Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security HoldersItem 5.07
On June18, 2018, Qualys, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). Present at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 35,893,588 shares of the Company’s common stock, or approximately 92.1% of the total shares entitled to vote. The voting results for each of the proposals considered at the Annual Meeting are provided below.
Proposal One – Election of Directors. The following nominees were elected as ClassIII directors to serve until the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
|
Nominee |
Votes For |
Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes |
|
Philippe F. Courtot |
32,175,953 | 641,265 | 3,076,370 |
|
Jeffrey P. Hank |
32,671,083 | 146,135 | 3,076,370 |
The Company’s Board of Directors is comprised of seven members who are divided into three classes with overlapping three-year terms. The term of the Company’s ClassI directors, Sandra E. Bergeron, Todd P. Headley and Kristi M. Rogers, will expire at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. The term of the Company’s ClassII directors, Donald R. Dixon and General Peter Pace, will expire at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders.
Proposal Two – Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December31, 2018 was ratified.
|
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
| 35,637,518 | 250,691 | 5,379 |
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 Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April27, 2018, as follows:
|
Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes |
| 12,731,707 | 20,066,350 | 19,161 | 3,076,370 |
About Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS)
Qualys, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions. The Company’s solutions enable organizations to identify security risks to their information technology (IT) infrastructures, help protect their IT systems and applications from cyber-attacks. Its suite of security and compliance solutions delivered on its QualysGuard Cloud Platform enables its customers to identify their IT assets, collect and analyze IT security data, discover and prioritize vulnerabilities, recommend remediation actions and verify the implementation of such actions. Its QualysGuard Cloud Platform consists of a suite of IT security and compliance solutions that leverage its services and its multi-tenant cloud infrastructure. Its core services include asset tagging and management, reporting and dashboards, questionnaires and collaboration, remediation and workflow, big data correlation and analytics engine, and alerts and notifications.