---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-25-008857"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T15:01:55.576859+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics subsidiary Prime World enters NT$100M & US$2M credit facility with Taishin Bank

## Summary
- NT$100M revolving credit line (~2.5% rate, 3-month draws) matures Oct 31, 2026.
- US$2M derivatives facility for FX hedging; separate from loan line.
- Conditions: quarterly inward remittances ≥NT$700M, min deposit NT$50M, 100% ownership, working capital ≥NT$5.1B.
- NT$500K setup fee; obligations secured by promissory note.
- Prime World may use facility from Nov 27, 2025 through Oct 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-25-008857
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825008857/0001683168-25-008857-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825008857/aaoi_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. incurred credit facility of NT$100,000,000 line of credit and a US$2,000,000 line of credit with Taishin International Bank at approximately 2.5% maturing from November 27, 2025 through October 31, 2026.
  - Instrument: credit facility
  - Principal: NT$100,000,000 line of credit and a US$2,000,000 line of credit
  - Counterparty: Taishin International Bank
  - Rate: approximately 2.5%
  - Maturity: from November 27, 2025 through October 31, 2026
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On November 27, 2025, Prime World International Holdings, Ltd. (“Prime World”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., entered into a credit facility with Taishin International Bank in Taiwan (the “Bank”), consisting of a NT$100,000,000 line of credit (the “NT$100M Credit Line”) and a US$2,000,000 line of credit (the “US$2M Credit Line”, collectively, with the NT$100M Credit Line, the “Credit Facility”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316825008857/0001683168-25-008857-index.htm

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