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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 Special Meeting in person. If you are a stockholder of record, you may revoke your proxy and/or change your vote at any time before the polls close at the Special Meeting by returning a later-dated proxy card, by voting again by Internet or telephone as more fully detailed on your proxy card, by delivering written instructions to the Corporate Secretary at our principal executive offices before the Special Meeting, or by voting again at the Special Meeting. Attendance at the Special Meeting will not in and of itself cause your previously voted proxy to be revoked unless you specifically so request or vote again at the Special Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee or if you have obtained a legal proxy from your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee giving you the right to vote your shares, by attending the Special Meeting and voting in person. Electronic Availability of Proxy Statement As permitted by SEC rules, we are making this Proxy Statement available to stockholders electronically via the Internet at www.proxyvote.com. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS information, and believe that providing our proxy materials over the internet increases the ease and ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need while reducing the environmental impact of our Special Meeting. Solicitation of Proxies We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. We have engaged Alliance Advisors, LLC (“Alliance Advisors”) to assist in the solicitation of proxies for the Special Meeting and have agreed to pay Alliance Advisors a fee of $17,000. We will also reimburse Alliance Advisors for reasonable and customary out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, we will request banks, brokers and other nominees holding shares of our common stock beneficially owned by others to obtain proxies from the beneficial owners and will reimburse them for their reasonable, out-of-pocket costs for forwarding proxy and solicitation material to the beneficial owners of common stock. We may use the services of our officers, directors and employees to solicit proxies, personally or by telephone, without additional compensation. Voting Results We will announce preliminary voting results at the Special Meeting. We will report final results on a Current Report on Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC within 4 business days after the Special Meeting. Management Succession Planning A primary responsibility of the Board is planning for CEO succession and overseeing identification and development of other members of the senior leadership team. The Board and the compensation committee work with the CEO to