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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 be based on achievement of performance metrics for 2025, 2026 or 2027 (once established), as applicable. For Mr. Thakar, includes (i) 59,953 PRSUs representing target potential payout |

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remaining from awards approved on October 30, 2024; (ii) 30,368 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 26, 2023; and (iii) 15,179 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 27, 2022. For Ms. Kim, includes (i) 14,389 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 30, 2024; (ii) 7,314 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 26, 2023; and (iii) 3,923 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 27, 2022. For Mr. Posey, includes (i) 8,562 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 30, 2024; (ii) 4,363 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 26, 2023; and (iii) 2,242 PRSUs representing target potential payout remaining from awards approved on October 27, 2022. CEO Pay Ratio Under Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are required to provide the following information regarding the relationship between the annual total compensation of Mr. Thakar, our Chief Executive Officer as of the date we selected to identify the median employee, and the median of the annual total compensation of all our employees (other than Mr. Thakar) for 2024:

| 1. | The median of the annual total compensation of our all employees (other than Mr. Thakar) (including our consolidated subsidiaries) was $37,775. |

| 2. | Mr. Thakar’s annual total compensation, as reported in the 2024 Summary Compensation Table included in this proxy statement, was $15,650,272. |

| 3. | Based on the above, for 2024, the ratio of Mr. Thakar’s annual total compensation to the median of the annual total compensation of all our employees other than Mr. Thakar was approximately 414 to 1. |

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