P. Robert Bartolo - Director | Cable One (CABO) Executive Profile & Compensation

About P. Robert Bartolo

P. Robert “Rob” Bartolo, age 53, has served as an independent director of Cable One since 2023. He is Chair of the Board at Crown Castle Inc. (Chair since May 2022; director since February 2014), and previously spent over a decade at T. Rowe Price as a portfolio manager and executive in U.S. equities. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Southern California, an MBA from The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder .

Past Roles

Organization	Role	Tenure	Committees/Impact
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	Vice President; Portfolio Manager, U.S. Equity Division	Mar 2005–Jan 2014	Managed U.S. growth strategies; investor perspective in telecom/cable
T. Rowe Price U.S. Growth Stock Fund	Executive Vice President; Chair, Investment Advisory Committee	Oct 2007–Jan 2014	Led investment committee; performance oversight
T. Rowe Price	Analyst covering telecommunications, cable and related industries	Aug 2002–Mar 2007	Sector expertise foundational to board qualifications
T. Rowe Price Media & Telecom Fund	Co-Manager	Mar 2005–Mar 2007	Co-led sector fund strategy

External Roles

Organization	Role	Tenure	Notes
Crown Castle Inc.	Chair of the Board; Director	Chair since May 2022; Director since Feb 2014	Current principal occupation; 1 current public company board listed in CABO proxy

Board Governance

Item	Details
Independence status	Independent Director
Director since	2023
Committee assignments	Audit; Nominating & Governance
Committee leadership	None at CABO; designated Audit Committee Financial Expert
2024 meeting cadence	Board: 6; Audit: 11; Nominating & Governance: 5
Attendance	Each director attended ≥75% of Board/committee meetings in 2024
Lead Independent Director	Mary E. Meduski (also Chair of Nominating & Governance)
Board leadership	Combined Chair/CEO (Laulis) with Lead Independent Director structure

The Board determined Mr. Bartolo is an “audit committee financial expert” under Item 407(d)(5)(ii), and all Audit Committee members meet NYSE/SEC independence standards .

Fixed Compensation

Component	2024 Amount ($)	Notes
Annual cash retainer (program)	90,000	Standard non-employee director cash retainer
Fees Earned or Paid in Cash (actual)	90,989	Includes annual cash retainer and any Board/chair fees (none indicated for Bartolo)

Performance Compensation

Component	2024 Value ($)	Vesting	Deferral/Settlement	Change-of-Control Treatment
Annual RSU grant	154,981	Vests on earlier of 1-year anniversary or next annual meeting, subject to service	Directors may defer RSU settlement; may also defer cash fees into RSUs; dividends accrue and pay at settlement	RSUs vest and settle upon change of control

Non-employee director awards are time-based; there are no performance metrics tied to director equity at CABO .

Other Directorships & Interlocks

Company	Public?	Role	Tenure	Related-Party Transactions with CABO
Crown Castle Inc.	Yes	Chair of the Board; Director	Chair since May 2022; Director since Feb 2014	None disclosed for Bartolo in 2024; related-person disclosure in proxy references only Ms. Weymouth (Graham Holdings)

Expertise & Qualifications

Audit Committee Financial Expert; financially literate and independent under NYSE/SEC rules .
Skills matrix flags: industry experience; technology/innovation; leadership/strategy; governance; talent; financial literacy; risk management .
Background: investor and telecom/cable sector specialist; governance/strategy experience; USC Accounting (BS), Wharton MBA, CFA .

Equity Ownership

Beneficial Ownership (as of March 31, 2025)	Amount
Share ownership (direct/indirect)	0
RSUs and DSUs	575
Total beneficial ownership	575
Percentage of shares outstanding	<1% (based on 5,627,527 shares outstanding)

Outstanding Unvested RSUs (as of Dec 31, 2024)	Count
Unvested/Outstanding RSUs	392

Stock Ownership Guidelines	Requirement	Status
Non-employee directors	5x annual cash retainer	All continuing non-employee directors (including Bartolo) were in compliance as of Dec 31, 2024

Hedging and pledging of Company stock are prohibited for directors under CABO’s Insider Trading Policy .

Governance Assessment

Positives
- Independent director with audit committee financial expert designation; seats on Audit and Nominating & Governance bolster oversight of financial reporting, governance, cybersecurity, and ESG risk areas .
- Strong alignment and controls: time-based RSUs with director-level ownership guideline (5x cash retainer) and company-wide prohibitions on hedging/pledging; all non-employee directors in compliance as of 12/31/24 .
- Attendance at least 75% in 2024 across Board/assigned committees; robust committee activity (Audit met 11x; N&G met 5x) supports engagement .
Monitoring points
- External chair role (Crown Castle) increases network reach; no related-person transactions disclosed for Bartolo at CABO, but governance policy requires review of any such transactions; current proxy notes only a potential recusal framework for another director (Weymouth) relating to Graham Holdings .
- CABO’s combined Chair/CEO structure mitigated by an active Lead Independent Director and committee structure; continue to monitor independent oversight efficacy .
Compensation and shareholder context
- Director pay mix aligns with peers (meaningful equity via RSUs; $155k annual equity program; $90k cash retainer), with Bartolo’s 2024 mix at ~$91k cash and ~$155k equity .
- Broader governance climate remains supportive (97% 2024 say-on-pay support), signaling investor confidence in compensation governance, though focused on executives rather than directors .

No related-party transactions, loans, or pledging by Mr. Bartolo were disclosed; no Section 16(a) delinquencies noted for directors in 2024 .