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LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Dear Stockholders,

This past fiscal year has been one with several milestones at Nutanix. We had another year of 25%+ ACV billings growth, generated more than $200 million of free cash flow, achieved non-GAAP operating income for the first time in company history, announced a $350 million share repurchase authorization, delivered our hybrid multicloud offering on Microsoft Azure, and put out a bold long-term vision of portable apps and data with Project Beacon.

A lot was accomplished in what we consider to be the final year of the transformation phase of the subscription journey. We are now well positioned for a strong fiscal 2024 with a number of secular tailwinds at our back.

CIOs are Thinking Hybrid Multicloud

With the pandemic behind us, CIOs have a lot to think about. Depending on where each customer is on the spectrum, they are modernizing legacy infrastructure, building and running modern apps, managing apps and data across multiple clouds, and in some bleeding edge cases, thinking about building portable apps that can be built once and run anywhere.

This is a stark contrast from the pandemic days when seemingly the only thing on every CIO’s mind was “how fast can we go to the public cloud?”. Today, the conversation has shifted to “what makes the most sense for my business?” and many CIOs are coming to the conclusion that a hybrid multicloud setup is where they want to be.

Our Mission Aligns with CIO Priorities

As many of you know, our mission is to delight customers with an open hybrid multicloud platform with rich data services to run and manage apps anywhere. That starts with on-prem customers modernizing their legacy infrastructure and apps. There continues to be a large opportunity here for Nutanix to help our customers. According to research by IDC and Bain Capital, just 17% of the total addressable market (TAM) for business critical apps and data management and 16% of general purpose IT workloads have been modernized.⁽¹⁾ And this is not accounting for the yet-to-be quantified but rapidly growing generative AI opportunity.

For IT teams building new apps today, a container-based approach is largely preferred for portability across platforms. Nutanix offers a choice of major Kubernetes platforms to run on, resulting in improved developer productivity with self-service APIs and tools, lower total cost of ownership with our scale-out architecture, and faster time to market with pre-validated designs. This differentiation has helped us land some large customer wins recently.

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For those on the bleeding edge, there is a high level of mindshare today on generative AI, given the possibilities that this technology brings with use cases such as fraud detection, customer service, and search and analysis. We expect generative AI to be deployed everywhere – training models with large data sets in the public cloud, fine tuning these models with proprietary datasets at the core data centers, and finally running apps with compact AI inference at the edge. Through GPT-in-a-Box, Nutanix offers a full AI stack that can be delivered anywhere, from small-scale edge to large-scale private clouds.

And finally, for customers looking to run their workloads across private and public clouds, we are able to extend our platform to where the customer wants to be. Today, we support the leading public cloud platforms of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. Customers are using us to move and run apps without refactoring or rearchitecting, quickly build out disaster recovery sites, and to rapidly burst into the public cloud for seasonal demand.

Our vision is to take this flexibility to the next level by enabling developers to build apps once and run them anywhere. As a company thus far, we’ve largely focused on the infrastructure layer of the IT stack. With our upcoming Database-as-a-Service offering, we are moving into the Platform-as-a-Service layer. In the future, we look to provide additional services such as messaging, caching, and search to enable customers to build truly portable apps that they can build once and run anywhere. Not only would this deliver tremendous flexibility for our customers but also provide massive incremental opportunities for us as a company.

Customers Love Us

Besides our widely loved products, the one constant throughout our existence has been our intense customer focus. We are at almost 25,000 customers - not a small feat considering that we had just 200 customers ten years ago. We have more than 1,000 customers in the Forbes Global 2000 and they have a lifetime dollar expansion⁽²⁾ of 26x with us since initial purchase. Our overall Net Retention Rate is greater than 120% combined with a Gross Retention Rate of greater than 90%. Combined with an industry leading Net Promoter Score of greater than 90 over the last eight years, we are truly in a good place with our customers.

Market Conditions Aligned for a Sustainable Multi-Year Growth Story

With our customers supporting us, we’ve delivered strong topline growth, free cash flow generation, and a clear hybrid multicloud vision over the last few years. As we step into the scaling phase of our subscription journey, we believe we are positioned for sustainable multi-year profitable growth.

Beyond the clear alignment of our hybrid multicloud vision with customers, we are building a strong and growing partner ecosystem. On the public cloud, our solution is now available through the marketplaces of both AWS and Azure. Our expanding partnerships with Red Hat and Citrix are opening up new opportunities for modern applications and expanding our footprint for VDI.

The changing competitive landscape is also proving to be a tailwind. We recently announced a strategic and OEM partnership with Cisco. This brings the scale of Cisco’s go-to-market engine to expand our reach. Finally, the pending acquisition of our leading competitor is increasing customer interest in our solutions and has been helping build a strong pipeline that we expect will extend for years to come. There are some early wins but a lot more to come in the next several quarters.

Strong Top and Bottom Line Performance

With this backdrop, we are driving toward achieving $3 billion of Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) by fiscal 2027. That would be sustained growth of ~20% CAGR from fiscal 2023 while generating expected free cash flow of $700-900 million.

Beyond realizing our technology vision, we continue to relentlessly focus on go-to-market priorities. We are strengthening our go-to-market engine with top talent from the industry, taking advantage of the competitive landscape. We are moving up the pyramid, focusing our direct sales force on the 25,000 customers where we believe >90% of our serviceable available market⁽³⁾ sits. Our channel partners have full autonomy to focus on the next tier of 75,000 potential customers aided by strong enablement and incentives. In parallel, we are investing in product specialists that can help sell the full stack and drive adoption with customers.

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Finally, over the last few years, we have streamlined our sales and marketing spend as a percentage of revenue. From a high of 79% in fiscal 2020, we are now down to 45% through strong topline growth, purposeful spend and 2x improvement in pipeline generation spend efficiency since fiscal 2021. Our long term target is to be at 35%, comparable to the best subscription companies aided by a higher mix of efficiently transacted renewals, a growing topline, and diligent expense management.

Why Nutanix

As we emerge from the transformation phase of our subscription journey and enter into the scaling phase, I’m more optimistic than ever that we are well-positioned for multi-year profitable growth. Our product strategy and vision are strongly aligned with customer needs in a hybrid multicloud world. We are focused on delivering ARR growth of ~20% CAGR for fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2027 and generating $700-900 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2027. Above all, we continue to delight our customers with world class products and support.

With that foundation, I believe Nutanix is well positioned to become a rule-of-40+⁽⁴⁾ company by fiscal 2027 and to continue to deliver strong stockholder value in the coming years.

Thank you for your continued trust and faith in us.

Rajiv Ramaswami

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements. This letter and the accompanying proxy statement contain forward-looking statements, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements contained in this proxy statement, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, our business strategy and plans and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “potentially,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “look to” or words or expressions of similar substance or the negative thereof, that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements included in this letter and the accompanying proxy statement include statements regarding: our vision of, and plans for, enabling portable apps and data with Project Beacon (including the market opportunities); total addressable and serviceable available markets; generative AI deployment; sustainable multi-year profitable growth; expanding partnerships; competitive tailwinds; pipeline build; and financial projections (including projections for ARR, free cash flow, sales and marketing spend, and becoming a rule-of-40+ company). We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short-term and long-term business operations and objectives and financial needs in light of the information currently available to us. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2023. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks, 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 materially from those contained or implied in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and trends discussed in this proxy statement may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

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NOTICE OF 2023 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

To Be Held Virtually on
Friday, December 8, 2023

at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time

 

REVIEW THE PROXY STATEMENT AND VOTE IN ONE OF FOUR WAYS:
	Internet Visit the website listed on your proxy card
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on December 8, 2023: This Notice, the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.

To the Stockholders of Nutanix, Inc.:

 

On behalf of our Board of Directors, it is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Annual Meeting”) of Nutanix, Inc. The Annual Meeting will be held virtually via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NTNX2023 on Friday, December 8, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time.

 

We are holding the Annual Meeting for the following purposes:

 

Proposals			Board vote recommendation			For further details
1.	Election of Three Class I Directors Named in the Proxy Statement			FOR		Page 21
2.	Ratification of Selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024			FOR		Page 30
3.	Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers			FOR		Page 33
4.	Approval of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Permit the Exculpation of Officers			FOR		Page 63

 

We are also holding the Annual Meeting to conduct any other business properly brought before the meeting.

 

These items of business are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice.

 

The record date for the Annual Meeting is October 10, 2023. Only stockholders of record of our Class A common stock at the close of business on the record date may vote at the Annual Meeting.

 

On or about October 23, 2023, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our proxy statement and annual report. This notice provides instructions on how to vote via the Internet or by telephone and includes instructions on how to receive a paper copy of our proxy materials by mail. The accompanying proxy statement and our annual report can be accessed directly at the following Internet address: www.proxyvote.com. You will be asked to enter the sixteen-digit control number located on your notice or proxy card.

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In the event of a technical malfunction or other situation that the meeting chair determines may affect the ability of the Annual Meeting to satisfy the requirements for a meeting of stockholders to be held by means of remote communication under applicable Delaware corporate law, or that otherwise makes it advisable to adjourn the Annual Meeting, the chair or secretary of the Annual Meeting will convene the meeting at 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the date specified above and at our address specified above solely for the purpose of adjourning the meeting to reconvene at a date, time and physical or virtual location announced by the meeting chair. Under either of the foregoing circumstances, we will post information regarding the announcement on our investor relations website at http://ir.nutanix.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Rajiv Ramaswami

President and Chief Executive Officer
San Jose, California
October 23, 2023

You are cordially invited to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, you are urged to vote and submit your proxy by following the voting procedures described in the proxy card. Even if you have voted by proxy, you may still vote during the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other agent and you wish to vote during the Annual Meeting, you must follow the instructions from your broker, bank or other agent.

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Table of Contents
PROXY STATEMENT	08
PROXY VOTING ROADMAP	09
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE	14
Board of Directors and Its Committees	14
Environmental, Social, and Governance	19
Nominations Process and Director Qualifications	19
Proposal 1: Election of Directors	21
Director Compensation	27
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions	29
AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS	30
Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	30
Report of the Audit Committee	31
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS	32
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	33
Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers	33
Compensation Discussion and Analysis	33
Report of the Compensation Committee	48
Executive Compensation Tables	49
Employment Arrangements	53
CEO Pay Ratio	57
Pay Versus Performance	58
Equity Compensation Plan Information	62
ADDITIONAL PROPOSALS	63
Proposal 4: Approval of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Permit the Exculpation of Officers	63
STOCK OWNERSHIP INFORMATION	65
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management	65
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports	66
OTHER MATTERS	67
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE ANNUAL MEETING	68
APPENDIX A – Key Performance Measures and Non-GAAP Financial Measures	A-1
APPENDIX B – Proposed Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation	B-1

 

PROXY STATEMENT

For the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time

Our Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2023 annual meeting of stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Annual Meeting”) of Nutanix, Inc. to be held via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NTNX2023 on Friday, December 8, 2023 at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time.

