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APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated October 14, 2026.

9Reported items
150Asset managers
1,286Fund votes
June 12, 2025Main meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of June 12, 2025: 6 items on APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed June 12, 2025: 6 without a stated outcome.

Meeting of April 10, 2025: 2 items on APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s Form 8-K, filed April 10, 2025: 2 without a stated outcome.

Material dissent

None.

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2024-2025 meeting results reported by APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.

These tallies are APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX. APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. reported 2 meetings in this season; each is tabulated separately below, with its own filing.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held June 12, 2025 (Form 8-K, filed June 12, 2025)
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
Elect Director: Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin	24,352,407	--	--	1,090,369	9,443,368	96%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Richard B. Black	22,314,029	--	--	3,128,747	9,443,368	88%	Not verified	—
Elect Director: Min-Chu (Mike) Chen	23,943,098	--	--	1,499,678	9,443,368	94%	Not verified	—
2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025	34,723,849	128,716	33,579	--	--	99.6%	Not verified	—
3. To approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, or the "say-on-pay" vote	24,717,979	645,465	79,332	--	9,443,368	97%	Not verified	—
4. To approve the amendment of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock and common stock	32,969,059	1,874,879	42,206	--	--	95%	Not verified	—

Source: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 12, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held April 10, 2025 (Form 8-K, filed April 10, 2025)
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Support (of votes cast)	Reported outcome	Voting standard
1. To approve an amendment to the Applied Optoelectronics, Inc	17,367,333	3,864,045	85,616	--	--	82%	Not verified	—
2. To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve Proposal 1	17,725,035	3,459,469	132,490	--	--	84%	Not verified	—

Source: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on April 10, 2025 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. 2024-2025 meetings

Each item below shows how the 150 asset managers that disclosed a APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. Elect Director: Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 24,352,407WITHHELD: 1,090,369

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 48 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Class III Directors for Election: Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin”): 24,352,407 for, 1,090,369 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 48 asset managers below reported 7,584,367 for, 150,264 withheld, 225,184 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 7,584,367ABSTAIN: 225,184WITHHOLD: 150,264

Largest asset managers voting on “Class III Directors for Election: Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	0	0	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	0	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	0	0	For
Royce	648,524	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	340,902	0	0	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	0	225,184	0	Abstain
Equitable	152,787	0	0	For
Principal	0	0	145,812	Withhold
Fidelity	132,283	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	0	0	For
SEI	122,000	0	0	For
TIAA	99,931	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	0	0	For
First Trust	35,700	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	35,668	0	0	For
Northern Trust	26,449	0	0	For
Global X	25,103	0	0	For
Pacific Life	22,826	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	0	0	For
Dimensional	20,268	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	0	0	For
John Hancock	14,645	0	0	For
Voya	11,450	0	0	For
Nationwide	10,450	0	0	For
Brighthouse	9,730	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 48 asset managers. See all 48 in the interactive database.

2. Elect Director: Min-Chu (Mike) Chen

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

94% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 94%

FOR: 23,943,098WITHHELD: 1,499,678

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 48 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Class III Directors for Election: Min-Chu (Mike) Chen, Ph.D.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Min-Chu (Mike) Chen”): 23,943,098 for, 1,499,678 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 48 asset managers below reported 7,247,917 for, 486,714 withheld, 225,184 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 7,247,917ABSTAIN: 225,184WITHHOLD: 486,714

Largest asset managers voting on “Class III Directors for Election: Min-Chu (Mike) Chen, Ph.D.” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	0	0	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	0	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	0	0	For
Royce	648,524	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	0	340,902	Withhold
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	0	225,184	0	Abstain
Equitable	152,787	0	0	For
Principal	0	0	145,812	Withhold
Fidelity	132,283	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	0	0	For
SEI	122,000	0	0	For
TIAA	99,931	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	0	0	For
First Trust	35,700	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	35,668	0	0	For
Northern Trust	26,449	0	0	For
Global X	25,103	0	0	For
Pacific Life	22,826	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	0	0	For
Dimensional	20,268	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	0	0	For
John Hancock	14,645	0	0	For
Voya	11,450	0	0	For
Nationwide	10,450	0	0	For
Brighthouse	9,730	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 48 asset managers. See all 48 in the interactive database.

