---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-221490"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QLYS"
cik: "0001107843"
company_name: "QUALYS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T03:18:37.959385+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Qualys appoints Thomas Berquist to board of directors and audit committee

## Summary
- Thomas Berquist appointed as Class I director, term through 2025 annual meeting.
- Berquist serves on audit committee; currently EVP and CFO at Cloud Software Group.
- Previously EVP and CFO of TIBCO Software; experience at Corel, Ingres, investment banks.
- Compensation per standard non-employee director policy; standard indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-221490
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QLYS
- cik: 0001107843
- company_name: QUALYS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000119312523221490/0001193125-23-221490-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000119312523221490/d494412d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-221490.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thomas Berquist was appointed as Class I director at QUALYS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class I director
  source text: On August 23, 2023, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Qualys, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Thomas Berquist to serve on the Board as a Class I director until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000119312523221490/0001193125-23-221490-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.