Murry Stefan J. 4

What Happened

• Stefan J. Murry, CFO of Applied Optoelectronics, received 32,249 restricted stock units (RSUs) on Feb 9, 2026 and sold a total of 18,020 shares in open-market transactions on Feb 10–11, 2026.
• Sales detail (reported totals): 4,000 shares at a weighted avg $48.68 = $194,715; 2,327 shares at $50.00 = $116,353; 11,693 shares at $50.25 = $587,621. Total proceeds reported ≈ $898,689. The RSU grant was reported with $0 acquisition price (award).

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices:
  • Feb 9, 2026 — Grant of 32,249 RSUs (A) under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
  • Feb 10, 2026 — Sale of 4,000 shares (weighted avg $48.68; actual trades ranged $47.91–$49.17) and 2,327 shares (weighted avg $50.00; actual trades $50.00–$50.04).
  • Feb 11, 2026 — Sale of 11,693 shares (weighted avg $50.25; actual trades $50.00–$50.54).
• Shares owned after the transactions: not specified in the provided Form 4 data.
• Footnotes: All sales were executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted Aug 12, 2025; reported prices are weighted averages and the filer will provide per-transaction counts/prices on request.
• Filing timeliness: Form 4 was filed Feb 11, 2026 covering transactions through Feb 11, 2026; the filing shows no indication of a late report.

Context

• The RSUs are compensation that vest over time (one-sixteenth vests every three months commencing Jan 21, 2026). The sales were pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan, which typically indicates routine, pre-set selling rather than ad-hoc trades. Retail investors should treat scheduled sales and compensation grants as routine insider activity; sales do not necessarily signal a change in insider sentiment.