Company: OCC
Filing Date: 2025-12-18
Form Type: S-8
Source: 0001437749-25-038237
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Company: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-12-18
Form: S-8
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<div align='center'>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2025</div>

Registration No. 333-

### UNITED STATES

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

FORM S-8</div>

### REGISTRATION STATEMENT
<div align='center'>Under

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>

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

| Virginia                        |     | 54-1237042            |
| (State or other jurisdiction of 
 incorporation or organization)  |     | -I.R.S. Employer      
 Identification Number |

<div align='center'>5290 Concourse Drive, Roanoke, Virginia 24019

(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Optical Cable Corporation 2017 Stock Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Mr. Neil D. Wilkin, Jr.

Ms. Tracy G. Smith

Optical Cable Corporation

5290 Concourse Drive

Roanoke, Virginia 24019

(540) 265-0690

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

With a copy to:

Mr. Brian M. Brown, Esq.

Woods Rogers PLC

Riverfront Plaza, West Tower

901 East Byrd Street, Suite 1550

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(804) 343-5020</div>

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large Accelerated Filer ☐ Accelerated Filer ☐ Non-accelerated Filer ☒ Smaller Reporting Company ☒ Emerging Growth Company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

<div align='center'>EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

Optical Cable Corporation (the “Company”) is filing this Registration