| Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | * Price $ | Shares After | Date | Ownership | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transaction | AAOI | Common Stock, $.001 par value | Sale | $289,951 | -10,000 | -6% | $29.00 | 157,813 | 15 Jan 2025 | By Trust | F1 |
Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.
Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).
| Id | Content |
|---|---|
| F1 | The shares were sold by The Richard B. Black Revocable Trust U/A Dtd. Aug 31, 1998; Richard B. Black TTEE, to which the reporting person contributed 35,745 shares of common stock on April 26, 2019, in a transaction that resulted in a change in form of beneficial ownership from direct to indirect. These sales were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 13, 2024. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at actual sale prices ranging from $28.6 to $29.37 per share. The price reported reflects the weighted average sale price for the transactions. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by SEC staff, the issuer, or a securityholder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold during each transaction. The shares were held by the reporting person in a revocable living trust of which the reporting person is the trustee and beneficial owner. |