For the Annual Meeting, we have elected to furnish our proxy materials, including this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, to our stockholders primarily via the Internet. On or about October 23, 2023, we mailed to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) that contains notice of the Annual Meeting and instructions on how to access our proxy materials on the Internet, how to vote at the Annual Meeting, and how to request printed copies of the proxy materials. Stockholders may request to receive all future materials in printed form by mail or electronically by e-mail by following the instructions contained in the Notice. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials on the Internet to help reduce the environmental impact and cost of our annual meetings.

Only stockholders of record of our Class A common stock at the close of business on October 10, 2023, the record date for the Annual Meeting, will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On the record date, there were 243,416,881 shares of Class A common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. A list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination during normal business hours for a period of ten days ending on the day before the Annual Meeting at our principal place of business at 1740 Technology Dr., Suite 150, San Jose, California 95110.

A copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 21, 2023, accompanies this proxy statement. You also may obtain, without charge, copies of this proxy statement and our Annual Report by writing to our Secretary at Nutanix, Inc., 1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, California 95110 or by following the directions set forth in the Notice.

In this proxy statement, we refer to Nutanix, Inc. as “Nutanix,” “we,” “us” or “our company” and the Board of Directors of Nutanix, Inc. as “our Board.” The content of any websites referred to in this proxy statement are not deemed to be part of, and are not incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement.

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PROXY VOTING ROADMAP

This roadmap highlights certain information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This roadmap does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and we encourage you to read the entire proxy statement before voting.

Annual Meeting Information

Time and Date		Virtual Meeting Site		Record Date
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time Friday, December 8, 2023		www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NTNX2023		October 10, 2023

Proposal 1: Election of Three Class I Directors (See Page 21)

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR MAX DE GROEN, STEVEN J. GOMO, AND MARK TEMPLETON AS CLASS I DIRECTORS.

Nominees

Our Class I directors currently consist of Max de Groen, Steven J. Gomo, and Mark Templeton. Mr. de Groen, Mr. Gomo, and Mr. Templeton have each been nominated to continue to serve as Class I directors, and each of them has agreed to stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Templeton was appointed to our Board on July 24, 2023 and joined the Compensation Committee and the Security and Privacy Committee on September 13, 2023. The following provides summary information about each Class I director nominee.

Name	Age	Audit Committee	Compensation Committee	Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee	Security and Privacy Committee	Independent	Director Since
Max de Groen	38						2020
Steven J. Gomo	71						2015
Mark Templeton	71						2023

Chair

Member

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Corporate Governance Highlights

Our Board believes that it is in the best interests of our company and our stockholders to re-elect each Class I director nominee to one-year terms as Class I directors. Accordingly, our Board unanimously recommends stockholders vote FOR the election of each Class I director nominee.

The election of each Class I director nominee requires that the number of shares voted FOR the nominee’s election exceeds the number of votes cast AGAINST such nominee’s election.

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Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (See Page 30)

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL 2.

The Audit Committee has re-appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, and has further directed that management submit this selection for ratification by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Although ratification by our stockholders is not required by law, we have determined that it is good practice to request ratification of this selection by our stockholders. In the event that Deloitte & Touche LLP is not ratified by our stockholders, the Audit Committee will review its future selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table provides the aggregate fees for services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2023.

Our Board believes that it is in the best interests of our company and our stockholders to approve the ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024. Accordingly, our Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the ratification of our auditors.

Approval of Proposal 2 requires FOR votes from the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy thereat and entitled to vote on the proposal. Broker non-votes will not be considered entitled to vote on this proposal, and therefore will not affect the outcome of Proposal 2, but abstentions will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST the proposal.

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Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers (See Page 33)

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL 3.

We endeavor to maintain sound governance standards consistent with our executive compensation policies and practices. The Compensation Committee evaluates our executive compensation program on a regular basis to ensure consistency with our short-term and long-term goals, given the dynamic nature of our business and the market in which we compete for executive talent.

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified executive officers who drive our success and to align the interests of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders. The section “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” provides an overview of our executive compensation philosophy, the overall objectives of our executive compensation program, and each component of the program. In addition, we explain how and why the Compensation Committee arrived at the specific compensation policies and decisions involving our executive compensation program.

The say-on-pay vote is advisory, and therefore not binding on us. The say-on-pay vote will, however, provide information to us regarding stockholder sentiment about our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices, which the Compensation Committee will be able to consider when determining executive compensation for the remainder of the current fiscal year and beyond. Our Board believes that our executive compensation program was designed appropriately and is working to ensure management’s interests are aligned with our stockholders’ interests to support long-term value creation. Accordingly, our Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the compensation of our named executive officers.

Approval of Proposal 3 requires FOR votes from the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy thereat and entitled to vote on the proposal. Broker non-votes will not be considered entitled to vote on this proposal, and therefore will not affect the outcome of Proposal 3, but abstentions will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST the proposal.

Proposal 4: Approval of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Permit the Exculpation of Officers (See Page 63)

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL 4.

Effective August 1, 2022, the State of Delaware, which is our company’s state of incorporation, enacted legislation that enables Delaware corporations to limit the liability of certain of their officers in limited circumstances. In light of this update in the law, we are proposing to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the exculpation of certain of our officers from liability in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law. The amended Delaware statute permits officer exculpation only for direct claims (and not for, e.g., derivative claims made by stockholders on behalf of the corporation) and does not apply to breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or any transaction in which the officer derived an improper personal benefit. Our proposed amendment would permit exculpation of certain officers only to the extent permitted under Delaware law. After considering the benefits and the consequences of these updates and the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board, our Board believes that amending our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide for such exculpation remedies the inconsistent treatment of officers and directors under Delaware law, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, notwithstanding that both officers and directors have similar fiduciary duties. Our Board also believes this proposed amendment will strike a balance between stockholders’ interest in accountability and their interest in our company being able to attract and retain quality officers to work on its behalf. Further, our Board has considered the extent of exculpation provided under the law and, accordingly, under this proposed amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, has determined that such amendment is reasonable and does not unduly impact stockholder rights.

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Taking into account the scope of claims for which an officer’s liability would be exculpated, and the benefits our board of directors believes would accrue to our company and our stockholders, including, but not limited to the enhanced ability to attract and retain talented officers, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board has recommended that our Board approve the amendment of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to permit officer exculpation in certain circumstances. Based on this recommendation and the review and consideration undertaken by our Board, our Board has unanimously determined and declared that it is advisable and in the best interests of our company and our stockholders to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to provide such exculpation to the extent permitted by Delaware law, and in accordance with Delaware law, hereby seeks approval of the amendment of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as described herein. However, even if the amendment is approved by our stockholders, our Board may, at any time prior to the effectiveness of the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, abandon the filing of such amendment without further action by our stockholders.

The proposed Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation reflecting the foregoing amendment is attached as Appendix B to this proxy statement.

Proposal 4 is a result of the ongoing review of our corporate governance policies by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors. Our Board believes that it is in the best interests of our company and our stockholders to approve the Certificate of Amendment in order to permit officer exculpation in certain circumstances. Accordingly, our Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of Proposal 4.

Approval of Proposal 4 requires FOR votes from the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled to vote on the proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as a vote AGAINST the proposal. If Proposal 4 is not approved by the requisite vote of our stockholders, then the Certificate of Amendment will not be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation will remain as is.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

We are strongly committed to good corporate governance practices. These practices provide an important framework within which our Board and management can pursue our strategic objectives for the benefit of our stockholders. Our Board has adopted corporate governance guidelines that set forth the role of our Board, director independence standards, Board structure and functions, director selection considerations, and other governance policies. In addition, our Board has adopted written charters for its standing committees (the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the Security and Privacy Committee), as well as a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors. Agents and contractors of our company are also expected to abide by our code of business conduct and ethics. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews the corporate governance guidelines annually and recommends changes to our Board as warranted. The corporate governance guidelines, committee charters, and the code of business conduct and ethics, and any waivers or amendments to the code of business conduct and ethics, are all available in the “Governance Documents” section of our investor relations website at http://ir.nutanix.com.

Board of Directors and Its Committees

Current Composition of the Board of Directors and its Committees

Name		Age		Audit Committee		Compensation Committee		Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee		Security and Privacy Committee		Independent		Director Since
Class I directors whose terms expire at the Annual Meeting
Max de Groen		38												2020
Steven J. Gomo		71												2015
Mark Templeton		71												2023
Class II directors whose terms expire after fiscal year 2024
Craig Conway		69												2017
Virginia Gambale Chair of the Board		64												2020
Brian Stevens		60												2019
Class III directors whose terms expire after fiscal year 2025
David Humphrey		46												2020
Rajiv Ramaswami President and CEO		57												2020
Gayle Sheppard		69												2022

Chair

Member

	Independent Directors		Gender and Ethnic Diversity

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Director Independence

Our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. Under Nasdaq listing rules, a director will only qualify as an “independent director” if (i) the director meets the objective tests for independence set forth in Nasdaq listing rules and (ii) the director does not have a relationship that, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In addition, under Nasdaq listing rules, compensation committee members must not have a relationship with the company that is material to the director’s ability to be independent from management in connection with the duties of a compensation committee member. Additionally, audit committee members must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). In order to be considered independent for purposes of Rule 10A-3, a member of an audit committee of a listed company may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors or any other board committee, accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from the company or any of its subsidiaries or be an affiliated person of the company or any of its subsidiaries.

Our Board has undertaken a review of the independence of each of our directors and considered whether each director (i) meets the objective tests for independence set forth in Nasdaq listing rules and (ii) has a material relationship with us that would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. As a result of this review, our Board determined that eight out of our nine current directors are independent directors. Our independent directors are Mr. Conway, Mr. de Groen, Ms. Gambale, Mr. Gomo, Mr. Humphrey, Ms. Sheppard, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Templeton.

