UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
March 2, 2017
Qualys, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35662 | 77-0534145 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1600 Bridge Parkway
Redwood City, California 94065
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 801-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Qualys, Inc. (“Qualys”) regrets to report the death of Howard A. Schmidt, who passed away on March 2, 2017. Mr. Schmidt served as a director of Qualys since 2012, and as chairman of Qualys’s nominating and governance committee.
Over Mr. Schmidt’s impressive career, he worked in both the private and public sectors. In the private sector, among other entities, Mr. Schmidt worked at eBay as Vice President and Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Strategist, at Microsoft as Chief Security Officer, and as a consultant for myriad private sector firms. In the public sector, among other assignments, Mr. Schmidt served as Chief Security Strategist at the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security, and as Cyber Advisor to Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush.
Mr. Schmidt will be greatly missed by Qualys and the other members of Qualys’s board of directors.
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/ Bruce K. Posey | |
| Bruce K. Posey Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||
Date: March 6, 2017