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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-06-192574.txt : 20060918
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-06-192574
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060914
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060918

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OPTICAL CABLE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000230
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRAWING AND INSULATING NONFERROUS WIRE [3357]
		IRS NUMBER:				541237042
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-27022
		FILM NUMBER:		061096200

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5290 CONCOURSE DR
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5402650690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5290 CONCOURSE DRIVE
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24019
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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Current Report </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;14, 2006 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>000-27022</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>54-1237042</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification Number)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5290 Concourse Drive</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Roanoke, VA</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>24019</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Zip Code)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(540) 265-0690 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><HR WIDTH="17%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Item&nbsp;2.02</FONT></TD>
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<A HREF="#tx77165_1">Results of Operations and Financial Condition</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<A HREF="#tx77165_2">Financial Statements and Exhibits</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<A NAME="tx77165_1"></A>Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On September&nbsp;14, 2006, Optical Cable Corporation
issued a press release announcing its 2006 third quarter financial results. On September&nbsp;15, 2006, Optical Cable Corporation held a conference call to discuss the financial results for its 2006 third quarter. The press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and the transcript for the conference call is attached as Exhibit 99.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>
<A NAME="tx77165_2"></A>Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Exhibits </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following are filed as Exhibits to this Report. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release issued September 14, 2006 (FILED HEREWITH)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Transcript of conference call on September 15, 2006 (FILED HEREWITH)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<A NAME="tx77165_3"></A>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">O<SMALL>PTICAL</SMALL> C<SMALL>ABLE</SMALL> C<SMALL>ORPORATION</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ TRACY G. SMITH</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tracy G. Smith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: September&nbsp;18, 2006 </FONT></P>

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<A NAME="tx77165_4"></A>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Current report on Form 8-K </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release issued September 14, 2006 (FILED HEREWITH)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Transcript of conference call on September 15, 2006 (FILED HEREWITH)</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5290 Concourse Drive</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Nasdaq GM: OCCF)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><I><U>www.occfiber.com</U></I></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neil Wilkin</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Marilynn Meek</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">President&nbsp;&amp; CEO</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(540) 265-0690</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><U>mmeek@frbir.com</U></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tracy Smith</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Susan Garland</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President&nbsp;&amp; CFO</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(540) 265-0690</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><U>sgarland@frbir.com</U></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION REPORTS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FISCAL THIRD QUARTER 2006 FINANCIAL RESULTS </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>Net Sales Increase and Company Returns to Profitability </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>During the Third Quarter </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ROANOKE, VA, September&nbsp;14, 2006 &#151; </B>Optical Cable Corporation
(Nasdaq GM: OCCF) today announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter and the nine months ended July&nbsp;31, 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Third Quarter 2006
Financial Results </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable reported net income of $128,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share for its third quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2006,
compared to net income of $391,000, or $0.07 per basic and diluted share for the same period last year. These results returned the Company to profitability after losses earlier this year. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 increased 2.0% to $11.6 million compared to net sales of $11.3 million for the comparable period last year. Net sales for
the third quarter of fiscal 2006 increased sequentially compared to net sales of $9.9 million and $11.2 million for the first and second quarters of fiscal 2006, respectively. Gross profit margin for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 decreased to
34.3% compared to 37.7% for the same quarter of fiscal 2005. Gross profit margin for the quarter improved compared to gross profit margins of 33.4% and 30.3%, respectively, for the first and second quarters of fiscal 2006. </FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 2 of 6 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company believes the improvement in net sales and gross
profit margin in the third quarter is an indication that it has successfully addressed certain of the factors contributing to the lower net sales and gross profit margins experienced in the first six months of fiscal 2006. Specifically, the Company
identified and corrected a number of the issues impacting its manufacturing lead times and manufacturing efficiencies related to the implementation of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system which began at the beginning of the first fiscal
quarter. The Company expects the changes to its processes and systems will improve the scalability of its systems (and therefore the Company&#146;s ability to better handle increased production volume), improve its plant efficiency, and improve its
customer service. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net sales of the Company&#146;s commercial market (with relatively lower gross profit margins) continued to increase in the third
quarter compared to the same period last year, while net sales for certain of its specialty markets (with relatively higher gross profit margins) have yet to recover. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SG&amp;A expenses were $3.7 million for the third quarters of both fiscal 2006 and 2005. SG&amp;A expenses as a percentage of net sales were 31.7% in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to 32.6% in the third
quarter of fiscal 2005. Certain compensation costs decreased as compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2005 due to decreases in employee incentive-based compensation. The reduction in these compensation costs were partially offset by increases in
expenses related to shipping, outside contractors and sales commissions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Fiscal Year-to-Date 2006 Financial Results </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company reported a net loss of $401,000 or $0.07 per basic and diluted share for the nine months ended July&nbsp;31, 2006, compared to net income of $977,000, or
$0.17 per basic and diluted share for the same period last year. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 decreased 4.1% to $32.7 million from
$34.1 million for the same period in fiscal 2005. The Company&#146;s gross profit margin decreased to 32.7% for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 compared to 39.9% for the same period in fiscal 2005. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SG&amp;A expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 decreased 7.1% to $11.2 million from $12.1 million for the same period last year. SG&amp;A expenses as a
percentage of net sales were 34.3% for the nine months ended July&nbsp;31, 2006 compared to 35.4% for the same period in 2005. The decrease in SG&amp;A expenses during the first nine months of 2006 compared to the same period last year was primarily
due to decreased employee incentive-based compensation, decreased marketing expenses, decreased legal and professional fees, and reduced costs associated with non-recurring qualification and certification fees. </FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 3 of 6 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Management&#146;s Comments </I></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Optical Cable turned the corner during the third quarter. While we are pleased with our increase in net sales, improved gross profit margin and return to
profitability during the third quarter, we are not yet satisfied with our results,&#148; stated Mr.&nbsp;Neil Wilkin, President and CEO of Optical Cable Corporation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Our business plan includes several important initiatives to upgrade Optical Cable&#146;s infrastructure, systems, processes and capabilities. Additionally, we continue to take steps to leverage our core product
strengths in certain targeted market segments and niches. We are pleased with our significant progress in executing on our business plan and we remain confident that these initiatives will significantly improve our financial performance and create
greater shareholder value for the longer term,&#148; stated Mr.&nbsp;Wilkin. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;We are confident that we have the right strategies in place to position
Optical Cable for continued growth and enhanced profitability. Your management team has demonstrated its ability over the years to overcome adversity and deliver results. We ask that our shareholders not measure our progress based on the financial
results of a few challenging quarters, but understand the longer term vision and the progressive thinking it takes to build and grow a great company over time,&#148; concluded Mr.&nbsp;Wilkin. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Company Information </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable Corporation is a leading
manufacturer of fiber optic cables primarily sold into the enterprise market, and the premier manufacturer of military ground tactical fiber optic cable for the U.S. military. Founded in 1983, Optical Cable Corporation pioneered the design and
production of fiber optic cables for the most demanding military field applications, as well as fiber optic cables suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The Company&#146;s current broad product offering is built on the evolution of these
fundamental technologies, and is designed to provide end-users with fiber optic cables that are easy and economical to install, provide a high degree of reliability and offer outstanding performance characteristics. Optical Cable Corporation sells
its products worldwide for uses ranging from commercial and campus installations to customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments, including military applications. The Company manufactures its high quality fiber optic cables
at its ISO 9001:2000 registered and MIL-STD-790F certified facility located in Roanoke, Virginia. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Further information about Optical Cable Corporation is
available on the World Wide Web at <I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><U>www.occfiber.com</U></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></I><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">.
</FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This news release
by Optical Cable Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) may contain certain &#147;forward-looking&#148; information within the meaning of the federal securities laws. The forward-looking information may include, among other information,
(i)&nbsp;statements concerning the Company&#146;s outlook for the future, (ii)&nbsp;statements of belief, anticipation or expectation, (iii)&nbsp;future plans, strategies or anticipated events, and (iv)&nbsp;similar information and statements
</FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 4 of 6 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such
forward-looking information is subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events to differ materially from the Company&#146;s expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the
level of sales to key customers, including distributors; timing of certain projects and purchases by key customers; the economic conditions affecting network service providers; corporate and/or government spending on information technology; actions
by competitors; fluctuations in the price of raw materials (including optical fiber); the Company&#146;s dependence on a single manufacturing facility; the Company&#146;s ability to protect its proprietary manufacturing technology; market conditions
influencing prices or pricing; the Company&#146;s dependence on a limited number of suppliers; an adverse outcome in litigation, claims and other actions, and potential litigation, claims and other actions against the Company; an adverse outcome in
regulatory reviews and audits and potential regulatory reviews and audits; further adverse changes in laws and regulations associated with the extraterritorial income exclusion; adverse changes in state tax laws and/or positions taken by state
taxing authorities affecting the Company; technological changes and introductions of new competing products; changes in end-user preferences of competing technologies, including copper cable and wireless, relative to fiber optic cable; economic
conditions that affect the telecommunications sector, certain technology sectors or the economy as a whole; terrorist attacks or acts of war, particularly given the acts of terrorism against the United States and subsequent military responses by the
United States, and any potential future military conflicts; changes in the level of military spending by the United States government; ability to retain key personnel; the Company&#146;s ability to successfully implement planned changes to its
information technology systems and manufacturing processes; the impact of changes in accounting policies, including those by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; the Company&#146;s ability to
successfully comply with, and the cost of compliance with, the provisions of Section&nbsp;404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or any revisions to that act which apply to the Company; impact of future consolidation among competitors and/or among
customers adversely affecting the Company&#146;s position with its customers and/or our market position; actions by customers adversely affecting the Company in reaction to the expansion of the Company&#146;s product offering in any manner,
including, but not limited to, by offering products that compete with its customers, and/or by entering into alliances with, and/or making investments in or with, parties that compete with and/or have conflicts with customers of the Company; adverse
reactions by customers, vendors or other service providers to unsolicited proposals regarding the acquisition of the Company by another company; the additional costs of considering and possibly defending the Company&#146;s position on such
unsolicited proposals regarding the acquisition of us by another company; impact of weather or natural disasters in the areas of the world in which the Company operates and markets its products; changes in market demand, exchange rates,
productivity, or market and economic conditions in the areas of the world in which the Company operates and markets its products and the Company&#146;s success in managing the risks involved in the foregoing. The Company cautions readers that the
foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive and the Company incorporates by reference those factors included in current reports on Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Financial Tables Follow) </FONT></P>

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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 5 of 6 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(thousands,
except per share data) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(unaudited) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Three Months Ended</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>July&nbsp;31,</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="6" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Nine Months Ended</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>July&nbsp;31,</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2006</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2005</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2006</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2005</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net sales</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11,580</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11,348</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">32,689</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34,097</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cost of goods sold</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,603</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,071</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22,015</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20,502</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gross profit</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,977</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,277</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10,674</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13,595</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SG&amp;A expenses</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,671</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,704</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11,214</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12,065</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Income (loss) from operations</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">306</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">573</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(540</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,530</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest income (expense), net</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(27</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(29</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other, net</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other income (expense), net</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(27</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(16</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Income (loss) before income taxes</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">279</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">586</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(546</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1,514</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="3"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Income tax expense (benefit)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">151</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">195</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(145</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">537</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net income (loss)</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> 128</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">391</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(401</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">977</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net income (loss) per share:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Basic and diluted</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> 0.02</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.07</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(0.07</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">0.17</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Weighted average shares outstanding:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Basic</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,001</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,803</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,935</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,767</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Diluted</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6,001</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,810</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,935</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,779</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Page 6 of 6 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET DATA </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(thousands)