Board Diversity Matrix

Board Diversity Matrix (As of October 23, 2023)

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Board Leadership Structure

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee periodically considers our Board’s leadership structure and makes such recommendations to our Board as the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee deems appropriate. Our corporate governance guidelines also provide that if our Board does not have an independent Chair of the Board, our Board will appoint a lead independent director.

Currently, our board leadership structure separates the positions of CEO and Chair of the Board. Mr. Ramaswami has served as our President and CEO since December 2020, and Ms. Gambale, an independent director, has served as our Chair of the Board since June 2021. Separating the positions of CEO and Chair of the Board allows our CEO to focus on our day-to-day business, while allowing our Chair of the Board to lead our Board in its oversight of management. Our Board believes that its independence and oversight of management are maintained effectively through this leadership structure, the composition of our Board, and sound corporate governance policies and practices.

Executive Sessions of Non-Employee Directors

To encourage and enhance communication among non-employee directors, and as required under applicable Nasdaq rules, our corporate governance guidelines provide that the non-employee directors will meet in executive sessions without management directors or company management on a periodic basis, but no less than twice a year.

Communications with our Board of Directors

Stockholders or interested parties who wish to communicate with our Board or with an individual director may do so by mail to our Board or the individual director, care of our Chief Legal Officer at Nutanix, Inc., 1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, California 95110. The communication should indicate that it contains a stockholder or interested party communication. In accordance with our corporate governance guidelines, all such communication will be reviewed by the Chief Legal Officer, in consultation with appropriate directors as necessary, and, if appropriate, will be forwarded to the director or directors to whom the communications are addressed or, if none are specified, to the Chair of the Board.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our Board has established an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a Security and Privacy Committee. The composition and responsibilities of each of these committees are described below. Our Board may establish other committees to facilitate the management of our business. Copies of the charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are available in the “Governance Documents” section of our investor relations website at https://ir.nutanix.com. Members serve on these committees until their resignation or until otherwise determined by our Board.

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of the Compensation Committee has been an officer or employee of our company. None of our executive officers currently serves, or during fiscal year 2023 has served, as a member of the compensation committee or director (or other board committee performing equivalent functions or, in the absence of any such committee, the entire board of directors) of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on the Compensation Committee or our Board.

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Other Committees

Pursuant to our Amended and Restated Bylaws, our Board may designate other standing or ad hoc committees to serve at the discretion of our Board from time to time.

Board and Committee Meetings and Attendance

Our Board is responsible for the oversight of our company’s management and strategy and for establishing corporate policies. Our Board and its committees meet throughout the year on a regular basis and also hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time. During fiscal year 2023, our Board met 16 times, the Audit Committee met 34 times (which included 24 meetings to consider and take action on matters relating to the Audit Committee’s completed investigation into certain third-party software usage), the Compensation Committee met 7 times, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met 6 times, and the Security and Privacy Committee met 2 times. During fiscal year 2023, each director attended 75% or more of the aggregate of the meetings of our Board and of the committees on which the director served at the time.

We encourage our directors and nominees for director to attend our annual meeting of stockholders but do not require that they attend. Seven of our eight then-incumbent directors attended our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders.

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Risk Oversight

Our Board oversees an enterprise-wide approach to risk management, which is designed to support the achievement of organizational objectives, including strategic objectives, to improve long-term organizational performance and to enhance stockholder value. Our Board, as a whole, is responsible for determining the appropriate level of risk for our company, assessing the specific risks that we face and reviewing management’s strategies for adequately mitigating and managing the identified risks. Although our Board is responsible for administering this risk management oversight function, the committees of our Board support our Board in discharging its oversight duties and addressing risks inherent in their respective areas.

The Audit Committee considers and discusses our major financial risk exposures and the steps our management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including guidelines and policies to govern the process by which risk assessment and management is undertaken. The Audit Committee also monitors compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, in addition to oversight of the performance of our internal audit function. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee monitors the effectiveness of our corporate governance guidelines. The Compensation Committee assesses and monitors whether our compensation philosophy and practices have the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking and evaluates compensation policies and practices that could mitigate such risks. The Security and Privacy Committee monitors our technology and information security risk exposures (including cybersecurity and product security risk exposures).

At periodic meetings of our Board and its committees, management reports to and seeks guidance from our Board and its committees with respect to the most significant risks that could affect our business, such as legal, financial, tax and audit related risks. In addition, management provides the Audit Committee with periodic reports on our compliance programs and investment policy and practices.

Environmental, Social, and Governance

In demonstrating our commitment to environmental, social, and governance issues and the important part they play in our success, we published our third annual Environmental, Social, and Governance Report in 2023. We encourage you to read our Environmental, Social, and Governance Report at https://ir.nutanix.com. The report provides a high-level overview on our views, approach to, and performance around environmental, social, and governance matters. The report is not incorporated by reference herein and is not a part of this proxy statement.

Nominations Process and Director Qualifications

Nomination to the Board of Directors

Candidates for nomination to our Board are selected by our Board based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee in accordance with the committee’s charter, our policies, our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, our corporate governance guidelines, the criteria adopted by our Board regarding director candidate qualifications, and the requirements of applicable law. In recommending candidates for nomination, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers candidates recommended by directors, officers, and employees, as well as candidates that are properly submitted by stockholders in accordance with our policies and Amended and Restated Bylaws, using the same criteria to evaluate all such candidates. A stockholder that wishes to recommend a candidate for election to our Board may send a letter directed to our Chief Legal Officer at Nutanix, Inc., 1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, California 95110. The letter must include, among other things, the candidate’s name, home and business contact information, detailed biographical data, relevant qualifications, a representation and undertaking from the candidate to serve a full term on our Board if elected, and information regarding any relationships between the candidate and our company. Additional information regarding the process for properly submitting stockholder nominations for candidates for membership on our Board is set forth above under “Questions and Answers About Proxy Materials and Voting” and in our Amended and Restated Bylaws.

Evaluations of candidates generally involve a review of background materials, internal discussions and interviews with selected candidates as appropriate and, in addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may engage consultants or third-party search firms to assist in identifying and evaluating potential nominees.

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Bain Board Nomination Rights

In August 2020, we entered into an investment agreement with BCPE Nucleon (DE) SPV, LP (collectively with its affiliates, “Bain”) relating to the issuance and sale to Bain of $750 million in an initial aggregate principal amount of our 2.50% convertible senior notes due 2026. Pursuant to this investment agreement, we appointed two Bain nominees, David Humphrey and Max de Groen, to our Board in September 2020. In general, Bain will continue to be entitled to have two nominees designated to our Board. However, if, at any time, Bain beneficially owns less than 50% of the common stock underlying the convertible senior notes (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement), Bain will be entitled to have only one nominee designated to our Board, and if, at any time, Bain beneficially owns less than 25% of the common stock underlying the convertible senior notes (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement), Bain will not be entitled to have any nominee designated to our Board. Further, Bain will not have a right to nominate (i) a second member to our Board, if Bain beneficially owns less than 9.09% of all of our common stock then outstanding (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement), even if Bain otherwise beneficially owns at least 50% of the common stock underlying the convertible senior notes (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement), or (ii) any member to our Board, if Bain collectively beneficially owns less than 4.0% of all of our common stock then outstanding (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement), even if Bain otherwise beneficially owns at least 25% of the common stock underlying the convertible senior notes (on an as-converted basis, and assuming full physical settlement).

Director Qualifications

With the goal of developing a diverse, experienced and highly qualified board of directors, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for developing and recommending to our Board the desired qualifications, expertise and characteristics of members of our Board, including qualifications that the committee believes must be met by a committee-recommended nominee for membership on our Board and specific qualities or skills that the committee believes are necessary for one or more of the members of our Board to possess.

In addition to the qualifications, qualities, and skills that are necessary to meet U.S. state and federal legal, regulatory and Nasdaq listing requirements and the provisions of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws, corporate governance guidelines, and charters of the board committees, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee requires the following minimum qualifications to be satisfied by any nominee for a position on our Board: (i) the highest personal and professional ethics and integrity, (ii) proven achievement and competence in the nominee’s field and the ability to exercise sound business judgment, (iii) skills that are complementary to those of the existing directors, (iv) the ability to assist and support management and make significant contributions to our success, and (v) an understanding of the fiduciary responsibilities that are required of a member of our Board and the commitment of time and energy necessary to diligently carry out those responsibilities. When considering nominees, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may take into consideration many other factors including, among other things, the candidates’ character, integrity, judgment, independence, area of expertise, corporate experience, length of service, and potential conflicts of interest, the candidates’ other commitments, diversity with respect to professional background, education, race, ethnicity, gender, age and geography, and the size and composition of our Board and the needs of our Board and its committees. Our Board and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believe that a diverse, experienced and highly qualified board of directors fosters a robust, comprehensive and balanced decision-making process for the continued effective functioning of our Board and success of our company. Accordingly, through the nomination process, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to promote board membership that reflects diversity, factoring in gender, race, ethnicity, differences in professional background, education, skill, and experience, and other individual qualities and attributes that contribute to the total mix of viewpoints and experience. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee evaluates the foregoing factors, among others, and does not assign any particular weighting or priority to any of the factors.

The brief biographical description of each director set forth in “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors” includes the primary individual experience, qualifications, attributes and skills of each of our directors that led to the conclusion that each director should serve as a member of our Board at this time.

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Proposal 1: Election of Directors

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR MAX DE GROEN, STEVEN J. GOMO, AND MARK TEMPLETON AS CLASS I DIRECTORS.

Our Board currently consists of nine members. Our directors are currently divided into three classes as follows:

Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of the directors. While our classified board structure may delay or prevent a change of our management or a change of control of our company, our classified board structure is being phased out starting with the Annual Meeting. Accordingly, the directors whose terms will expire at the Annual Meeting will stand for election to serve for a one-year term instead of a three-year term.

Mr. de Groen, Mr. Gomo, and Mr. Templeton have each been nominated to continue to serve as Class I directors for a one-year term, and each of them has agreed to stand for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Our management has no reason to believe that Mr. de Groen, Mr. Gomo, and Mr. Templeton will be unable to serve as Class I directors. If elected at the Annual Meeting, Mr. de Groen, Mr. Gomo, and Mr. Templeton have each been nominated to continue to serve as Class I directors would each serve until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held after the end of fiscal year 2024 and until his successor has been duly elected, or if sooner, until his death, resignation or removal.

