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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth certain information known to us regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of July 31, 2025, by:

  • Each of the NEOs during fiscal year 2025;

  • Each of our directors;

  • All directors and executive officers as a group; and

  • All persons known to us who beneficially own 5% or more of our outstanding common stock.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner**(1)**Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership**(2)**Percent of Common Stock Outstanding**(3)**
NEOs and Directors:
Charles Liang & Sara Liu(4)82,071,59413.5%
Don Clegg(5)105,167*
George Kao(6)215,130*
David Weigand(7)379,646*
Sherman Tuan255,786*
Tally Liu(8)302,870*
Scott Angel1,672*
Judy Lin(9)71,490*
Robert Blair(10)15,940*
Yih-Shyan (Wally) Liaw(11)15,482,0872.6%
Susan Mogensen (Susie Giordano)3,280*
All directors and executive officers as a group(12)98,904,66216.2%
5% Holders Not Listed Above:
BlackRock, Inc.(13)41,338,3507.0%
The Vanguard Group(14)61,946,07010.4%
Total executive officers, directors & 5% or more stockholders33.6%
  • Represents beneficial ownership of less than one percent of the outstanding shares of common stock

(1)Except as otherwise indicated, to our knowledge the persons named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws applicable and to the information contained in the footnotes to this table. Except as otherwise provided, the address of each stockholder listed in the table is 980 Rock Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131.

(2)Under the SEC rules, a person is deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares that can be acquired by such person within 60 days upon the exercise of options or RSUs subject to vesting.

(3)Calculated on the basis of 594,273,308 shares of common stock outstanding as of July 31, 2025, provided that any additional shares of common stock that a stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days after July 31, 2025 are deemed to be outstanding for the purposes of calculating that stockholder’s percentage of beneficial ownership.

(4)Includes the aggregate number of shares held by both Charles Liang and Sara Liu, including 55,726,120 shares held by Charles, 667,954 shares held by Sara, and 25,677,520 shares held jointly. Charles' and Sara's shares include 15,300,000 and 63,160, respectively, options exercisable and Sara's 2,110 RSU shares issuable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(5)Includes 61,420 options exercisable and 2,300 RSU shares issuable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(6)Includes 192,380 options exercisable and 1,830 RSU share issuable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(7)Includes 277,350 options exercisable and 4,150 RSU share issuable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(8)Includes 17,570 options exercisable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(9)Includes 16,550 options exercisable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(10)Includes 14,360 options exercisable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(11)Includes 215,620 options exercisable and 8,750 RSU shares issuable within 60 days after July 31, 2025; 14,990,450 shares held by The Liaw Family Trust, for which Mr. Liaw and his spouse serve as trustees, and 193,770 shares held by Mr. Liaw’s spouse.

(12)Includes 16,254,045 shares issuable upon the exercise of options exercisable within 60 days after July 31, 2025.

(13)The information is based solely on the Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13G filed on October 25, 2024. BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power over 38,386,020 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power over 41,338,350 shares of common stock. The address of the reporting person is 50 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001.

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(14)The information is based solely on the Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13G filed on April 10, 2024. The Vanguard Group has shared voting power over 1,302,100 shares of common stock, sole dispositive power over 59,498,950 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power over 2,447,120 shares of common stock. The address of the reporting person is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

We currently maintain three compensation plans that provide for the issuance of our common stock to officers and other employees, directors and consultants. These plans consist of the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan and the 2020 Plan. All three of these plans have been approved by our stockholders. We no longer grant any equity-based awards under the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan or the 2016 Equity Incentive Plan. The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding options and RSUs and shares reserved and remaining available for future issuance under the foregoing plans as of June 30, 2025:

Plan CategoryNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a)(1)Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b)(2)(3)Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)(c)(4)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders55,276,780$22.4717,217,058
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders——
Total55,276,78017,217,058

(1)This number includes 34,848,133 shares subject to outstanding options and 20,428,647 shares subject to outstanding RSU awards.

(2)The weighted average exercise price is calculated based solely on the exercise prices of the outstanding options and does not reflect the shares that will be issued upon the vesting of outstanding awards of RSUs which have no exercise price.

(3)The weighted-average remaining contractual term of our outstanding options as of June 30, 2025 was 6.99 years.

(4)All of these shares may be issued with respect to award vehicles other than just stock options or other rights to acquire shares.

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