Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
Chunk: 87

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 87
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, TX 77478 VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ET on June 11, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALSIf you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 P.M. ET on June 11, 2025. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.VOTE BY MAILMark and sign your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: V72304-P32018 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD SHOULD BE SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLYAPPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.ForAllWithholdAllFor AllExcept To withhold authority to vote for any individualnominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write thenumber(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR thefollowing: 1. Class III Directors for Election:Nominees:01) Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin02) Richard B. Black03) Min-Chu (Mike) Chen, Ph.D. The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3, 4, and 5.For Against Abstain2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.3. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers.4