---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-027101"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T12:56:41.798071+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics ups ATM offering to $500M; $250M already sold

## Summary
- Amendment increases aggregate offering under Equity Distribution Agreement from $250M to $500M.
- As of March 12, 2026, company sold 2,476,307 shares for approx. $249,999,983.
- Remaining capacity of approx. $250M may be sold through ATM program.
- Sales agents: Raymond James & Associates and Needham & Company; compensation 2% of gross proceeds.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-027101
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-12T23:59:59+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/1158114/000110465926027101/0001104659-26-027101-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926027101/tm268500d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-027101.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. amended Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Distribution Agreement with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Needham & Company, LLC valued at $500 million (effective 2026-03-12).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Needham & Company, LLC
  - Value: $500 million
  - Effective: 2026-03-12
  source text: On March 12, 2026, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Amendment”) with Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Needham & Company, LLC (collectively, the “Sales Agents”), amending the Equity Distribution Agreement dated as of February 26, 2026 among the Company and the Sales Agents (the “Original Agreement” and, together with the Amendment, the “Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000110465926027101/0001104659-26-027101-index.htm

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