs are capitalized to property plant and equipment and amortized using the straight line method over an estimated useful life of four years Software development costs capitalized to property and equipment were 20 7 million and 29 4 million for fiscal 2024 and 2025 Amortization expense for software development costs was 2 2 million 3 5 million and 4 1 million during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025
Software implementation costs are capitalized to either prepaid and other current assets or other assets non current in our consolidated balance sheets and amortized over the terms of the associated hosting arrangements Software implementation costs capitalized were 4 3 million and 0 6 million for fiscal 2024 and 2025 Amortization expense for software implementation costs was 1 5 million 2 4 million and 4 0 million during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025
Stock based compensation includes expenses related to restricted stock units RSUs performance based restricted stock units PRSUs market based long term performance incentive restricted stock units LTP Awards and restricted stock stock options and purchase rights issued to employees under our employee stock purchase plan ESPP
The fair value of RSUs PRSUs and restricted stock are measured at the fair market value of the underlying stock at the grant date The fair value of LTP Awards on the grant date is calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation model that takes into account similar input assumptions as the Black Scholes option pricing model as well as the possibility that the market condition may not be satisfied and a post vest holding period discount We determine the fair value of ESPP purchase rights and stock options on the date of grant utilizing the Black Scholes option pricing model which is impacted by the fair value of our common stock as well as changes in assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables These variables include the expected common stock price volatility over the term of the purchase rights or options the expected term of the purchase rights or options risk free interest rates and expected dividend yield
We recognize stock based compensation expense for stock based awards with only service conditions on a straight line basis over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award generally the vesting period of the award
For stock based awards granted to employees that include a performance condition we recognize stock based compensation expense for these awards under the accelerated attribution method over the requisite service period when management determines it is probable that the performance condition will be satisfied
For stock based awards granted to employees that include a market condition we recognize stock based compensation expense under the accelerated attribution method over the requisite service period Stock based compensation expense that was previously recognized is not reversed if the market condition is ultimately not met
Personnel related restructuring charges include severance and other separation costs associated with workforce realignment action plans We accrue for these costs when it is probable that the benefits will be paid and the amount is reasonably estimable if the costs are associated with a substantive ongoing benefit arrangement including amounts that are mandated pursuant to a contract or law We evaluate and adjust the liabilities based on actual costs incurred or changes in estimates We generally recognize a liability for one time termination benefit costs based on its fair value at the communication date when management has committed to a termination plan and notified the affected employees
We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method Deferred income taxes are recognized by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced if necessary by a valuation allowance to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized
We recognize tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only if we believe that it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities based on the technical merits of the position The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such positions are then measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 likelihood of being realized upon settlement
which requires disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis We adopted this standard for our annual period beginning fiscal year 2025 on a retrospective basis to all periods presented The adoption of this standard did not result in a significant change to our consolidated financial statement disclosures Refer to Note 15 Segment Information and Geographic Areas for further information
which requires greater disaggregation of tax information in rate reconciliation and income taxes paid by jurisdiction ASU 2023 09 will be effective for our fiscal year beginning February 3 2025 with early adoption permitted We are currently evaluating the impact of this standard on our financial statement disclosures
which requires additional disclosures of specific expense categories included within each expense caption presented on the Statements of Operations The new standard can be applied on either a fully retrospective or prospective basis ASU 2024 03 will be effective for our fiscal year beginning February 1 2027 and interim periods within our fiscal year beginning February 7 2028 with early adoption permitted We are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our financial statement disclosures
We define fair value as the exchange price that would be received from sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date We measure our financial assets and liabilities at fair value at each reporting period using a fair value hierarchy which requires us to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value A financial instrument s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement
Observable inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly through market corroboration for substantially the full term of the financial instruments and
Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities These inputs are based on our own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value and require significant management judgment or estimation
