Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013472
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Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
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 are a street name stockholder and you do not give voting instructions to your broker, bank, or other nominee, your broker, bank, or other nominee will leave your shares unvoted on this matter. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE NOMINEES NAMED ABOVE.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Our Audit and Risk Committee has appointed Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”), independent registered public accountants, to audit our financial statements for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Grant Thornton has audited our financial statements since 2005. At the Annual Meeting, our stockholders are being asked to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton as our independent registered public accounting firm for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Our Audit and Risk Committee is submitting the selection of Grant Thornton to our stockholders because we value our stockholders’ views on our independent registered public accounting firm and as a matter of good corporate governance. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton, our board of directors may reconsider the appointment. Notwithstanding its selection and even if our stockholders ratify the selection, our Audit and Risk Committee, in its discretion, may appoint another independent registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if it believes that such a change would be in the best interests of Qualys and its stockholders. Representatives of Grant Thornton will be present at the Annual Meeting, and they will have an opportunity to make statements and will be available to respond to appropriate questions from stockholders. Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The following table presents fees for services rendered to Qualys by Grant Thornton for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024. During such fiscal years, Grant Thornton did not render any services to Qualys other than professional audit services.

|               |     |       2023 |     |       2024 |
| Audit Fees(1) |     | $1,898,387 |     | $1,885,268 |

| (1) | Audit fees consist of fees for professional services provided in connection with the audit of our annual consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting, review of our quarterly consolidated financial statements and audit services provided in connection with other statutory and regulatory filings. |

Auditor Independence In 2024, there were no other professional services