Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-019126
Chunk: 58

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 58
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 238,772 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                                      | ​ | -3,486,547 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                             | ​ | 32,113,330 | ​ | ​ | ​ |

| ​ | ​ | Year | ​ | ​ | ​ | Average Year-EndFair Value of EquityAwards GrantedDuring Year ThatRemained Unvestedas of Last Day ofYear for Non-PEONEOs($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Average Change inFair Value fromLast Day of PriorYear to Last Day ofYear of UnvestedEquity Awards forNon-PEO NEOs($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | AverageVesting-DateFair Value ofEquity AwardsGranted DuringYear that VestedDuring Year forNon-PEO NEOs($) |   |        |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Average Change inFair Value fromLast Day of PriorYear to VestingDate of UnvestedEquity Awards thatVested DuringYear for Non-PEONEOs($) |   |            |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | Total – AverageInclusion ofEquity Values forNon-PEO NEOs($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | ​ | 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                                           | ​ | 2,449,764 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                                    | ​ | 7,524,673 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                         | ​ | 60,936 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                                                                                      | ​ | -1,034,207 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                                           | ​ | 9,001,166 | ​ | ​ | ​ |

(4) The Peer Group TSR set forth in this table utilizes the peer companies used for compensation benchmarking purposes, which are summarized in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, for the years reflected in the table above but excludes companies that had ceased to be publicly traded as of the end of each fiscal year.

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