Pure Storage, Inc. (NYSE:PSTG) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 21, 2018, Pure Storage, Inc. (“Pure Storage”) held its annual meeting of stockholders via a live webcast (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, Pure Storage’s stockholders voted on three proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2018. The following is a brief description of each matter voted on and the certified results, including the number of votes cast for and against each matter, and if applicable, the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each matter.
1.All three nominees for Class III director were elected to serve until Pure Storage’s 2021 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The voting results were as follows:
Director Name: |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
Percentage of Votes in Favor |
Jeffrey Rothschild |
633,321,495 |
2,117,877 |
40,388,795 |
99.67% |
Anita Sands |
599,989,337 |
35,450,035 |
40,388,795 |
94.42% |
Michelangelo Volpi |
607,730,640 |
27,708,732 |
40,388,795 |
95.64% |
2.Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Pure Storage’s independent registered accounting firm for the fiscal year ending January 31, 2019. The voting results were as follows:
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
Percentage of Votes in Favor |
674,455,691 |
1,049,957 |
332,519 |
99.84% |
3.Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, Pure Storage’s executive compensation as described in the definitive proxy statement. The voting results were as follows:
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
Percentage of Votes in Favor |
630,886,738 |
4,164,541 |
388,093 |
40,388,795 |
99.34% |
About Pure Storage, Inc. (NYSE:PSTG)
Pure Storage, Inc. provides an enterprise data storage platform. The Company’s storage platform consists of approximately three integrated components, including the Purity Operating Environment, which is its flash-optimized software; FlashArray, which is its modular and scalable all-flash array hardware, and Pure1, which is its cloud-based management and support. The Company’s customers include large and mid-size organizations across a diverse set of industry verticals, including cloud-based software and service providers, consumer Web, education, energy, financial services, governments, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and telecommunications. The Company’s platform is used for a set of storage use cases, including database applications, private and public cloud infrastructure, virtual server infrastructure and virtual desktop infrastructure.