Vote Required

Directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast, meaning that the number of shares voted FOR a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast AGAINST such director’s election. Withhold votes and broker non-votes have no legal effect on the outcome. Shares represented by executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of the three nominees named above. If any nominee becomes unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, shares that would have been voted for that nominee will instead be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by us. In October 2022, we amended and restated our Amended and Restated Bylaws to provide for majority voting in uncontested director elections and updated our corporate governance guidelines to require directors to tender an irrevocable offer to resign if they do not receive majority vote and our Board to accept such offer to resign absent a compelling reason.

Nominees

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to assemble a board of directors that, as a group, can best perpetuate the success of the business and represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment using its diversity of background and experience in various areas. To that end, the committee has identified and evaluated nominees in the broader context of our Board’s overall composition, with the goal of recruiting members who complement and strengthen the skills of other members and who also exhibit integrity, collegiality, sound business judgment and other qualities deemed critical to effective functioning of our Board.

Set forth below is biographical information for the nominees and each person whose term of office as a director will continue after the Annual Meeting. This includes information regarding each director’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led our Board to recommend them for board service.

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Class I Nominees for Re-Election at the Annual Meeting

	Steven J. Gomo
	Age: 71 Director since: 2015 Independent Board Committees: •  Audit (Chair) •  Nominating and Corporate Governance	Other public boards during the past five years: •  Enphase Energy, Inc. (since 2011) •  Micron Technology, Inc. (since 2018)
Professional background Mr. Gomo previously served as Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of NetApp, Inc., a computer storage and data management company from October 2004 until December 2011, as well as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from August 2002 to September 2004. He has served as chair of the board and a director of Enphase Energy, Inc., a solar energy management device maker, since March 2011; and a member of the board of directors of Micron Technology, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of semiconductor memory products, since October 2018. Mr. Gomo also previously served on the board of directors of Solaria Corporation, a private provider of advanced solar energy products, from October 2019 until May 2023; NetSuite Inc., a business management software company, from March 2012 until it was acquired by Oracle Corporation in November 2016; and SanDisk Corporation, a flash memory storage solutions and software company, from December 2005 until the company was acquired by Western Digital Corporation in May 2016.   Education B.S. in Business Administration from Oregon State University; M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. Gomo is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his substantial corporate governance, operational and financial expertise gained from holding various executive positions at publicly-traded technology companies and from serving on the board of directors of several public companies.

	Max de Groen
	Age: 38 Director since: 2020 Independent Board Committees: •  Audit •  Compensation (Chair)	Other public boards during the past five years: •  None
Professional background Mr. de Groen joined Bain Capital in 2011 and is currently a managing director in the Technology Vertical at Bain. Prior to joining Bain Capital Private Equity, Mr. de Groen was a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, where he consulted in healthcare, financial services, and technology practice areas. Mr. de Groen currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies.   Education B.S. in Finance from the University of Minnesota; M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. de Groen is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his significant corporate finance and business expertise gained from his experience in the venture capital and IT industries, including his time spent serving on the boards of directors of technology companies.

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	Mark Templeton
	Age: 71 Director since: 2023 Independent Board Committees: •  Compensation •  Security and Privacy	Other public boards during the past five years: •  Arista Networks, Inc. (since 2017) •  Health Catalyst, Inc. (since 2020) •  Equifax, Inc. (2008-2018)
Professional background Mr. Templeton previously served as Chief Executive Officer of DigitalOcean, Inc., a cloud computing company, from June 2018 to August 2019. Prior to that, he was at Citrix Systems, Inc., a global provider of virtualization, mobility management, networking and software as service solutions, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from June 2001 to October 2015, President from January 1998 to October 2015, and Vice President, Marketing from June 1995 to January 1998. Mr. Templeton has served as a member of the board of directors of Health Catalyst, Inc., a provider of data and analytics technology and services to health care organizations, since July 2020 and Arista Networks, Inc., a cloud networking solutions company, since June 2017. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Citrix Systems, Inc. from May 1998 to October 2015, Equifax, Inc., a consumer credit reporting agency, from February 2008 to November 2018 and Keysight Technologies, Inc., an electronics test and measurement equipment company, from December 2015 to July 2018. He also currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies.   Education B.A. in Industrial and Product design from North Carolina State University; M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. Templeton is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his extensive and broad management experience, gained from his background as the chief executive officer of multiple technology companies and from serving on the board of directors of several public companies, including his strong domain knowledge of both cloud and datacenter infrastructure software.

Class II Directors Continuing in Office Until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders After the End of the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 2024

	Craig Conway
	Age: 69 Director since: 2017 Independent Board Committees: •  Compensation •  Nominating and Corporate Governance	Other public boards during the past five years: •  Salesforce, Inc. (since 2005) •  Guidewire Software, Inc. (2010-2019)
Professional background Mr. Conway previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of PeopleSoft, Inc., an enterprise application software company, from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Conway also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of One Touch Systems from 1996 to 1999 and TGV Software from 1993 to 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Conway held executive management positions at a variety of leading technology companies, including Executive Vice President at Oracle Corporation. Mr. Conway has served as a member of the board of directors of Salesforce, Inc. (formerly known as salesforce.com, inc.), a cloud-based customer relationship management company, since October 2005. Mr. Conway previously served as a director of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, from September 2009 until May 2013, and Guidewire Software, Inc., a provider of software products to insurance companies, from December 2010 until January 2019.   Education B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, the State University of New York at Brockport.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. Conway is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his extensive and broad management experience, gained from his background as the chief executive officer of multiple technology companies and from serving on the board of directors of several public companies.

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	Virginia Gambale
	Age: 64 Director since: 2020 Independent Chair of the Board since June 2021 Board Committees: •  Audit •  Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)	Other public boards during the past five years: •  EVERTEC, Inc. (since 2023) •  Jamf Holding Corp. (since 2021) •  Virtu Financial, Inc. (since 2020) •  FD Technologies plc (since 2015) •  Regis Corporation (2018-2021) •  JetBlue Airways Corporation (2006-2021)
Professional background Ms. Gambale is Managing Partner of Azimuth Partners LLC, a technology advisory firm facilitating the growth and adoption of emerging technologies for financial services, consumer and technology companies. Prior to founding Azimuth Partners in 2003, Ms. Gambale held senior management positions at Merrill Lynch, Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and Marsh & McLennan. She was also the Head of Deutsche Bank Strategic Ventures, and subsequently a General Partner at Deutsche Bank Capital and ABS Ventures. Ms. Gambale currently serves on the boards of directors of: EVERTEC, Inc., a provider of merchant acquiring, payment services and business process management services, since May 2023; FD Technologies plc (formerly known as First Derivatives plc), a provider of software and consulting services, since March 2015; Virtu Financial, Inc., a financial services company, since January 2020; and Jamf Holding Corp., a provider of a management and security solution for an Apple-first environment, since May 2021. Ms. Gambale also currently serves on the board of directors of several private companies. She also previously served on numerous international public and private boards, including Core BTS, Regis Corporation, JetBlue Airways, Piper Jaffray, Workbrain, Synchronoss Technologies, IQ Financial, and Avellino Lab USA, Inc.   Education B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes Ms. Gambale is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of her extensive prior experience in senior leadership positions in finance and technology, as well as her time spent serving on the boards of numerous public and private companies.

	Brian Stevens
	Age: 60 Director since: 2019 Independent Board Committees: •  Compensation •  Security and Privacy (Chair)	Other public boards during the past five years: •  Genpact Limited (since 2020)
Professional background Mr. Stevens has served as Chief Executive Officer of Neuralmagic, Inc., a private machine learning company, since March 2021, and as its Executive Chairman from July 2019 until March 2021. Mr. Stevens has also served as a member of the board of directors of Genpact Limited, an IT services company, since May 2020. He previously served as Chief Technology Officer from April 2017 to May 2019 and as Vice President of Product from September 2014 to May 2019 of Google Cloud, where he was responsible for leading the technology vision for Google’s public cloud offering. Prior to Google, from November 2001 until September 2014, Mr. Stevens served in various positions at Red Hat, Inc., an open source solutions company, including as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Engineering from September 2013 until September 2014. Mr. Stevens has also served on various boards in the past, including the American Red Cross, IEEE, Pentaho, Data Gravity, and the Open Stack Foundation.   Education B.S. in Computer Science from the University of New Hampshire; M.S. in Computer Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes Mr. Stevens is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his extensive business experience and expertise in our industry, gained from his substantial leadership roles as well as his time spent serving on the boards of other technology companies.

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Class III Directors Continuing in Office Until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders After the End of the Fiscal Year Ending July 31, 2025

	David Humphrey
	Age: 46 Director since: 2020 Independent Board Committees: •  Nominating and Corporate Governance •  Security and Privacy	Other public boards during the past five years: •  NortonLifeLock Inc. (2016-2021) •  Genpact Limited (2012-2019)
Professional background Mr. Humphrey is currently a managing director in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Vertical and Co-Head of Bain Capital’s North America Private Equity businesses. Prior to joining Bain Capital Private Equity, Mr. Humphrey was an investment banker in the mergers and acquisitions group at Lehman Brothers where he advised companies on mergers and acquisitions across a range of industries. Mr. Humphrey previously served as a member of the boards of directors of NortonLifeLock Inc. (formerly known as Symantec Corporation), a cybersecurity software and services company, from August 2016 until January 2021, Genpact Limited, an IT services company, from October 2012 to November 2019, and Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., a child-care services company, from May 2008 to June 2017. Mr. Humphrey currently also serves on the board of directors of several private companies.   Education B.A. in Economics from Harvard College; M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. Humphrey is qualified to serve as a member of our Board because of his significant corporate finance and business expertise gained from his experience in the venture capital and IT industries, including his time spent serving on the boards of directors of various technology companies.

