Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-022149
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box: ☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☒ Definitive Proxy Statement ☐ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): ☒ No fee required. ☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. ☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 TABLE OF CONTENTS March 10, 2025 Dear Stockholder: You are cordially invited to attend a special meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Special Meeting”) of the stockholders of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”), on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time. We plan to hold the meeting at our principal office located at 13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478. The items of business are listed in the following Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders and are more fully addressed in the Proxy Statement. At this meeting, you are being asked to consider and vote on: (i) a proposal to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares and to increase certain annual limits on the value of awards that may be granted under the plan (“Proposal No. 1”); and (ii) a proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve Proposal No. 1. Please read the Proxy Statement, which presents important information about the Company and each of the items being presented