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(unaudited) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>July&nbsp;31,<BR>2006</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>October&nbsp;31,<BR>2005</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cash</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#151;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3,290</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Trade accounts receivable, net</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7,485</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8,174</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Inventories</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,123</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8,706</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other current assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">741</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">588</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total current assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17,349</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20,758</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16,367</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14,186</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total assets</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">33,716</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34,944</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total current liabilities</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4,228</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5,599</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total shareholders&#146; equity</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29,488</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29,345</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="border-top:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total liabilities and shareholders&#146; equity</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">33,716</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">34,944</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>OPTICAL CABLE CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Third Quarter Earnings Conference </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>September&nbsp;15, 2006, 10:00 a.m. ET </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>Chairperson: Neil Wilkin </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Optical Cable third quarter earnings conference call. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following today&#146;s
presentation, instructions will be given for the question and answer session. If anyone needs assistance at any time during the conference, please press the star followed by the zero. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded today, Friday,
September&nbsp;15, 2006.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I would now like to turn the conference over to Marilynn Meek of the Financial Relations Board. Please go ahead.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you. Good morning and thank you all for participating on Optical Cable Corporation&#146;s Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter conference call. By this time everyone should have obtained a copy of
the earnings release. However, if you haven&#146;t, please call my office at Financial Relations Board at 212-827-3746 and we&#146;ll fax or email a copy to you immediately.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On the call with us today is Neil Wilkin, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Optical Cable Corporation as well as other members of senior
management.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Before we begin, I&#146;d like to remind everyone this call may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of Optical Cable Corporation
may differ materially due to a number of factors including but not limited to those factors set forth in detail in the &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; section of yesterday&#146;s press release. These cautionary statements apply to the
contents of the internet webcast on www.earnings.com as well as today&#146;s call.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I&#146;d like to now turn the call over to Neil Wilkin. Neil, please begin.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you, Marilynn, and good morning, everyone.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Joining me here today at Optical Cable Corporation&#146;s offices are Tracy Smith, our Chief Financial Officer, and Luke Huybrechts, our Senior Vice President of Operations, who also sits on our
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I will begin with a few introductory remarks. I will then have Tracy Smith briefly review with you the financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2006. After that, I will provide an
overview in some level of detail of your management team&#146;s strategy for creating shareholder value as well as discuss a number of initiatives at various stages of completion designed to execute that strategy. And finally, we&#146;ll answer as
many of your questions as we can.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I would like to note that during the Q&amp;A session we will, as we normally do, take questions from analysts and fund investors. Additionally, today we will also answer a number of questions
from individual investors that were provided prior to today&#146;s call.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please note for future reference that when we do offer an opportunity to submit questions in advance of our earnings call, we will include instructions regarding such submissions in our press
release announcing the date and time of our call just as we did today.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">During the third quarter, Optical Cable turned a corner. And while we are pleased with our increase in net sales, our improved gross profit margin and our return to profitability this
quarter, we are not yet satisfied with our financial results.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our net sales during the third quarter of fiscal 2006 were $11.6 million &#150; not only an increase when compared to the first two quarters of the year, but also an increase when compared to
the third quarter of last year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additionally, our gross profit margin increased when compared to the first two quarters of fiscal 2006. And we also returned to profitability, earning $.02 per share during the third
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">During the third quarter, we have successfully addressed certain of the factors contributing to the lower net sales and gross profit margins experienced in the first half of
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Specifically, in Operations we have identified and successfully corrected a number of issues impacting our manufacturing lead times and throughput during the first half of the year. These
issues arose in connection with our implementation of a number of necessary systems and process changes &#150; including some associated with our enterprise resource planning system or (ERP system). Correcting these issues has also allowed us to
improve our customer service and on-time delivery rates after a more challenging first half of the year. We believe this has positively impacted our sales efforts.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable continues to experience strong net sales in its commercial market (which has relatively lower gross profit margins). Our net sales outside of the United States also continue to
be strong this year. However, overall net sales for certain of our specialty markets (which have relatively higher gross profit margins) have not yet recovered, notwithstanding some improvements in some of our specialty market
niches.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It&#146;s also worth noting that our net sales continue to be impacted by the timing of projects and other market factors and net sales in certain of our specialty markets tend to be more
susceptible to these factors impacting not only net sales but also gross profit margins on a quarter-to-quarter basis.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have and will continue to monitor all of our expenses, including SG&amp;A expenses, in order to keep costs down while at the same time executing on our strategic plan. Further, I would
like to note that as you would expect, expenses for incentive-based compensation for employees has been reduced so far this year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your management team will continue to take the actions which we believe are necessary to further improve our financial performance for the rest of the year as well as for the longer term,
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I will now turn the call over to Tracy Smith, our Chief Financial Officer, who will review some specifics regarding our financial results for the third quarter and so far this fiscal
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you, Neil.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For our third quarter of fiscal 2006, we reported net income of $128,000, or $.02 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $391,000, or $.07 per basic and diluted share for the
same period last year. As Neil mentioned previously, these results returned the company to profitability after experiencing losses earlier this year. The decrease in net income when comparing the third quarter of 2006 to the comparable period last
year was primarily due to the decrease in gross profit margin in the third quarter of fiscal 2006, partially offset by the decrease in SG&amp;A expenses.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On a year-to-date basis, we reported a net loss of $401,000, or $.07 per basic and diluted share for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 compared to net income of $977,000, or $.17 per basic
and diluted share for the same period last year. The change was primarily due to the decrease in net sales and gross profit margin in the first nine months of fiscal year 2006 compared to the same period last year, partially offset by the decrease
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Net sales increased 2% to $11.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to $11.3 million for the same period last year. Net sales for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 also
increased sequentially compared to net sales of $9.9 million and $11.2 million for the first and second quarters of fiscal 2006, respectively. Net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 decreased 4.1% to $32.7 million from $34.1 million for
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">While we continued to experience an increase in net sales in what we call our commercial market compared to the same periods last year, the increase was more than offset by decreases in net
sales for certain of our specialty markets. Further, net sales to customers outside the United States showed substantial strength during the first nine months of fiscal 2006, compared to the same period last year, while net sales to customers in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We believe the improvement in net sales and gross profit margin in the third quarter is an indication that we have successfully addressed certain of the factors contributing to the lower net
sales and gross profit margins experienced in the first six months of 2006. Specifically, we have identified and corrected a number of the issues impacting our manufacturing lead times and manufacturing efficiencies related to the implementation of
