Company: OCC
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-005577
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Company: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: DEF 14A
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
<div align='center'>Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. )</div>

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| ☐ | Soliciting Material under Rule 14a-12 |

### OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION
<div align='center'>(Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Name of person(s) filing proxy statement, if other than the registrant)</div>

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| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials                                                      |
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OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION

5290 CONCOURSE DRIVE

ROANOKE, VIRGINIA 24019

February 28, 2025

Dear Shareholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of shareholders of Optical Cable Corporation (the “Company” or “OCC®”), to be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. local time at the Green Ridge Recreation Center, 7415 Wood Haven Road, Roanoke, Virginia.

At the annual meeting of shareholders, you are being asked to do the following:

| (1) | elect the Company’s board of directors from the slate of directors nominated in accordance with the Company’s bylaws to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders; |

| (2) | approve the Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Optical Cable Corporation 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2017 Plan” or the “2017 Stock Incentive Plan”), to authorize an additional 350,000 new Common Shares of the Company for issuance under the 2017 Plan, with no other modifications to the terms of the