Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
Chunk: 62

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 62
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 our PEO, the average of Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and our Net Income during the five most recently completed fiscal years. Relationship Between PEOs and Other NEO Compensation Actually Paid and Non-GAAP EBITDA The following chart sets forth the relationship between Compensation Actually Paid to our PEOs, the average of Compensation Actually Paid to our Non-PEO NEOs, and our Non-GAAP EBITDA during the five most recently completed fiscal years. 43

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Tabular List of Most Important Financial Performance Measures

The following table presents the financial performance measures that the Company considers to have been the most important in linking Compensation Actually Paid to our PEO and Non-PEO NEOs for 2024 to Company performance. The measures in this table are not ranked.

| ​ | ​ | Non-GAAP EBITDARelative TSR | ​ | ​ |

2024 Director Compensation The table below sets forth, for each person who served as a non-employee director during 2024, information regarding compensation for service on our Board during 2024.

| Name                    | ​ | ​ | Fees Earned orPaid in Cash($)(1) |   |        |   | ​ | ​ | Stock Awards($)(2) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | Total($) |   |         |   | ​ |
| William H. Yeh          | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 79,368 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ | 229,363 | ​ | ​ |
| Richard B. Black        | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 72,847 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ | 222,843 | ​ | ​ |
| Min-Chu (Mike) Chen     | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 73,132 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ | 223,127 | ​ | ​ |
| Cynthia (Cindy) DeLaney | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 57,847 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ |