Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-022149
Chunk: 42

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 42
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 of Executive Compensation. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), places restrictions on the deductibility of executive compensation paid by public companies. In 2024, the tax deductibility of our executive compensation was not a material factor in our compensation committee’s deliberations. Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. We follow the Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (“FASB ASC Topic 718”) for our stock-based compensation awards. In 2024, the accounting consequences of our executive compensation was not a material factor in our compensation committee’s deliberations.

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2024 Summary Compensation Table The following table presents summary information regarding the total compensation awarded to, earned by, and paid to our NEOs for services rendered during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, as applicable for the years that the individuals were deemed to be NEOs.

| Name and Principal Position                                                         | ​ | ​ | Year |   |      |   | ​ | ​ | Salary(1) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | StockAwards(2) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Non-EquityIncentive PlanCompensation(3) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | All OtherCompensation(4) |   |        |   | ​ | ​ |     Total |   |           |   | ​ |
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| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) LinPresident and ChiefExecutive Officer                      | ​ | ​ |    ​ | ​ | 2024 | ​ | ​ | ​ |         ​ | $ | 693,251 | ​ | ​ | ​ |              ​ | $ | 2,522,729 | ​ | ​ | ​ |                                       ​ | $ | 394,656 | ​ | ​ |