Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
Chunk: 49

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 49
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. The 401(k) matching contributions for each executive in the 2023 year were as follows: for each of Dr. Lin — $12,200, Dr. Murry — $12,200, Dr. Chang — $12,200 and Mr. Kuo — $11,535. The foreign pension

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TABLE OF CONTENTS contribution made by the Company on behalf of Mr. Yeh for 2023 was $3,366. The 401(k) matching contributions for each executive in the 2022 year were as follows: for each of Dr. Lin, Dr. Murry, Dr. Chang, and Mr. Kuo — $8,550. The foreign pension contribution made by the Company on behalf of Mr. Yeh for 2022 was $3,888. In addition, the cost of personal use of a Company provided car for 2024 is included for Dr. Lin, with the amount determined based on the cost of the lease of the corporate car related to the proportion of mileage the car was driven for non-business trips, which was $31,438, and housing in Taiwan for 2024 while on business, which was $32,540. We also provided Mr. Yeh with 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. (5) 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