Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001107843-25-000031
Chunk: 290

Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-08-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
Chunk 290
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 and research and development facilities outside the United States and we conduct, and expect to continue to conduct, a significant amount of our business with organizations that are located outside the United States, particularly in Europe and Asia. Therefore, we are subject to risks associated with having international sales and worldwide operations, including:

•foreign currency exchange fluctuations;

•trade and foreign exchange restrictions;

•economic or political instability in foreign markets;

•greater difficulty in enforcing contracts, accounts receivable collection and longer collection periods; 

•changes in regulatory requirements;

•tax laws (including U.S. taxes on foreign subsidiaries);

•difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;

•the uncertainty and limitation of protection for intellectual property rights in some countries;

•costs of compliance with foreign laws and regulations and the risks and costs of non-compliance with such laws and regulations;

•costs of complying with U.S. laws and regulations for foreign operations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, import and export control laws, tariffs, trade barriers, economic sanctions and other regulatory or contractual limitations on our ability to sell our solutions in certain foreign markets, and the risks and costs of non-compliance;

•heightened risks of unfair or corrupt business practices in certain geographies and of improper or fraudulent sales arrangements that may impact financial results and result in restatements of, and irregularities in, financial statements;

•the potential for political unrest, acts of terrorism, hostilities or war;

•management communication and integration problems resulting from cultural differences and geographic dispersion; and

•multiple and possibly overlapping tax structures.

Some of our business partners also have international operations and are subject to the risks described above. Even if we are able to successfully manage the risks of international operations, our business may be adversely affected if our business partners are not able to successfully manage these risks.

Our business, including the sales of subscriptions of our solutions, may be subject to foreign governmental regulations, which vary substantially from country to country and change from time to time. Failure to comply with these regulations could adversely affect our business. Further, in many foreign countries it is common for others to engage in business practices that are prohibited by our internal policies and procedures or U.S. regulations applicable to us. Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these laws and policies, there can be no assurance that all of our employees, contractors, channel partners and agents have complied or will comply with these laws and policies. Violations of laws or key control policies by our employees, contractors, channel partners or agents