---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-034168"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T21:56:45.799968+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries declares $1.00 special dividend plus $0.03 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.03 per share; special cash dividend of $1.00 per share.
- Both dividends payable December 12, 2025 to shareholders of record as of November 28, 2025.
- CEO H.O. Woltz III cites strong financial performance and disciplined capital management as basis.
- Company continues track record of returning capital while funding investments and preserving flexibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-034168
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925034168/0001437749-25-034168-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925034168/iiin20251111_8k.htm

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