Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010248
Chunk: 8

Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: PREC14A
Chunk 8
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 Board, up to a total of two directors. For Proposal 2 and Proposal 3, you may vote “For,” “Against,” or abstain from voting.

If you are a stockholder of record as of the Record Date, you may vote during our Annual Meeting (i) by attending our Annual Meeting, or (ii) by proxy, (x) over the Internet at [•], (y) by phone by calling [•], or (z) by signing and returning the WHITE universal proxy card. Whichever method you use, giving us your proxy means you authorize us to vote your shares at our Annual Meeting in the manner you direct. If you submit a WHITE universal proxy card but do not specify how to vote, the Company representative named in the proxy will vote your shares in the manner recommended by a majority of the Board on all matters presented in this Proxy Statement and as the proxy holders may determine in their discretion with respect to any other matters properly presented for a vote at the Annual Meeting, including the Proposed Floor Proposal. If you have any questions or need assistance voting or authorizing a proxy, please contact [•] our proxy solicitor at [•].

Whether or not you plan to attend our Annual Meeting, we urge you to vote by proxy to ensure your vote is counted. You may still attend our Annual Meeting and vote during our Annual Meeting if you have already voted by proxy.

If you are a beneficial owner and hold shares through another party, such as a bank or brokerage firm, you may receive material from them asking how you want to vote. You must provide voting instructions by filling out the voting instruction form in order for your shares to be voted. We recommend that you instruct your brokerage firm, bank, trustee, or other nominee to submit your proxy to vote your shares on the enclosed WHITE universal proxy card. As a beneficial owner of shares, you are also invited to attend our Annual Meeting. However, since you are not the stockholder of record you may not vote your shares in person at our Annual Meeting unless you request and obtain a valid proxy from your broker, bank, or other agent.

Your vote will be especially important this year. As you may be aware, the Dissident Group has nominated two candidates to stand for election to the Board. Under the new rules adopted by the SEC, the WHITE universal proxy card also includes the names of the Dissident Group’s nominees. We ask that you only cast your votes “FOR” each of the Board’s two candidates and “withhold” your votes for