Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036344
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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 should you decide to attend the Annual Meeting in person. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 Annual 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 Annual Meeting, or by attending and voting at the Annual Meeting. Attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself cause your previously voted proxy to be revoked unless you vote again at the Annual Meeting. If your shares are held in an account at a bank, broker, or other nominee, you should contact your bank, broker, or other nominee for instructions regarding how to change your vote. Electronic Availability of Proxy Statement and 2024 Annual Report As permitted by SEC rules, we are making this Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report available to stockholders electronically via the Internet at www.proxyvote.com. On or about [ ], 2025, we will begin mailing to our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access this Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report and how to vote online. If you received that notice, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials unless you request it by following the instructions for requesting such materials contained in the notice. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with 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 Annual Meeting. Solicitation of Proxies We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to soliciting stockholders by mail, 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 Annual 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 Annual Meeting. 3

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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS We have a