Quick Takeaways
- This page summarizes David C. Kuo's Form 4 filing for APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI).
- 1 reported transaction and 0 derivative rows are listed below.
- Filing timestamp: 29 Dec 2025, 16:05.
David C. Kuo - 23 Dec 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI)
- Signature
- /s/ David C. Kuo
- Issuer symbol
- AAOI
- Transactions as of
- 23 Dec 2025
- Net transactions value
- -$501,875
- Form type
- 4
- Filing time
- 29 Dec 2025, 16:05:18 UTC
- Previous filing
- 24 Oct 2025
- Next filing
- 26 Jan 2026
- SEC
- View on sec.gov
Quoteable Key Fact
"David C. Kuo filed Form 4 for APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI) on 29 Dec 2025."
What Changed
- Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 24 Oct 2025.
- Current net transaction value: -$501,875.
Why This Matters
- This tells you what this filing adds before you inspect full transaction and derivative tables.
- You can trace every row back to the original SEC filing document.
Official SEC Source
Reporting Owners (1)
| Name | Relationship | Address | Signature | Signature date | CIK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuo David C | ***Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | C/O APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC., 13139 JESS PIRTLE BLVD., SUGAR LAND | /s/ David C. Kuo | 29 Dec 2025 | 0001587422 |
Transactions Table
| Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | * Price $ | Shares After | Date | Ownership | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transaction | AAOI | Common Stock, $.001 par value | Sale | $501,875 | -12,500 | -8.7% | $40.15 | 130,948 | 23 Dec 2025 | Direct | F1 |
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.
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).
Explanation of Responses:
| Id | Content |
|---|---|
| F1 | These sales were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on May 15, 2025. The shares were sold in multiple transactions at actual sale prices ranging from $40.025 to $40.220 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 security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold during each transaction. |
Remarks:
***Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer