Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036344
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
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, this is a “broker non-vote”). If an executed proxy card is returned by a bank, broker, or other nominee holding shares which indicates that the bank, broker, or other nominee has not received voting instructions to vote on Proposals No. 1, 3, 4, and 5 the shares will not be considered to have been voted with respect to such matters, but will be considered present for the purposes of establishing quorum for the Annual Meeting. Your bank, broker, or other nominee will vote your shares of common stock on Proposals No. 1, 3, 4, and 5, only if you provide instructions on how to vote by following the instructions they provide to you. Accordingly, we encourage you to vote promptly, even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. Voting Instructions If you timely vote by telephone or Internet or by marking, signing, and returning your proxy card (if you have received one), the persons named as proxies will follow your instructions. If no choice is indicated on the proxy card, but the proxy card is signed, the shares will be voted as the Board recommends on each proposal. Many banks, brokers and other nominees have a process for their beneficial owners to provide instructions via telephone or the Internet. The voting form that you receive from your bank, broker, or other nominee will contain instructions for voting. Depending on how you hold your shares, you may vote in one of the following ways: Stockholders of Record: You may vote by proxy or over the Internet or by telephone. Please follow the instructions provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or proxy card (if you received one), or available at proxyvote.com . You may also vote by signing and returning your proxy card, if you received one, in the prepaid envelope, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person. Beneficial Stockholders: Your bank, broker, or other nominee will provide you with a voting instruction card for you to use to instruct them on how to vote your shares. Check the instructions provided by your bank, broker, or other nominee to see which options are available to you. Since you are not the stockholder of record, you may not vote your shares in person at the Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a legal proxy. Votes submitted by telephone or via the Internet must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on [ ], 2025. Submitting your proxy by telephone or via the Internet will not affect your right to vote in person