Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010248
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Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: PREC14A
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 THE 2026 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS                                                         |     |  37 |
| HOUSEHOLDING                                                                                                              |     |  37 |
| OTHER MATTERS                                                                                                             |     |  38 |
| ANNEX A – AMENDED AND RESTATED AEYE, INC. 2021 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN                                                      |     | A-1 |

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<div align='center'>**PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT – SUBJECT TO COMPLETION**</div>

### GENERAL INFORMATION
THE ANNUAL MEETING

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of AEye, Inc. (“AEye,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) will take place on [•], 2025, at [•] a.m., Pacific Time, at [•].

You may vote by telephone, over the Internet or by completing, signing, dating, and returning your WHITE universal proxy card as soon as possible in the enclosed postage prepaid envelope (if you requested a paper copy). If you need assistance with registration, voting, providing a proxy, or have any questions, please contact [•], our proxy solicitor assisting us in connection with the Annual Meeting, at [•].

VOTING RIGHTS

Stockholder of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Broadridge Financial Solutions, you are considered the “stockholder of record” with respect to those shares. The proxy materials will be sent to you by mail directly by us. As a stockholder of record, you may vote in person at the Annual Meeting or vote by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote on the Internet or by phone or mail as instructed in the WHITEuniversal proxy card to ensure your vote is counted.

Beneficial Owner. If your shares are held in a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered the “beneficial owner” of shares held in street name. The organization holding your account is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at our Annual Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, bank, or other agent on how to vote the shares in your account. Your brokerage firm, bank, or other agent will not be able to vote in the election of directors unless they have your voting instructions, so it is very important that you