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We are headquartered at 5290 Concourse Drive, Roanoke, Virginia 24019 and our telephone number is (540) 265-0690.
−Removed: Optical Cable Corporation, together with our wholly owned subsidiaries, Applied Optical Systems, Inc.
−Removed: (“AOS”) and Centric Solutions LLC (“Centric Solutions”), has offices, manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in Roanoke, Virginia, near Asheville, North Carolina and near Dallas, Texas.
+Added: Optical Cable Corporation, together with our wholly owned subsidiaries, including Applied Optical Systems, Inc.
+Added: (“AOS”), has offices, manufacturing and warehouse facilities located in Roanoke, Virginia, near Asheville, North Carolina and near Dallas, Texas.
Optical Cable Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “OCC®”) is a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic and copper data communication cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the enterprise market and various harsh environment and specialty markets (collectively, the non-carrier markets), and also the wireless carrier market, offering integrated suites of high quality products which operate as a system solution or seamlessly integrate with other components.
−Removed: OCC’s product offerings include designs for uses ranging from enterprise networks, data centers, residential, campus and Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations to customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments, including military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, renewable energy and broadcast applications, and for the wireless carrier market.
−Removed: OCC products include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling (which includes fiber optic and copper elements in a single cable), fiber optic and copper connectors, specialty fiber optic, copper and hybrid connectors, fiber optic and copper patch cords, pre-terminated fiber optic and copper cable assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch panels, face plates, multimedia boxes, fiber optic reels and accessories and other cable and connectivity management accessories, and are designed to meet the most demanding needs of end-users, delivering a high degree of reliability and outstanding performance characteristics.
−Removed: The OCC team seeks to provide top-tier integrated communication solutions by bundling all of our fiber optic and copper data communication product offerings into systems that are best suited for individual data communication needs and application requirements of our customers and the end-users of our systems.
+Added: OCC’s product offerings include designs for uses ranging from enterprise networks, data centers, residential, campus and Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations to customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments, including military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, renewable energy and broadcast applications.
+Added: OCC products include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling (which includes fiber optic and copper elements in a single cable), fiber optic and copper connectors, specialty fiber optic, copper and hybrid connectors, fiber optic and copper patch cords, pre-terminated fiber optic and copper cable trunks and assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch panels, face plates, multimedia boxes, fiber optic reels and accessories and other cable and connectivity management accessories, and are designed to meet the most demanding needs of end-users, delivering a high degree of reliability and outstanding performance characteristics.
+Added: The OCC team strives to provide top-tier communication solutions that are well-suited for the specific needs and application requirements of our customers and the end-users of our systems—leveraging our technical expertise and broad fiber optic and copper data communication product offering.
OCC® is internationally recognized for pioneering the design and production of fiber optic cables for the most demanding military field applications, as well as of fiber optic cables suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, and creating a broad product offering built on the evolution of these fundamental technologies.
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OCC primarily manufactures its fiber optic cables at its ISO 9001:2015 registered facility located in Roanoke, Virginia, primarily manufactures its enterprise connectivity products at its ISO 9001:2015 registered facility located near Asheville, North Carolina, and primarily manufactures its harsh environment and specialty connectivity products at its ISO 9001:2015 registered and MIL-STD-790G certified facility located near Dallas, Texas.
−Removed: OCC designs, develops and manufactures fiber optic and hybrid cables for a broad range of enterprise, harsh environment, wireless carrier and other specialty markets and applications.
+Added: OCC designs, develops and manufactures, and markets and sells, fiber optic and hybrid cables for a broad range of enterprise, data center, harsh environment, wireless carrier and other specialty markets and applications.
We refer to these products as our fiber optic cable offering.
−Removed: OCC designs, develops and manufactures fiber and copper connectivity products for the enterprise market, including a broad range of enterprise and residential applications.
+Added: OCC designs, develops and manufactures, and markets and sells, fiber and copper connectivity products for a broad range of enterprise, data center, and residential applications.
We refer to these products as our enterprise connectivity product offering.
−Removed: OCC designs, develops and manufactures a broad range of specialty fiber optic connectors and connectivity solutions principally for use in military, harsh environment and other specialty applications.
+Added: OCC designs, develops and manufactures, and markets and sells, a broad range of specialty fiber optic connectors and connectivity solutions principally for use in military, harsh environment and other specialty applications.
