Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-019126
Chunk: 44

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 44
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 a housing allowance for an apartment in Ningbo, China, given his responsibilities for managing operations in both China and Taiwan. The amount disclosed for Dr. Murry also includes $23,600 donated to a charitable organization for which Dr. Murry serves on the board of directors, consisting of $15,050 matching donation by the Company and $8,550 donated by Dr. Lin and other AOI employees, excluding Dr. Murry.

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The amounts shown for Mr. Yeh for 2024 have been converted from NTD (New Taiwan dollars) and RMB (Chinese Yuan Renminbi), as applicable, to USD (United States dollars), using the exchange rate on December 31, 2024, which was 32.80 NTD = $1 USD and 7.30 RMB = $1 USD, respectively. The amounts shown for Mr. Yeh for 2023 have been converted from NTD (New Taiwan dollars) and RMB (Chinese Yuan Renminbi), as applicable, to USD (United States dollars), using the exchange rate on December 29, 2023, which was 30.70 NTD = $1 USD and 7.11 RMB = $1 USD, respectively. The amounts shown for Mr. Yeh for 2022 have been converted from NTD (New Taiwan dollars) and RMB (Chinese Yuan Renminbi), as applicable, to USD (United States dollars), using the exchange rate on December 30, 2022, which was 30.64 NTD = $1 USD and 6.90 RMB = $1 USD, respectively. Changes in Mr. Yeh’s compensation from year-to-year as reported in this table reflect the effect of fluctuations in the applicable exchange rates.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2024 Grants of Plan-Based Awards The following table presents information about grants of plan-based awards made to our NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2024:

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 Named Executive Officer    
 Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | ​ 
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