Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form Type: DEFA14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030933
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-02
Form: DEFA14A
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 offices at 13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77478.

If you have voted by proxy
already, your vote will be counted and there is no need to take any further action. If for any reason you wish to revoke your proxy or
change your vote, please follow the instructions in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Special Meeting (the “Proxy Statement”),
which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2025.

This document amends and
supplements the Proxy Statement to reflect the new quorum requirement applicable to the Special Meeting.

The paragraph under the
heading “Quorum” on page one of the Proxy Statement is hereby amended to read in full as follows:

“The presence of at
least one-third of our common stock outstanding and entitled to vote as of the close of business on the Record Date, present in person
or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at the Special Meeting. Your shares will be counted
towards the quorum if you submit a valid proxy (or one is submitted on your behalf by your bank, broker or other nominee) or if you vote
in person at the meeting. In addition, shares present in person, but not voting; shares for which we receive signed proxies, but for which
holders have abstained from voting; and shares represented by proxies for which voting instructions were provided and returned by a bank,
broker or other nominee holding shares will each be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum. Since both
of the proposals at the Special Meeting are considered “non-routine” matters, we do not expect that there will be any broker
non-votes (as discussed below under “Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes”).”

The record date for the Special Meeting remains
March 5, 2025.

We encourage you to read
all of our proxy materials, including our Proxy Statement, so that you may be informed about the business to come before the Special Meeting.
Your participation in our business is important, regardless of the number of shares that you hold. We urge you to vote regardless of whether you expect to attend the Special Meeting so that we may ensure that a quorum is present.

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