Nutanix : Annual Report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

• ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020

OR

• TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from

to

Commission File Number: 001-37883

NUTANIX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

1740 Technology Drive, Suite 150

San Jose, CA 95110

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

[phone]

27-0989767

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

	(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
	Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock, $0.000025 par value per share	NTNX	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large Accelerated Filer	☒	Accelerated Filer	☐
Non-accelerated Filer	☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting	Smaller Reporting Company
company)	☐
		If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark

		if the registrant has elected not to use the extended
		transition period for complying with any new or revised
		financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
Emerging Growth Company	☐	Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.	☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the registrant's common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of January 31, 2020 (the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $5.9 billion, based upon the closing sale price of such stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The registrant has no non-voting common equity.

As of August 31, 2020, the registrant had 186,885,682 shares of Class A common stock, $0.000025 par value per share, and 15,102,453 shares of Class B common stock, $0.000025 par value per share, outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

As noted herein, the information called for by Parts II and III is incorporated by reference to specified portions of the registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed in conjunction with the registrant's 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, which is expected to be filed not later than 120 days after the registrant's fiscal year ended July 31, 2020.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Page
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements	ii
PART I	1
Item 1. Business	1
Item 1A. Risk Factors	8
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments	49
Item 2. Properties	49
Item 3. Legal Proceedings	49
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	49
PART II	50
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	50
Item 6. Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data	52
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	54
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	76
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	77
Item 9. Change in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting Financial Disclosure	124
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures	124
Item 9B. Other Information	124
PART III	125
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	125
Item 11. Executive Compensation	125
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	125
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence	125
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services	125
PART IV	126
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	126
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary	126
Exhibit Index	127
Signatures	130

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Table of Contents

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Other than statements of historical fact, all statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K 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," 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, statements regarding:

• our future billings, revenue, cost of revenue and operating expenses, as well as changes in the cost of product revenue, component costs, product gross margins and support, entitlements and other services revenue and changes in research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses;
• our business plans, initiatives and objectives, our ability to execute such plans, initiatives and objectives in a timely manner, and the impact of such plans, initiatives and objectives on our business, operations, and financial results;
• our plans for, and the timing of, changes to our business model, including our ongoing transition to a subscription-based business model, our ability to manage, complete or realize the benefits of such transitions successfully and in a timely manner, and the short-term and long- term impacts of such transitions on our business, operations and financial results;
• the timing and potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken in response, including our own, on our business, operations and financial results;
• the benefits and capabilities of our platform, products, services and technology;
• our growth strategy, our ability to effectively achieve and manage our growth, and the amount, timing and impact of any investments to grow our business, including plans to increase demand generation and marketing spending, and invest in our global engineering, research and development and sales and marketing teams;
• the impact of any adjustments to our go-to-market cost structure, in particular our sales compensation structure;
• the impact of our decision to use new or different metrics, or to make adjustments to the metrics we use, to supplement our financial reporting;
• the timing, success and impact of the succession plan for our Chief Executive Officer;
• anticipated trends, growth rates and challenges in our business and in the markets in which we operate, including the segmentation and productivity of our sales team;
• our ability to develop new solutions, product features and technology and bring them to market in a timely manner, as well as the impact of including additional solutions in our product portfolio;
• market acceptance of new technology and recently introduced solutions;
• the interoperability and availability of our solutions with and on third-party hardware platforms;
• our ability to increase sales of our solutions, particularly to large enterprise customers;
• our ability to attract new end customers and retain and grow sales from our existing end customers;
• our ability to maintain and strengthen our relationships with our channel partners and OEMs, and the impact of any changes to such relationships on our business, operations and financial results;
• the effects of seasonal trends on our results of operations;
• our expectations concerning relationships with third parties, including our ability to compress and stabilize sales cycles;
• our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property;
• our exposure to and ability to guard against cyber attacks and other actual or perceived security breaches;
• our ability to continue to expand internationally;
• the effects of increased competition in our market and our ability to compete effectively;
• anticipated capital expenditures;
• future acquisitions or investments in complementary companies, products, services or technologies and the ability to successfully integrate completed acquisitions;
• our ability to stay in compliance with laws and regulations that currently apply or become applicable to our business both in the United States and internationally, including recent changes in global tax laws;
• macroeconomic and industry trends, projected growth or trend analysis;