INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: G. Kennedy Thompson

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: G. Kennedy Thompson”): 12,663,698 for, 4,574,291 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number One – Election of Directors Each of the two nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote: Directors Thompson and Woltz were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Sharehol…”
Support: 73% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 79 asset managers below reported 6,480,437 for, 3,579,039 withheld, 19,696 abstained, 466 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: H.O. Woltz III

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: H.O. Woltz III”): 13,090,253 for, 4,147,736 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number One – Election of Directors Each of the two nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote: Directors Thompson and Woltz were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Sharehol…”
Support: 76% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 79 asset managers below reported 7,422,014 for, 2,527,527 withheld, 129,631 abstained, 466 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company ' s Executive Officers The compensation of the Company's executive officers”): 16,257,862 for, 933,072 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number Two – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company ' s Executive Officers The compensation of the Company's executive officers was approved, on an advisory basis, by the shareholders based on the following vote:”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 81 managers: 9,441,427 for, 647,550 against, 466 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 170 managers: 6,041,850 for, 203,742 against, 2,480 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for our 2024 fiscal year

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending September 28, 2024”): 18,206,288 for, 146,356 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number Three – Ratification of the Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP The appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's fiscal year ending September 28, 2024 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:”
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 82 asset managers below reported 10,088,586 for, 418 against, 466 unknown.

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