	Rajiv Ramaswami
	Age: 57 Director since: 2020 President and CEO Board Committees: •  None	Other public boards during the past five years: •  NeoPhotonics Corporation (2014-2022)
Professional background Mr. Ramaswami has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2020. A seasoned technology industry executive, Mr. Ramaswami has more than 30 years of experience spanning software, cloud services, and network infrastructure. He brings to our company a proven track record of building and scaling enterprises and teams, having a strong customer-centric approach, operational execution and developing innovative products and solutions to drive growth and value creation. Prior to joining Nutanix, Mr. Ramaswami served as Chief Operating Officer of Products and Cloud Services at VMware from October 2016 until December 2020. From April 2016 to October 2016, Mr. Ramaswami led VMware’s Networking and Security business as Executive Vice President and General Manager. Mr. Ramaswami served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Infrastructure and Networking at Broadcom from February 2010 to January 2016, where he established Broadcom as a leader in data center, enterprise, and carrier networking. Prior to Broadcom, he served in multiple General Manager roles at Cisco across switching, data center, storage and optical networking business units. Earlier in his career, he held various leadership positions at Nortel, Tellabs, and IBM. Mr. Ramaswami also served as a member of the board of directors of NeoPhotonics Corporation, a manufacturer of telecommunications circuits, from March 2014 to August 2022. Mr. Ramaswami is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow and holds 36 patents, primarily in optical networking.   Education B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Mr. Ramaswami’s extensive business experience and expertise in the technology industry, gained from his executive leadership roles at other technology companies, as well as the perspective and experience that Mr. Ramaswami brings as our President and Chief Executive Officer, uniquely qualify him to serve on our Board.

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	Gayle Sheppard
	Age: 69 Director since: 2022 Independent Board Committees: •  Audit •  Security and Privacy	Other public boards during the past five years: •  Envista Holdings Corporation (2020-2021)
Professional background Ms. Sheppard previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Bright Machines, Inc., a software-defined factory automation company. Ms. Sheppard also previously served as Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Asia where she was responsible for establishing the vision, strategy and execution programs for customer and partner co-innovation and digital transformation. Prior to that, Ms. Sheppard served as the Head of Global Expansion and Digital Transformation for Microsoft Cloud and AI, where she was responsible for the vision, strategy, and long-range P&L for growing Microsoft’s global Cloud Services and working with customers who are implementing multiyear digital innovation and modernization strategies and as the Corporate Vice President of Azure Data at Microsoft. Earlier in her career, she served as Vice President and General Manager of the Saffron AI/ML Division, Intel Corporation, and held various leadership positions at Saffron Technology, Inc., Ketera Technologies, Inc., and J.D. Edwards, Inc. She has founded, created, or contributed to start-up and Fortune 100 companies focused on Artificial Intelligence platforms, solutions in business and consumer markets, and digitization of business in a wide variety of industries. Ms. Sheppard previously served as a member of the board of directors of Envista Holdings Corporation, a medical technology holding company, from July 2020 until November 2021.   Education B.S. in Business Administration from University of South Florida.   Key skills and experience Our Board believes that Ms. Sheppard is qualified to serve as a member of our Board based on her extensive global business experience and deep technology expertise.

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Director Compensation

Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy

Members of our Board who are not employees or officers of our company (“non-employee directors”) receive compensation for their service.

The Compensation Committee reviews the total compensation of our non-employee directors and each element of our outside director compensation policy annually. At the direction of the Compensation Committee, Compensia, Inc. (“Compensia”), a nationally recognized compensation consulting firm, annually analyzes the competitive position of our outside director compensation policy against the peer group used for executive compensation purposes. For a more detailed description of the role of Compensia, the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant, please refer to the section titled “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Compensation-Setting Process – Role of Compensation Consultant.” Under our amended and restated outside director compensation policy, each non-employee director is entitled to receive (i) an annual RSU award on the date of each annual meeting of stockholders with a total dollar value of $250,000 for the director’s service as a board member (pro-rated for directors who first become a non-employee director other than at an annual meeting) that will vest on the earlier to occur of the day prior to the next occurring annual meeting or the one-year anniversary of the date of grant, subject to continued service, and (ii) annual cash retainers, payable quarterly in arrears, for the director’s service as follows:

Non-employee directors receive no other form of remuneration, perquisites or benefits, but are reimbursed for their reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending board and committee meetings.

Our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan provides that, in any fiscal year, none of our non-employee directors may be granted cash-settled awards with a grant date fair value of more than $750,000 (or, in connection with a director’s initial service, $1.5 million) or stock-settled awards with a grant date fair value of more than $750,000 (or, in connection with a director’s initial service, $1.5 million).

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Fiscal Year 2023 Director Compensation Table

The following table provides information for all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to each person who served as a non-employee director for all, or a portion of the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, or a portion thereof. Mr. Ramaswami, our President and CEO, did not receive compensation for his service as a director. The compensation received by Mr. Ramaswami as an employee is shown in “Executive Compensation – Executive Compensation Tables – Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table.”

Outstanding Director Equity Awards at Fiscal Year 2023 Year-End Table

Our non-employee directors held the following outstanding option and RSU awards as of July 31, 2023. The table excludes Mr. Ramaswami, whose outstanding awards are reflected in the section titled “Executive Compensation –Executive Compensation Tables – Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year 2023 Year-End Table.”

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Stock Ownership Guidelines

Our stock ownership guidelines provide that each non-employee director is expected to attain a minimum share ownership position with an aggregate value equal to the value of his or her annual equity award for service on our Board (not including any equity awards for serving as lead independent director or a member or chair of any committees) as follows: (i) for Mr. Conway and Mr. Gomo, by our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, (ii) for Mr. Stevens, who joined our Board in June 2019, by our 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, (iii) for each of Ms. Gambale and Messrs. de Groen and Humphrey, who joined our Board in June 2020, September 2020, and September 2020, respectively, by the Annual Meeting, (iv) for Ms. Sheppard, by the annual stockholders meeting to occur after our fiscal year ending July 31, 2025, (v) for Mr. Templeton, by the annual stockholders meeting to occur after our fiscal year ending July 31, 2026, and (vi) for any new directors, by the fourth annual stockholders meeting after the date such director joined our Board.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Policies and Procedures for Related Party Transactions

We have a formal written policy providing that our executive officers, directors, nominees for election as directors, beneficial owners of more than 5% of any class of our common stock and any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, is not permitted to enter into a related party transaction with us without the consent of the Audit Committee, subject to the exceptions described below.

In approving or rejecting any such proposal, the Audit Committee is to consider the relevant facts and circumstances available and deemed relevant to the Audit Committee, including, whether the transaction is on terms no less favorable than terms generally available to an unaffiliated third party under the same or similar circumstances, and the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction. The Audit Committee has determined that certain transactions will not require audit committee approval, including certain employment arrangements of executive officers, director compensation, transactions with another company at which a related party’s only relationship is as a non-executive employee, director or beneficial owner of less than 10% of that company’s shares and the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the greater of $200,000 or 2% of the recipient’s consolidated gross revenues in any fiscal year, transactions where a related party’s interest arises solely from the ownership of our common stock and all holders of our common stock received the same benefit on a pro rata basis, and transactions available to all employees generally.

Related Party Transactions

Except for the executive officer and director compensation arrangements discussed in the sections titled “Corporate Governance - Director Compensation” and “Executive Compensation,” there has not been, nor is there currently proposed any transaction in which:

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AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS

Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL 2.

The Audit Committee has re-appointed Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2024, and has further directed that management submit this selection for ratification by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Although ratification by our stockholders is not required by law, we have determined that it is good practice to request ratification of this selection by our stockholders. In the event that Deloitte & Touche LLP is not ratified by our stockholders, the Audit Committee will review its future selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm.

Deloitte & Touche LLP audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Representatives of Deloitte & Touche LLP are expected to be present during the Annual Meeting, where they will be available to respond to appropriate questions and, if they desire, to make a statement.

Our Board is submitting this selection as a matter of good corporate governance and because we value our stockholders’ views on our independent registered public accounting firm. Neither our Amended and Restated Bylaws nor other governing documents or law require stockholder ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm. If the stockholders fail to ratify this selection, our Board will reconsider whether or not to retain that firm. Even if the selection is ratified, our Board may direct the appointment of different independent auditors at any time during the year if they determine that such a change would be in the best interests of our company and our stockholders. Our Board unanimously recommends a vote FOR the approval of the ratification of our auditors.

Vote Required

An affirmative vote from holders of a majority in voting power of the shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal will be required to ratify the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote AGAINST the proposal and broker non-votes will have no effect.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table provides the aggregate fees for services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2023.

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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

Consistent with the requirements of the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, regarding auditor independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation, retaining and overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm. In recognition of this responsibility, the Audit Committee has adopted a policy and procedures for the pre-approval of audit and non-audit services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP. The policy generally pre-approves specified services in the defined categories of audit services, audit-related services and tax services up to specified amounts. Pre-approval may also be given as part of the Audit Committee’s approval of the scope of the engagement of the independent auditor or on an individual, explicit, case-by-case basis before the independent auditor is engaged to provide each service.

All of the services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2022 and 2023 described above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has determined that the rendering of services other than audit services by Deloitte & Touche LLP is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Report of the Audit Committee

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 with the management of Nutanix. The Audit Committee has discussed with Nutanix’s independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC. The Audit Committee has also received the written disclosures and the letter from its independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountants’ communications with the audit committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the accounting firm’s independence. Based on the foregoing, the Audit Committee has recommended to our Board that the audited financial statements be included in Nutanix’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.

The Audit Committee

Steven J. Gomo (Chair)
Max de Groen
Virginia Gambale
Gayle Sheppard (joined the Committee on September 13, 2023)

The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC and is not to be incorporated by reference in any filing by Nutanix under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following is biographical information for our current executive officers as of the date of this proxy statement:

Our Board chooses our executive officers, who then serve at our Board’s discretion. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

For biographical information regarding Mr. Ramaswami, please refer to the section above titled “Proposal 1 – Election of Directors.”

Rukmini Sivaraman has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2022. Ms. Sivaraman previously served as our Senior Vice President, FP&A and Strategic Finance from January 2022 to May 2022. Prior to that, she served in various roles at our company, including as Senior Vice President of Strategic Finance, Chief People Officer and Senior Vice President of People and Business Operations. Prior to joining us, Ms. Sivaraman served as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs from June 2009 to March 2017. Ms. Sivaraman holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

David Sangster has served as our Chief Operating Officer since March 2019 and was our Executive Vice President, Engineering & Operations from February 2018 to March 2019, our Executive Vice President, Support & Operations from February 2016 to February 2018, our Senior Vice President, Operations from April 2014 to February 2016, and Vice President, Operations from December 2011 to April 2014. Prior to joining us, Mr. Sangster served as Vice President, Manufacturing Technology at EMC Corporation, an IT storage hardware solutions company, from July 2009 to December 2011. Mr. Sangster holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University, and an M.B.A. in Operations and Marketing from Santa Clara University.

