---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-023857"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T09:47:16.405955+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries declares $0.03 quarterly dividend, payable Sept 29

## Summary
- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share declared, unchanged from prior quarter.
- Payable September 29, 2023 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2023.
- Bylaws amended to update advance notice provisions and align with universal proxy rules and NC law.
- Amendments require additional disclosures from proposing shareholders and nominees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-023857
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923023857/0001437749-23-023857-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923023857/iiin20230808_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC: Amended advance notice provisions for shareholder nominations and proposals to comply with universal proxy rules, added disclosure requirements, and made technical and conforming changes (effective 2023-08-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-08-15
  source text: On August 15, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved and adopted certain amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Company’s Bylaws (the “Bylaws” and, as amended, the “Amended Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774923023857/0001437749-23-023857-index.htm

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