---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-033988"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:03:22.875766+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics enters ATM equity offering for up to $25M via Raymond James

## Summary
- Up to $25M of common stock may be sold in at-the-market offerings through Raymond James.
- Sales Agent receives up to 2% commission; expense reimbursements capped at $10,000 and $30,000.
- Shares registered under existing effective shelf registration statement (filed March 2023).
- Company has no obligation to sell and may suspend offers at any time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-033988
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465924033988/0001104659-24-033988-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465924033988/tm248365d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-033988.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. entered into Equity Distribution Agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. valued at up to $25 million (effective 2024-03-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
  - Value: up to $25 million
  - Effective: 2024-03-13
  source text: On March 13, 2024, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (the “Sales Agent”) pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $25 million from time to time through the Sales Agent.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465924033988/0001104659-24-033988-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.