Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-022149
Chunk: 56

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 56
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 | ​      | 2020 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                           | ​ |        2,476,271 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                           | ​ |  2,242,974 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                          | ​ |   899,965 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                          | ​ |    870,688 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                | ​ |  71.63 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | 137.07 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ |  -58,452 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                               | ​ |  -3,212 | ​ | ​ | ​ |

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(1) Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Linwas our PEO for each year presented. The individuals comprising the Non-PEO NEOs for each year presented are listed below.**

| ​ | ​ | 2020 – 2024           | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Stefan J. Murry       | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh  | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | David C. Kuo          | ​ | ​ |

**(2) The amounts shown for Compensation Actually Paid have been calculated in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K and do not reflect compensation actually earned, realized, or received by the Company’s NEOs. These amounts reflect the Summary Compensation Table Total with certain adjustments as described in footnote 3 below. (3) Compensation Actually Paid reflects the exclusions and inclusions of certain amounts for the PEO and the Non-PEO NEOs as set forth below. Equity values are calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Amounts in the Exclusion of Stock Awards and Option Awards column are the totals from the Stock Awards and Option Awards columns set forth in the Summary Compensation Table.**

| ​ | ​ | Year | ​ | ​ | ​ | Summary CompensationTable Total for PEO($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Exclusion of StockAwards andOption Awardsfor PEO($) |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Inclusion