UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 27, 2016

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Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-36083   76-0533927
(State or incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd.

Sugar Land, TX 77478

(address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(281) 295-1800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
oSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

   
 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 annual meeting of stockholders on May 27, 2016. Holders of an aggregate of 17,069,534 shares of the Company’s common stock at the close of business on April 4, 2016 were entitled to vote at the meeting, of which 13,985,893, or 81.93%, of the eligible shares were represented in person or by proxy. The matters voted upon at the meeting and the results of those votes were as follows:

 

Proposal 1: Election of Class III Directors

 

                 
    Votes For   Votes Against   Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
         
Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin   9,281,741   0   769,320   3,934,832
Richard Black   9,326,772   0   724,289   3,934,832
Min-Chu (Mike) Chen   9,331,684   0   719,377   3,934,832

 

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016

 

 

         

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Votes Abstaining

13,843,996   131,958   9,939
         

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 27, 2016 APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
   
   
  By: /s/ David C. Kuo
  David C. Kuo
  General Counsel and Secretary