3. Elect Director: Richard B. Black

Outcome not verifiedDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

88% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 88%

FOR: 22,314,029WITHHELD: 3,128,747

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 48 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Class III Directors for Election: Richard B. Black

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Richard B. Black”): 22,314,029 for, 3,128,747 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 88% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 48 asset managers below reported 7,051,801 for, 682,722 withheld, 225,292 abstained.

FOR

FOR: 7,051,801ABSTAIN: 225,292WITHHOLD: 682,722

Largest asset managers voting on “Class III Directors for Election: Richard B. Black” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	0	0	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	0	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	0	0	For
Royce	648,524	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	0	0	340,902	Withhold
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	0	225,184	0	Abstain
Equitable	111,650	0	41,137	Mixed
Principal	0	0	145,812	Withhold
Fidelity	132,283	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	0	0	For
SEI	122,000	0	0	For
TIAA	0	0	99,931	Withhold
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	0	0	For
First Trust	35,700	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	3,768	0	31,900	Mixed
Northern Trust	26,449	0	0	For
Global X	25,103	0	0	For
Pacific Life	22,826	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	0	0	For
Dimensional	20,268	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	0	0	For
John Hancock	14,645	0	0	For
Voya	0	0	11,450	Withhold
Nationwide	10,450	0	0	For
Brighthouse	9,730	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 48 asset managers. See all 48 in the interactive database.

4. PROPOSAL WITHDRAWN

No official matchSHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

91% of fund votes cast · no official result

FORABSTAIN

Details: votes by 17 asset managers

The 17 asset managers below reported 372,054 for, 37,000 against, 1,582,557 abstained, 850 unknown. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

FOR: 372,054AGAINST: 37,000ABSTAIN: 1,582,557UNKNOWN: 850

Largest asset managers voting on “PROPOSAL WITHDRAWN” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
BlackRock	0	0	1,449,365	Abstain
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	225,184	0	0	For
Principal	145,812	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	0	0	74,075	Abstain
Equitable	0	35,000	0	Against
Bridge Builder Trust	0	0	20,221	Abstain
John Hancock	0	0	14,645	Abstain
MASTER INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO	0	0	9,478	Abstain
Jackson National	0	0	7,237	Abstain
JPMorgan	0	0	6,558	Abstain
Gabelli	0	2,000	0	Against
ZEVIN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	0	0	0	--
Tidal Trust III	760	0	0	For
Allianz	0	0	752	Abstain
WILSHIRE MUTUAL FUNDS INC	0	0	226	Abstain
Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III	190	0	0	For
Innovator ETFs Trust	108	0	0	For

5. 4. To approve the amendment of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase…

Outcome not verifiedCAPITAL STRUCTUREReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 32,969,059AGAINST: 1,874,879

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 51 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To consider and vote on the amendment of our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock and common stock.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. To approve the amendment of the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock and common stock”): 32,969,059 for, 1,874,879 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 51 asset managers below reported 7,592,429 for, 370,996 against.

FOR

FOR: 7,592,429AGAINST: 370,996

Largest asset managers voting on “To consider and vote on the amendment of our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	0	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	0	For
Royce	648,524	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	340,902	0	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	0	225,184	Against
Equitable	152,787	0	For
Principal	0	145,812	Against
Fidelity	132,283	0	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	0	For
SEI	122,000	0	For
TIAA	99,931	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	0	For
First Trust	35,700	0	For
Lincoln Financial	35,668	0	For
Northern Trust	26,449	0	For
Global X	25,103	0	For
Pacific Life	22,826	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	0	For
Dimensional	20,268	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	0	For
John Hancock	14,645	0	For
Voya	11,450	0	For
Nationwide	10,450	0	For
Brighthouse	9,730	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 51 asset managers. See all 51 in the interactive database.

