Pure Storage Investor Presentation — November 2018

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© 2018 PURE STORAGE INC. 1Q3 FISCAL 2019RESULTS

November 19, 2018© 2018 PURE STORAGE INC. 2FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

AND NON-GAAP INFORMATION

This presentation contains “forward -looking” statements that are based on our beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to us. Such forward -looking statements include

statements concerning our possible or expected future financial or operating results, business strategies, product developmen t plans, technical and business advantages, competitive position,

industry trends and potential growth opportunities. Forward -looking statements include all statements that are not historical fa cts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,”

“could,” “seek,” “estimate,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

Forward -looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, p erformance or achievements to differ materially from any

future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward -looking statements, including risks, uncertainti es and other factors relating to our financial guidance, results

and growth, our technological leadership and market opportunity, introduction of new functionality and products, product acce ptance and our products and business model, customer spending

priorities, our competitive position and industry dynamics, and relationships with third parties, including partners and custome rs. Additional risks, uncertainties and other factors are included

under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, " in our reports and registration statement previously filed with

the SEC, which are available on our website at investor.purestorage.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov .

Forward -looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this presentation. Except as required b y law, we assume no obligation to update these forward -

looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the fo rward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in

This presentation includes certain non- GAAP financial measures as defined by SEC rules. As required by Regulation G, we have pro vided reconciliations of those measures to the most directly

comparable GAAP measures, which are available in the Appendix. We have not reconciled guidance for non -GAAP gross margin and non -GAAP operating margin to their most directly