{"url_path":"/sec/aaoi/8-k/2026-06-05/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-05","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/0001683168-26-004596-index.html","accession_number":"0001683168-26-004596","cik":"0001158114","ticker":"AAOI","issuer_name":"APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/0001683168-26-004596-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001158114","primary_entity_name":"APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."},"word_count":243,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07**\n**Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nAt the Company’s Annual Meeting, holders\nof an aggregate of 80,047,663 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 10, 2026 were entitled to vote\nat the meeting, of which 51,375,083 or 64.18% of the eligible shares were represented in person or by proxy. The matters voted upon\nat the Annual Meeting and the final results of those votes were as follows:\n\n* *\n\n*Proposal No. 1: Election of two Class I Directors.*\n\n* *\n\n \n \n**For**\n \n**Withheld**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\nChe-Wei Lin\n \n35,667,619\n \n3,227,489\n \n12,479,975\n\nRobert (Bob) Flanagan\n \n37,970,404\n \n924,704\n \n12,479,975\n\n* *\n\n*Proposal No. 2: To ratify the appointment of\nPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,\n2026.*\n\n \n\n**For**\n\n \n\n**Against**\n\n \n**Abstain**\n\n51,297,379\n \n38,044\n \n39,660\n\n \n\n*Proposal No. 3: To approve on an advisory basis,\nthe compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, or the “say-on-pay” vote.*\n\n \n\n**For**\n\n \n\n**Against**\n\n \n**Abstain**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n38,001,385\n \n672,239\n \n221,484\n \n12,479,975\n\n \n\n*Proposal No. 4: To approve the amendment of\nthe Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to clarify the voting standard that applies to certain\nfuture amendments.*\n\n* *\n\n**For**\n\n \n\n**Against**\n\n \n**Abstain**\n\n38,486,404\n \n305,242\n \n103,462\n\n* *\n\n *Proposal No. 5: To approve the 2026 Equity\nIncentive Plan.*\n\n \n\n**For**\n\n \n\n**Against**\n\n \n**Abstain**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n34,862,167\n \n3,780,336\n \n252,605\n \n12,479,975\n\n \n\n*Proposal No. 6: To approve the adjournment\nof the Annual Meeting to a later date, if necessary or appropriate.*\n\n* *\n\n**For**\n\n \n\n**Against**\n\n \n**Abstain**\n\n47,987,329\n \n3,100,990\n \n286,764"}