6. 2. To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve…

Outcome not verifiedCORPORATE GOVERNANCEReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held April 10, 2025.

84% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 84%AGAINST

FOR: 17,725,035AGAINST: 3,459,469

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APPROVE PROPOSAL NO. 1.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting if there are insufficient votes at the Special Meeting to approve Proposal 1”): 17,725,035 for, 3,459,469 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 10, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,160,909 for, 422,986 against, 23,788 abstained, 850 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 6,160,909AGAINST: 422,986ABSTAIN: 23,788UNKNOWN: 850

Largest asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOTES AT THE SPECIAL MEETING TO APP” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	2,369,194	0	0	For
BlackRock	1,391,400	0	0	For
Royce	581,419	0	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	495,815	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	343,202	0	0	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	253,648	0	0	For
State Street	45	191,397	0	Against
Fidelity	160,080	0	0	For
Principal	139,713	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	119,160	0	Against
TIAA	81,931	0	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	69,423	0	0	For
Equitable	13,808	41,057	8,988	Mixed
Goldman Sachs	60,364	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	3,768	29,200	0	Mixed
Northern Trust	25,721	0	0	For
Global X	0	23,880	0	Against
Pacific Life	22,833	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	18,702	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	15,975	0	0	For
Dimensional	15,101	0	0	For
Gabelli	0	0	14,800	Abstain
Brighthouse	14,529	0	0	For
John Hancock	14,287	0	0	For
ProShares	10,355	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

7. 1. To approve an amendment to the Applied Optoelectronics, Inc

Outcome not verifiedCOMPENSATIONReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held April 10, 2025.

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

82% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 82%AGAINST

FOR: 17,367,333AGAINST: 3,864,045

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 49 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: To approve an amendment to Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s 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 to increase certain annual limits on the value of awards that may be granted under the plan ("Proposal No. 1").

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“1. To approve an amendment to the Applied Optoelectronics, Inc”): 17,367,333 for, 3,864,045 against, per its Form 8-K filed April 10, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 82% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 49 asset managers below reported 6,135,223 for, 472,460 against, 850 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 6,135,223AGAINST: 472,460UNKNOWN: 850

Largest asset managers voting on “To approve an amendment to Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.'s Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan to ” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
Vanguard	2,369,194	0	For
BlackRock	1,391,400	0	For
Royce	581,419	0	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	495,815	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	343,202	0	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	253,648	0	For
State Street	45	191,397	Against
Fidelity	160,080	0	For
Principal	139,713	0	For
Charles Schwab	0	119,160	Against
TIAA	81,931	0	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	69,423	0	For
Equitable	13,808	50,045	Mixed
Goldman Sachs	60,364	0	For
Lincoln Financial	3,768	29,200	Mixed
Northern Trust	0	25,721	Against
Global X	0	23,880	Against
Pacific Life	22,833	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	18,702	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	15,975	0	For
Dimensional	15,101	0	For
Gabelli	0	14,800	Against
Brighthouse	14,529	0	For
John Hancock	14,287	0	For
ProShares	10,355	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 49 asset managers. See all 49 in the interactive database.

8. 3. To approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, or the "say-on-pay" vote

Outcome not verified Fund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

Combines 8 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 24,717,979AGAINST: 645,465

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 149 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. To approve on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, or the "say-on-pay" vote”): 24,717,979 for, 645,465 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 50 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	For
Royce	648,524	For
Columbia Threadneedle	340,902	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	225,184	For
Equitable	152,787	For
Principal	145,812	For
Fidelity	132,283	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	For
SEI	122,000	For
TIAA	99,931	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	For
First Trust	35,700	For
Lincoln Financial	35,668	For
Northern Trust	26,449	For
Global X	25,103	For
Pacific Life	22,826	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	For
Dimensional	20,268	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	For
John Hancock	14,645	For
Voya	11,450	For
Nationwide	10,450	For
Brighthouse	9,730	For

