secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. (AAOI)
CIK:        0001158114
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001683168-26-001184
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.45
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Applied Optoelectronics enhances severance packages for four senior executives
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- Non-CIC severance increased to 9 months base salary & target bonus (from 6 months); COBRA up to 12 months (formerly $15k).
- CIC severance increased to 15 months base salary & target bonus (from 12 months); COBRA up to 15 months; full equity acceleration added.
- Affected executives: CFO/CSO Stefan Murry, SVP NA GM Fred Chang, SVP Asia GM Joshua Yeh, and Chief Legal Officer David Kuo.
- Amendment approved by Compensation Committee on February 13, 2026; severance subject to execution of release of claims.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316826001184/0001683168-26-001184-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316826001184/aaoi_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-001184

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