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<P id=PARA1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA7 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA12 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 17, 2015</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA19 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B><U>Insteel Industries, Inc.</U></B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA27 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B><U>56-0674867</U></B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA54 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 5.02&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA57 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>(e) </B><B></B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA60 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Insteel Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;) on February 17, 2015.</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp; </FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;2015 Plan&#8221;). The 2015 Plan, the term of which expires on February 17, 2025, replaces the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc., which expired on February 15, 2015. The 2015 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards. These awards may be granted to key employees and non-employee directors of the Company, a 50% or more owned subsidiary of the Company, or any parent company that owns 50% or more of the Company. Awards under the 2015 Plan may be granted in the discretion of the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (subject to limited delegation as described in the 2015 Plan). </FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA62 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The 2015 Plan authorizes the issuance of no more than 900,000 total shares of Company common stock, of which only 350,000 shares can be used for &#8220;full-value&#8221; awards: restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards. Shares which are subject to awards that are terminated unexercised, surrendered or otherwise forfeited may again be available for issuance, but shares that are (i) surrendered by a participant to pay the option exercise price or (ii) surrendered or withheld to satisfy tax requirements will not be available for re-issuance under the 2015 Plan. In any 12-month period, no individual participant may be granted (i)&nbsp;stock options for more than 100,000 shares of common stock, (ii)&nbsp;restricted stock, restricted stock units, or performance awards denominated in shares of common stock for more than 50,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate, or (iii) performance awards denominated in cash valued at a maximum at more than $750,000. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2015 Plan, the participant award limitations, and the terms of awards may be adjusted in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, stock dividend, stock split, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company. The 2015 Plan explicitly sets forth the requirement that awards to employees may not fully vest (i) in less than three years for service-related vesting or (ii) in less than one year for performance-related vesting (except for acceleration of vesting in the case of retirement, disability, death, or qualifying termination following a change in control).</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA67 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA69 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">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&#8217;s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on January 6, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.2.</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA82 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">78,474</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 17.6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA83 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">992,163</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 30.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA84 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Charles B. Newsome</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA85 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">15,223,472</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 21.6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA86 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,180,629</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 17.6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">
<P id=PARA87 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">992,163</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<TD style="WIDTH: 30.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA88 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">H. O. Woltz III</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 19%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA89 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">15,627,722</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 21.6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA90 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">776,379</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.7%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 17.6%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA91 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">992,163</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA93 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA94 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Item </U><U>Number Two</U><U> &#8211; </U><U>Approval of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc.</U></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA95 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA96 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA98 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes </B><B>For</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA99 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes Against</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA100 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Abst</B><B>entions</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.5%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid">
<P id=PARA101 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Broker</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA102 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Non-Votes</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA103 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">15,071,295</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA104 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">1,327,117</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA105 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">5,687</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.5%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA106 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">992,165</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA108 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA109 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Item </U><U>Number Three</U><U> &#8211; Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company&#8217;s Executive Officers</U></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA110 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA111 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The compensation of the Company&#8217;s executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA113 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes </B><B>For</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA114 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes Against</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA115 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Abst</B><B>entions</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA116 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Broker</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA117 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Non-Votes</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA118 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">16,069,886</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA119 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">268,799</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA120 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">65,414</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 2.5%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 23.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA121 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">992,165</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P id=PARA123 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA124 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA125 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><U>Item </U><U>Number Four</U><U> &#8211; Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP </U></FONT></P>
<P id=PARA126 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
<P id=PARA127 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company&#8217;s fiscal year 2015 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:</FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA129 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes </B><B>For</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA130 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Votes </B><B>Against</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA131 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Abst</B><B>entions</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA132 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">16,578,384</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 31.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA133 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">814,046</FONT></P></TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 3.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">&nbsp; </TD>
<TD style="WIDTH: 31.1%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff">
<P id=PARA134 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">3,834</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 3.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
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<TD style="WIDTH: 3.9%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">&nbsp; </TD>
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<P id=PARA136 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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<P id=PARA138 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA139 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>Financial Statements and Exhibits</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA140 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA141 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><B>(d)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA144 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Exhibit No.</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA145 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA146 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Description</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA147 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.1</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA148 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA149 style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 filed with the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on February 17, 2015 (File No. 333-202128).</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA150 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P id=PARA151 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">10.2</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA152 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Definitive Proxy Statement of the Company, filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on January 6, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P id=PARA165 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">Date: February 18, 2015</FONT></P></TD>
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<P id=PARA167 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">/s/ James F. Petelle</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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 17, 2015
Commission File Number 1-9929
Insteel Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
56-0674867
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1373 Boggs Drive, Mount Airy, North Carolina
(Address of principal executive offices)
27030
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (
336) 786-2141
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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(e)
Insteel Industries, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") on February 17, 2015.
