Nutanix, Inc.

For the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held on Friday, December 11, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., Pacific Time

Our Board of Directors is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Annual Meeting of Nutanix, Inc. to be held via live webcast at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NTNX2026 on Friday, December 11, 2026 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, 2026 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 18, 2026, to our stockholders primarily via the Internet. On or about October 20, 2026, we mailed to our stockholders the 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 13, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting, will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. On the record date, there were 272,732,283 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 Drive, Suite 150, San Jose, California 95110.

You also may obtain, without charge, copies of this proxy statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K 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 is not deemed to be part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this proxy statement.