Yeh Shu-Hua (Joshua) 4

What Happened

• Yeh Shu-Hua, Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager of Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), surrendered a total of 5,923 shares to the company on January 22, 2026 to satisfy tax-withholding obligations tied to vested restricted stock units (RSUs). The shares were surrendered at $38.38 per share for an aggregate value of about $227,325. These were not open-market sales but share surrenders to cover taxes.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-01-22; Price: $38.38 per share.
• Shares surrendered (by grant): 1,899; 2,553; 609; 862 — total 5,923 shares; total value ≈ $227,325.
• Footnotes indicate these surrenders relate to RSU vesting from awards granted on 6/27/2022, 6/26/2023, 4/29/2024 and 4/11/2025 (codes F1–F4 — tax withholding).
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided excerpt of the filing (check the full Form 4 for total beneficial ownership).
• Filing timeliness: Reported on 2026-01-26 for a 2026-01-22 transaction. This filing date falls within the standard 2-business-day window (weekend between), so it appears timely.

Context

• Code F indicates shares were surrendered to the issuer for tax withholding on vested RSUs — a routine corporate administrative action, not an open-market sale that signals a trading view.
• For retail investors: tax-withholding surrenders are common when equity awards vest and generally do not by themselves imply a change in insider sentiment about the company.