SC 13G 1 filing.txt SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 0 PURE STORAGE INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK Cusip #74624M102 Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: [x] Rule 13d-1(b) [ ] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) Cusip #74624M102 Item 1: Reporting Person - FMR LLC Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: Delaware Item 5: 646,349 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 8,537,215 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 8,537,215 Item 11: 25.876% Item 12: HC Cusip #74624M102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Edward C. Johnson 3d Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 8,537,215 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 8,537,215 Item 11: 25.876% Item 12: IN Cusip #74624M102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Abigail P. Johnson Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: United States of America Item 5: 0 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 8,537,215 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 8,537,215 Item 11: 25.876% Item 12: IN Cusip #74624M102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Fidelity Growth Company Fund Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: Massachusetts Item 5: 3,095,239 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 0 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 3,095,239 Item 11: 9.381% Item 12: IV Cusip #74624M102 Item 1: Reporting Person - Fidelity Contrafund Item 2: (a) [ ] (b) [ ] Item 4: Massachusetts Item 5: 3,207,356 Item 6: 0 Item 7: 0 Item 8: 0 Item 9: 3,207,356 Item 11: 9.721% Item 12: IV Item 1(a). Name of Issuer: PURE STORAGE INC Item 1(b). Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 650 Castro Street Suite 400 Mountain View, CA 94041 USA Item 2(a). Name of Person Filing: FMR LLC Item 2(b). Address or Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 Item 2(c). Citizenship: Not applicable Item 2(d). Title of Class of Securities: CLASS A COMMON STOCK Item 2(e). CUSIP Number: 74624M102 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c) and the person filing, FMR LLC, is a parent holding company in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). (Note: See Exhibit A). Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned: 8,537,215 (b) Percent of Class: 25.876% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 646,349 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 8,537,215 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 4,242,615 of the shares of Class A Common Stock of Pure Storage Inc. reported as being beneficially owned by the reporting persons at October 30, 2015, are included in this Schedule 13G because the reporting persons my be deemed to beneficially own such shares as a result of the direct ownership of 4,242,615 shares of Class B Common Stock of Pure Storage Inc. by investment companies and institutional accounts advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock at the election of the holder, at an exchange rate of 1:1. Assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock, the 8,537,215 shares of Class A Common Stock reported as being beneficially owned by the reporting persons in this Schedule 13G would represent 4.52% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock. Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. Not applicable. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Various persons have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the CLASS A COMMON STOCK of PURE STORAGE INC. No one other person's interest in the CLASS A COMMON STOCK of PURE STORAGE INC is more than five percent of the total outstanding CLASS A COMMON STOCK. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company. See attached Exhibit A. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Not applicable. Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certifications. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. November 9, 2015 Date /s/ Marc R. Bryant Signature Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries* * This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Form 3 filed by FMR LLC on October 21, 2015, accession number: 0000315066-15-003185. Exhibit A 4,242,615 of the shares of Class A Common Stock of Pure Storage Inc. reported as being beneficially owned by the reporting persons at October 30, 2015, are included in this Schedule 13G because the reporting persons my be deemed to beneficially own such shares as a result of the direct ownership of 4,242,615 shares of Class B Common Stock of Pure Storage Inc. by investment companies and institutional accounts advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which shares of Class B Common Stock are convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock at the election of the holder, at an exchange rate of 1:1. Assuming the conversion of all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock, the 8,537,215 shares of Class A Common Stock reported as being beneficially owned by the reporting persons in this Schedule 13G would represent 4.52% of the outstanding Class A Common Stock. Pursuant to the instructions in Item 7 of Schedule 13G, the following table lists the identity and Item 3 classification, if applicable, of each relevant entity that beneficially owns shares of the security class being reported on this Schedule 13G. Entity ITEM 3 Classification FIDELITY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH (HONG KONG) LIMITED IA FMR CO., INC * IA * Entity beneficially owns 5% or greater of the outstanding shares of the security class being reported on this Schedule 13G. Edward C. Johnson 3d is a Director and the Chairman of FMR LLC and Abigail P. Johnson is a Director, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and the President of FMR LLC. Members of the family of Edward C. Johnson 3d, including Abigail P. Johnson, are the predominant owners, directly or through trusts, of Series B voting common shares of FMR LLC, representing 49% of the voting power of FMR LLC. The Johnson family group and all other Series B shareholders have entered into a shareholders' voting agreement under which all Series B voting common shares will be voted in accordance with the majority vote of Series B voting common shares. Accordingly, through their ownership of voting common shares and the execution of the shareholders' voting agreement, members of the Johnson family may be deemed, under the Investment Company Act of 1940, to form a controlling group with respect to FMR LLC. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d nor Abigail P. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the various investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act ("Fidelity Funds") advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR Co"), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, which power resides with the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees. Fidelity Management & Research Company carries out the voting of the shares under written guidelines established by the Fidelity Funds' Boards of Trustees. This filing reflects the securities beneficially owned, or that may be deemed to be beneficially owned, by FMR LLC, certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates, and other companies (collectively, the "FMR Reporters"). This filing does not reflect securities, if any, beneficially owned by certain other companies whose beneficial ownership of securities is disaggregated from that of the FMR Reporters in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998). RULE 13d-1(k)(1) AGREEMENT The undersigned persons, on November 9, 2015, agree and consent to the joint filing on their behalf of this Schedule 13G in connection with their beneficial ownership of the CLASS A COMMON STOCK of PURE STORAGE INC at October 30, 2015. FMR LLC By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of FMR LLC and its direct and indirect subsidiaries* Edward C. Johnson 3d By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of Edward C. Johnson 3d* Abigail P. Johnson By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective as of October 12, 2015, by and on behalf of Abigail P. Johnson* Fidelity Growth Company Fund By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Secretary Fidelity Contrafund By /s/ Marc R. Bryant Marc R. Bryant Secretary * This power of attorney is incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Form 3 filed by FMR LLC on October 21, 2015, accession number: 0000315066-15-003185.