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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001107843-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QLYS"
cik: "0001107843"
company_name: "QUALYS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T04:32:14.686935+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Qualys shareholders approve 2012 equity plan, elect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Holders of 92.29% of shares voted; directors Jeffrey P. Hank and Sumedh S. Thakar elected with 29.6M and 30.7M votes for, respectively.
- Grant Thornton ratified as independent auditor for FY2024: 33.6M for, 457k against.
- Advisory vote on exec compensation passed: 28.8M for, 2.2M against, 20.9k abstain.
- Equity Incentive Plan approved: 29.6M for, 1.4M against, 20.6k abstain.
- Board now six members; Class I terms expire 2025, Class II terms expire 2026, Class III terms expire 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001107843-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QLYS
- cik: 0001107843
- company_name: QUALYS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000110784324000019/0001107843-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000110784324000019/qlys-20240612.htm

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