---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-008401"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:28:14.992284+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries VP and Chief Legal Officer James F. Petelle to retire early FY2024

## Summary
- James F. Petelle, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, notified company of his plan to retire as officer and employee.
- Effective date to be determined early in fiscal year 2024, which begins in October 2023.
- Company will initiate a comprehensive external search for Mr. Petelle's successor.
- No interim replacement has been announced; Petelle will continue in his role until the retirement date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-008401
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923008401/0001437749-23-008401-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923008401/iiin20230329_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-008401.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James F. Petelle departed as Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer at INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
  source text: On March 27, 2023, James F. Petelle, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) informed the Company of his intention to retire as an officer and employee of the Company at a date to be determined early in the Company’s fiscal year 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923008401/0001437749-23-008401-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.