our business process and system changes in connection with our new ERP system.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We continue to work toward improving operational efficiency and optimizing our systems through a number of initiatives. We believe the changes to our processes and systems ultimately will
improve the scalability of our systems, improve our plant efficiency and improve our customer service. With improved scalability, we believe we will be better able to handle increased production volume.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We believe our net sales have generally been impacted by a seasonality factor where we typically expect net sales to be relatively lower in the first half of each fiscal year and relatively
higher in the second half of each fiscal year. Since fiscal year 2001, we have seen that this pattern may be substantially altered by the timing of larger projects or other economic factors impacting our industry or impacting the industries of our
customers and end-users. As a result, 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 these other factors can also substantially
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gross profit margin or gross profit as a percentage of net sales, decreased to 34.3% for the third quarter of 2006 compared to 37.7% for the same period last year. Gross profit margin for the
quarter improved compared to gross profit margins of 33.4% and 30.3%, respectively, for the first and second quarters of fiscal 2006. Gross profit margin decreased to 32.7% for the first nine months of fiscal 2006 compared to 39.9% for the same
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We believe the decrease in gross profit margin during the third quarter and first nine months of 2006 compared to the same period last year resulted in part from the sale of a mix of products
with lower margins. We experienced an increase in net sales in our commercial market (with relatively lower gross profit margins) compared to the same period last year, while net sales for certain of our specialty markets (with relatively higher
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We continued to closely monitor the impact of revisions to our processes throughout the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and will continue to do so in the fourth quarter. While we identified and
corrected a number of the issues impacting our manufacturing efficiencies during the third quarter, we cannot yet be certain of the impact on gross profit margin during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SG&amp;A expenses were $3.7 million for the third quarters of both fiscal years 2006 and 2005. SG&amp;A expenses as a percentage of net sales were 31.7% in the third quarter of 2006 compared to
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On a year-to-date basis, SG&amp;A expenses decreased 7.1% to $11.2 million in the first nine months of 2006 from $12.1 million for the same period last year. SG&amp;A expenses as a percentage of
net sales were 34.3% for the nine months ended July&nbsp;31, 2006 compared to 35.4% for the same period in 2005.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The decrease in SG&amp;A expenses during the third quarter of fiscal 2006 compared to the same period last year was primarily due to decreased employee compensation costs. The decrease in
SG&amp;A expenses during the first nine months of fiscal 2006 compared to the same period last year was also due to decreased employee incentive-based compensation, as well as decreased marketing expenses, decreased legal and professional fees and
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certain compensation costs have decreased when comparing the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2006 to the comparable periods in fiscal 2005 largely as a result of decreases in
commissions as net sales have decreased and decreases in employee incentives. The decreases in compensation costs were partially offset by an increase in severance expenses totaling approximately $285,000, before tax effect, associated with certain
changes within our sales organization implemented during the second quarter of fiscal 2006.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We experienced reduced costs associated with qualification and certification fees in the first nine months of fiscal 2006 when compared to the same period last year primarily due to
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As of the end of our third quarter, we had outstanding debt of approximately $149,000 on our existing bank line of credit and a total of $7.4 million in availability.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On July 28, 2006, we sent advance written notification to Wachovia of our decision to terminate our credit facility with them. We have a signed commitment letter with Valley Bank to replace our
current credit facility with the combination of a working capital line of credit, with expected availability of $5 million, a machinery and equipment line of credit, with expected availability of an additional $2 million and a real estate term loan
expected to provide $6.5 million in availability for total expected credit of $13.5 million. We anticipate that the new financing will close on or before September 26, 2006, and that these new credit facilities will provide us with an aggregate
increased amount of available credit and lower our interest rate on any borrowings.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And with that, I will turn you back over to Neil to comment on Optical Cable&#146;s strategy and some ongoing initiatives. Neil.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you Tracy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your management team is and always has been committed first and foremost to increasing shareholder value. Specifically, we focus on building long-term value rather than on short-term stock
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Today, Optical Cable Corporation is in a unique position to create significant long-term shareholder value because, among other reasons:</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The enterprise fiber optic cable market is poised for future growth. Copper cable for the enterprise market will reach its maximum bandwidth capacity, providing a growing migration to fiber
optic cable as bandwidth requirements increase. We also believe there is a growing need for optical fiber in new applications and environments. Additionally, third party market studies suggest compounded annual volume growth in various aspects of
the enterprise fiber optic cable market ranging from approximately 4% to 20% during the next several years.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And because we believe that Optical Cable Corporation is uniquely positioned to take advantage of this future enterprise fiber optic cable market growth. We have a strong reputation for
product and service excellence, a strong market position, and a broad product offering including designs and constructions uniquely suited for harsh environment applications including military deployments. And as a leading manufacturer and seller of
fiber optic cable for the enterprise market, we have the market share and knowledge to leverage growth opportunities.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First, leveraging core product and service strengths in specific targeted market segments and niches particularly those well-suited for our fiber optic cable products.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Second, pursuing strategic alliance opportunities designed to preserve and expand channels to market and potentially provide expanded product offerings &#150; in particular, focusing on our
ability to address the evolving marketplace and meet customers&#146; increasing requests for a solutions-based approach.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Third, delivering exceptional products and service, and making systemic improvements designed to further enhance our products and customer service, as well as facilitate new product
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And finally, making necessary investments in our infrastructure designed to improve the scalability of our business and processes necessary for future growth.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have designed and implemented our strategy to build a stronger and better company to create significantly greater shareholder returns over the long-term and we have made substantial
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">First, incorporating a market segment and niche approach into our sales and marketing efforts, specifically targeting market segments where our products are particularly well-suited,
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Second, pursuing strategic alliances and potential acquisitions including lending funds to an unaffiliated start-up connector company designed to provide us with an option to expand our
product line offering in specific niche markets as well as to improve channels to market for our existing product line offering over the longer term.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fifth, upgrading equipment to improve our products and in some cases expand our product offering. Many upgrades have been successfully completed with additional upgrades in process or
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sixth, updating machinery control systems and a complete re-write of the machinery control software that differentiates our products. Most of our extruder lines have been completely
retro-fitted, and control system software operating as planned with subsequent revisions being made as appropriate.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Seventh, selecting and beginning implementation of a new management information system &#150; also known as an enterprise resource planning system, (or ERP), designed to replace all existing
production tracking and planning systems, inventory management systems, accounting systems and related functions, and customer relationship management, (or CRM). We believe this new system, when fully implemented, will ultimately improve the
scalability of our systems and therefore our ability to better handle increased production volume, improve plant efficiency, improve our customer service and provide management with improved tools and information, enabling better decision making and
