Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 shown for Mr. Yeh for 2022 have been converted from NTD (New Taiwan dollars) and RMB (Chinese Yuan Renminbi), as applicable, to USD (United States dollars), using the exchange rate on December 30, 2022, which was 30.64 NTD = $1 USD and 6.90 RMB = $1 USD, respectively. Changes in Mr. Yeh’s compensation from year-to-year as reported in this table reflect the effect of fluctuations in the applicable exchange rates. 33

TABLE OF CONTENTS 2024 Grants of Plan-Based Awards The following table presents information about grants of plan-based awards made to our NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2024:

| ​                          | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ | ​ | Estimated Future Payouts UnderNon-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1)(2) |   |   |   |   |   |              |   |         |   |   |   |           |   |         |   |   |   |            |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | Estimated Future Payouts UnderEquity Incentive Plan Awards(3) |   |        |   |   |   |           |   |        |   |   |   |            |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | All OtherStock Awards:Number ofShares ofStock orUnits(#) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | Grant DateFair Valueof Stock andOptionAwards($)(4) |   |           |   | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| Named Executive Officer    | ​ | ​ | Grant Date     | ​ | ​ | Minimum($)                                                           |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | Threshold($) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | Target($) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | Maximum($) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ | Threshold(#)                                                  |   |        |   | ​ | ​ | Target(#) |   |        |   | ​ | ​ | Maximum(#) |   |         |   | ​ | ​ |                                                          |   |           |   |   |   |                                                    |   |           |   |   |   |   |   |
| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | ​ | ​ | ​              | ​ | ​ | ​                                                                    | ​ | 0 | ​ | ​ | ​ |