iiin20160212_8k.htm

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 11, 2016

 

 

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

 

Insteel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on February 11, 2016. 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 4, 2016.

 

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

Louis E. Hannen

  

14,448,968

  

1,263,267

  

1,469,078

C. Richard Vaughn

  

14,223,312

  

1,488,923

  

1,469,078

Joseph A. Rutkowski

  

15,508,049

  

204,186

  

1,469,078

 

Messrs. Hannen and Vaughn were elected for three year terms ending at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Rutkowski was elected for a two year term ending at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to fill the remaining balance of the term of Duncan S. Gage, who previously resigned.

 

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

15,196,934

  

306,148

  

209,148

  

1,469,083

 

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 2016 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:

 

Votes For

  

Votes Against

  

Abstentions

17,082,127

  

90,696

  

8,489

 

 
 
 

 

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 12, 2016

  

By:

/s/ James F. Petelle

     

     James F. Petelle

     

     Vice President and Secretary