planning. We anticipate substantial completion of the implementation of the ERP modules by the end of the second quarter of this coming year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">While some of these initiatives have been completed, most are in various stages of completion. Importantly, these initiatives will take some time to implement and we don&#146;t expect that
they will significantly impact our results in the near term. However, once completed, we believe Optical Cable Corporation will be well-positioned for improved growth, enhanced profitability and greater shareholder value, ultimately creating
substantial long-term value for our shareholders.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In closing let me say that we are confident that we have the right strategies in place to position Optical Cable to substantially improve shareholder value. Your management team has
demonstrated its ability over the years to overcome adversity and deliver results. We ask that our shareholders not measure our progress based on the financial results of a few challenging quarters, but understand the longer term vision and the
progressive thinking it takes to build and grow a great company over time.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you, Neil. As a reminder, we are taking live questions only from analysts and fund managers. Also, in the interest of time, we ask each person wishing to ask questions to ask only two
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Good morning. My name is Russ Silvestri, Skiritai Capital. I have two questions to comply with the rules. Tax Rates seemed a little high and then also can you try to quantify a little bit of the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sure, Russ. Thank you for your call and questions. Our tax rate was unusually high in the third quarter and we do have fluctuations in our tax rate related to our extra territorial income
exclusion that&#146;s being phased out over a period of time. We also have fluctuations that result from quarter-to-quarter when you&#146;re in a situation where we&#146;ve had losses and now we&#146;re returning to profitability. On an ongoing
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think that&#146;s appropriate. As Neil mentioned, we have various permanent types of items that affect our effective tax rate generally and on a quarter-to-quarter basis, depending on what our
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Russ, your second question was with respect to the specific return or benefit from ERP. I&#146;m not prepared to provide, to quantify specifically the benefits but the benefits are multiple and
I believe that ultimately we&#146;ll see some improvement in our gross profit margin because of this system.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The system that OCC previously had been using was inadequate from a management information standpoint. While completely sufficient for us to comply with all our SEC reporting requirements and
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have a pretty good sense of that based on our knowledge of the industry and experience we have over the years, but it&#146;s only through getting harder data that&#146;s going to benefit
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additionally our systems had portions of them that have manual components to them and as a result, we had a lack of what I call scalability and what you&#146;ve heard us refer to before as a
scalability issue. We needed to have systems in place that we could increase production flow and throughput even as the market grew, let alone the initiatives that we have from a sales standpoint to increase sales.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ERP is designed to help us with that process. As part of that process, we do expect to save some money. Additionally, one of the other benefits of ERP we will see is improved customer
service. OCC has always had a great reputation with respect to customer service in the industry. We seem to be very good at providing customers with things that others are unable or unwilling to provide, including customized products. And we&#146;re
very proud of that fact but it can be a very labor intensive process unless you have the right systems and ERP is designed to do that and as we do that, I think that&#146;s going to make it easier.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Part of the return is lack of additional expenses incurred as we grow. We&#146;ve specifically talked about previously the fact that Optical Cable is incurring additional expenses during this
period, personnel costs and other costs, while we&#146;ve been implementing ERP and some of these other initiatives because we have a base of costs that would be necessary to support a larger company than we are today.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The issue really was making sure we put those processes and systems in &#150; what I call critical mass of resources &#150; in place so that we could grow. We&#146;ve been doing that, so as
we increase sales, we don&#146;t have the same sort of proportional increase in expenses but rather more of those dollars drop to the bottom line and that&#146;s been our plan all along.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That&#146;s a pretty long-winded answer to your question, Russ. Did I cover it for you?</FONT></TD></TR>
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the second quarter next year when you think you&#146;ll be done with this?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There&#146;s two components of it. A lot of the ERP cost, part of the implementation is being capitalized and will end up being amortized over the life of the system and so there
shouldn&#146;t be a significant impact on earnings from that. The drag that you&#146;re seeing on earnings or what I would say is a drag on earnings is we have these additional costs that we&#146;re incurring that are necessary to support systems of
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consultants, but also just the number of personnel we have.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">So the accounting department, for example. Even our other departments, even sales departments and other departments have additional personnel that will be able to service higher sales that
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Is that like $100,000 or $200,000 a quarter or &#133;?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I&#146;m not prepared to quantify that specifically and I don&#146;t think it&#146;d be appropriate to quantify it specifically.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">What I&#146;d say is if you look back at 2003, 2004, 2005, we started on a trajectory where you could see reasonable increases in sales, even a little bit lower than what we had initially
believed in some cases, and seen greater dollars drop to the bottom line. In 2006, we ended up running into some bumps and what we want to do is go back on that trajectory that we were from 2003 to 2005 and that&#146;s what these initiatives are
designed to do so that we can start to get on a slope where we&#146;re increasing net income significantly and increasing shareholder value significantly.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It&#146;s really not so much &#147;here&#146;s the ERP line, how many dollars is this specifically going to provide,&#148; because the impact is in so many different places. It&#146;s in
improved customer service, it&#146;s in better plant planning, it&#146;s in better throughput through the plant. That affects costs out on the plant floor. It&#146;s in better customer service and being able to be more responsive which makes our
salespeople more efficient. It&#146;s in getting better management information which makes our accounting department more efficient.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">So it&#146;s not easy to just put a number on it but what I could say is when we looked at the company in 2003 and saw where we were, we knew that the systems were inadequate for us to
preserve the strong position we had and to grow beyond that. And we had to initiate these initiatives not only as a way to be more efficient but also as a way to sustain what we had and to grow.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I appreciate the improvements in the quarter. It looks like you&#146;re starting to make some progress. One longer range question though is aside from the things you have correctly identified
as things to work on at the company internally. There has been a buy-out offer for the company. As you know, it&#146;s $6 a share. If you want to take a P/E ratio of let&#146;s say the market at this point of around 15 times earnings, Optical Cable
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It&#146;s also, Kevin, only $2.4 million annually.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Correct. But without asking you for anything that could be conceived as guidance or for a timeframe, I mean just for purposes of discussion, how do you get to $.10 a quarter of earnings based
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think you get there, Kevin, not only through the internal improvements we&#146;re making which were necessary, but building on that strong base that OCC already has and the marketing
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our products are particularly well-suited for harsh environments and other market areas that are expected to be growing at higher rates. They also tend to be higher margin areas and
we&#146;re better suited than our competitors to take advantage of that growth and to bring that additional value down to the bottom line.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We did receive this proposal for $6 a share. It wasn&#146;t technically an offer but the reality is, that&#146;s lower than the 52 week high trading of the company, that is not very much
higher than book value and also it indicates that total equity, capitalization value or equity value of the company that&#146;s less than 1 times sales.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">So while I&#146;m not trying to argue that our earnings ... My point is I&#146;m not trying to argue that the earnings that we&#146;ve shown so far justify a significantly higher price. What
I&#146;ve been saying and what we&#146;ve consistently said is we undertook these initiatives and our shareholders have invested money essentially in foregone profits and also in the efforts that the management team has put into these initiatives
