Company: OCC
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-004188
Chunk: 2

Company: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 2
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centive 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 2017 Plan; |

| 3. | to ratify the appointment of Crowe LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for fiscal year 2025; |

| 4. | to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers; |

| 5. | to vote, on a non-binding advisory basis, on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation; and |

| 6. | to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment thereof. |

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on January 24, 2025, are entitled to notice of and to vote at the annual meeting and any adjournment thereof. All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting in person. However, to assure your representation at the meeting, you are urged to vote by completing, signing and dating the enclosed form of proxy and returning it promptly in the envelope provided or by voting online. Shareholders attending the meeting may revoke their proxy and vote in person.

| FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
| Tracy G. Smith             |
| Corporate Secretary        |

Roanoke, Virginia

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| PROXY SUMMARY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  1 |
| PROXY STATEMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |  4 |
| Proxy Solicitation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |  4 |
| Revocability and Voting of Proxy                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  4 |
| Record Date, Voting Procedures, Quorum, Abstentions, and Broker Voting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |  5 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 1 ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |  6 |
| Code of Ethics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  8 |
| Equity Ownership and Retention Policy for Non-employee Directors                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  8 |
| Meetings of the Board of Directors and Committees                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |  9 |
| Board Leadership Structure and Lead Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 10 |
| The Board of Director’s Role in Risk Oversight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 11 |
| PROPOSAL NO. 2 APPROVAL OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION 2017 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN, AS AMENDED,