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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 of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management                             | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  47 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Stockholder Proposals or Nominations to be Presented at Next Annual Meeting                | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  49 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Transaction of Other Business                                                              | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  49 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Householding                                                                               | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  49 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Appendix A – Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Amended And Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | A-1 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | Appendix B – Non-GAAP Financial Measures – Non-GAAP EBITDA                                 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | B-1 | ​ | ​ |

TABLE OF CONTENTS CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Proxy Statement includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical or current facts, including statements regarding our goals, initiatives, commitments, business strategy and plans, executive compensation program, and anticipated share reserve, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statement by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “goal,” “intend,” “is likely,” “may,” “new,” “objectives,” “optimistic,” “permit,” “plan,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “strategy,” “target,” “think,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC and subsequent SEC filings. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made