We measure our cash equivalents marketable securities and restricted cash at fair value on a recurring basis We classify our cash equivalents marketable securities and restricted cash within Level 1 or Level 2 because they are valued using either quoted market prices or inputs other than quoted prices which are directly or indirectly observable in the market including readily available pricing sources for the identical underlying security which may not be actively traded Our fixed income available for sale securities consist of high quality investment grade securities from diverse issuers The valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of our marketable securities were derived from non binding market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data or quoted market prices for similar instruments
The following tables summarize our cash equivalents marketable securities and restricted cash by significant investment categories and their classification within the fair value hierarchy at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 in thousands
Unrealized losses on our marketable securities have not been recorded into income because we do not intend to sell nor is it more likely than not that we will be required to sell these investments prior to recovery of their amortized cost basis The fair value of our marketable securities is impacted by the interest rate environment and related credit spreads The credit ratings associated with our marketable securities are highly rated and the issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments As a result there were no credit or non credit impairment charges recorded in fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 The following table presents the fair values and gross unrealized losses for those investments that were in a continuous unrealized loss position at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 aggregated by investment category in thousands
Strategic investments primarily include equity investments in privately held companies which do not have a readily determinable fair value We deem our strategic investments as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as nonrecurring fair value measurements may include observable and unobservable inputs At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 the carrying amount of our strategic investments was 5 0 million and 36 7 million that is included in other assets non current in our consolidated balance sheets Adjustments made under the fair value measurement alternative were either none or not material during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025
The investments held in our NQDC trust are considered trading securities that are measured at fair value using Level 1 inputs The fair value of these investments was 3 2 million and 8 4 million at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025
Intangible assets amortization expense was 16 5 million 16 2 million and 15 7 million for fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 respectively At the end of fiscal 2025 the weighted average remaining amortization period was 0 9 year for technology patents 1 0 year for developed technology and 2 7 years for customer relationships We record amortization of technology patents in general and administrative expenses due to their defensive nature developed technology in cost of product revenue and customer relationships in sales and marketing expenses in the consolidated statements of operations
During fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 we recognized sales commission expenses of 170 0 million 172 7 million and 179 7 million respectively Of the 328 6 million total deferred commissions balance at the end of fiscal 2025 we expect to recognize approximately 30 as sales commission expense over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter
Total remaining performance obligations RPO which is contracted but not recognized revenue was 2 6 billion at the end of fiscal 2025 Total RPO includes 41 1 million in remaining non cancelable product orders of which 25 4 million relates to a lessor arrangement RPO consists of both deferred revenue and non cancelable amounts that are expected to be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods Product orders are generally cancelable until delivery has occurred and as such unfulfilled product orders that are cancelable are excluded from RPO Of the 2 6 billion RPO at the end of fiscal 2025 we expect to recognize approximately 48 over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter
In August 2020 we entered into a Credit Agreement with a consortium of financial institutions and lenders that provides for a five year senior secured revolving credit facility of 300 0 million Credit Facility Proceeds from the Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes and working capital The Credit Facility expires absent default or termination by us on August 24 2025
Effective April 1 2023 the Credit Facility was amended to transition LIBOR to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate SOFR The annual interest rates applicable to loans under the Credit Facility are at our option equal to either a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0 50 to 1 25 or term SOFR based on one three or six month interest periods subject to a floor of 0 plus a margin ranging from 1 50 to 2 25 Interest on revolving loans is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to loans based on the base rate and at the end of an interest period in the case of loans based on term SOFR or at each three month interval if the interest period is longer than three months We are also required to pay a commitment fee on the unused portion of the commitments ranging from 0 25 to 0 40 per annum payable quarterly in arrears
We had 100 0 million outstanding under the Credit Facility at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 The outstanding borrowings bore weighted average interest at an annual rate of approximately 1 61 6 73 and 6 59 based on a one month term LIBOR or SOFR period resulting in interest expense of 0 3 million 5 5 million and 6 6 million during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are collateralized by substantially all of our assets and subject to certain restrictions and two financial ratios measured as of the last day of each fiscal quarter a consolidated leverage ratio not to exceed 4 5 1 and an interest coverage ratio not to be less than 3 1 We were in compliance with all covenants under the Credit Facility at the end of fiscal 2025
