What they were paid
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS Director Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held| Fiscal year | Cash fees | Stock awards | Option awards | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $64,875 | $189,987 | $0 | $0 | $254,862 |
| FY2024 | $72,847 | $149,995 | — | — | $222,843 |
| FY2023 | $70,000 | $190,301 | — | — | $260,301 |
| FY2022 | $70,000 | $93,801 | $0 | $0 | $163,801 |
| FY2021 | $70,000 | $127,789 | — | — | $197,789 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-048559, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
How this page was built: the APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. filed document, accession 0001104659-26-048559. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 24, 2026.
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$254,862 Richard B. Black, FY2025 total director compensation
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Data as of April 24, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).
How this board is paid
company policy · FY2025APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS pays directors a $55,000 cash retainer and $190,000 in RSUs.
Committees
FY2025 · as the proxy prints themAudit · Nominating/Governance
The rest of the APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS board
FY2025 · as the company reported each| Director | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Che-Wei Lin | Independent Director | $251,541 |
| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | Chair of the Board | — |
| Cynthia (Cindy) DeLaney | Independent Director | $272,317 |
| Elizabeth Loboa | Independent Director | $250,417 |
| Min-Chu (Mike) Chen | Independent Director | $267,873 |
| Robert Flanagan | Independent Director | — |
| William H. Yeh | Lead Independent Director | $292,269 |
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