Fund voting reports, all 50 managers: 7,958,312 for, 4,263 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports: 118 asset managers voting on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
DE Shaw	1,600,598	0	For
OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/	1,384,841	0	For
BlackRock	1,310,256	6,419	For
Neuberger Berman	943,893	0	For
State Street	447,354	14,182	For
EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST	370,996	0	For
Royce	288,019	0	For
EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC	269,878	0	For
Northern Trust	221,232	0	For
FORMULA GROWTH LTD	150,000	0	For
Charles Schwab	126,800	0	For
SEI	122,026	0	For
SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC	120,149	0	For
Vanguard	106,295	0	For
Nuveen	102,183	0	For
STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM	99,039	0	For
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.	94,262	0	For
RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC	64,816	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	64,505	0	For
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC	50,298	0	For
Gabelli	47,500	0	For
UBS	0	42,438	Against
T. Rowe Price	41,621	0	For
AllianceBernstein	41,137	0	For
Dimensional	37,200	0	For

Institutional-manager reports, all 118 managers: 8,507,153 for, 109,281 against, 3,088 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

9. 2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for…

Outcome not verifiedAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Not verified

Meeting held June 12, 2025.

99.6% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.6%

FOR: 34,723,849AGAINST: 128,716

Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 51 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2025.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025”): 34,723,849 for, 128,716 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 12, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 51 asset managers below reported 7,962,575 for, 850 unknown.

FOR

FOR: 7,962,575UNKNOWN: 850

Largest asset managers voting on “TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE F” at APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC., 2024-2025
Asset manager	For	Vote
Vanguard	2,709,912	For
BlackRock	1,449,365	For
OBERWEIS FUNDS	1,384,841	For
Royce	648,524	For
Columbia Threadneedle	340,902	For
FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	225,184	For
Equitable	152,787	For
Principal	145,812	For
Fidelity	132,283	For
Charles Schwab	126,784	For
SEI	122,000	For
TIAA	99,931	For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC	74,075	For
First Trust	35,700	For
Lincoln Financial	35,668	For
Northern Trust	26,449	For
Global X	25,103	For
Pacific Life	22,826	For
AIG/SunAmerica	21,997	For
Dimensional	20,268	For
Bridge Builder Trust	20,221	For
John Hancock	14,645	For
Voya	11,450	For
Nationwide	10,450	For
Brighthouse	9,730	For

Showing the 25 largest of 51 asset managers. See all 51 in the interactive database.

Largest APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. shareholders voting in 2024-2025

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 53,212,000 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	Vanguard	5.09%
2	BlackRock	2.72%
3	OBERWEIS FUNDS	2.60%
4	Royce	1.22%
5	Columbia Threadneedle	0.64%
6	FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST	0.42%
7	Equitable	0.29%
8	Principal	0.27%
9	Fidelity	0.25%
10	Charles Schwab	0.24%

Institutional-manager reports: top APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. shareholders by shares voted on “TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.”, 2024-2025
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	DE Shaw	3.01%
2	OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/	2.60%
3	BlackRock	2.47%
4	Neuberger Berman	1.77%
5	State Street	0.87%
6	EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST	0.70%
7	Royce	0.54%
8	EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC	0.51%
9	Northern Trust	0.42%
10	FORMULA GROWTH LTD	0.28%

Reported APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2024-2025 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
Marex Securities Products Inc.	8.43%	13G
BlackRock	6.54%	13F
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.	5.26%	13G
Vanguard Group	5.22%	13F
D.E. Shaw	4.40%	13F
Invesco Ltd.	3.79%	13G
Morgan Stanley	2.66%	13F
State Street	2.09%	13F
Geode Capital	2.03%	13F
Citadel Advisors	1.93%	13F

Percentages above are of 53,212,000 shares outstanding, as reported by APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC. on its Form 10-Q dated March 31, 2025 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2024-2025 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.’s 10-Q dated March 31, 2025. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on October 14, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.'s 2 shareholder meetings in the 2024-2025 proxy season (held April 10, 2025 and June 12, 2025), 150 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,286 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 9 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item of the season, voted at the meeting held June 12, 2025 — TO APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. — FOR was 97% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2025.

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