---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-008427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCC"
cik: "0001000230"
company_name: "OPTICAL CABLE CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T09:56:11.579070+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optical Cable Corporation holds annual meeting; all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Neil Wilkin (3,776,692 for), Randall Frazier, John Holland, John Nygren, Craig Weber.
- Brown, Edwards & Company ratified as independent auditor with 5,485,420 votes for, 1,241 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 4,365,472 votes for, 95,073 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-008427
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCC
- cik: 0001000230
- company_name: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774923008427/0001437749-23-008427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774923008427/occ20230328_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008427.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  OPTICAL CABLE CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: 1. Election of Directors. Each of the following directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The vote regarding such directors was as follows: Directors Common Share V otes For Common Share Votes Withheld Common Share Broker Non-Votes Neil D. Wilkin, Jr. 3,776,692 686,467 1,033,268 Randall H. Frazier 3,530,748 932,411 1,033,268 John M. Holland 3,535,107 928,052 1,033,268 John A. Nygren 3,601,185 861,974 1,033,268 Craig H. Weber 3,747,946 715,213 1,033,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774923008427/0001437749-23-008427-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  OPTICAL CABLE CORP shareholders approved Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: 3. Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation to the Company ’ s named executive officers. The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved on a non-binding advisory basis. The vote regarding the approval was as follows: Number of Common Share Votes For 4,365,472 Number of Common Share Votes Against 95,073 Number of Common Share Votes Abstain 2,614 Number of Common Share Broker Non-Votes 1,033,268
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774923008427/0001437749-23-008427-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  OPTICAL CABLE CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Brown, Edwards & Company L.L.P. as the independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-03-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-28
  source text: 2. Ratification of Brown, Edwards & Company L.L.P. Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P. was ratified as the independent registered public accounting firm for OCC. The vote regarding the ratification was as follows: Number of Common Share Votes For 5,485,420 Number of Common Share Votes Against 1,241 Number of Common Share Votes Abstain 9,766
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774923008427/0001437749-23-008427-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.