UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 20, 2025

 

 

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	001-36083	76-0533927
(State of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

13139 Jess Pirtle Blvd.
Sugar Land, Texas 77478

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(281) 295-1800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Trading Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, Par value $0.001	AAOI	NASDAQ Global Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o On August 20, 2025, Prime World International Holdings Ltd. (“Prime World”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., entered into an Agreement to Terminate Land and Building Lease (the “Termination Agreement”) with San Ho Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. (the “Lessor”). Under the Termination Agreement, the Land and Building Lease Agreement dated June 7, 2025 (the “Original Lease”) between Prime World and the Lessor will be terminated effective August 31, 2025.

 

Pursuant to the Termination Agreement, Prime World agreed to pay the Lessor NT$9,400,000 in full settlement of all rent, fees, damages, and other amounts arising from the early termination of the Original Lease. Upon execution of the Termination Agreement, neither party will have any further claims against the other in connection with the termination.

 

The foregoing description of the Termination Agreement does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Termination Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Termination Agreement, English translations which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 1.02

Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Termination Agreement is incorporated by reference into Item 1.02.

 

Item 2.03

Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K with respect to the Termination Agreement is incorporated by reference into Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

10.1	Translation of the Agreement to Terminate Land and Building Lease dated August 20, 2025, between Prime World International Holdings Ltd., and San Ho Electric Machinery Industry Co., Ltd.
104	Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 26, 2025	APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
	By:	/s/DAVID C. KUO
	Name	David C. Kuo
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer