Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001107843-25-000017
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Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-06
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 4
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 such options are exercised and restricted stock units are released, these additional shares will become available for sale. As of March 31, 2025, we had an aggregate of 2.3 million shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under our Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and 0.4 million shares reserved for future purchase under our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which can be freely sold in the public market upon issuance. If a large number of these shares are sold in the public market, the sales could reduce the trading price of our common stock.

We cannot guarantee that our share repurchase program will be fully consummated or that it will enhance stockholder value, and any share repurchases we make could affect the price of our common stock.

On February 12, 2018, we announced that our board of directors had authorized a $100.0 million repurchase program. On each of October 30, 2018, October 30, 2019, May 7, 2020, February 10, 2021 and February 9, 2023, we announced that our board of directors had authorized an increase of $100.0 million, and on each of November 3, 2021, May 4, 2022,  February 7, 2024 and February 6, 2025, we announced that our board of directors had authorized an increase of $200.0 million to the share repurchase program, resulting in an aggregate authorization of $1.4 billion as of March 31, 2025. Although our board of directors authorized the share repurchase program, we are not obligated to repurchase any specific dollar amount or to acquire any specific number of shares. The share repurchase program could affect the price of our common stock, increase volatility and diminish our cash reserves. In addition, it may be suspended or terminated at any time, which may result in a decrease in the price of our common stock. Finally, our share repurchases in 2023 and 2024 were subject to the 1% excise tax introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act. The amount of share repurchases subject to the excise tax are reduced by the fair market value of any shares issued during the taxable year. This provision does not currently have a material impact to our results of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we repurchased 0.3 million shares of our common