---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-25-035214"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IIIN"
cik: "0000764401"
company_name: "INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T20:01:15.335453+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Insteel Industries: two directors to depart; board size cut from 9 to 8 then 7

## Summary
- Lead Director W. Allen Rogers II will not stand for re-election at the 2026 annual meeting.
- Joseph A. Rutkowski to resign effective just before the 2026 annual meeting; no disagreement with company.
- Board size reduced to 8 upon Rutkowski's resignation, then to 7 after Rogers' term ends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-035214
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IIIN
- cik: 0000764401
- company_name: INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925035214/0001437749-25-035214-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764401/000143774925035214/iiin20251112_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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