---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-004402"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T12:35:25.634406+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics subsidiary signs 15-year lease for Taiwan facility

## Summary
- Subsidiary Prime World leases 10,040 sqm land and 12,226 sqm building in Taoyuan, Taiwan for 15 years.
- Monthly rent starts at NTD 2.35M (approx $72,600) with 3% escalation every three years.
- Security deposit of NTD 4.7M; rent-free renovation period from June to August 2025.
- AAOI gains rights of first refusal to purchase or renew the leased property.
- Lease commences Sept 1, 2025, ending Aug 31, 2040; early termination generally prohibited.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-004402
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825004402/0001683168-25-004402-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825004402/appliedopto_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-004402
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-004402.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-25-004402.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. incurred lease obligation with San Ho Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. maturing August 31, 2040.
  - Instrument: lease obligation
  - Counterparty: San Ho Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd.
  - Maturity: August 31, 2040
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On June 7, 2025, Prime World International Holdings Ltd. (“Prime World”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., entered into a Land and Building Lease Agreement (the “Lease Agreement”) with San Ho Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. (the “Lessor”), under which Prime World will lease a parcel of land
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825004402/0001683168-25-004402-index.htm

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