that are necessary to increase our net income number significantly. And that&#146;s what our goal has been all along.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We&#146;ve taken a longer term view than I think most public companies do. But we&#146;ve already started to see some of those benefits in the third quarter and I believe that we&#146;re
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It&#146;s just premature. It&#146;s not that the company is not for sale at any price. It&#146;s that the Board truly believes and I believe in consultation with our financial advisors and with
our legal advisors that this is the wrong time to sell the company. And the price is just inadequate given where we&#146;re at in the middle of these initiatives.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Even if the strategy was ... &#147;let&#146;s position the company for sale,&#148; you wouldn&#146;t do it while you&#146;re sitting in the middle of initiatives and you wouldn&#146;t do it
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You have someone who came in, in my view, came in to try to make an opportunistic offer that was inadequate, knew that it was inadequate but tried to take advantage of what he thought was a weak
situation and the reality is, it&#146;s not. The reality is you have a management team that&#146;s executing a long-term strategy designed specifically to create significant value.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If I didn&#146;t believe that, quite frankly, I wouldn&#146;t be here. Our management team has invested a lot of their own money in this company and we have every incentive aligned with our
shareholders to make sure that&#146;s maximized.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">OK... maybe just one example you can try to give us as to the benefits of some of the internal projects. In the past you&#146;ve said that company gross margins will average somewhere probably
in the mid-30s. Now that you&#146;ve been implementing these projects, will there be any change to what you think company gross margins might average in the future?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think they have to go up. The problem is I&#146;m not prepared to give specific guidance, Kevin. Obviously if you&#146;re sitting at 33% or 34% gross margins over a longer term basis it&#146;s
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the recent past we had margins that were higher than that, in the 38%, 39% range. We have given guidance before that 37% and I think at one point we said we thought 38% was what we were
really targeting. We need to get back to that. These initiatives are designed to do that.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">But whenever you make as many changes as we&#146;re making at any company, you&#146;re going to have some rough spots that you have to get through and I think that&#146;s what we&#146;re quite
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay. On to my second question. The loan to the developing entity, in the latest quarter if you run through the numbers, you loaned them roughly an additional, a little bit more than
$500,000. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, an additional of a little bit more than $200,000. If you look at other data in the 10-Q, their sales in the quarter were only about $300,000 to $400,000 versus a loan of more than that in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That&#146;s correct.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the recent rate of loaning the money, you&#146;re going to reach that pretty soon. I mean do they have to shut down once you ... I mean the amount of money they&#146;re borrowing from you, I
guess to keep operations going relative to a very low sales base. I mean what&#146;s the risk? Do they have to shut down once you&#146;ve reached the $2.5 million max?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I&#146;ll answer your question and address a couple of the issues that you&#146;ve raised. There&#146;s certain information that we don&#146;t want to discuss. I think some of our competitors
have tried to use information about this investment to provide some disinformation actually in the marketplace with respect to some of our customers if not specifically in this space and related spaces.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and so, we&#146;re sensitive to that. What I&#146;d say is we wouldn&#146;t be making a continuing investment if we didn&#146;t think and didn&#146;t believe that they were making progress
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The $2.5 million is about what we thought would be necessary, maybe a little bit more than that, but what we thought it would be necessary initially to get these guys going. We&#146;ve
structured the transaction in a way that it truly provides OCC with an option. OCC has the option to continue to work with them but we&#146;re also making sure that we are preserving other strategic relationships and other options.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This investment was specifically structured in a way to limit our risk although it was going to cost some money, as well as provide us opportunities to change direction given other changes in
the marketplace. So that&#146;s what we&#146;ve done. We&#146;ve set up a situation where we could minimize that risk and invest the least amount possible for hopefully the most return possible.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Does the new credit line with Valley Bank have any covenants or restrictions about increasing your loan to the start-up beyond the $2.5 million?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tracy, do you want to?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are in the process of closing, going through that final document so what I&#146;m going to say is what we anticipate and we don&#146;t anticipate that there are any limitations on
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay. Thanks for your thoughtful answers and I&#146;ll get back in queue with one or two more.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thanks, Kevin.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We do have another question from Kevin Wenck. Please go ahead, sir.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One other thing mentioned was that some expenses from dealing with the offer were going to flow through into Q4. Was that mentioned in the 10-Q just for full disclosure or are we talking about
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At this point we don&#146;t know whether it will be significant or not. At this point it was really mentioned for the possibility that it could happen. We hope that&#146;s not the case. When we
were discussing the possibility ... we were having some initial discussions with Superior Essex. Our correspondence with them specifically indicated that we thought that not only was this the wrong time given certain initiatives but it could
possibly interfere with those initiatives that we were undergoing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At this point I don&#146;t ... we&#146;re not prepared to give any specific figures and at this point I don&#146;t think that it&#146;s going to be significant but we&#146;ll have to we&#146;ve
put that in the 10-Q to flag the fact that it may occur. What I would expect would happen is that we would disclose those items in the other section on the face of our income statement so that the shareholders can understand what expenses are
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay. A couple of other things. Receivables dropped sequentially. Is it just better collections or is there something about the linearity of sales in the quarter? What was going on
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Tracy wanted to add something to your last question, Kevin. I&#146;m going to let her do that and then we&#146;ll talk about your next question.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I just wanted to add that to some extent the level of expenses that we recognize related to the proposal that we received will depend on to what level it accelerates.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay. Thanks for the clarification, Tracy.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I&#146;ll say specifically that my belief ... We didn&#146;t see any sort of pattern of linearity in sales in the quarter that would indicate that accounts receivable were lower because somehow
the second half of the quarter was worse than the first half of the quarter. So that would be the absolutely wrong conclusion to draw.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think there are a couple things. One, I think it does relate to timing. I believe if I&#146;m remembering correctly that at the end of the second quarter we ... shortly after the end of the
second quarter we had a decent amount of collections that hadn&#146;t come in as of the end of the second quarter. So that fell into the third quarter and also I do think we do continue to make efforts to improve our collections and what I can say
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay. Then inventories dropped about a million bucks which was mostly raw materials. How do you feel about inventories at this point? Are you completely balanced in terms of where you want to be
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We always seem to have this question and I&#146;m always happy to answer it but it always seems like we have fluctuations in inventory. Right now from a finished goods inventory perspective, I
think we&#146;re where we need to be. We don&#146;t have any plans to build that inventory up. But depending on the mix of products that are stocked or when we happen to be in a restocking cycle, you can have some fluctuations in finished goods
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In raw material inventory and quite frankly in WIP, there&#146;s been no systemic change or policy change or attempt to increase or decrease those inventories. What you do see is we do have
certain inventory types or certain raw materials including fiber which are quite expensive and depending on when we happen to make a purchase or if we&#146;ve made a purchase in the normal course of business that seems to make sense, we can see
those fluctuations. That&#146;s my response. Tracy looks like she wanted to add something to that.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I just again wanted to &#133; one I wanted to clarify, Kevin. I think you&#146;re talking about the end of the third quarter compared to the end of the second quarter.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Again, there was a timing issue where at the end of the second quarter we had received a fairly large shipment right before the end of the second quarter which caused our raw materials to be a
little bit higher than normal. So that&#146;s come back down in line but if you look at in our 10-Q, the fluctuations since October 31, you&#146;ll see that the increase since the end of the year is in work in process and we have previously
discussed the fact that the work in process we expected to get a little bit higher due to the process and systems changes that we were making on the floor.</FONT></TD></TR>
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It doesn&#146;t appear from your overall sales growth that you&#146;re seeing a lot of growth in that market. What&#146;s going on there?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We are actually seeing some growth in that market and it&#146;s more than you&#146;d necessarily be able to discern from the financial statements. We have in our specialty market ... we&#146;ve
said before about half of our sales are on the commercial side and about half of them are in specialty markets of various different types.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Those specialty markets clearly have more volatility in them than others. Mining is an area that we&#146;ve made significant progress and we&#146;re very pleased with the progress we&#146;re
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The other thing is that even when those markets grow, if you look at the fiber optic cable market for the enterprise market that we&#146;re focused on, overall it&#146;s not huge by some
standards. I mean you can look ... the estimates for the U.S. size of the enterprise, fiber optic cable market are anywhere from $300 million to $500 million or more and then the international is probably double that.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There&#146;s also a huge opportunity in ancillary products but as you start breaking down that into the market niches, what we&#146;re skilled at doing is taking those market niches, having
products that are particularly well suited, servicing those customers, spec&#146;ing in our product and showing them why our product is superior to our customers&#146; and that&#146;s where we get their sales and we&#146;ve been doing that in
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And we will see the benefit over time in that but there&#146;s some fluctuations in the specialty markets so you don&#146;t always see how we&#146;re doing in a specific niche in our
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thanks for your help, Neil.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neil, we&#146;re getting on to the hour and in the interest of everybody&#146;s time, I would like to suggest maybe we go to some of the individual questions if that&#146;s okay with
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That would be fine.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Our first question comes from James Leach in Coppel, Texas. He states that he&#146;s an individual shareholder and currently has approximately 41,700 shares in two accounts. He also said nice to
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">His first question is &#147;how many years do you estimate that it will take for your ERP system to pay for itself in terms of improvement in sales and operation improvements. Has the system
been fully implemented and are you still staffing up to support it?&#148; He said &#147;I know that sales decrease many times in a year that a company installs systems like this.&#148;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thanks, Marilynn, and thanks, James, for submitting your question. We&#146;ve talked a lot about the ERP system previously. As I said, I think that we&#146;re starting to see some payback from
our ERP implementation already even though it&#146;s not completely implemented. We&#146;re seeing some changes in the way we do business out on the floor and improvements and we expect to see benefits from those and we expect them to
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There&#146;s a whole host of benefits that we expect to receive that we haven&#146;t begun to see yet. I think we&#146;re going to see some further, other than some improvements in efficiencies
and lead times that help sales, we&#146;re going to ultimately see some ability to better service our customers through this ERP implementation.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think, Marilynn, you had specifically said how long does it take to pay for itself. I think as we&#146;ve talked about before, because there&#146;s so many elements that are benefiting us from
ERP, we don&#146;t have a quantification of that. Number one, it was necessary in order for us to have the systems, needed to grow and also we believe that we&#146;ll have the benefits that we&#146;ve talked about before.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think may be the more important question is how long is it going to take to implement it. These do take a while to implement. Right now as I previously said, I think that we will be completed
with the major implementation modules by the end of the second quarter. I think we&#146;ll start to see benefits before then and we already have.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Marilynn, you also mentioned that James had asked about staffing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Right, staffing to support the system.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Right. I don&#146;t think that we&#146;re going to have a lot of additional staffing than what we have now and if anything, I would expect that we&#146;d be able to be more efficient on a going
forward basis. We have built up the IT department. We&#146;re also still paying some outside consultants to assist with the implementation of the ERP. But as that gets implemented and our systems settle down, we&#146;ll become more efficient and our
goal is to have a staffing level that will allow us to increase sales, receive the benefits of ERP without having to further change our staffing levels.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">He knows that sales decrease many times in the year that a company installs.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I do. We&#146;ve noticed that and for that reason when we started our ERP implementation we were very, very thorough in the way we began it. We</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We&#146;ve also been very thorough in the way we&#146;ve implemented the system. Now we did see something ... we did have some unforeseen issues that we&#146;ve encountered and that&#146;s
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We&#146;ve had discussions with some of our customers. The president of one of our distributors actually was talking to me as I was describing some of our challenges with ERP some time ago and
he had commented that they had some challenges when they first put in their new accounting system but ultimately it was the best thing that they had ever done. I&#146;m confident that the amount of work that we&#146;re putting into this, the amount
of effort we&#146;re putting into it really is going to generate substantial benefits for us on a going forward basis, both for the information we&#146;re able to utilize to make better business decisions and more timely business decisions as well
as benefit our customers and benefit our throughput and efficiency.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The next question deals with Sarbanes-Oxley and James would like to know what additional expenses you anticipate to become in compliance and when you might be in full
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I suspect he&#146;s talking specifically about Section 404 compliance. Optical Cable obviously already is subject to certain Sarb-Ox requirements and we have been in compliance with those
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There is some element of the expense that&#146;s already being incurred with respect to 404. Tracy has built out a skilled and capable accounting group and it&#146;s one that really has the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We will have some additional expenses, notably we&#146;ll have some audit fee expenses. KPMG, our auditors, now opine on the financial statements from a financial standpoint but they&#146;ll
also when Sarbanes-Oxley 404 is completely adopted, have to opine on our internal controls. So that would result in some additional increase.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If you look through our SEC filings you&#146;ll see that our audit fees I think are fairly reasonable and part of the reason is because we have a very strong accounting department making sure
that we are doing the work necessary to make the auditors&#146; job easier. But that&#146;s where I would expect to see some additional expenses.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">that it&#146;s easier to get an outside consultant or another accounting firm to assist you rather than doing it internally and based on the SEC rules, our current auditors aren&#146;t
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sure. Currently, there&#146;s a proposal from the SEC, I think it was released August 9th or a release that included a proposal from the SEC that there would be some additional relief from
section 404 compliance dates for smaller companies of which we would be included in that category. That proposal would indicate that our anticipated compliance deadline for 404 would be our fiscal year ended October 31, ending October 31, 2008. And
that would be for management assertions and auditor attestations would be required for fiscal year ending October 31, 2009.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think previously I&#146;ve already discussed a number of our initiatives in a little bit more detail than we have previously so hopefully that covers that question.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I will also say that there&#146;s other initiatives that are underway that are just not appropriate to talk about and that the initiatives I have described have not been ... we&#146;ve tried not
to describe them in so much detail that we&#146;re essentially benefiting our competition who seems to follow our progress very closely. I think part of that&#146;s quite a compliment because they recognize the presence we have in the market and the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you, Neil. And finally he ends by saying that it would be nice to see management buy some shares in the open market.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I completely agree. What I&#146;ll say is that we have, the compensation committee has adopted an equity ownership and retention policy for the senior staff. Historically, members of the
