Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-013472
Chunk: 21

Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 21
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, insurance coverage, investment, tax, and operational infrastructure, including cyber security, data privacy, reliability, business continuity and capacity matters. Our Audit and Risk Committee discusses with management and the independent auditor guidelines and policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management; reviews management’s assessment of the key risks facing us, including the key controls it relies on to mitigate those risks; and monitors certain key risks at each of its regularly scheduled meetings, such as risk associated with internal control over financial reporting and liquidity risk. Our Compensation and Talent Committee assesses and monitors whether any of our compensation policies and programs has the potential to encourage excessive risk-taking. Our Nominating and Governance Committee assists our board of directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to the management of risk associated with board organization, membership and structure, and ESG matters. Finally, the full board of directors reviews strategic and operational risk in the context of reports from the management team, receives reports on all significant committee activities at each regular meeting, and evaluates the risks inherent in significant transactions. Non-Employee Director Compensation 2024 Director Compensation Table The following table provides information regarding compensation of our non-employee directors during our fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Directors who are also our employees receive no additional compensation for their service as a director. During 2024, our CEO, Sumedh S. Thakar was

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an employee. Mr. Thakar’s compensation is discussed in the “ Executive Compensation” section of this proxy statement. We reimburse our non-employee directors for expenses associated with attending meetings of our board of directors and meetings of committees of our board of directors.

| Name                  |     | Fees Earned 
  or Paid in 
        Cash 
         ($) |     | Stock Awards 
 ($)(1)(2)    |     |   Total 
     ($) |
| Thomas P. Berquist    |     |      59,279 |     | 184,450(4)   |     | 243,729 |
| William S. Berutti(3) |     |      21,401 |     | —(4)         |     |  21,401 |
| Jeffrey P. Hank       |     |      90,000 |     | 184,450(4)   |     | 274,450 |
| Wendy M. Pfeiffer     |     |      50,000 |     | 184,450(4)   |     | 234