# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000764401
**File Stem:** 0001437749-26-003746
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 6533
**Document Hash:** e84257dba075984e44f717c3a530afd7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001437749-26-003746.hdr.sgml**: 20260211

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001437749-26-003746

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260210

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260211

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260211

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000764401
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 560674867
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NC
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1003

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-09929
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26619134

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1373 BOGGS DR
- **CITY:** MOUNT AIRY
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27030
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 3367862141

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1373 BOGGS DRIVE
- **CITY:** MOUNT AIRY
- **STATE:** NC
- **ZIP:** 27030

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** EXPOSAIC INDUSTRIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19880511

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, DC 20549**

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**FORM 8-K**

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the**

**Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 10, 2026**

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## Insteel Industries Inc.
**(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)**

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| <u>**North Carolina**</u> | **<u>1-9929</u>** | <u>**56-0674867**</u> |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(I.R.S. Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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<u>**1373 Boggs Drive**</u>

**<u>Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030</u>**

**(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)**

**<u>(336) 786-2141</u>**

**Registrant**'**s Telephone Number, Including Area Code**

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**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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):

☐ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock (No Par Value) | IIIN | The New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**

Insteel Industries Inc. (the "Company") held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on February 10, 2026. Set forth below is a brief description of each item submitted to a vote of the shareholders at the Annual Meeting and the final voting results for each item. A more complete description of each item is set forth in the Company's proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 2, 2026.

<u>Item Number One</u> <u>–</u> <u>Election of Directors</u>

Each of the three nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote:

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| **Nominee** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker**<br> **Non-Votes** |
| Abney S. Boxley II | 13,497,372 | 2,875,707 | 1,638,505 |
| Anne H. Lloyd | 16,265,341 | 107,738 | 1,638,505 |
| Eric J. Zernikow | 16,046,529 | 326,550 | 1,638,505 |

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Directors Boxley and Lloyd were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Director Zernikow was elected for a one-year term ending at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

<u>Item Number Two</u> <u>–</u> <u>Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company</u><u>'</u><u>s Executive Officers</u>

The compensation of the Company's executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:

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| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker**<br> **Non-Votes** |
| 15,758,514 | 493,414 | 121,151 | 1,638,505 |

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<u>Item Number Three</u> <u>–</u> <u>Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP</u> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending October 3, 2026 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:

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| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** |
| 17,661,421 | 231,854 | 118,309 |

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**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits**

Exhibit 104&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document).

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**SIGNATURES**

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 thereunto duly authorized.

**INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.**

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| By:<br> Name:<br> Title:<br> Date: | <u>/s/ Elizabeth C. Southern</u><br> Elizabeth C. Southern<br> Vice President Administration, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer<br> February 11, 2026 |

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