We refer to these products as our harsh environment and specialty connectivity product offering.
OCC markets and sells our harsh environment and specialty connectivity product offering through AOS under the names Optical Cable Corporation and OCC® by the efforts of our integrated OCC sales team.
−Removed: OCC’s wholly owned subsidiary Centric Solutions LLC (“Centric Solutions”) provides cabling and connectivity solutions for the data center market.
−Removed: Centric Solutions’ business is located at OCC’s facility near Dallas, Texas.
Optical Cable Corporation, OCC®, Procyon®, Superior Modular Products™, SMP Data Communications™, Applied Optical Systems™, Centric Solutions™, and associated logos are trademarks of Optical Cable Corporation.
+Added: Strategic Collaboration and Investment
+Added: On July 7, 2025, Optical Cable Corporation and Lightera, LLC (“Lightera”), part of the Furukawa Electric CompanyGroup, announced that OCC and Lightera had entered into a strategic collaboration agreement to expand product offerings and solutions—especially for the data center and enterprise sectors.
+Added: As part of this strategic collaboration, OCC and Lightera have combined portions of the product portfolios of both companies to deliver additional integrated cabling and connectivity solution offerings, which will include certain Lightera products being offered and sold by OCC.
+Added: In connection with this strategic collaboration, OCC and Lightera entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement, under which OCC issued 642,199 redeemable restricted shares of its common stock to Lightera for an aggregate purchase price of $2.0 million.
+Added: Lightera’s 642,199 shares of redeemable restricted common stock of OCC represents 7.24% of OCC’s outstanding common shares as of October 31, 2025.
OCC® is a leading manufacturer of a broad range of fiber optic and copper data communication cabling and connectivity solutions primarily for the enterprise market and various harsh environment and specialty markets (the non-carrier markets), offering an integrated suite of high quality, warranted products which operate as a system solution or seamlessly integrate with other components.
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OCC’s product offerings include designs for uses ranging from enterprise networks, data centers, residential, campus and Passive Optical LAN (POL), stadium and other sporting event installations to customized products for harsh environments and specialty applications, including military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, renewable energy, distributed sensing, and broadcast applications.
−Removed: OCC products include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling (which includes fiber optic and copper elements in a single cable), fiber optic and copper connectors, specialty fiber optic, copper and hybrid connectors, fiber optic and copper patch cords, pre-terminated fiber optic and copper cable assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, fiber optic and copper patch panels, face plates, multimedia boxes, fiber optic reels and accessories and other cable and connectivity management accessories.
+Added: OCC products include fiber optic and copper cabling, hybrid cabling (which includes fiber optic and copper elements in a single cable), fiber optic and copper connectors, specialty fiber optic, copper and hybrid connectors, fiber optic and copper patch cords, pre-terminated fiber optic and copper cable trunks and assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, fiber optic and copper patch panels, face plates, multimedia boxes, fiber optic reels and accessories and other cable and connectivity management accessories.
Our products are designed to meet the most demanding needs of end-users, delivering a high degree of reliability and outstanding performance characteristics.
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Our product line is diverse and versatile, in keeping with evolving application needs of customers within our markets.
−Removed: Our tight-buffered fiber optic cables address a wide range of needs, primarily for the enterprise market and various harsh environment and specialty markets (the non-carrier markets), ranging from enterprise networks, data centers, residential, campus and Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations, as well as the needs for the harsh environment and specialty markets including military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, renewable energy, distributed sensing, and broadcast applications.
+Added: Our fiber optic cables address a wide range of needs, primarily for the enterprise and data center markets and various harsh environment and specialty markets (the non-carrier markets), ranging from enterprise networks, data centers, residential, campus and Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations, as well as the needs for the harsh environment and specialty markets including military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, renewable energy, distributed sensing, and broadcast applications.
+Added: Our fiber optic cable offering includes a variety of cable constructions including tight-buffered, loose tube and rollable ribbon cables.
OCC also manufactures and sells fiber optic cable and hybrid cable (fiber and copper) products in the wireless carrier market.
Our patented tight-buffered fiber unit cables have both high fiber-count and rugged performance in a compact and lightweight design.
−Removed: We believe that we offer one of the most comprehensive tight-buffered fiber optic cable product offerings for our markets.
+Added: We believe that we offer one of the most comprehensive fiber optic cable product offerings for our markets.
We produce fiber optic cables for specialized installations, including various hybrid cables (fiber and copper), and cables with specialty fibers.
−Removed: We offer certain of our tight-buffered fiber optic cables pre-installed in conduit (“FIC”), for installation time reduction.
−Removed: We can armor fiber optic cables for additional protection in certain installations, providing both steel tape and interlocking armor options.
+Added: We offer certain of our fiber optic cables pre-installed in conduit (FIC), for installation time reduction.
+Added: We armor fiber optic cables for additional protection in certain installations, providing both steel tape and interlocking armor options.
We offer cables suitable for underground or overhead installations.
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We also design and manufacture specialty fiber optic cables for use in such applications as:
−Removed: Fiber-to-the-Antenna (“FTTA”) for cell tower build-outs, military ground tactical, industrial (including tray cables), mining, deployable broadcast, oil and gas, festoon, pierside, and numerous other applications.
+Added: Fiber-to-the-Antenna (FTTA) for cell tower build-outs, military ground tactical, industrial (including tray cables), mining, deployable broadcast, oil and gas, festoon, pierside, distributed sensors, and numerous other applications.
Our product offerings also include fiber optic cables complying with or certified to various standards for specialty applications, such as:
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Enterprise Connectivity Products (Fiber Optic and Copper)
−Removed: We design, manufacture, market and sell top-tier fiber optic and copper connectivity components for use in a broad range of enterprise, residential, military, harsh environment, and other specialty applications.
+Added: We design, manufacture, market and sell top-tier fiber optic and copper connectivity components for use in a broad range of enterprise, data center, residential, military, harsh environment, and other specialty applications.
We are internationally recognized for our role in establishing copper connectivity data communication standards and for our innovative technologies.
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Our fiber optic connectivity products provide customers a comprehensive line of fiber optic system solutions for equipment rooms, telecommunications closets, industrial installations, data centers, and workstations, including unique infrastructure and cabling solutions for Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations.
−Removed: Our product offering includes fiber optic wall mount, cabinet mount and rack mount enclosures, NEMA enclosures, pre-terminated fiber optic enclosures, fiber optic connectors, splice trays, fiber optic jumpers, plug and play cassette modules, pre-terminated fiber optic cable assemblies, adapters, and accessories.
+Added: Our product offering includes fiber optic wall mount, cabinet mount and rack mount enclosures, NEMA enclosures, pre-terminated fiber optic enclosures, fiber optic connectors, splice trays, fiber optic jumpers, plug and play cassette modules, pre-terminated fiber optic cable trunks, assemblies, adapters, and accessories.
Copper Connectivity Products.
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Cabinets, Racks and Enclosures .
−Removed: We offer a wide array of high-performance network, data storage and telecommunications management systems for enterprise and residential use.
+Added: We offer a wide array of high-performance network, data storage and telecommunications management systems for enterprise, data center, and residential use.
Our product line includes wall mount enclosures, horizontal and vertical cable management systems and open frame relay racks.
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Residential Products .
−Removed: Our product offering includes datacom wiring products comprised of various enclosures, modules and modular outlets designed for single dwelling and multiple dwelling residential use.
+Added: Our product offering includes datacom cabling and connectivity products comprised of various enclosures, modules and modular outlets, and solutions for Passive Optical LAN (POL) installations, designed for single dwelling and multiple dwelling residential use.
Harsh Environment and Specialty Connectivity Products
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The fiber optic and copper data communications cables and connectivity enterprise markets and other short- to moderate-distance markets are highly competitive.
−Removed: Our fiber optic cable product lines compete with products of large fiber optic cable manufacturers such as Corning Incorporated, Berk-Tek Cable (part of Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.), CommScope Holding Company, Inc., OFS Fitel, LLC (part of the Furukawa Electric Company), AFL (a subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd.), Proterial Cable (formerly Hitachi Cable America Inc.), Superior Essex (part of LS Cable & System), Belden Inc., Prysmian Group (including General Cable), and others, some of which manufacture optical fiber.
+Added: Our fiber optic cable product lines compete with products of large fiber optic cable manufacturers such as Corning Incorporated, Berk-Tek Cable (part of Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.), CommScope Holding Company, Inc., AFL (a subsidiary of Fujikura Ltd.), Proterial Cable (formerly Hitachi Cable America Inc.), Superior Essex (part of LS Cable & System), Belden Inc., Prysmian Group (including General Cable), and others, some of which manufacture optical fiber.
