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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 giving the required notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (B) has delivered timely written notice to our Corporate Secretary, which notice must contain the information specified in our bylaws. To be timely for our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders, our Corporate Secretary must receive the written notice at our principal executive offices:

| • | not earlier than 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on []; and |

| • | not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on []. |

In the event that we hold our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders more than 25 days before or after the one-year anniversary of the date of the Annual Meeting, then notice of a stockholder proposal that is not intended to be included in our proxy statement must be received no earlier than 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 120th day before such annual meeting and no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the later of the following two dates:

| • | the 90th day prior to such annual meeting; or |

| • | the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting. |

If a stockholder who has notified us of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting does not appear to present his or her proposal at such meeting, we are not required to present the proposal for a vote at such meeting. Nomination of Director Candidates Stockholders may propose director candidates for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee of our board of directors. Any such recommendations should include the nominee’s name and qualifications for membership on our board of directors and should be directed to the Corporate Secretary of Qualys, Inc. at the address set forth above. For additional information regarding stockholder recommendations for director candidates, see the section entitled “ Board of Directors and Corporate Governance—Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to the Board of Directors” below. In addition, our bylaws permit stockholders to nominate directors for election at an annual meeting of stockholders. To nominate a director, the stockholder must provide the information required by our bylaws. In addition, the stockholder must give timely notice to our Corporate Secretary in accordance with our bylaws, which, in general, require that the notice be received by our Corporate Secretary within the