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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-23-005852"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T07:23:57.692480+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics terminates credit facility with CIT Northbridge, effective Nov 17, 2023

## Summary
- Delivered termination notice to CIT Northbridge Credit LLC on Aug 16, 2023, for Loan Agreement dated Nov 16, 2022.
- Credit facility under Loan Agreement will be terminated effective November 17, 2023.
- No financial impact or replacement financing disclosed in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-23-005852
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-08-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316823005852/0001683168-23-005852-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316823005852/aaoi_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-23-005852.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. terminated Loan, Security and Guarantee Agreement with CIT Northbridge Credit LLC (effective 2023-11-17).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: CIT Northbridge Credit LLC
  - Effective: 2023-11-17
  source text: On August 16, 2023, the Company delivered a notice of termination (the “Termination Notice”) to CIT Northbridge Credit LLC, as the agent for the secured parties under the Loan Agreement, to terminate the credit facility provided under the Loan Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316823005852/0001683168-23-005852-index.htm

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