AAOI CEO Lin Chih-Hsiang Surrenders Shares to Cover Taxes

What Happened

• Lin Chih-Hsiang (President & CEO, Director) surrendered a total of 15,640 shares of Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) to the company to satisfy tax-withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock units. The transactions occurred on 2026-07-22 at $119.26 per share, for an aggregate value of approximately $1,865,226.
• Breakdown by lot: 8,753 shares ($1,043,883), 2,332 shares ($278,114), 2,524 shares ($301,012), and 2,031 shares ($242,217). Transaction code F indicates the dispositions were for tax withholding (share surrender), not an open-market sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-22; filing date: 2026-07-23 (no late filing indicated).
• Price per share: $119.26; total shares surrendered: 15,640; total value ≈ $1.87M.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
• Footnotes: Each line reflects shares surrendered to satisfy tax withholding for RSU vesting from awards granted on 6/26/2023, 4/29/2024, 4/11/2025, and 2/9/2026. An additional footnote discloses certain securities held indirectly in a Family Trust and disclaims beneficial ownership except as noted.
• Transaction code meaning: F = shares withheld/surrendered to cover tax liability on vested awards.

Context

• These were withholding/surrender actions tied to RSU vesting (a routine administrative disposition), not open-market sales — generally not taken as a directional signal about the insider’s view of the stock.
• For retail investors, purchases are typically more informative than tax-withholding share surrenders; this filing documents compensation-related withholding rather than a voluntary sale.