Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 approves meeting agendas of the Board; (vi) approves meeting schedules to assure there is sufficient time for discussion of all agenda items; (vii) has the authority to call meetings of the independent directors; and (viii) if requested by major stockholders, ensures that he is available for consultation and direct communication. Executive Sessions Non-management directors generally meet in executive session without management present. The Board’s policy is to hold executive sessions without the presence of management, including the Chief Executive Officer, who is the only non-independent director on the Board. Meetings of the Board of Directors and Committees The Board held five meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The Board has three standing committees: an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance committee. During the last fiscal year, each of our directors attended at least 75% of the total number of meetings of the Board and all of the committees of the Board on which such director served during that period. The following table sets forth the standing committees of the Board and the members of each committee as of April 17, 2025:

| Name of Director        | ​ | ​ | Audit |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | Compensation |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | Nominating andCorporateGovernance |   |   |   | ​ |
| Richard B. Black        | ​ | ​ | Chair |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                 | ​ | X | ​ | ​ |
| Min-Chu (Mike) Chen     | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | X | ​ | ​ | ​ | Chair        |   |   |   | ​ | ​ | ​                                 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| William H. Yeh          | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ | X | ​ | ​ | ​ | Chair                             |   |   |   | ​ |
| Che-Wei Lin             | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ | X | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​                                 | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
| Elizabeth Loboa         | ​ | ​ | ​     | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​            | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​