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 13, 2018

 

 

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:

 

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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 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

 

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

 

Insteel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on February 13, 2018. 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, 2018.

 

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 based on the following vote:

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

Broker

Non-Votes

Charles B. Newsome

 

10,408,216

 

6,816,933

 

871,313

G. Kennedy Thompson

 

14,141,719

 

3,083,429

 

871,313

H. O. Woltz III

 

13,031,567

 

4,193,582

 

871,313

 

Mr. Newsome was elected for a one year term ending at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, at which time he is expected to retire. Messrs. Thompson and Woltz III were elected to three year terms ending at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

 

Item Number Two – 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

 

Abstentions

 

Broker

Non-Votes

16,745,415

 

338,323

 

141,410

 

871,313

 

 

Item Number Three 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 ending September 29, 2018 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

17,967,583

 

122,340

 

6,538

 

 

 

 

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 14, 2018

 

By:

/s/ James F. Petelle

     

     James F. Petelle

     

     Vice President and Secretary