Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 5, 2017, Qualys, Inc. (the Company) held its 2017 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting). Present at the
Annual Meeting in person or by proxy were holders of 34,946,442
shares of the Companys common stock, or approximately 94.4% 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 Class II directors to serve until the
2020 annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified.
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Nominee |
Votes For |
VotesWithheld |
BrokerNon-Votes |
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Donald R. Dixon |
30,929,085 | 265,654 | 3,751,703 | |||
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General Peter Pace |
30,391,293 | 803,446 | 3,751,703 |
The Companys Board of Directors is comprised of seven members who
are divided into three classes with overlapping three-year terms.
The term of the Companys Class III directors, Philippe F. Courtot
and Jeffrey P. Hank, will expire at the Companys 2018 annual
meeting of stockholders. The term of the Companys Class I
directors, Sandra E. Bergeron, Todd P. Headley and Kristi M.
Rogers, will expire at the Companys 2019 annual meeting of
stockholders.
Proposal Two Ratification of the Appointment of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm. The appointment of Grant
Thornton LLP as the Companys independent registered public
accounting firm for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was
ratified.
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Votes For |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
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34,917,887 |
24,031 | 4,524 |
Proposal Three Advisory Approval of Executive
Compensation. The executive compensation as described in the
Companys definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 24, 2017, was approved on an
advisory and non-binding basis.
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Votes For |
VotesAgainst |
Abstentions |
BrokerNon-Votes |
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29,983,350 |
1,193,052 | 18,337 | 3,751,703 |
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.