Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013472
Chunk: 82

Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 82
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 |    364,682 |     | -1,250,614 |
| Subtract FairValue as of Prior Fiscal Year-End of Option Awards and Stock Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years That Failed to Meet Applicable Vesting Conditions During Fiscal Year         |     | -2,089,773 |     |          — |     |          — |     | -1,621,928 |     |          — |
| Add Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock or Option Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation                                                         |     |          — |     |          — |     |          — |     |          — |     |          — |
| Compensation Actually Paid                                                                                                                                                                  |     |  5,326,614 |     |  5,326,529 |     |  2,529,882 |     |  4,719,665 |     |  2,529,577 |

| (6) | Total shareholder return is calculated by assuming that a $100 investment was made on the day prior to the first fiscal year reported and reinvesting all dividends until the last day of each reported fiscal year. |

| (7) | The peer group used is the NASDAQ Computer Index, as used in the Company’s performance graph included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. Total shareholder return is calculated by assuming that a $100 investment was made on the day prior to the first fiscal year reported below and reinvesting all dividends until the last day of each reported fiscal year. |

| (8) | The dollar amounts reported are the Company’s net income reflected in the Company’s audited financial statements for each reported fiscal year. |

| (9) | In the Company’s assessment,revenuesis the financial performance measure that is the most important financial performance measure used by the Company in 2024 to link compensation actually paid to Company performance. |

Required Tabular Disclosure of Most Important Performance Measures The list below includes the four financial performance measures that, in our assessment and in no particular order, represent the most important measures used to link compensation actually paid to our NEOs to Company performance.

| Most Important Performance Measures |
| Bookings                            |
| Revenues                            |
| Adjusted EBITDA Margin              |
| Non-GAAP Earnings per Diluted Share |

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Description of Relationships Between Compensation Actually Paid and Performance As described in more detail in the section titled “ Executive Compensation - Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” our executive compensation program