AAOI signs three long-term leases with $102.25M purchase option in Houston

APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.

Three 123-month leases with Hightower Phase I Owner for industrial buildings totaling ~736,216 rentable sq ft.
Initial rent abatement first 3 months; monthly rent for Building 1 starts at $104,915.20 in month 4.
Purchase option for aggregate $102.25M; earnest money $1,758,750; closing 45 days after exercise.
Leases cover manufacturing, warehouse, and office use; estimated delivery date Nov 1, 2026.
Outside delivery date Jan 1, 2027; Tenant may terminate if not completed by July 1, 2027.

This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice. See methodology for how this pipeline works.