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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TABLE OF CONTENTS UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box: ☐ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐ Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☒ Definitive Proxy Statement ☐ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): ☒ No fee required. ☐ Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. ☐ Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11 TABLE OF CONTENTS April 28, 2025 Dear Stockholder: You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”), on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. Central Time. We will hold the meeting at our principal office located at 13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478. The items of business are listed in the following Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and are more fully addressed in the Proxy Statement. At this meeting, you are being asked to (i) elect the three Class III directors named in the Proxy Statement to hold office for three-year terms, (ii) ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025, (iii) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers, (iv) consider and vote on the amendment of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to clarify the voting standard that applies to certain future amendments, and (v) consider and vote on the amendment of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock and common stock. Please read the Proxy Statement, which presents important information