AAOI SVP Fred Chang Surrenders 4,676 Shares for Taxes

What Happened Chang Hung-Lun (Fred), Senior Vice President and North America General Manager of Applied Optoelectronics, surrendered a total of 4,676 shares to the company to satisfy tax-withholding obligations tied to vested restricted stock units. The shares were surrendered at $119.26 per share on July 22, 2026, with a total value of roughly $557,659. These were not open-market sales but shares withheld by the issuer to cover taxes.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 22, 2026; filing date: July 23, 2026 (appears timely).
• Price per share: $119.26.
• Breakdown by grant (footnotes in filing):
  • 2,674 shares (F1) — $318,901 — RSU grant dated June 26, 2023.
  • 613 shares (F2) — $73,106 — RSU grant dated April 29, 2024.
  • 773 shares (F3) — $92,188 — RSU grant dated April 11, 2025.
  • 616 shares (F4) — $73,464 — RSU grant dated February 9, 2026.
• Shares owned after the reported transaction: not specified in the filing.
• Transaction code F = shares surrendered to issuer for tax withholding on vested RSUs (routine, not an open-market sale).

Context These actions represent tax-withholding related to RSU vesting (a common administrative step), not discretionary selling or buying in the open market. For retail investors, purchases or open-market sales by insiders can be more informative about sentiment; tax-withholding surrenders are generally routine and do not by themselves indicate a change in the insider’s view of the company.