Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-022149
Chunk: 47

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
---
 | ​ | ​                                                        | ​ | 19,747(5) | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                  | $ |   201,814 | ​ | ​ | ​ |   |   |
| ​                          | ​ | ​ | April 29, 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                    | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​         | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​          | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                             | ​ |  4,936 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​         | ​ | 19,747 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​          | ​ |  39,494 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                        | ​ | ​         | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                  | $ |   323,752 | ​ | ​ | ​ |   |   |

(1) Amounts in these columns reflect cash bonus amounts that each NEO could have potentially earned under the annual cash incentive program for performance in 2024, based on the Company’s achievement of corporate performance metrics established by the compensation committee. For a description of the 2024 Cash Incentive Plan, see the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above, and for a description of the cash bonus amounts that were earned and awarded under the annual cash incentive program, see the “2024 Summary Compensation Table” above. (2) The compensation committee selected two targets as the performance metrics for purposes of the cash incentive plan. See the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” above for how these metrics are defined. (3) Amounts reflect awards of PSUs that will vest following the end of a three-year performance period based on achievement of stock price appreciation and relative TSR performance goals. (4) Represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, disregarding the estimate of time-based forfeitures. The grant date fair value of the PSUs is based on the target number of shares. (5) Amounts reflect awards of time-based RSUs that will vest quarterly over a 4-year period commencing on January 21, 2024. 30

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2024 Fiscal Year-End The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our NEOs as of December 31, 2024