Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) CEO Lin Receives 82,559 RSU Award

What Happened
Lin Chih‑Hsiang (President, CEO and Director) was granted 82,559 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on 2026-02-09. The award is reported as an acquisition (code A) at $0.00 per share (total reported value $0), i.e., no cash purchase was made — this is a compensation grant rather than an open‑market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-09 (reported on Form 4 filed 2026-02-11). Filing appears timely.
• Grant: 82,559 RSUs; reported price $0.00; transaction code A (award/grant).
• Plan: Granted under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
• Vesting: One‑sixteenth of the RSUs vests every three months commencing January 21, 2026 (i.e., quarterly vesting over 16 quarters).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing.
• No tax‑withholding or sale to cover taxes is indicated in the disclosed footnotes.

Context
RSUs are compensation awards that convert to shares only as they vest; they are routine executive compensation and do not represent an open‑market buy or sell. Because this is a grant tied to future vesting, it signals a retention/compensation arrangement rather than an immediate change in the insider’s market exposure.