Optical Cable (OCC) EVP & CFO Tracy G. Smith Sells 16,485 Shares

What Happened Tracy G. Smith, EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Optical Cable Corp (OCC), sold a total of 16,485 shares in open-market transactions. She sold 32 shares on 2026-06-30 at $22.00 each (proceeds $704) and 16,453 shares on 2026-07-09 at $17.23 each (proceeds $283,485), for combined proceeds of approximately $284,189. These were sales (S), which are often routine disposition transactions and do not by themselves indicate management’s view of the company.

Key Details

• Transaction dates and prices:
  • 2026-06-30: 32 shares at $22.00 ($704)
  • 2026-07-09: 16,453 shares at $17.23 ($283,485)
• Total shares sold: 16,485; total proceeds: ~$284,189.
• Shares owned after transaction: not disclosed in the provided filing.
• Filing: Form 4 filed 2026-07-10. The 2026-07-09 sale was filed within the two-business-day window; the 2026-06-30 sale appears to have been reported late (filed more than two business days after the trade).
• Footnotes/plan references: none indicated in the provided filing (no 10b5-1 plan or tax-withholding notes shown).
• Transaction code: S = Sale.

Context Insider sales are common for liquidity, diversification, or other personal reasons and do not necessarily signal a change in insider sentiment; purchases tend to be viewed as more informative. This filing documents open-market sales by the company’s CFO totaling about $284k.