At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company approved the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the "2015 Plan"). The 2015 Plan, the term of which expires on February 17, 2025, replaces the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc., which expired on February 15, 2015. The 2015 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards. These awards may be granted to key employees and non-employee directors of the Company, a 50% or more owned subsidiary of the Company, or any parent company that owns 50% or more of the Company. Awards under the 2015 Plan may be granted in the discretion of the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (subject to limited delegation as described in the 2015 Plan).
The 2015 Plan authorizes the issuance of no more than 900,000 total shares of Company common stock, of which only 350,000 shares can be used for "full-value" awards: restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance awards. Shares which are subject to awards that are terminated unexercised, surrendered or otherwise forfeited may again be available for issuance, but shares that are (i) surrendered by a participant to pay the option exercise price or (ii) surrendered or withheld to satisfy tax requirements will not be available for re-issuance under the 2015 Plan. In any 12-month period, no individual participant may be granted (i) stock options for more than 100,000 shares of common stock, (ii) restricted stock, restricted stock units, or performance awards denominated in shares of common stock for more than 50,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate, or (iii) performance awards denominated in cash valued at a maximum at more than $750,000. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2015 Plan, the participant award limitations, and the terms of awards may be adjusted in the event of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, stock dividend, stock split, or similar change in the capital structure of the Company. The 2015 Plan explicitly sets forth the requirement that awards to employees may not fully vest (i) in less than three years for service-related vesting or (ii) in less than one year for performance-related vesting (except for acceleration of vesting in the case of retirement, disability, death, or qualifying termination following a change in control).
The foregoing summary description of the 2015 Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the 2015 Plan that is included in this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1. For additional information regarding the 2015 Plan, please refer to Item Number Two – "Approval of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc." on pages 18-26 of the Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 6, 2015, which is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.2.
Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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 definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on January 6, 2015 and is incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 10.2.
Item
Number One –
Election of Directors
Each of the three nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board for three-year terms based on the following vote:
Nominee
Votes
For
Votes
Withheld
Broker
Non-Votes
Duncan S. Gage
16,325,627
78,474
992,163
Charles B. Newsome
15,223,472
1,180,629
992,163
H. O. Woltz III
15,627,722
776,379
992,163
Item
Number Two
–
Approval of the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc.
The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abst
entions
Broker
Non-Votes
15,071,295
1,327,117
5,687
992,165
Item
Number Three
– Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Executive Officers
The compensation of the Company's executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:
Votes
For
Votes Against
Abst
entions
Broker
Non-Votes
16,069,886
268,799
65,414
992,165
Item
Number Four
– Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP
The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year 2015 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:
Votes
For
Votes
Against
Abst
entions
16,578,384
814,046
3,834
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on February 17, 2015 (File No. 333-202128).
10.2
Definitive Proxy Statement of the Company, filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on January 6, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference
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.
Registrant
Date: February 18, 2015
By:
/s/ James F. Petelle
James F. Petelle
Vice President and Secretary
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the SEC on February 17, 2015 (File No. 333-202128).
10.2
Definitive Proxy Statement of the Company, filed on Schedule 14A with the SEC on January 6, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference