Optical Cable Corporation Initiates Quarterly Dividend of $.01

Optical Cable Corporation (Nasdaq: OCCF) today announced it is initiating a quarterly cash dividend to shareholders for the first time in the company's history.

OCC's board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.01 per share on the company's common stock at its meeting on October 15, 2010. The dividend will be paid on December 15, 2010 to shareholders of record on November 5, 2010.