Qualys Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
$QLYS
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
As further described in Item 5.07 of this Current Report below, at the Qualys, Inc. (the “Company”) 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) held on June 11, 2025, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to permit the exculpation of certain officers of the Company (the “Charter Amendment”), as described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). The Charter Amendment became effective upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 11, 2025 (the “Certificate of Amendment”).
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 above is incorporated by reference herein. On June 11, 2025, the Company held the Annual Meeting. Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 33,336,177 shares of the Company’s common stock, or approximately 91.70% of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. The voting results for each of the proposals considered at the Annual Meeting are provided below.
Proposal One – Election of Directors
The stockholders elected each of the following nominees as Class I directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
| Nominee | Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
Thomas P. Berquist | 28,897,990 | 883,603 | 3,554,584 | |||||||||||||||||
Kristi M. Rogers | 26,826,665 | 2,954,928 | 3,554,584 | |||||||||||||||||
The Board is comprised of six members who are divided into three classes with overlapping three-year terms. The term of the Company’s Class II directors, Wendy M. Pfeiffer, and John A. Zangardi, will expire at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. The term of the Company’s Class III directors, Jeffrey P. Hank, and Sumedh S. Thakar, will expire at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of stockholders.
Proposal Two – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 31,326,730 | 1,992,524 | 16,923 | - | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal Three – Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation
The stockholders cast their votes with respect to the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as described in the Proxy Statement, as follows:
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 27,571,613 | 2,167,050 | 42,930 | 3,554,584 | |||||||||||||||||
Proposal Four – Approval of an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to permit the exculpation of certain officers
The shareholders approved the amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to permit the exculpation of certain officers.
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||
| 26,290,857 | 3,449,327 | 41,409 | 3,554,584 | |||||||||||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 3.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| QUALYS, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ JOO MI KIM | |||||||
| Name: Joo Mi Kim Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Date: June 16, 2025