Company: OCC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-004188
Chunk: 6

Company: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 6
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 proposal is considered a “non-routine” matter, broker non-votes will not be treated as votes cast on this matter, and therefore, will not have any effect on determining the outcome. As disclosed later in this proxy statement, this vote is advisory, and therefore not binding on the Company, the Compensation Committee or our Board of Directors. |
| Vote, on a non-binding advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.                                                                                                                                                     |     | Plurality, which means the option of one year, two years, or three years, that receives the highest number of votes cast will be the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation that has been selected by the Shareholders. Broker non-votes will have no effect on the determination of the frequency of the advisory vote, which is by plurality of the votes cast in person or by proxy. Brokers may vote their shares on this proposal ONLY so long as they have voting instructions from the beneficial owners of the shares.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

<div align='center'>Votes at the annual meeting will be tabulated by “Inspectors of Election” appointed by the Company.

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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</div>

The Board, comprised of five members, has nominated five persons for election as Directors. Unless otherwise specified, the proxy will be voted in favor of the persons named below to serve until the next annual meeting and until their successors are elected and qualified. Each person named below is now a Director of the Company. In the event any of the nominees are unable to serve as a Director, the shares represented by the proxy will be voted for the person, if any, who is designated by the Board of Directors to replace the nominee. All nominees have consented to be named and have indicated their intent to serve if elected. The Board of Directors has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable to serve or that any vacancy on the Board of Directors will occur as a result of a nominee being unable to serve.

The names of the nominees and certain other information about the nominees are set forth below:

| Nominee             | Age | Director Since | Office Held with Company                                                  |
| Neil D. Wilkin, Jr. |  61 |           2001 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Randall H. Frazier  |  73 |           1996 | Director                                                                  |
| John M. Holland     |  79 |