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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-036857"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T06:53:36.767729+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel appoints Blake K. Doyle as independent director effective Dec 6, 2024

## Summary
- Board expanded to eight members; Doyle to serve on Audit Committee.
- Doyle is Managing Director at Chevy Chase Trust, heads Institutional Sales and Product Development.
- No related party transactions; Board determined independence under NYSE rules.
- Doyle receives pro-rata $60K annual cash retainer plus RSU grant valued at $85K with one-year vest.
- She will stand for election at 2025 Annual Meeting; term runs through that meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-036857
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774924036857/0001437749-24-036857-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774924036857/iiin20241205_8k.htm

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