Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-036344
Chunk: 27

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 27
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 The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast on the proposal at the Annual Meeting, where a quorum is present, is required to approve this Proposal No. 3. Abstentions and broker non-votes are not treated as votes cast, and therefore will have no effect on this Proposal No. 3. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR”
THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT. 17 TABLE OF CONTENTS COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT The compensation committee has reviewed and discussed the below section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” with management. Based on such review and discussion, the compensation committee has recommended to the Board that the section titled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and in this Proxy Statement. Respectfully submitted, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Min-Chu (Mike) Chen, Chairman
Che-Wei Lin
William H. Yeh 18

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS The following table sets forth certain information regarding our executive officers.

| Name                       | ​ | ​ | Age | ​ | ​ | Position(s)                                                                                  | ​ |
| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | ​ | ​ |  62 | ​ | ​ | President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors                   | ​ |
| Stefan J. Murry            | ​ | ​ |  52 | ​ | ​ | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer                                           | ​ |
| Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang      | ​ | ​ |  61 | ​ | ​ | Senior Vice President and North America General Manager                                      | ​ |
| Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh       | ​ | ​ |  59 | ​ | ​ | Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager                                               | ​ |
| David C. Kuo               | ​ | ​ |  42 | ​ | ​ | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | ​ |

Dr. Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin’s biography can be found on page 4 of this Proxy Statement with the biographies of the other members of the Board. Biographies for our other executive officers, including our other