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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February </b><b>28</b><b>, 2020</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;"><b>Registration No. 333-</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>W</b><b>ashington</b><b>, D</b><b>.</b><b>C</b><b>.</b><b> 20549</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>FORM S-8</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b><b> </b><b>UNDER</b><b> </b><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>&nbsp;</b><u><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></u></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</b></u><u><b>INSTEEL </b></u><u><b>INDUSTRIES, INC.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</b></u></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>North Carolina</b></u></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(State or other jurisdiction of</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>1373 Boggs Drive</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></u><u><b>Mount Airy</b></u><u><b>, North Carolina </b></u><u><b>27030&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></u></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;56-</b></u><u><b>0674867&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</b></u></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>OF INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(As Amended)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</b></u></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Full title of the plan)</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>H.O. Woltz III</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>President and Chief Executive Officer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Insteel Industries, Inc.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>1373 Boggs Drive</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><u><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (336) 786-2141&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </b></u></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">With copies to:</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Christopher J. Gyves, Esq.</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Womble</b><b> Bond Dickinson (US)</b><b> LLP</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>One West Fourth Street</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(336) </b><b>721-3600</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<td style="width: 25%;">Large accelerated filer</td>
			<td style="width: 45%;">&#9744;</td>
			<td style="width: 25%;">Accelerated Filer</td>
			<td style="width: 5%;">&#9746;</td>
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			<td style="width: 25%;">Non-accelerated filer</td>
			<td style="width: 45%;">&#9744;</td>
			<td style="width: 25%;">Smaller reporting company</td>
			<td style="width: 5%;">&#9744;</td>
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			<td style="width: 25%;">Emerging growth company</td>
			<td style="width: 5%;">&#9744;</td>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9744;</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Common stock, no par value</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">750,000</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">This Registration Statement also registers additional securities to be offered or issued upon adjustment or changes made to the registered securities by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as permitted by Rule 416(a) and Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1), based on (i) the average ($21.30) of the high ($21.73) and low ($20.87) prices of the Company&#8217;s common stock on February 26, 2020, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">On February 11, 2020, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), the Company&#8217;s shareholders approved an amendment to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (as amended, the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), which amendment, among other things, increased the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) that may be issued under the Plan to 1,650,000 (resulting in an increase of 750,000 shares available for issuance under the Plan). This Registration Statement is being filed to register the additional shares of Common Stock that may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan as a result of the amendment approved by shareholders on February 11, 2020.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</b></p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-202128, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) on February 17, 2015, relating to the offer and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PART II</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 3</b><b>. </b><b>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774919020623/iiin20190928_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Annual Report on Form 10-K</a> for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2019, filed with the SEC on October 25, 2019 (the &#8220;2019 Annual Report&#8221;);</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#8217;s <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774920000712/iiin20191228_10q.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q</a> for the fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2019, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2020;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774919022427/iiin20191029_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">November 12, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774919024668/iiin20191218_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">December 19, 2019</a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774920002293/iiin20200207_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 11, 2020</a>, and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774920002403/iiin20200211_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">February 12, 2020</a>;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, no par value, contained in the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) with the SEC on November 4, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774919020623/ex_160547.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Description of Securities</a> filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the 2019 Annual Report; and</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the period referred to in (a), above.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><b>Item 8</b><b>. </b><b>Exhibits</b><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration Statement:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Restated Articles of Incorporation for the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 2, 1985).</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774917000843/ex3-1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Bylaws of the Company (as last amended December 19, 2016) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 19, 2017).</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000095014405002525/g93816exv4w5.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Specimen Certificate of Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed March 15, 2005 (File No. 333-123325)).&nbsp;</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774915002834/ex99.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on February 17, 2015 (File No. 333-202128)).</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;"><a href="ex_174509.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">2019 Declaration of Amendment to 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc.</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Insteel Industries, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mount Airy, State of North Carolina, on February 28, 2020.</p>

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			<td colspan="2" rowspan="1" style="width: 3%;"><b>INSTEEL INDUSTRIES</b><b>, INC.</b></td>
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			<td style="width: 3%;">By:</td>
			<td style="width: 35%; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">/s/ H.O. Woltz III</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">H.O. Woltz III</p>

			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Each of the undersigned, being a director and/or officer of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints H.O. Woltz III and James F. Petelle, or either of them severally, to be his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent and to sign in his name and on his behalf in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) relating to the issuance of certain shares of the common stock, no par value, of the Company (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) in connection with the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc., as amended, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, exhibits and other documents and instruments in connection therewith, to the Registration Statement, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact and agent deems appropriate, and generally to do all such things on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the SEC.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of February 28, 2020.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ H.O. Woltz III</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ Michael C. Gazmarian</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">President, Chief Executive Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Vice President, Chief Financial Officer</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(principal executive officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(principal financial officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ Scot R. Jafroodi</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ Abney S. Boxley III</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Scot R. Jafroodi</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Abney S. Boxley III&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Chief Accounting Officer and&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Corporate Controller</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(principal accounting officer)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><u>/s/ W. Allen Rogers II</u></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Anne H. Lloyd</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Jon M. Ruth</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Name:</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Joseph A. Rutkowski</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Title:</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">G. Kennedy Thompson</p>
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iiin20200227_s8.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February
28
, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
W
ashington
, D
.
