Company: LIDRW
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: PREC14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010248
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Company: AEye, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: PREC14A
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Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors, certain officers, and any beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock to file reports relating to their ownership and changes in ownership of our common stock with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and NASDAQ by certain deadlines. Based on a review of Section 16 filings with respect to our Company made during or with respect to the portion of the year ended December 31, 2024 during which Section 16(a) was applicable to such persons, we believe that each of our directors, executive officers, and 10% stockholders were in compliance with the filing requirements applicable to them.

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#### PROPOSAL 1
TO ELECT TWO CLASS I DIRECTORS

The Board has nominated the following two director candidates, both of whom currently serve as our directors and both of whom are independent directors, for reelection to serve as Class I directors: Timothy J. Dunn and Sue E. Zeifman. Each of these nominees has agreed to stand for reelection at the Annual Meeting. Our management has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable to serve. If elected at the Annual Meeting, each of these nominees would serve until the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2028 and until a successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until the director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. For details regarding the qualifications and the specific experiences, qualifications, and skills of each of our director nominees, see “Board of Directors—Our Board of Directors” on page 8 .

The Company representatives named in the WHITE universal proxy card intend to vote for the election of each of the director nominees above, unless you indicate on your proxy that your vote should be withheld from any or all of the nominees. If any nominee becomes unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected occurrence, shares that would have been voted for that nominee will instead be voted for the election of a substitute nominee proposed by our Board of Directors.

A majority of the Board recommends using the enclosed WHITE universal proxy card to vote “FOR” each of the Board’s candidates for director. As detailed earlier, the Dissident Group has informed the Company it intends to seek your proxy to vote in favor of the Dissident Group’s nominees. Accordingly, you may receive proxy solicitation materials from the Dissident Group, including proxy statements and NON-WHITE proxy cards. A majority of