Management Change/Compensation (Form 8-K)

On October 30, 2026, the board of directors (the "Board") of Cable One, Inc. (the "Company"), upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, increased the number of directors constituting the Board from eight to nine and elected Paul Keglevic, 72, to serve as a director of the Company, effective immediately, filling the vacancy resulting from the increase. Mr. Keglevic will stand for election at the Company's 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board also named Mr. Keglevic to serve as a member of a special committee of the Board established to evaluate strategic alternatives.

Mr. Keglevic served as Chief Executive Officer of Energy Future Holdings Corp. from 2016 to 2018, and previously served as its Chief Restructuring Officer, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer from 2008 to 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Keglevic served as an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was the U.S. sector leader, and previously served as a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Keglevic currently serves on the board of directors of Evergy, Inc. and Telesat Corporation. He previously served on the board of directors of QVC, Inc., Frontier Communications Corporation, Ascena Retail Group, Inc., Rite Aid Corporation and Tupperware Brands Corporation, among others.

Mr. Keglevic will receive a monthly cash fee of $40,000, as well as $7,500 in cash on a "per diem" basis for additional time devoted to meetings or activities outside the scope of normal Board duties.

There is no other arrangement or understanding between Mr. Keglevic or any other person pursuant to which he was appointed as a director of the Company. There are no family relationships among Mr. Keglevic and any of the Company's directors or executive officers. Mr. Keglevic has not had an interest in any transaction since the beginning of the Company's last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, that requires disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.