Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-019126
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: PRE 14A
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 high proportion that is variable and at-risk. 2024 CEO Target Total Direct Compensation

| Executive                  | ​ | ​ | Base Salary($) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | TargetAnnualIncentive($) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | 2024 TargetLong-TermIncentive:PSUs ($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | 2024Long-TermIncentive:RSUs($) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Total ($) |   |           |   | ​ |
| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ | 631,450 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ | 631,450 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ | 1,200,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                              | ​ | 1,200,000 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​         | ​ | 3,662,900 | ​ | ​ |
| % of Total                 | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ |  17.24% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ |  17.24% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ |    32.76% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                              | ​ |    32.76% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​         | ​ |      100% | ​ | ​ |
| % of Long Term Incentive   | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                        | ​ |       ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                      | ​ |       50% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                              | ​ |       50% | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​         | ​ |         ​ | ​ | ​ |

• 50% of CEO and Other NEO Long-Term Incentive Compensation is Performance-Based: Rigorous, Pre-Set Three-Year Financial Goals . In addition, 50% of our CEO’s and other NEOs’ target long-term incentive annual equity grant was in the form of performance restricted stock units (“PSUs”). The PSUs are based 50% on a relative TSR goal and 50% on the attainment of a stock price hurdle, both measured over a three-year performance period. The threshold levels of performance that must be met before any PS