In April 2023 we repaid the entire 575 0 million principal balance of our 0 125 convertible senior unsecured notes the Notes that were issued in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers in April 2018
At the end of fiscal 2025 we had various non cancelable operating and finance lease commitments for office and data center facilities Refer to Note 8 Leases for additional information regarding lease commitments
At the end of fiscal 2025 we had 540 1 million of non cancelable contractual purchase obligations primarily related to inventory purchase commitments software service contracts and hosting arrangements In order to manage future demand for our products we enter into agreements with manufacturers and suppliers to procure inventory based upon our demand forecasts
At the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025 we had outstanding letters of credit in the aggregate amount of 7 7 million and 7 2 million in connection with our facility leases The letters of credit are collateralized by either restricted cash or the Credit Facility and mature on various dates through September 2030
From time to time we have become involved in claims and other legal matters arising in the normal course of business We investigate these claims as they arise Although claims are inherently unpredictable we currently are not aware of any matters that we expect to have a material adverse effect on our business financial position results of operations or cash flows Accordingly no material loss contingency has been recorded in our consolidated balance sheet as of the end of fiscal 2025
Our arrangements generally include certain provisions for indemnifying customers against liabilities if our products or services infringe a third party s intellectual property rights Other guarantees or indemnification arrangements include guarantees of product and service performance and standby letters of credit for lease facilities It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification obligations due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each particular agreement To date we have not incurred any material costs as a result of such obligations and have not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in the consolidated financial statements In addition we indemnify our officers directors and certain key employees while they are serving in good faith in their respective capacities To date there have been no claims under any indemnification provisions
We lease office and data center facilities under non cancelable operating lease agreements expiring through July 2032 Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants
During the second quarter of fiscal 2024 we ceased use of our former corporate headquarters that resulted in certain impairment and abandonment charges during fiscal 2024 and 2025 Refer to Note 9 Restructuring and Impairment for further information
We also lease certain engineering test equipment under financing agreements These finance leases have a lease term of three years and contain a bargain purchase option that we have exercised or expect to exercise at the end of the respective lease terms
During fiscal 2024 and 2025 we as a lessor entered into non cancelable arrangements to lease our data storage solutions and subscription services The arrangements include multiple seven year leases that both commenced during fiscal 2025 and will commence in fiscal 2026 with total net consideration of 174 8 million The arrangements provide an end of term option to purchase the leased assets for a pre determined price
We determined at inception of the respective arrangements that each of the leases include sales type leases an operating lease and non lease components The non lease components are comprised of subscription support services and professional services The total net consideration for each lease was allocated to these components based on relative standalone selling price
Total net consideration for the leases that commenced during fiscal 2025 was 134 8 million We recognized 47 4 million in product revenue related to the sales type lease components during fiscal 2025 The associated profit was 36 1 million based on the product revenue recognized less certain costs during fiscal 2025 Subscription services revenue related to the operating lease and non lease components recognized during fiscal 2025 was 7 2 million
Future minimum gross lease payments for the leases that commenced during fiscal 2025 allocated to the sales type leases and operating lease components were as follows in thousands The remaining lease payments of 100 0 million allocated to the non lease components are excluded from the table below
In February 2024 we approved a workforce realignment plan the Plan to better align our resources with our business strategy that reduced our headcount by nearly 250 employees globally We recognized total restructuring costs of 27 9 million associated with one time severance and other termination benefits of which 18 0 million and 9 9 million was recognized in fiscal 2024 and 2025 The restructuring costs recognized included 1 2 million and 0 4 million in cost of revenue in our consolidated statement of operations for fiscal 2024 and 2025 The Plan was completed by the third quarter of fiscal 2025
During the second quarter of fiscal 2024 we ceased use of our former corporate headquarters that resulted in the recognition of 16 8 million and 6 4 million in lease impairment and abandonment charges during fiscal 2024 and 2025 The impairment charges represent the amount that the carrying value of the underlying operating lease right of use assets exceeded their estimated fair values which were determined by utilizing a discounted cash flow approach that incorporated a sublease assumption The incremental impairment charge recognized during fiscal 2025 resulted from a revision to the underlying sublease assumptions
We have 20 0 million authorized shares of undesignated preferred stock the rights preferences and privileges of which may be designated from time to time by our Board of Directors At the end of fiscal 2025 there were no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding
We have two classes of authorized common stock Class A common stock which we refer to as our common stock and Class B common stock At the end of fiscal 2025 we had 2 0 billion authorized shares of Class A common stock and 250 0 million authorized shares of Class B common stock with each class having a par value of 0 0001 per share At the end of fiscal 2025 326 1 million shares of Class A common stock were issued and outstanding
In August 2019 our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program to repurchase shares of our common stock As of the end of fiscal 2025 our Board of Directors has authorized to repurchase up to 1 1 billion under our share repurchase program of which 21 5 million remained available Shares repurchases are funded from available working capital
In February 2025 our Board of Directors authorized a 250 0 million increase to the share repurchase program bringing the total remaining authorization for future share repurchases to 271 5 million Repurchases may be made at management s discretion from time to time on the open market through privately negotiated transactions transactions structured through investment banking institutions block purchase techniques 10b5 1 trading plans or a combination of the foregoing The share repurchase program does not obligate us to acquire any of our common stock has no end date and may be suspended or discontinued by us at any time without prior notice
We record the difference between cash paid for stock repurchases and underlying par value as a reduction to additional paid in capital to the extent the repurchases do not cause this balance to be reduced below zero at which point the difference would be recorded as a reduction to accumulated deficit
We maintain two equity incentive plans the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan the 2009 Plan and the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan the 2015 Plan The 2015 Plan serves as the successor to our 2009 Plan and provides for grants of incentive stock options to our employees and non statutory stock options stock appreciation rights restricted stock RSUs performance based stock and cash awards market based stock awards and other forms of stock awards to our employees directors and consultants Our equity awards generally vest over a two to four year period and expire no later than ten years from the date of grant
We initially reserved 27 0 million shares of our common stock for issuance under our 2015 Plan The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2015 Plan increases automatically on the first day of each fiscal year for a period of not more than ten years commencing on February 1 2016 in an amount equal to 5 of the total number of shares of our capital stock outstanding as of the immediately preceding January 31 the Evergreen Increase In March 2022 our Board of Directors approved an amendment and restatement of the 2015 Plan to clarify the effect of our change to a 52 53 week fiscal year in September 2019 on the Evergreen Increase The last Evergreen Increase occurred on February 3 2025
In June 2024 we extended the net share settlement of equity awards to the majority of our employees by withholding shares upon vesting to satisfy tax withholding obligations whereas previously shares were sold to cover such tax withholding obligations Approximately 0 6 million 0 9 million and 3 5 million shares were withheld to cover 19 6 million 30 0 million and 208 8 million respectively in tax withholding obligations during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 The shares withheld to satisfy employee tax withholding obligations are returned to our 2015 Plan and will be available for future issuance Payments for employees tax obligations to the tax authorities are recognized as a reduction to additional paid in capital and reflected as a financing activity in our consolidated statements of cash flows
Our 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan was amended and restated in fiscal 2020 2015 ESPP A total of 3 5 million shares of common stock was initially reserved for issuance under the 2015 ESPP and an additional 5 0 million shares of common stock were added in connection with the amendment and restatement The number of shares reserved for issuance under our 2015 ESPP increased automatically on the first day of February of each of 2016 through 2025 in an amount equal to the lesser of i 1 of the total number of shares of our capital stock outstanding as of the immediately preceding January 31 and ii 3 5 million shares of common stock
Our Board of Directors or a committee thereof has the authority to establish the length and terms of the offering periods and purchase periods and the purchase price of the shares of common stock which may be purchased under the plan The current offering terms allow eligible employees to purchase shares of our common stock at a discount through payroll deductions of up to 30 of their eligible compensation subject to a cap of 3 000 shares on any purchase date a dollar cap of 7 500 per purchase period or 25 000 in any calendar year as determined under applicable tax rules The current terms also allow for a 24 month offering period beginning March 16th and September 16th of each year with each offering period consisting of four 6 month purchase periods subject to a reset provision Further currently on each purchase date eligible employees may purchase our common stock at a price per share equal to 85 of the lesser of the fair market value of our common stock 1 on the first trading day of the applicable offering period or 2 the purchase date
Under the reset provision currently authorized if the closing stock price on the offering date of a new offering falls below the closing stock price on the offering date of an ongoing offering the ongoing offering would terminate immediately following the purchase of ESPP shares on the purchase date immediately preceding the new offering and participants in the terminated offering would automatically be enrolled in the new offering ESPP reset resulting in a modification charge to be recognized over the new offering period During fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 ESPP resets resulted in total modification charges of 10 4 million 16 7 million and 1 2 million respectively to be recognized over their new offering periods
During fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 we recognized 22 9 million 27 4 million and 34 1 million of stock based compensation expense related to our 2015 ESPP At the end of fiscal 2025 total unrecognized stock based compensation cost related to our 2015 ESPP was 12 3 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1 1 years
The fair value of employees purchase rights under ESPP is estimated on the grant date using the Black Scholes option pricing model This valuation model for stock based compensation expense requires us to make assumptions and judgments about the variables used in the calculation including the fair value of the underlying common stock expected term the expected volatility of the common stock a risk free interest rate and expected dividend yield The assumptions used for the periods presented are as follows
The aggregate intrinsic value of options vested and exercisable at the end of fiscal 2025 is calculated based on the difference between the exercise price and the closing price of 67 79 of our common stock on the last day of fiscal 2025 The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 was 63 5 million 124 0 million and 91 4 million
During fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 we recognized 248 1 million 268 2 million and 305 3 million in stock based compensation expense related to RSUs At the end of fiscal 2025 total unrecognized employee compensation cost related to unvested RSUs was 667 7 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2 6 years
The number of shares that could be earned under our PRSU grants ranges from 0 to 200 of the target number granted depending on the achievement of certain performance conditions with any unearned shares canceled Generally the number of earned shares vest over three years from the date of grant subject to continuous service
During fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025 we recognized 51 6 million 23 9 million and 67 3 million in stock based compensation expense related to PRSUs At the end of fiscal 2025 total unrecognized employee compensation cost related to unvested PRSUs was 24 6 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2 0 years
During the first quarter of fiscal 2025 our Board of Directors approved a discretionary adjustment increasing the earned number of shares to 80 percent of the target for the PRSUs granted in fiscal 2024 Our Board of Director s consideration included that fiscal 2024 total revenue growth was impacted by Total Contract Value TCV sales growth of our consumption based
offerings which far exceeded expectations This modification resulted in additional stock based compensation expense of approximately 40 7 million of which 36 6 million was recognized during fiscal 2025 with the remaining amount to be recognized over the remaining vesting period
The number of shares earned are contingent upon our market capitalization meeting or exceeding 21 0 billion that will be measured over an approximate three to five year period at the end of our fiscal years ending in 2026 2027 and 2028
The grant date fair value per share of 17 56 was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation model that considered the following assumptions i expected volatility of 51 8 ii risk free interest rate of 3 86 iii total performance period of nearly five years and iv a post vest holding period discount of 14 9 Total stock based compensation expense for these awards is being recognized over the requisite service period of nearly five years using the accelerated attribution method and is not reversed if the market condition is not ultimately met During fiscal 2024 and 2025 we recognized 9 6 million and 14 3 million in stock based compensation expense related to LTP Awards At the end of fiscal 2025 total unrecognized stock based compensation cost related to unvested LTP Awards was 45 3 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3 1 years
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders is presented in conformity with the two class method required for participating securities Basic net income per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by dividing the net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period less shares subject to repurchase Diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by giving effect to all potentially dilutive common stock equivalents including our outstanding stock options common stock related to unvested RSUs PRSUs and LTP Awards unvested restricted stock the shares underlying the conversion option in our Notes prior to the Notes being repaid in April 2023 to the extent dilutive and common stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP We used the if converted method to calculate the impact of our Notes prior to the Notes being repaid on diluted EPS
The following weighted average outstanding shares of common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been anti dilutive in thousands
Interest income includes interest income related to our cash cash equivalents and marketable securities and non cash interest income expense related to accretion amortization of the discount premium on marketable securities
Interest expense includes non cash interest expense related to amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs contractual interest expense related to our debt and accretion of our finance lease liabilities
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes The significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows in thousands
At the end of fiscal 2025 the undistributed earnings of 336 0 million from non U S operations held by our foreign subsidiaries are designated as permanently reinvested outside the U S Accordingly no additional U S income taxes or additional foreign withholding taxes have been provided thereon Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred tax liability related to these earnings is not practicable
We had federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards of approximately 200 3 million and 166 8 million at the end of fiscal 2025 The federal research and development tax credit carryforwards will expire commencing in 2028 while the state research and development tax credit carryforwards have no expiration date
Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on future taxable income the existence and timing of which is uncertain Based on our history of losses management has determined that it is more likely than not that the U S deferred tax assets will not be realized and accordingly has placed a full valuation allowance on the net U S deferred tax assets The valuation allowance increased by 62 8 million and 93 7 million respectively during fiscal 2024 and 2025
Utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards and credits may be subject to substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations provided by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and similar state provisions The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and credits before utilization In March 2025 we completed an analysis through the end of fiscal 2025 to evaluate whether there are any limitations of our net operating loss carryforwards and concluded that there was not a limitation that would result in the permanent expiration of carryforwards before they are utilized
It is difficult to predict the final timing and resolution of any particular uncertain tax position Based on our assessment including experience and complex judgments about future events we do not expect that changes in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits during the next twelve months will have a significant impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations
We file income tax returns in the U S federal jurisdiction as well as many U S states and foreign jurisdictions The tax returns for fiscal years 2009 and forward remain open to examination by the major jurisdictions in which we are subject to tax The tax returns for fiscal years outside the normal statutes of limitation remain open to audit by tax authorities due to tax attributes generated in those early years which have been carried forward and may be audited in subsequent years when utilized
Our chief operating decision maker CODM the Chief Executive Officer manages business activities as a single operating and reportable segment at the consolidated level The CODM reviews and utilizes consolidated financial information including revenue gross profit operating income and net income as reported on the consolidated statements of operations to assess performance and allocate resources to support strategic priorities Consolidated net income is our segment s primary measure of profit or loss The measure of segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheets as total consolidated assets
Our CODM reviews the following significant segment expenses which are each separately disclosed and presented in the consolidated statements of operations cost of revenue for product cost of revenue for subscription services research and development expenses sales and marketing expenses and general and administrative expenses Other segment items within consolidated net income include restructuring and impairment expenses other income expense net and income tax provision Other significant noncash segment expenses include stock based compensation and depreciation and amortization
We have a 401 k savings plan the 401 k plan which qualifies as a deferred salary arrangement under section 401 k of the Internal Revenue Code Under the 401 k plan participating employees may elect to contribute up to 85 of their eligible compensation subject to certain limitations We currently match 50 of employees contributions up to a maximum of 4 000 annually Matching contributions immediately vest Our contributions to the plan were 12 2 million 13 5 million and 14 1 million during fiscal 2023 2024 and 2025
In fiscal 2023 we adopted a NQDC whereby executive officers senior management and members of our Board of Directors may elect to defer compensation payable to them in excess of the IRS limits imposed on 401 k plans Deferred compensation payments are held in investment accounts that reside in a trust The fair value of the deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities under the NQDC was 3 2 million and 8 4 million at the end of fiscal 2024 and 2025
Our management with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer CEO and Chief Financial Officer CFO evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a 15 e and 15d 15 e under the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10 K Based on such evaluation our CEO and CFO concluded that as of the end of fiscal 2025 our disclosure controls and procedures were designed at a reasonable assurance level and were effective to provide reasonable assurance that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded processed summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management including our CEO and CFO as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a 15 f and Rule 15d 15 f of the Exchange Act Internal control over financial reporting consists of policies and procedures that 1 pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company 2 are designed and operated to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and our process for the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company and 3 provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition use or disposition of the Company s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements Our management evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting using the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in
The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of fiscal 2025 has been audited by Deloitte Touche LLP an independent registered public accounting firm as stated in their report which appears in Part II Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10 K
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a 15 d and 15d 15 d of the Exchange Act that occurred during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting
In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting management recognizes that any controls and procedures no matter how well designed and operated can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives In addition the design of disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs
