Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) Senior VP Yeh Shu-Hua Sells Shares

What Happened
Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua), Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager of Applied Optoelectronics, sold 4,715 shares of AAOI stock on August 4, 2026. The weighted-average sale price reported was $126.50 per share, resulting in proceeds of approximately $596,448. This was a sale (not a purchase) and was executed pursuant to a prearranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-08-04 (filed same day, 2026-08-04).
• Shares sold: 4,715; weighted-average price: $126.50; total proceeds: ~$596,448.
• Actual per-share sale prices in multiple trades ranged from $125.98 to $128.11 (weighted avg reported).
• Sales effected under a Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted March 19, 2026. Reporting person offered to provide per-transaction share counts on request.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not disclosed in this Form 4.
• No late filing indicated.

Context
Sales made under a 10b5-1 plan are prearranged and commonly used to schedule trades in advance; they are often viewed as routine dispositions rather than direct signals of insider sentiment. For retail investors, purchases generally carry more weight as affirmative insider confidence signals; this filing documents a routine, preplanned sale.