C
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20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INSTEEL
INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
1373 Boggs Drive
Mount Airy
, North Carolina
27030
(Address of principal executive offices)
56-
0674867
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
OF INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
(As Amended)
(Full title of the plan)
H.O. Woltz III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Insteel Industries, Inc.
1373 Boggs Drive
Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030
(336) 786-2141
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
With copies to:
Christopher J. Gyves, Esq.
Womble
Bond Dickinson (US)
LLP
One West Fourth Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
(336)
721-3600
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated Filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered
Amount to
be registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)
Amount of
registration
fee (2)
Common stock, no par value
750,000
$21.30
$15,975,000
$2,073.56
(1)
This Registration Statement also registers additional securities to be offered or issued upon adjustment or changes made to the registered securities by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as permitted by Rule 416(a) and Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h)(1), based on (i) the average ($21.30) of the high ($21.73) and low ($20.87) prices of the Company's common stock on February 26, 2020, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On February 11, 2020, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), the Company's shareholders approved an amendment to the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (as amended, the "Plan"), which amendment, among other things, increased the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company ("Common Stock") that may be issued under the Plan to 1,650,000 (resulting in an increase of 750,000 shares available for issuance under the Plan). This Registration Statement is being filed to register the additional shares of Common Stock that may be offered or sold to participants under the Plan as a result of the amendment approved by shareholders on February 11, 2020.
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of Registration Statement No. 333-202128, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 17, 2015, relating to the offer and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)     The Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2019, filed with the SEC on October 25, 2019 (the "2019 Annual Report");
(b)     The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended December 28, 2019, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2020;
(c)     The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
November 12, 2019
,
December 19, 2019
,
February 11, 2020
, and
February 12, 2020
;
(d)     The description of the Company's Common Stock, no par value, contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") with the SEC on November 4, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the
Description of Securities
filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the 2019 Annual Report; and
(g)     All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the period referred to in (a), above.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Item 8
.
Exhibits
.
The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration Statement:
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation for the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on May 2, 1985).
4.2
Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3, 1988).
4.3
Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 1999 filed on May 14, 1999).
4.4
Articles of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 3, 2010 filed on April 26, 2010).
4.5
Bylaws of the Company (as last amended December 19, 2016) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January 19, 2017).
4.6
Specimen Certificate of Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed March 15, 2005 (File No. 333-123325)).
5
Opinion of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, as to the legality of the Common Stock being registered hereby.
23.1
Consent of Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on February 17, 2015 (File No. 333-202128)).
99.2
2019 Declaration of Amendment to 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc.
SI
GNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Insteel Industries, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mount Airy, State of North Carolina, on February 28, 2020.
INSTEEL INDUSTRIES
, INC.
By:
/s/ H.O. Woltz III
H.O. Woltz III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Each of the undersigned, being a director and/or officer of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby nominates, constitutes and appoints H.O. Woltz III and James F. Petelle, or either of them severally, to be his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent and to sign in his name and on his behalf in any and all capacities stated below, and to file with the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the issuance of certain shares of the common stock, no par value, of the Company (the "Common Stock") in connection with the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc., as amended, and to file any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, exhibits and other documents and instruments in connection therewith, to the Registration Statement, making such changes in the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact and agent deems appropriate, and generally to do all such things on his or her behalf in any and all capacities stated below to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the SEC.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of February 28, 2020.
/s/ H.O. Woltz III
/s/ Michael C. Gazmarian
Name:
H.O. Woltz III
Name:
Michael C. Gazmarian.
Title:
President, Chief Executive Officer
Title:
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Chairman of the Board
and Treasurer
(principal executive officer)
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Scot R. Jafroodi
/s/ Abney S. Boxley III
Name:
Scot R. Jafroodi
Name:
Abney S. Boxley III
Title:
Chief Accounting Officer and
Title:
Director
Corporate Controller
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Anne H. Lloyd
/s/ W. Allen Rogers II
Name:
Anne H. Lloyd
Name:
W. Allen Rogers II
Title:
Director
Title:
Director
/s/ Jon M. Ruth
/s/ Joseph A. Rutkowski
Name:
Jon M. Ruth
Name:
Joseph A. Rutkowski
Title:
Director
Title:
Director
/s/ G. Kennedy Thompson
Name:
G. Kennedy Thompson
Title:
Director