Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
Chunk: 63

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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207,843 | ​ | ​ |
| Che-Wei Lin             | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 55,132 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ | 205,127 | ​ | ​ |
| Elizabeth Loboa         | ​ | ​ | ​                                | ​ | 52,847 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                  | ​ | 149,995 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​        | ​ | 202,843 | ​ | ​ |

(1) Reflects the aggregate dollar amount of fees earned or paid in cash for services as a non-employee director, including committee membership fees, fees for serving as a committee chairperson, and board and committee meeting fees. (2) Represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 of RSU awards granted in 2024. The assumptions used in calculating the grant date fair value of the RSUs are reported in Note B to the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report. The amounts reported in this column reflect the accounting cost for these RSUs and do not correspond to the actual economic value that may be received by the non-employee directors for the RSUs. As of December 31, 2024, each of the current non-employee directors held the following number of outstanding RSUs: Mr. Yeh, 8,242; Mr. Black, 8,242; Dr. Chen, 8,242; Ms. DeLaney, 8,242; Mr. Lin, 8,242 and Dr. Loboa, 8,242.

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In the first quarter of 2024, the compensation committee engaged Aon to assess the market competitiveness of the Company’s Board compensation program relative to the 2024 Peer Group. Based on an assessment of peer group practices and improved Company financial performance, the compensation committee approved changes to the 2024 Board compensation program. A summary of 2023 and 2024 Board compensation is summarized in the table below:

| ​ | ​ | Board Compensation Element                                 |      ​ | ​ | ​ | 2023 |   |         |   |      ​ | ​ | ​ | 2024 |   |         |   | ​ | ​ |
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