UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2007
Commission File Number 1-9929
Insteel Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| North Carolina
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56-0674867 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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| 1373 Boggs Drive, Mount Airy, North Carolina
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27030 |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (336) 786-2141
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On January 11, 2007, the Executive Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of
Directors of Insteel Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) approved (a) increases in the annual base
salaries of certain executive officers, and (b) increases in the target value of equity-based
long-term incentives to be granted to executive officers.
The Committee approved increases in the annual salaries of H.O. Woltz III, the Company’s
President and Chief Executive Officer, from $405,000 to $430,000, and Michael C. Gazmarian, the
Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, from $235,000 to $250,000. In both cases, the
increases will be effective January 28, 2007.
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Committee also approved increases in the target value of equity-based long-term incentives
to be granted to executive officers as shown in the table below:
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Fiscal 2006 Long-Term |
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New Annual Long-Term |
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Incentive Target Value |
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Incentive Target Value |
H.O. Woltz III
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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325,000 |
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600,000 |
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Michael C. Gazmarian
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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145,000 |
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275,000 |
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James F. Petelle
Vice President – Administration and Secretary |
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90,000 |
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110,000 |
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Long-term incentives are split equally between stock options and grants of restricted stock.
One-half of the option grants and restricted stock awards will be made on the date of the Company’s
Annual Meeting (February 13, 2007) and the remaining half of the option grants and restricted stock
awards will be made six months from the Annual Meeting date (August 13, 2007). Long-term
incentives are granted pursuant to the 2005 Equity Incentive Plan of Insteel Industries, Inc.,
approved by shareholders on Feb. 15, 2005.