Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010248
Chunk: 12

Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: PREC14A
Chunk 12
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 date of the Annual Meeting. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.

If you are a beneficial owner, you may revoke your proxy by submitting new instructions to your broker, bank, or other agent, or if you have received a proxy from your broker, bank, or other agent giving you the right to vote your shares at our Annual Meeting, by attending the meeting and voting during the meeting.

SOLICITATION

These proxy materials are being provided in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company and are first being sent to stockholders on or about [•], 2025. In addition to this delivery, the Company’s employees or directors may solicit proxies personally, electronically, or by telephone. We also have engaged [•], a proxy solicitation firm to assist in the solicitation of proxies. As a result of the potential proxy solicitation by the Dissident Group, we will incur additional costs and expenses in connection with our solicitation of proxies. These additional costs also include fees and expenses of outside counsel in connection with a contested election, costs associated with SEC filings, increased printing and mailing costs related to additional mailings of solicitation materials to stockholders, and the costs of retaining an independent inspector of elections. The Company will not pay or reimburse the costs incurred by the Dissident Group in its solicitation of proxies for use at the Annual Meeting.

The Company pays the cost of preparing, assembling, printing, mailing, distributing, and making available these proxy materials and soliciting votes. In connection with the engagement of [•] to assist in the solicitation of proxies, we expect to pay [•] an estimated fee of $[•] plus [reimbursement of directly related expenses incurred, telephone solicitation charges, and certain other fees up to [$•]]. [•] expects that approximately [•] of its employees will assist in the solicitation. We also reimburse brokers and other nominees for their expenses in sending these materials to you and obtaining your voting instructions. Stockholders voting via the telephone or Internet should understand that there may be costs associated with telephonic or electronic access, such as usage charges from telephone companies and Internet service providers, which must be borne by the stockholder.

DISSENTERS’ RIGHTS

There are no rights of appraisal or similar dissenter’s rights with respect to any matter to be acted upon pursuant