David Kuo compensation by year
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $356,759 |
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $597,401 |
| Option awards | $0 |
| Non-equity incentive | $256,252 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other | $14,940 |
| Total | $1,225,352 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC. DEF 14A filed April 24, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-048559, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 78,291 | $2,729,224 | — |
| RSU | 24,466 | $852,885 | — |
| RSU | 21,598 | $752,906 | — |
| RSU | 19,747 | $688,380 | — |
| RSU | 17,549 | $611,758 | — |
| RSU | 11,108 | $387,225 | — |
| RSU | 2,791 | $97,294 | — |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
13 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 24, 2026)current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-22 | Tax withholding | — | 516 | $119.26 | 146,221 |
| 2026-07-22 | Tax withholding | — | 1,869 | $119.26 | 147,209 |
| 2026-07-22 | Tax withholding | — | 407 | $119.26 | 145,814 |
| 2026-07-22 | Tax withholding | — | 472 | $119.26 | 146,737 |
| 2026-06-12 | Tax withholding | — | 19,065 | $172.78 | 178,305 |
| 2026-06-12 | Sale | — | 29,227 | $166.53 | 149,078 |
| 2026-05-19 | Sale | — | 19,227 | $173.26 | 197,370 |
| 2026-05-19 | Tax withholding | — | 19,064 | $190.36 | 216,597 |
The 8 most recent of 13 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Chih-Hsiang (Thompson) Lin | President and Chief Executive Officer | $4,769,014 |
| Stefan Murry | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer | $2,095,350 |
| Hung-Lun (Fred) Chang | Senior Vice President and North America General Manager | $1,709,760 |
| Shu-Hua (Joshua) Yeh | Senior Vice President and Asia General Manager | $1,644,807 |
| David Kuo · this page | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | $1,225,352 |
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