Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015182
Chunk: 33

Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
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 State of Delaware and our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation will remain as is. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT OF OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO PERMIT THE EXCULPATION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

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REPORT OF THE AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE Our Audit and Risk Committee is a committee of our board of directors comprised solely of independent directors as required by the Nasdaq Listing Rules and rules of the SEC. Our Audit and Risk Committee operates under a written charter approved by our board of directors, which is available on our website at http://investor.qualys.com. The composition of the committee, the attributes of its members and the responsibilities of the committee, as reflected in its charter, are intended to be in accordance with applicable requirements for corporate audit committees. The committee reviews and assesses the adequacy of its charter and the committee’s performance on an annual basis. With respect to the financial reporting process of the Company, the management of the Company is responsible for (1) establishing and maintaining internal controls and (2) preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) is responsible for auditing the Company’s financial statements. It is the responsibility of our Audit and Risk Committee to oversee these activities. It is not the responsibility of the committee to prepare or certify our financial statements or guarantee the audits or reports of Grant Thornton. These are the fundamental responsibilities of management and Grant Thornton. In the performance of its oversight function, our Audit and Risk Committee has:

| • | reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management and Grant Thornton; |

| • | discussed with Grant Thornton the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) and the SEC; and |

| • | received the written disclosures and the letter from Grant Thornton required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountant’s communications with our Audit and Risk Committee concerning independence, and has discussed with Grant Thornton its independence. |

Based on its review and discussions with management and Grant Thornton, our Audit and Risk Committee recommended to our board of directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, for filing with the SEC. Respectfully submitted by the members of the Audit and Risk Committee of the board of directors: Thomas P. Berquist