Tyler Wall has served as our Chief Legal Officer since November 2017. Prior to joining us, Mr. Wall was the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, at Red Book Connect, LLC, a restaurant industry SaaS and technology solutions company, from April 2014 to September 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Wall was the Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary at Brocade, a supplier of networking hardware, software, and services, from 2005 to April 2014. Mr. Wall holds a B.S. in Economics from University of Utah, a J.D. from Santa Clara University - School of Law, and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University – School of Business.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers

OUR BOARD RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THIS PROPOSAL 3.

Section 14A of the Exchange Act enables our stockholders to vote whether to approve, on an advisory or non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. This vote, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” vote, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on our named executive officers’ compensation as a whole. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation or any specific named executive officer, but rather the overall compensation of all our named executive officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement.

The say-on-pay vote is advisory, and therefore not binding on us. The say-on-pay vote will, however, provide information to us regarding stockholder sentiment about our executive compensation philosophy, policies and practices, which the Compensation Committee will be able to consider when determining executive compensation for the remainder of the current fiscal year and beyond. Our Board and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and to the extent there is any significant vote against the named executive officer compensation as disclosed in this proxy statement, we will communicate directly with stockholders to better understand the concerns that influenced the vote, consider these concerns, and the Compensation Committee will evaluate whether any actions are necessary to address those concerns.

We believe that the information provided in the “Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement, and in particular the information discussed in “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” demonstrates that our executive compensation program was designed appropriately and is working to ensure management’s interests are aligned with our stockholders’ interests to support long-term value creation. Accordingly, our Board unanimously recommends that our stockholders vote FOR the following resolution at the Annual Meeting:

RESOLVED, that the stockholders approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the compensation tables and the narrative discussions that accompany the compensation tables.

Vote Required

The non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present at the Annual Meeting or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the proposal. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote AGAINST the proposal and broker non-votes will have no effect.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The compensation provided to our named executive officers for fiscal year 2023 is set forth in detail in the “Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table” and the other tables that follow this Compensation Discussion and Analysis. The following discussion provides an overview of our executive compensation philosophy, the overall objectives of our executive compensation program, and each component of compensation that we provide to our named executive officers. In addition, we explain how and why the Compensation Committee arrived at the specific compensation policies and decisions for our named executive officers. The following are our named executive officers for fiscal year 2023:

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The Board has delegated to the Compensation Committee the authority and responsibility for establishing and overseeing base salaries, administering the incentive compensation programs, and establishing and overseeing other forms of compensation for our executive officers, general remuneration policies for the balance of our employee population, and for overseeing and administering our equity incentive and benefit plans.

Fiscal Year 2023 Financial and Performance Highlights

Fiscal year 2023 demonstrated the benefits of our subscription-based business model, showing healthy year-over-year top line growth and sharp year-over-year improvements in profitability and free cash flow despite macroeconomic uncertainty. Year-over-year ACV billings growth was 27% for the second consecutive fiscal year. Annual recurring revenue as of the end of fiscal year 2023 increased to $1.56 billion, representing a 30% increase compared to the end of fiscal year 2022, and free cash flow was $207.0 million, an increase of $189 million compared to fiscal year 2022.

Beyond these financial accomplishments, we successfully extended our hybrid multicloud platform with the general availability of Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Microsoft Azure, launched new products in multiple areas, and defined our data services vision for enabling companies to build portable applications. Our go-to-market strategy helped us close major deals as we effectively demonstrated our contribution to customer transformation initiatives. Importantly, we continued to delight our customers, as reflected by our seven-year average Net Promoter Score of 91.

Executive Compensation Practices

We strive to maintain sound governance standards consistent with our executive compensation policies and practices. The Compensation Committee evaluates our executive compensation program on a regular basis to ensure consistency with our short-term and long-term goals, given the dynamic nature of our business and the market in which we compete for executive talent. The following policies and practices were in effect during fiscal year 2023:

WHAT WE DO			WHAT WE DON’T DO
	Emphasize performance-based compensation with a balance between short-term and long-term incentives			No retirement or pension-type plans other than the standard 401(k) plan offered to all employees
	Maintain a 100% independent compensation committee			No perquisites or personal benefits, other than standard benefits typically received by other employees
	Engage an independent compensation consultant to advise the Compensation Committee			No tax gross-ups for change of control payments and benefits
	Review (at least annually) executive compensation strategy, potential risks, and compensation practices/levels of our selected compensation peer companies			No short sales, hedging, or pledging of stock ownership positions and transactions involving derivatives of our common stock
	Align our compensation program with the interests of our stockholders through a focus on equity-based awards for executives and directors			No strict benchmarking of compensation to a specific percentile of our compensation peer group

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WHAT WE DO			WHAT WE DON’T DO
	Emphasize performance-based restricted stock unit (“PRSU”) awards over a multi-year performance period as a key component of our executive officers’ compensation			No “single-trigger” payments or equity acceleration upon a change of control
	Place our executive officers in the same broad-based company health and welfare benefits programs as other full-time salaried employees			No guaranteed salary increases, annual incentive awards, or long-term incentive awards
	Maintain robust director stock ownership guidelines
	Hold an annual advisory say-on-pay vote on named executive officer compensation

Say-on-Pay Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation and Say-on-Pay Frequency Vote and Effect of Most Recent Say-on-Pay Vote

At the Annual Meeting, we will conduct a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers, also known as a “say-on-pay vote,” as described in Proposal 3 of this proxy statement. We previously determined to hold a say-on-pay vote every year consistent with our stockholders’ approval, on a non-binding, advisory basis, at our 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, to hold stockholder advisory votes on the compensation of our named executive officers every year.

Say-on-Pay Vote Results at 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

The Compensation Committee considers the results of the say-on-pay vote and stockholder feedback on our executive compensation program as part of its annual review of executive compensation. Based on stockholders’ strong support of our compensation program at our 2022 annual meeting, the Compensation Committee determined not to make significant changes to our existing executive compensation program and policies. The Compensation Committee currently intends to continue to consider the results of the annual say-on-pay vote and stockholder feedback as data points in making executive compensation decisions.

Executive Compensation Philosophy

Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, motivate, and retain highly qualified executive officers who drive our success and to align the interests of our executive officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders. This section provides an overview of our executive compensation philosophy and the overall objectives of our executive compensation program.

Our goal is to create a premier enterprise cloud platform software company, and our compensation philosophy is singularly focused on the achievement of that goal. Our executive compensation program is designed to achieve this goal through four key objectives:

Attracting and Retaining Talent in a Competitive Industry

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Incentivizing Growth Against Strategic Objectives and Expanding Market Share

Aligning Executive and Stockholder Value

Managing the Business Through an Ever-Changing Operating Landscape

Components of our Executive Compensation Program

Our executive compensation program consists of the following primary components:

We also provide our executive officers with severance and change of control-related protections, comprehensive employee benefit programs, such as medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, an employee stock purchase plan, and other plans and programs generally made available to other full-time salaried employees.

We believe these components provide a compensation package that attracts and retains qualified individuals, links individual compensation opportunities to both individual and company performance, focuses the efforts of our named executive officers and other executive officers on the achievement of both our short-term and long-term objectives and aligns the interests of our executive officers with those of our stockholders. Further, our executive compensation program encourages a long-term focus by placing a heavy emphasis on equity awards, the value of which depends on our stock price performance and our ability to execute against our long-term objectives.

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Fiscal Year 2023 Compensation Mix

The mix of target total direct compensation for Mr. Ramaswami and our other named executive officers for fiscal year 2023 was as follows:

Base Salaries

We pay base salaries to our executive officers, including our named executive officers, to compensate them for services rendered during the year and provide predictable income. Generally, we establish the initial base salaries of our executive officers at the time we hire the individual executive officer, based on a consideration of the executive officer’s experience, skills, knowledge, and scope of responsibilities, as well as benchmarking against our compensation peer group. In addition, the competition in the market from which we recruit plays a role in setting salary levels due to the difficulty in recruiting candidates with the level of talent and experience we believe are necessary for us to execute on our business and growth plans. We do not apply specific formulas to determine changes in salaries. Our executive officers’ salaries are reviewed on an annual basis by our CEO and the Compensation Committee (other than the CEO’s salary, which is reviewed and determined solely by the Compensation Committee) and may be adjusted based on a number of factors, including relevant market data, individual experience and performance, and internal equity.

Fiscal Year 2023 Base Salaries

In August 2022, as part of its review of our executive compensation program, the Compensation Committee set annual base salaries for our named executive officers for fiscal year 2023, effective as of August 1, 2022. Based on its review, the Compensation Committee did not change the annual base salaries for Messrs. Ramaswami, Sangster, and Wall. Ms. Sivaraman’s annual base salary was increased from $420,000 to $450,000 to reflect her performance in her role as well as the relevant market data for comparable positions among peer group companies.

Target and Actual Annual Incentive Compensation

For fiscal year 2023, each of our named executive officers participated in our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan. The Executive Incentive Compensation Plan allows the Compensation Committee to establish incentive awards, generally payable in cash, for employees selected by the Compensation Committee, including our named executive officers. Under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, the Compensation Committee determines the performance goals, if any, applicable to any award or portion of an award and may choose the performance goals from a wide range of possible metrics as set forth in the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan. The performance goals may differ from participant to participant and from year to year.

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Each year, the Compensation Committee determines the terms and conditions for our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for the year. For fiscal year 2023, the Compensation Committee adopted and approved target annual incentive amounts for each of our named executive officers, as well as the terms and conditions for fiscal year 2023. Prior to fiscal year 2023, the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan included two discrete 6-month performance periods. Fiscal year 2023 was the first year for which our executive officers’ incentive compensation under the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan was earned based on full-year performance.

Fiscal Year 2023 Target Annual Incentive Opportunities

The Compensation Committee designed the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan to align with key performance measures that it believes to be appropriate indicators of our company’s success and reflective of a subscription-based business model. In August 2022, following its review of a market analysis prepared by Compensia, the Compensation Committee determined the target annual incentive opportunities for each of Messrs. Ramaswami, Sangster, and Wall, and Ms. Sivaraman as part of its annual compensation review for our executive officers. Ms. Sivaraman’s target annual incentive opportunity was increased from 70% to 75% for fiscal year 2023 to generally align with other officers at her level and based on the market data for comparable positions among peer group companies. The target annual incentive opportunities established under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan for our named executive officers were as follows:

Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan

Based on a review of market practices and on consultation with both management and its independent consultant, the committee approved several key design changes to our fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan intended to enhance the pay-for-performance alignment of our program and better balance growth and profitability metrics:

In the first fiscal quarter of 2023, the Compensation Committee approved corporate objectives for the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan that were aligned with our annual operating plan. The fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan provided for potential performance-based incentive payouts to our named executive officers based on three general performance components. The levels of achievement aligned to a target-level payout were determined to be challenging and requiring substantial skill and effort on the part of senior management and were weighted based on relative importance. In addition, each named executive officer’s potential payout was subject to upward or downward adjustment based on a holistic assessment of individual performance.