Our copper cable product lines compete with products of large copper cable manufacturers such as Prysmian Group (including General Cable), Berk-Tek Cable (part of Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.), CommScope Holding Company, Inc., Proterial Cable, Superior Essex (part of LS Cable & System), Belden Inc., and others.
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Businesses located in offices, retail space, hospitals and other medical facilities, to name a few, are installing or improving networks to distribute increasing volumes of data at increased speeds.
−Removed: These businesses often use high performance local area networks (“LANs”) or data centers.
+Added: These businesses often use high performance local area networks (“LANs”) or enterprise data centers.
Government Agencies.
−Removed: Government agencies including offices, complexes, campuses, and other types of government facilities.
−Removed: Like commercial institutions, these agencies routinely are installing or improving high performance LANs or data centers.
+Added: Government agencies including offices, complexes, campuses, and other types of government facilities, including military facilities.
+Added: Like commercial institutions, these agencies routinely are installing or improving high performance LANs or enterprise data centers.
Security also may be desired, making our cabling and connectivity solutions a logical choice.
+Added: Data Centers.
+Added: Data centers use fiber optic cable, connectors, pre-terminated trunks, assemblies and jumpers, fiber optic enclosures, racks, cabinets, and cable management products.
+Added: Data centers vary in purpose, size and complexity from enormous hyperscale data centers, to multi-tenant data centers (MTDCs), to enterprise data centers.
+Added: Commercial institutions, government agencies, educational institutions, as well as various other end-users may have enterprise data centers.
+Added: Our cabling and connectivity products are primarily designed for MTDCs and enterprise data centers.
Industrial and Manufacturing Facilities.
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Cable Assembly Houses.
−Removed: Cable assembly houses typically manufacture cable assemblies, which are short lengths of cable pre-terminated with connectors.
+Added: Cable assembly houses typically manufacture cable trunks, assemblies and jumpers, which are various lengths of cable pre-terminated with connectors.
Supporting virtually all segments of the market, these manufacturers use cables and connectivity products.
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Colleges, universities, high schools and grade schools are installing and improving data communication networks for higher data transmission speeds and volumes.
−Removed: Installations include buildings, campuses, and other facilities.
+Added: Installations include buildings, campuses, enterprise data centers, and other facilities.
Wireless Carriers.
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These trends and factors can decrease the pool of available qualified talent for certain functions.
−Removed: As a result, we have made and continue to make diligent efforts to recruit and retain qualified talent.
+Added: As a result, we have made and continue to make diligent efforts to recruit, train and retain qualified talent.
While we believe our compensation and benefits offerings position us for success in meeting our personnel needs, we continue to be mindful of and responsive to changing labor market dynamics, and we are committed to being competitive in recruiting and retaining the best qualified talent possible.
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However, this pattern may be altered during any quarter or year by the quarterly and annual variability of net sales due to other factors, such as:
−Removed: wireless carrier market order volume, the timing of larger projects, the timing of orders from larger customers, other economic factors impacting our industry or impacting the industries of our customers and end-users, and various macroeconomic conditions.
−Removed: While we believe seasonality may be a factor that impacts our quarterly net sales results, particularly when excluding the volatility of sales in the wireless carrier market, we are not able to reliably predict net sales based on seasonality because net sales variability, due to such other factors, can also, and often does, substantially impact our net sales patterns during the year.
−Removed: During our last two fiscal years, approximately 46% and 53% of our total net sales occurred during the first half of fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively, and approximately 54% and 47% of our total net sales occurred during the second half of fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: the timing of larger projects, the timing of orders from larger customers, market demand in certain of our targeted markets, other economic factors impacting our industry or impacting the industries of our customers and end-users, and various macroeconomic conditions.
+Added: While we believe seasonality may be a factor that impacts our quarterly net sales results, we are not able to reliably predict net sales based on seasonality because net sales variability, due to such other factors, can also, and often does, substantially impact our net sales patterns during the year.
+Added: During our last two fiscal years, approximately 46% of our total net sales occurred during the first half of fiscal years 2025 and 2024 and approximately 54% of our total net sales occurred during the second half of fiscal years 2025 and 2024.
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