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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 time to time, are in our and our stockholders’ best interests. Our Nominating and Governance Committee will also seek appropriate input from our Chief Executive Officer from time to time in assessing the needs of our board of directors for relevant background, experience, diversity and skills of its members. Although our board of directors does not maintain a specific policy with respect to board diversity, our board of directors recognizes the benefits of having a diverse board. To that end, our Nominating and Governance Committee considers a broad range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences in making determinations regarding nominations of directors. Our Nominating and Governance Committee also considers these and other factors as it oversees the annual board of director and committee evaluations. Stockholder Recommendations for Nominations to the Board of Directors Our Nominating and Governance Committee will consider candidates for director recommended by stockholders so long as such recommendations comply with our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable laws, rules and regulations, including those promulgated by the SEC. The committee will evaluate such recommendations in accordance with its charter, our bylaws and the regular nominee criteria described above. This process is designed to ensure that our board of directors includes members with diverse backgrounds, skills and experience, including appropriate financial and other expertise relevant to our business. Eligible stockholders wishing to recommend a candidate for nomination should contact our Corporate Secretary in writing. Such recommendations must include information about the candidate, a statement of support by the recommending stockholder, evidence of the recommending stockholder’s ownership of our stock and a signed letter from the candidate confirming willingness to serve on our board of directors. The committee has discretion to decide which individuals to recommend for nomination as directors. A stockholder of record can nominate a candidate directly for election to our board of directors by complying with the procedures in Section 2.4(ii) of our bylaws. Any eligible stockholder who wishes to submit a nomination should review the requirements in the bylaws on nominations by stockholders. Any nomination should be sent in writing to Qualys, Inc., Attention: Corporate Secretary, 919 East Hillsdale Boulevard, 4 thFloor, Foster City, California 94404. Notice must be received by us no earlier than 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on [], and no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on []. The notice must state the information required by Section 2.4(ii)(b) of our bylaws and otherwise must comply with applicable federal and state law. Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors Stock