Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-040212
Chunk: 80

Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 80
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.L.C., and (v) 31,450 shares under the management of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. may be deemed to beneficially own 2,470,480 shares, composed of (i) 1,421,445 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., (ii) 224,800 shares that D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. has the right to acquire through the exercise of call options, (iii) 761,835 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C., (iv) 62,300 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Composite Portfolios, L.L.C., and (v) 100 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Investment Management Special Investment Fund, L.L.C. David E. Shaw may be deemed to beneficially own 2,501,830 shares, composed of (i) 1,421,445 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., (ii) 224,800 shares that D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C. has the right to acquire through the exercise of call options, (iii) 761,835 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C., (iv) 62,300 shares in the name of D. E. Shaw Composite Portfolios, L.L.C., and (v) 31,450 shares under the management of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. David E. Shaw does not own any shares directly. By virtue of David E. Shaw’s position as the President and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc., which is the general partner of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., which in turn is the investment adviser of D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C., and D. E. Shaw Composite Portfolios, L.L.C. and the managing member of D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C., which in turn is the investment adviser of D. E. Shaw Investment Management Special Investment Fund, L.L.C., and by virtue of David E. Shaw’s position as President and sole