Company: AAOI
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-019109
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Company: APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 424B5
Chunk 29
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You should assume that information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus or the date of the document incorporated by reference, as applicable. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or future events or developments.

### USE OF PROCEEDS
We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our securities by the selling securityholders.

### DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED
The descriptions of the securities contained in this prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplements, summarize the material terms and provisions of the various types of securities that we may offer. We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to any securities the particular terms of the securities offered by that prospectus supplement. If we so indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of the securities may differ from the terms we have summarized below. We will also include information in the prospectus