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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders on April 10, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”). Holders of an aggregate of 49,851,482 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on March 5, 2025 were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 21,316,994 or 42.76% of the eligible shares were represented in person or by proxy. The matters voted upon at the Special Meeting and the final results of those votes were as follows:
Proposal 1: To approve an amendment to the Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares and increase certain annual limits on the value of awards that may be granted under the plan.
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For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 17,367,333 | 3,864,045 | 85,616 |
Proposal 2: To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve Proposal 1.
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For |
Against |
Abstain | ||
| 17,725,035 | 3,459,469 | 132,490 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 10, 2025 | APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ David C. Kuo | ||
| Name | David C. Kuo, | ||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | ||
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