management team and Board, certain members to greater or lesser extents, have purchased shares on the open market or purchased ... I think we&#146;ve told folks previously that as part of the issues we had back in 2001 and 2002 there were some
warrants that some of the plaintiffs&#146; attorneys held and the management team with the Board&#146;s consent purchased those warrants in order to increase our equity position and further align our interest with the shareholders.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Part of the issue is in this environment to the extent that OCC has any sort of inside information, we try to be very conservative about entering into the marketplace where we could be looked at
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have open windows to buy generally after we do an earnings release but if we feel like we have information that would prevent us from doing that, we&#146;re not in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you. Next we have some questions from Paul Benesch who&#146;s an individual shareholder. Neil, you may need me to repeat some of the beginnings of this first question.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">What he would like to know is what was the general condition of the company when you took over as CEO. And then he asks if you could please summarize chronologically some of the important steps
the company has taken to date to improve its long term viability. I think you&#146;ve addressed some of that.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">And then he says looking forward, please talk about how you feel this will lead to further growth and how this may enhance long term shareholder value.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That&#146;s quite a question. I came to the company in September 2001 as CFO and ultimately ended up in the CEO position after of course a period of time, first in acting position later. I think
after the market crash that affected the fiber optic cable industry so significantly and in addition to that, the corporate governance issues that we faced and the fact that at that point we were losing money, there were some challenges and the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That was our first step was to address the issues that threatened the company. There were a number of them and I won&#146;t go through the list of about 4 or 5 things that I think could have
significantly, significantly changed the course of where the company is today and could have even threatened the survival of the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">But we&#146;ve got all of those issues behind us through about 2002 and then the management team sat down and said okay, where are we. What do we need to do to make sure that our shareholders,
that we&#146;re creating value for our shareholders or what&#146;s the best thing to do.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That is where our strategic plan was initially generated and it involved the elements that we&#146;ve been discussing in order to maximize shareholder value. It involved targeting our products
that already were the broadest in the industry and already sold in specific markets, in certain market segments but not broadly sold in those market segments. So we started to target that from a sales standpoint.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We looked at numerous and continue to look at strategic opportunities some of which are at different stages of possibly providing value to OCC and pursue those.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We also saw that the systems were not adequate to support the growth of the company and we had to decide whether or not the company was in a position to create value by making those investments.
And the conclusion was that it was. And the reason is because we saw the fiber optic cable market poised for additional growth over the longer term, particularly in the enterprise space.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There have been big build ups in the long haul teleco side of the business in deployments, but the enterprise space was still in the process of being developed with new applications impacting
demand as well as increased bandwidth requiring fiber closer and closer to the desk, more completely deployed in enterprise applications, more often used in harsh environments where fiber hadn&#146;t previously been used.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">That was a real opportunity for us to take advantage of OCC&#146;s quite strong position in the marketplace at that time, great salesforce, loyal customer base and say &#147;yes, this is
something that makes sense to make the necessary improvements so that we can grow&#148;. And that&#146;s what we&#146;ve done and that&#146;s what we are doing. And that&#146;s the reason why I&#146;m so optimistic, quite frankly, about OCC&#146;s
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It&#146;s a long process when you&#146;re going through and re-building large portions of the company including computer systems and equipment and personnel and organizations and creating that
critical mass necessary to take the company to the next level. But it&#146;s worth the effort because of the fact not only where we believe we will be but because we were already building from a quite strong base. And that&#146;s what&#146;s
exciting to us here and the reason why we work so hard to accomplish that.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Did I catch every aspect of that question?</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think you did, Neil. The next one I believe you&#146;ve pretty much addressed. It concerns seasonality and specifically he was referring to the company&#146;s second half of the fiscal year
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think we have covered that. Tracy covered that and we&#146;ve also covered that in our 10-Q so I&#146;m going to ...</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Okay, I think we have. His next question is what steps are you taking or considering to enhance short to midterm shareholder value as a company such as buy back programs.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Obviously and I think that the shareholders if they saw the Board operate would be very proud of the fact that the Board looks at everything on the table and all the levers that are available
to them to increase shareholder value. Back in 2003, I believe the early part of 2003, we re-purchased about 21% of our shares in a privately negotiated transaction creating substantial shareholder value. So we&#146;re familiar with that as a
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">There&#146;s a couple of issues. We need to make sure that we have the financial resources in place that would permit us to do that without jeopardizing our strategic plans. And we also need to
make sure that, at least my perception is and the lawyers can answer this question better than I can, but the company really shouldn&#146;t be in the marketplace if it believes it has information just like the management team shouldn&#146;t be in
the marketplace. Our belief unless you&#146;re going to set up a well structured program and you don&#146;t have any information, you really shouldn&#146;t be out in the marketplace buying shares as a company and those issues have impacted us from
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think that&#146;s all I can really comment on that. But we understand that as an option and we&#146;re looking at all of our options to increase shareholder value because that&#146;s in the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neil, I think you&#146;ve also addressed the balance of his questions. Just to let you know, the first couple ask if you could talk about ERP and I think you&#146;ve covered that pretty
completely in your remarks. He wanted to know if you did see any net benefit from ERP in your next fiscal year, in fiscal 2007.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think we&#146;ve talked about that. I think we&#146;re already starting to see benefits and we&#146;re going to continue to see more benefits. I think we&#146;ll also see them in
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I think we have also covered his final question which covered the $6 share price and not coming close to what you see and management and your Board sees as the potential for the company. I think
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We just have a couple of questions from Michael Andreas and I hope I&#146;m pronouncing his name correctly. His first question is what is the approximate current value of Optical Cable&#146;s
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I don&#146;t know the precise number and I don&#146;t think it would be appropriate to answer. I will say that as you can tell from reading our financial statements, OCC owns its facility, owns
its property, owns all the equipment that&#146;s in the plant and has that on the balance sheet with little debt. We also own some raw land down in front of our facility, about eleven acres or so. Our entire building sits on a lot; essentially
it&#146;s about twenty two acres and about half of that&#146;s occupied that we&#146;ve retained for future growth.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I also think it&#146;s ... I don&#146;t know the exact value but it&#146;s in a good place in Roanoke near the airport and we&#146;re keeping that for future growth but it also is an
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As I said before, the Board is really focusing on making sure that it takes all the actions that will best position the company for improved shareholder value and we look at those issues as
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Thank you. His final question, Neil, I think you&#146;ve also answered which concerns buying back shares in the open market to increase shareholder equity.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sure. I don&#146;t have much more to say. I appreciate everyone for joining us on the call today and as always, we appreciate your time, your questions, and your interest in Optical Cable
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the Optical Cable third quarter earnings conference call. If you would like to listen to a replay of today&#146;s conference, please dial 1-800-405-2236
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