---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-009603"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OCC"
cik: "0001000230"
company_name: "OPTICAL CABLE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T06:54:11.303625+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Optical Cable Corp. shareholders elect all five directors and approve executive compensation

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Neil Wilkin, Randall Frazier, John Holland, John Nygren, Craig Weber.
- Director votes ranged from 3.27M to 3.53M for; withheld votes 0.77M to 1.03M.
- Non-binding say-on-pay approved with 3,961,370 for, 261,271 against, 71,981 abstain.
- No other matters were voted on at the March 26, 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-009603
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OCC
- cik: 0001000230
- company_name: OPTICAL CABLE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924009603/0001437749-24-009603-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924009603/occ20240326_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  OPTICAL CABLE CORP shareholders approved Election of five directors at the 2024-03-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-26
  source text: 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 Votes For Common Share Votes Withheld Neil D. Wilkin, Jr. 3,528,861 765,762 Randall H. Frazier 3,267,842 1,026,781 John M. Holland 3,311,831 982,792 John A. Nygren 3,316,865 977,758 Craig H. Weber 3,505,661 788,962
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924009603/0001437749-24-009603-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 2024-03-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-26
  source text: 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 3,961,370 Number of Common Share Votes Against 261,271 Number of Common Share Votes Abstain 71,981
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000230/000143774924009603/0001437749-24-009603-index.htm

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