Cable One Inc

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about our industry, business, strategy, technologies, acquisitions and strategic investments, market expansion plans, dividend policy, capital allocation, financing strategy, the purchase price payable if the Call Option or Put Option (each as defined elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K) associated with the remaining equity interests in Mega Broadband Investments Holdings LLC ("MBI") is exercised (such purchase price, the "Call Price" or "Put Price," as applicable) and the anticipated timeline to consummate such transaction, our ability and sources of capital to fund the Call Price or Put Price, MBI's future indebtedness and our financial results and financial condition. Forward-looking statements often include words such as “will,” “should,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes” and words and terms of similar substance in connection with discussions of future operating or financial performance. As with any projection or forecast, forward-looking statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Our actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statement made by us or on our behalf. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements include government regulation, economic, strategic, political and social conditions and the following factors:

•rising levels of competition from historical and new entrants in our markets;

•recent and future changes in technology, and our ability to develop, deploy and operate new technologies, service offerings and customer service platforms;

•risks associated with our use of artificial intelligence ("AI");

•our ability to continue to grow our residential data and business data revenues and customer base;

•increases in programming costs and retransmission fees;

•our ability to obtain hardware, software and operational support from vendors;

•risks that we may fail to realize the benefits anticipated as a result of our purchase of the remaining interests in Hargray Acquisition Holdings, LLC (“Hargray”) that we did not already own (the “Hargray Acquisition”);

•risks relating to existing or future acquisitions and strategic investments by us; including risks associated with the potential exercise of the Call Option or Put Option associated with the remaining equity interests in MBI;

•risks that the implementation of our unified billing system disrupts business operations;

•the integrity and security of our network and information systems;

•the impact of possible security breaches and other disruptions, including cyber-attacks;

•our failure to obtain necessary intellectual and proprietary rights to operate our business and the risk of intellectual property claims and litigation against us;

•our ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures;

•legislative or regulatory efforts to impose network neutrality and other new requirements on our data services;

•additional regulation of our video and voice services or changes to government subsidy programs;

•our ability to renew cable system franchises;

•increases in pole attachment costs;

•changes in local governmental franchising authority and broadcast carriage regulations;

•the potential adverse effect of our level of indebtedness on our business, financial condition or results of operations and cash flows;

•the restrictions the terms of our indebtedness place on our business and corporate actions;

•the possibility that interest rates will rise, causing our obligations to service our variable rate indebtedness to increase significantly;

•risks associated with our convertible indebtedness;

•our ability to continue to pay dividends;

•provisions in our charter, by-laws and Delaware law that could discourage takeovers and limit the judicial forum for certain disputes;

•adverse economic conditions, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions, changes in rates of inflation and the level of move activity in the housing sector;

•pandemics, epidemics or disease outbreaks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, have, and may in the future, disrupt our business and operations, which could materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows;

•lower demand for our residential data and business data products;

•fluctuations in our stock price;

•dilution from equity awards, convertible indebtedness and potential future convertible debt and stock issuances;

•damage to our reputation or brand image;

•our ability to retain key employees (whom we refer to as associates);

•our ability to incur future indebtedness;

•provisions in our charter that could limit the liabilities for directors; and

•the other risks and uncertainties detailed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").

Any forward-looking statements made by us in this document speak only as of the date on which they are made. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, to update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.