secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI)
CIK:        0001158114
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-020600
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Optoelectronics enters $250M at-the-market equity distribution agreement with Raymond James & Needham
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- Company may sell up to $250M of common stock at market prices through Sales Agents.
- Sales Agents Raymond James & Needham will receive 2% of gross sales price as compensation.
- No obligation to sell any shares; sales made via Nasdaq or other markets per placement notice.
- Agreement terminates upon full sale of Shares or earlier termination by either party.
- Offering registered under automatic shelf registration statement (S-3ASR) filed Feb 26, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926020600/0001104659-26-020600-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926020600/tm266210d2_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-020600

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