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The Compensation Committee approved the use of the performance metrics below for the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan:

The Compensation Committee believes these performance metrics were objective measures of the success of our growth and business strategy during fiscal year 2023.

The following table describes the relative weighting of each performance metric and the payout percentages used to calculate payouts under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan based on achievement of the targets at and between the low end of the target range and the high end of the target range.

Performance Metric		Weighting		Plan Targets		Payout %
ARR				Less than 90% of Target		0%
				Between 90% and 100% of Target		Between 0% and 100%
				100% of Target		100%
				Between 100% and 110% of Target		Between 100% and 200%
				110% or More of Target		200%
Non-GAAP operating expenses excluding commissions				104% or More of Target		0%
				Between 100% and 104% of Target		Between 00% and 100%
				100% of Target		100%
				Between 96% and 100% of Target		Between 100% and 200%
				Less than 96% of Target		200%
Employee engagement				Less than 73%		0%
				Between 73% and 77%		Between 0% and 100%
				77%		100%
				Between 77% and 81%		Between 100% and 200%
				81% or More		200%

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Potential payouts under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan ranged between 0% to 200%, depending on the level of achievement against performance objectives. Actual incentive awards were paid in a lump sum during the first quarter of fiscal year 2024. Actual Incentive award amounts under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan were calculated as the sum of the weighted payout percentage for each performance metric multiplied by the target annual opportunity in effect for each named executive officer.

The specific targets for ARR and non-GAAP operating expenses excluding commissions were derived from our internal annual operating plan, which is not publicly disclosed for competitive reasons. Any achievement of the plan targets between the low and high end of the target range would correlate to a lower or higher payout percentage between 0% and 200%. For the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, each performance measure is discrete in contributing to the overall payout – there was no requirement to achieve a certain level of performance with respect to an individual metric to achieve an overall payout. With respect to each performance metric, the target achievement level was set at a level that the Compensation Committee believed was rigorous, would require stretch performance, and would drive stockholder value creation. The target achievement levels were not certain to be met at the time they were determined, and the payout curves require substantial outperformance of each performance metric to receive significantly above the 100% payout percentage (capped at 200%) for the metric.

Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan Payouts

The achievement of each performance metric under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan was as follows:

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The Compensation Committee did not modify the calculated payout for any named executive officer. The aggregate payouts received by each named executive officer under the fiscal year 2023 Executive Incentive Compensation Plan were:

Administration of the Executive Incentive Compensation Plan

The Compensation Committee administers our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan and may, in its sole discretion and at any time, increase, reduce, or eliminate a participant’s actual award, and/or increase, reduce, or eliminate the amount allocated to the annual incentive pool for a particular performance period. The actual award may be below, at or above a participant’s target award, at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee may determine the amount of any reduction based on such factors it deems relevant, and it is not required to establish any allocation or weighting with respect to the factors it considers. Actual awards are paid in cash in a single lump sum only after they are earned, which requires continued employment through the last day of the performance period. If a participant terminates employment because of death or disability before the actual award is paid, the award may be paid to the participant’s estate or to the participant, as applicable, subject to the Compensation Committee’s discretion to reduce or eliminate the award. Payment of awards occurs as soon as administratively practicable after they are earned, but no later than the dates set forth in our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan. The Board and the Compensation Committee have the authority to amend, alter, suspend, or terminate our Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, provided such action does not impair the existing rights of any participant with respect to any earned awards.

Long-Term Equity-Based Compensation

Our corporate culture encourages our named executive officers to focus on the company’s long-term strategy. In keeping with this culture, our executive compensation program places a heavy emphasis on equity awards, the value of which depends on our stock price performance, to promote long-term performance. These equity awards include both time-based RSU awards and performance-based PRSU awards. Time-based RSU awards offer our named executive officers predictable value delivery while aligning their interests with the long-term interests of our stockholders. We believe PRSU awards directly link a significant portion of the named executive officer’s target total direct compensation to our performance based on the returns we deliver for our stockholders relative to those of other companies in the Nasdaq Composite Index. As discussed under “Fiscal Year 2023 Equity Awards” below, the Compensation Committee continued the use of performance-based awards (originally implemented in fiscal year 2022) as a standard component of fiscal year 2023 annual equity awards to our executive officers, including our named executive officers.

The Compensation Committee, in consultation with our CEO (other than with respect to himself) and its compensation consultant, Compensia, determines the size, mix, material terms and, in the case of PRSU awards, performance metrics of the equity awards granted to our named executive officers, taking into account a number of factors as described in the section titled “Executive Compensation – Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Compensation-Setting Process.”

Fiscal Year 2023 Equity Awards

The Compensation Committee continued to align pay and performance and tie the interests of our executive officers with the interests of our stockholders by using PRSUs as a standard component of the equity awards granted to our executive officers. PRSUs comprise 50% of each executive officer’s target award value. PRSU awards are based on our total shareholder return (“TSR”) relative to the total shareholder return of companies in the Nasdaq Composite Index over three years with interim measurements after one year and two years. To mitigate the influence of interim fluctuations in performance during the first two measurement periods, the achievement percentage is capped at 100% for the first two measurement periods. The Compensation Committee believes relative total shareholder return is a straightforward and objective metric for evaluating our company’s performance against the performance of other companies and further aligns pay with performance and the interests of our executive officers with the experience and interests of our stockholders by promoting the creation of sustainable long-term value.

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The Compensation Committee considers many factors in determining the value of the annual equity awards made to our named executive officers, including, but not limited to: competitive total compensation levels (cash and equity) among peer companies for comparable roles, individual performance, the retention value of current unvested equity holdings of each executive officer, and projected contribution towards the achievement of our short- and long-term goals. The equity awards granted to our named executive officers in August 2022 subject to our 2016 Equity Incentive Plan were as follows:

Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of our Class A common stock upon vesting.

The elements of each annual equity award granted to these named executive officers for fiscal year 2023 are as follows:

Element		% of Award		Vesting Terms and Conditions
Time-Based RSU Awards				•  Time-based quarterly vesting over four years, subject to continued service to us through each vesting date. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of our Class A common stock upon vesting.
PRSU Awards				•  PRSU awards become eligible to vest based on the TSR of our company relative to the TSR of companies in the Nasdaq Composite Index over three years with interim measurements after one year and two years. •  PRSU awards become eligible to vest based on performance for each period, with vesting to occur in September following the period, subject to continued service to us through each vesting date. •  The total number of units subject to the PRSU awards that may become eligible to vest range from an achievement percentage of 0% to 200% of the target award, except that the achievement percentage is capped at 100% for the first two measurement periods (up to one-third of the target units may be earned for each of the first two measurement periods, subject to continued service to us through each vesting date). •  The total number of units subject to the PRSU awards that may vest are (i) 0% if the TSR of our company ranks below the 25th percentile of the companies in the index, (ii) 100% if the TSR of our company ranks at the 50th percentile of the companies in the index, and (iii) 200% if the TSR of our company ranks at the 75th percentile of the companies in the index. If our TSR ranks between these percentile thresholds, the achievement percentage of the target number of units subject to the PRSU awards that may vest is determined using linear interpolation. • PRSU awards deemed earned at the end of the third measurement period based on achievement will be adjusted to deduct any PRSU awards already vested in the first two measurement periods. • The award is subject to a maximum value cap that limits the total value that may become eligible to vest at the end of the third measurement period, with the achievement percentage for the period subject to reduction so that the product of the ending price per share at the end of the period multiplied by the achievement percentage cannot exceed $89.70 (i.e., six times the average closing price per share of our Class A common stock from June 1, 2022 through July 31, 2022, for the awards granted in August 2022).

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PRSU Performance Results

Per the terms detailed above, the table below details the interim performance period measurement for PRSU awards granted to our executive officers in fiscal year 2022 and fiscal year 2023. The second interim performance measurement for the PRSU awards granted in fiscal year 2022 and the first interim performance measurement for the awards granted in fiscal year 2023 determined the number of units (up to 1/3 of the total target award for each grant) vested based on our total shareholder return relative to the TSR of the companies in the Nasdaq Composite Index through July 31, 2023. A summary of the performance results is as follows:

Severance and Change of Control-Related Benefits

Our named executive officers each participate in our Executive Severance Policy and our Change of Control and Severance Policy.

Our Executive Severance Policy provides eligible employees with protections in the event of the involuntary termination of their employment under circumstances not related to a change of control of our company. Our Change of Control and Severance Policy provides eligible employees with protections in the event of their involuntary termination of employment following a change of control of our company. In addition, certain of our executive officers may have such provisions in their employment agreements.

We believe that these protections assist us in retaining our executive officers and allow them to maintain continued focus and dedication to their responsibilities to maximize stockholder value, including any potential transaction that could involve a change of control of our company. The terms of these agreements, our Executive Severance Policy, and our Change of Control Severance Policy are evaluated periodically by the Board and the Compensation Committee against our retention objectives, a review of relevant market data prepared by the Compensation Committee’s compensation consultant, Compensia, and with consideration for our ability to attract and retain critical executive talent.

For a summary of the material terms and conditions of these post-employment compensation arrangements, see the section titled “Executive Compensation – Employment Arrangements.”

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Compensation-Setting Process

Role of the Compensation Committee

Pursuant to its charter, the Compensation Committee is primarily responsible for establishing, approving, and adjusting compensation arrangements for our executive officers, including our named executive officers, including our CEO, reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to these compensation arrangements, evaluating executive performance against the backdrop of our corporate goals and objectives, and determining the long-term incentive component of our executive compensation arrangements in light of factors related to our performance, including accomplishment of our long-term business and financial goals. For additional information about the Compensation Committee, see the section titled “Corporate Governance - Board of Directors and Its Committees -Compensation Committee” in this proxy statement.

