Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. filings document the operations, governance and capital structure of a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of optical and HFC networking products. Its Form 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, changes in the certifying accountant, material definitive agreements, and financing arrangements tied to common stock issuance.
Proxy materials describe board elections, auditor ratification, advisory executive compensation votes, certificate-of-incorporation amendments, and equity incentive plan matters. Other material-event filings address agreements supporting manufacturing infrastructure, including cleanroom design-build work, and identify the company’s common stock registered on the Nasdaq Global Market.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) Chief Financial Officer Stefan J. Murry sold 4,000 common shares on October 12, 2026, at a weighted average price of $102.87 per share; actual sale prices ranged from $102.00 to $105.14 per share. The sale was made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 12, 2025. He reported directly holding 363,168 shares after the sale.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. officer Stefan John Murry is named in a notice of a proposed sale of 4,000 common shares, with an approximate aggregate market value of $411,485.60. Raymond James & Associates is listed as broker, and October 12, 2026, as the approximate sale date. The shares are listed as acquired as RSUs on May 19, 2026. The notice lists prior sales of 4,000 shares for gross proceeds of $421,314.00 on September 10, 2026, and 4,000 shares for $579,170.00 on August 10, 2026.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh sold 6,000 common shares on October 5, 2026, at a weighted average price of $120.03 per share. The sales were made under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted March 19, 2026. Yeh directly held 371,498 shares after the sale.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) is named as issuer in a Rule 144 notice for Shu-Hua Yeh (Joshua), identified as an officer, proposing the sale of 6,000 common shares on October 5, 2026. The notice lists an aggregate market value of $720,154.80. It also reports three prior sales: 1,285 shares for $154,238.00 on July 21, 2026; 4,715 shares for $596,430.00 on August 4, 2026; and 6,000 shares for $886,396.00 on August 18, 2026.
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI) director Richard B. Black reported a bona fide gift of 2,200 shares of common stock on September 15, 2026. The gift was made from The Richard B. Black Revocable Trust to a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is reported as an indirect disposition by trust.
After the transaction, the trust’s indirect holdings are 159,092 shares, while Black also holds 4,237 shares directly. The shares in the trust are held in a revocable living trust of which he is the sole trustee and beneficial owner, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI), through its wholly owned subsidiary Global Technology, Inc., entered into a Factory Premises Lease Agreement with Ningbo Yiduofu Industrial Co., Ltd. for a manufacturing building of approximately 38,311.8 square meters in Ningbo, China. The lease runs for 10 years, from September 16, 2026 to September 15, 2036, with an annual rent of RMB 6,896,124, subject to 3% increases every three years beginning in the third lease year. Global Technology receives a three‑month rent-free renovation period after delivery and may make alterations and improvements at its own expense. The subsidiary also holds a right of first refusal to purchase the property if the owner sells, a right to keep the lease binding on any purchaser or transferee, and a right of first refusal to renew on terms no less favorable than those offered to other prospective tenants, while the lessor is generally restricted from early termination except in specified cases such as force majeure or material breach.
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI) reported that senior vice president and North America general manager Chang Hung-Lun (Fred) sold 32,172 shares of common stock on September 8, 2026 in an open-market or private transaction at a weighted average price of $110.21 per share, with actual prices ranging from $110.00 to $110.76. After this sale, he directly holds 249,276 shares of AAOI common stock, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI) reported that Chief Financial Officer Stefan J. Murry sold 4,000 shares of common stock on September 10, 2026 at a weighted average price of $105.33 per share, in open-market transactions under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on August 12, 2025. The shares were sold in multiple trades at prices ranging from $104.60 to $105.98 per share, and Murry continues to hold 367,168 shares directly after this transaction.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Blue Ridge Commerce Center West LLC to acquire a real estate property in Houston, Texas, in connection with exercising a one-time purchase option under a prior lease. The property at 16851 Blue Ridge Commerce Dr., Building 3, consists of approximately 8.858 acres of land and an approximately 153,928 rentable-square-foot building, plus related personal property. The company paid an aggregate cash purchase price of $26,783,472 at closing on September 4, 2026, and received the property by special warranty deed, subject to permitted encumbrances. Applied Optoelectronics plans to use the facility for office, warehouse, light manufacturing and assembly purposes.
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. officer Stefan John Murry reported a proposed sale of 4,000 common shares, with an aggregate market value of $421,313.60 and an approximate sale date of September 10, 2026. The shares were acquired from the issuer as RSUs on May 19, 2026. The reported Rule 10b5-1 plan adoption date is August 12, 2025.