---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001683168-26-001522"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AAOI"
cik: "0001158114"
company_name: "APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T19:20:43.521904+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Optoelectronics signs ~$30.9M cleanroom design-build contract; targeted completion Sept 2026

## Summary
- Contract with LCC3 Solution Inc. for 92,674 sq ft ISO 6 cleanroom at Sugar Land, TX facility.
- Total contract sum ~$30.885M; payments based on progress with 10% retainage.
- Liquidated damages cap of $1.6M; incentives up to $1.81M (schedule) and up to $3.324M (performance/warranty).
- Targeted substantial completion date: September 30, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001683168-26-001522
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AAOI
- cik: 0001158114
- company_name: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316826001522/0001683168-26-001522-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316826001522/aaoi_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-001522
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-001522.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001683168-26-001522.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. entered into Design-Build Agreement with LCC3 Solution Inc. valued at approximately $30,885,000 (effective 2026-02-13).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: LCC3 Solution Inc.
  - Value: approximately $30,885,000
  - Effective: 2026-02-13
  source text: On February 27, 2026, Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (the “Company”) executed a Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design-Builder (AIA Document A141–2024), together with the related Exhibits Package (collectively, the “Design-Build Agreement”), with LCC3 Solution Inc. (the “Design-Builder”), effective as of February 13, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158114/000168316826001522/0001683168-26-001522-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.