On January 7 2025 John Colgrove our Chief Visionary Officer and a member of our Board of Directors adopted a Rule 10b5 1 trading plan on behalf of the Colgrove Family Charitable Remainder Trust and the Colgrove Family Living Trust that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5 1 c The plan provides for the sale by The Colgrove Family Charitable Remainder Trust of up to 800 000 shares of our common stock on specified dates until the earlier of December 31 2025 or when all the shares under Mr Colgrove s plan are sold The plan provides for the sale by the Colgrove Family Living Trust of up to the greater of 200 000 shares of our common stock or the number of shares necessary to generate gross proceeds of 3 500 000 on specified dates until the earlier of December 31 2025 or when the gross proceeds from all sales by the Colgrove Family Living Trust equal 3 500 000 The number of shares to be sold by the Colgrove Living Trust is not currently determinable because the number will vary based on the market price of our common stock at the time of settlement
On January 16 2025 Dan FitzSimons our Chief Revenue Officer adopted a Rule 10b5 1 trading plan that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5 1 c which provides for the sale of up to 67 129 shares of our common stock on specified dates until the earlier of April 16 2026 or when all the shares under Mr FitzSimon s plan are sold The actual number of shares subject to the trading arrangement under the Rule 10b5 1 trading plan may be lower due to our withholding of certain shares to satisfy income tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the vesting and net settlement of restricted stock units
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 other than Messrs Colgrove and FitzSimons none of our directors or executive officers as defined in Rule 16a 1 f adopted modified or terminated a Rule 10b5 1 trading arrangement or a non Rule 10b5 1 trading arrangement each as defined in Regulation S K Item 408
The information required by Item 10 with respect to our executive officers is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the heading Our Executive Officers in our definitive proxy statement for our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders 2025 Proxy Statement which will be filed not later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended February 2 2025
The information required by Item 10 with respect to our directors and corporate governance including director nominations and our audit committee and audit committee financial expert is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the headings Election of Directors and Board Structure and Processes in our 2025 Proxy Statement
The information required by Item 405 of Regulation S K regarding compliance with Section 16 a of the Exchange Act is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the heading Delinquent Section 16 a Reports in our 2025 Proxy Statement to the extent applicable
Information regarding our code of conduct that applies to our directors and all of our employees including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer is incorporated herein by reference from the information provided under the heading Compliance and Ethics in our 2025 Proxy Statement
We have adopted our Insider Trading Policy governing the purchase sale and or other dispositions of our securities by our directors officers and employees and other covered persons that is reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws rules and regulations and the exchange listing standards applicable to us A copy of our Insider Trading Policy is filed as Exhibit 19 1 to this Annual Report on Form 10 K
The information required by Item 402 of Regulation S K regarding the compensation of our executive officers and directors is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the headings Executive Compensation and Director Compensation respectively in our 2025 Proxy Statement provided that the information under the heading Pay Versus Performance shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
Information regarding compensation committee interlocks and insider participation is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the heading Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in our 2025 Proxy Statement
Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the heading Security Ownership in our 2025 Proxy Statement
Information regarding our equity compensation plan information is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the heading Equity Compensation Plan Information in our 2025 Proxy Statement
Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the heading Transactions with Related Persons in our 2025 Proxy Statement
Information regarding principal accountant fees and services and the audit committee s pre approval policies and procedures is incorporated herein by reference from the information under the headings Principal Accounting Fees and Services and Pre approval Policies and Procedures respectively in our 2025 Proxy Statement
We have filed the consolidated financial statements listed in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements Schedules and Exhibits included in Part II Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of this Annual Report on Form 10 K
Credit Agreement originally dated as of August 24 2020 and as amended as of March 15 2023 among Pure Storage Inc the Lenders from time to time party hereto and Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent issuing bank and swingline lender
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the registrant has duly caused this Annual Report on Form 10 K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears below constitute and appoint Charles Giancarlo Kevan Krysler John Colgrove and Nicole Armstrong and each one of them as his or her true and lawful attorneys in fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in their name place and stead in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10 K and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys in fact and agents and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in fact and agents or any of them or his her or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof

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