Compensation decisions for our executive officers are made by the Compensation Committee, with the input of its independent compensation consultant and our CEO and management team (except with respect to their own compensation). The Compensation Committee periodically reviews and, as necessary, adjusts the cash and equity compensation of our executive officers with the goal of ensuring that our executive officers are properly incentivized.

The Compensation Committee considers compensation data from our compensation peer group as one of several factors that inform its judgment of appropriate parameters for target compensation levels. The Compensation Committee, however, does not strictly benchmark compensation to a specific percentile of our compensation peer group, nor does it apply a formula or assign relative weights to specific compensation elements. In addition, while market data is a factor, the Compensation Committee is forward-looking in aligning our executive compensation program with the unique growth opportunity we believe we have, and the risks associated with pursuing the opportunity, which are not captured by reviewing peer data.

The Compensation Committee makes compensation decisions after considering several factors, including:

The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board. A copy of the charter is posted on the investor relations section of our website located at http://ir.nutanix.com.

Role of Management

The Compensation Committee works with members of our management team, including our CEO and our human resources, finance, and legal professionals (except with respect to their own compensation). Typically, our CEO makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee, regularly attends the Compensation Committee’s meetings, and is involved in the determination of compensation for our executive officers, except that our CEO does not make recommendations as to his own compensation. Because of his direct role overseeing our executive officers, our CEO makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding short-term and long-term compensation for all executive officers (other than himself) based on our results and aspirations, an individual executive officer’s actual contribution toward, and ability to contribute to the achievement of, these results and aspirations, and performance toward individual goal achievement. The Compensation Committee then reviews the recommendations and other data and makes decisions as to total compensation for each executive officer, as well as each individual compensation component.

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Role of Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee is authorized, in its sole discretion, to retain the services of one or more compensation consultants, outside legal counsel, and such other advisors as necessary to assist with the execution of its duties and responsibilities. For fiscal year 2023, the Compensation Committee engaged Compensia, a national compensation consulting firm, to conduct market research and analysis on our various executive positions, to assist the Compensation Committee in developing appropriate incentive plans for our executive officers on an annual basis, to provide the Compensation Committee with advice and ongoing recommendations regarding material executive compensation decisions, and to review compensation proposals of management. Compensia evaluated the following components to assist the Compensation Committee in establishing executive compensation for fiscal year 2023:

As described above in the section titled “Corporate Governance – Director Compensation – Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy,” Compensia also annually provides, at the direction of the Compensation Committee, an analysis of the competitive position of our non-employee director compensation policy against the compensation peer group used for executive compensation purposes.

Based on consideration of the factors specified in the SEC rules and Nasdaq listing standards, the Compensation Committee does not believe that its relationship with Compensia and the work of Compensia on behalf of the Compensation Committee and our management team has raised any conflicts of interest. The Compensation Committee reviews these factors on an annual basis. As part of the Compensation Committee’s determination of Compensia’s independence for fiscal year 2023, it received written confirmation from Compensia addressing these factors and stating its belief that it remains an independent compensation consultant to the Compensation Committee.

Compensation Peer Group

The Compensation Committee reviews market data of companies that we believe are comparable to our company. With Compensia’s assistance, the Compensation Committee developed a peer group for use when making its fiscal year 2023 compensation decisions, which consisted of companies in information technology industry sectors, with revenues and market capitalizations within ranges similar to that of our company and generally based in the United States, including companies based in California. While the Compensation Committee considers compensation practices of the peer companies, the Compensation Committee uses this information as one of many factors in its evaluation of compensation matters, as described above, and does not set compensation levels to meet specific percentiles.

The Compensation Committee referred to compensation data from this peer group when making fiscal year 2023 base salary, annual incentive, and equity award decisions for our executive officers, including our named executive officers. The following is a list of the public companies that comprised our fiscal year 2023 compensation peer group:

In May 2023, the Compensation Committee reviewed the compensation peer group that would be used for compensation decision-making for fiscal year 2024. With Compensia’s assistance, the Compensation Committee developed a compensation peer group for use when making its fiscal year 2023 compensation decisions, which consisted of companies in information technology industry sectors, with revenues and market capitalizations within ranges similar to that of our company and generally based in the United States, including companies based in California. In light of our comparable market capitalization and revenues at the time and, in certain cases, the completed acquisition of a peer group company, the Compensation Committee determined that Citrix Systems (which was taken

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private in September 2022) and Zendesk (which was taken private in November 2022) should be removed from the peer group and that MongoDB and Twilio should be added to the peer group. The following is a list of the public companies that comprise our fiscal year 2024 compensation peer group:

Employment Arrangements

We have employment agreements with our currently employed named executive officers. Each of these arrangements provides for “at-will” employment and sets forth the initial terms and conditions of employment of the named executive officer, including base salary, target annual incentive opportunity, standard employee benefit plan participation, a recommendation for an initial grant of an option to purchase shares of our common stock or other equity awards, opportunities for post-employment compensation and vesting acceleration terms. These agreements also set forth the rights and responsibilities of each party and may protect both parties’ interests in the event of a termination of employment by providing for certain payments and benefits under specified circumstances, including following a change of control of our company. These offers of employment were each subject to the execution of a standard proprietary information and invention assignment agreement and proof of identity and work eligibility in the United States.

Each of these agreements was approved on our behalf by the Compensation Committee or the Board at the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. We believe that these arrangements were necessary to induce these individuals to forgo other employment opportunities or leave their then-current employer for the uncertainty of a demanding position in a new and unfamiliar organization.

For a summary of the material terms and conditions of our employment agreements with our named executive officers, see the section titled “Executive Compensation – Employment Arrangements” below.

Other Compensation Policies and Practices

Employee Benefits

We provide employee benefits to all eligible employees in the United States, including our currently employed named executive officers, which the Compensation Committee believes are reasonable and consistent with its overall compensation objective to better enable us to attract and retain employees. These benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance, health savings accounts, a 401(k) plan, life and disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, an employee stock purchase plan, and other plans and programs.

Stock Trading Practices; Hedging and Pledging Policy

We maintain an Insider Trading Policy that, among other things, prohibits our executive officers, including our named executive officers, directors, and employees from trading during quarterly and special trading restrictions. We also prohibit short sales, hedging, and similar transactions designed to decrease the risks associated with holding our securities, as well as pledging our securities as collateral for loans and transactions involving derivative securities relating to our common stock. Our Insider Trading Policy requires that all directors, executive officers, and certain other key employees, including our named executive officers, pre-clear with our legal department any proposed open market transactions.

Compensation Recovery Policy

The Compensation Committee has adopted a Compensation Recovery Policy that is intended to comply with Section 10D of the Exchange Act, Exchange Act Rule 10D-1, and Nasdaq listing rules. This policy provides that our company will recover reasonably promptly the amount of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation received by our executive officers in the event that our company is required to prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of our company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to

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the previously issued financial statements, or that would result in a material misstatement if the error were corrected in the current period or left uncorrected in the current period. This policy applies to incentive-based compensation received on or after October 2, 2023, and during the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the date that our company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.

Impact of Accounting and Tax Requirements on Compensation

Deductibility of Executive Compensation

Generally, Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), disallows a corporate federal income tax deduction to any publicly held corporation for any remuneration in excess of $1 million paid in any taxable year to its chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and certain other highly compensated executive officers. As a result, we expect that compensation awarded to each of our named executive officers will not be deductible to the extent it is in excess of this $1 million threshold. The Compensation Committee may, in its judgment, authorize compensation payments that are not fully tax deductible when it believes that such payments are appropriate to attract and retain executive talent or meet other business objectives. The Compensation Committee intends to continue to compensate our named executive officers in a manner that it believes to be consistent with the best long-term interests of our company and our stockholders.

Taxation of “Parachute” Payments and Deferred Compensation

We do not provide our named executive officers with a “gross-up” or other reimbursement payment for any tax liability that they might owe as a result of the application of Sections 280G, 4999, or 409A of the Code. Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code provide that certain officers and directors, and service providers who hold significant equity interests, and certain highly compensated service providers may be subject to an excise tax if they receive payments or benefits in connection with a change of control that exceeds certain prescribed limits, and that our company, or a successor, may forfeit a deduction on the amounts subject to this additional tax. However, under our Change of Control Severance Policy, if any payment or benefits to a policy participant, including the payments and benefits under the policy, would constitute a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and would therefore be subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code, then such payments and benefits will be either (i) reduced to the largest portion of the payments and benefits that would result in no portion of the payments and benefits being subject to the excise tax, or (ii) not reduced, whichever, after taking into account all applicable federal, state, and local employment and income taxes and the excise tax, results in the participant’s receipt, on an after-tax basis, of the greater payments and benefits.

Section 409A also imposes additional significant taxes on the individual in the event that an executive officer, director, or other service provider receives “deferred compensation” that does not meet certain requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

We follow ASC Topic 718 for our stock-based awards. ASC Topic 718 requires companies to measure the compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to employees and directors, including stock options, RSU awards, and PRSU awards, based on the grant date “fair value” of these awards. This calculation is performed for accounting purposes and reported in the compensation tables below. ASC Topic 718 also requires companies to recognize the compensation cost of their stock-based compensation awards in their income statements over the period that a named executive officer is required to render service in exchange for the award.

Compensation Risk Assessment

The Compensation Committee reviews and discusses with management the risks arising from our compensation philosophy and practices applicable to all employees to determine whether they encourage excessive risk-taking and to evaluate compensation policies and practices that could mitigate such risks. In addition, the Compensation Committee has engaged Compensia to independently review our executive compensation program. Based on these reviews, the Compensation Committee structures our executive compensation program to encourage our named executive officers to focus on both short-term and long-term success. We do not believe that our compensation programs create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us.

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Report of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based on such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee has recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

Respectfully submitted by the members of the Compensation Committee:

The Compensation Committee

Max de Groen (Chair)
Craig Conway
Brian Stevens
Mark Templeton (joined the Committee on September 13, 2023)

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Executive Compensation Tables

Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table

The following table presents all of the compensation awarded to, or earned by, our named executive officers during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards

The following table presents, for each of our named executive officers, information concerning plan-based awards granted during the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023. This information supplements the information about these awards set forth in the “Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table” above.

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Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year 2023 Year-End Table

The following table presents, for each of our named executive officers, information concerning each outstanding equity award held by such named executive officer as of July 31, 2023. This information supplements the information about these awards set forth in the “Fiscal Year 2023 Summary Compensation Table” above.

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