Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-022149
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-10
Form: DEF 14A
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, during ordinary business hours at our principal offices. Pursuant to rules adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are mailing this proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) and related materials to our stockholders commencing on or about March 10, 2025. We are also making the proxy materials available to stockholders electronically via the internet at www.proxyvote.com . Please review the accompanying Proxy Statement and proxy card for instructions on how to access these proxy materials online. We are constantly focused on improving the ways people connect with information and believe that providing additional access to our proxy materials over the internet will increase the ease and ability of our stockholders to connect with the information they need for the Special Meeting. Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting, we encourage you to read the accompanying Proxy Statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote your shares over the Internet at www.proxyvote.com, telephonically by dialing 1-800-690-6903 or if you requested to receive printed proxy materials, via your enclosed proxy card. If the shares you own are held in “street name” by a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee will provide a voting instruction form, or, if requested, a printed set of proxy materials together with a voting instruction form, which you may use to direct how your shares will be voted. You are cordially invited to join us at the Special Meeting. However, to ensure your representation, we request that you submit your proxy and vote at your earliest convenience, whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting. You may revoke your proxy at any time prior to the Special Meeting by following the instructions in the accompanying Proxy Statement or by attending the Special Meeting and voting in person. We look forward to seeing you at the Special Meeting. By order of the Board of Directors, David Kuo
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary March 10, 2025

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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 10, 2025: The Notice of Special Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement are available at www.proxyvote.com. Attending the Special Meeting The Special Meeting will be held at 13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd., Sugar Land, TX