INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC. 2024-2025 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Blake K. Doyle

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Blake K. Doyle”): 17,212,209 for, 66,205 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (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 three nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote: Directors Doyle, Ruth and Rutkowski were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2028 Annual Meeting of…”
Support: 99.6% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 9,993,182 for, 15,052 withheld.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Jon M. Ruth

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jon M. Ruth”): 14,499,310 for, 2,779,104 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (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 three nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote: Directors Doyle, Ruth and Rutkowski were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2028 Annual Meeting of…”
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 8,489,921 for, 1,443,559 withheld, 74,754 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: Election of Directors: Joseph A. Rutkowski

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joseph A. Rutkowski”): 12,767,441 for, 4,510,973 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (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 three nominees named in the proxy statement for the Annual Meeting were elected by the shareholders to the Board based on the following vote: Directors Doyle, Ruth and Rutkowski were elected to three-year terms ending at the 2028 Annual Meeting of…”
Support: 74% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 7,426,858 for, 2,498,281 withheld, 83,095 abstained.

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Description as filed by funds: To approve the Insteel Industries Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Approval of Insteel Industries Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan The Insteel Industries Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan”): 16,325,858 for, 946,535 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number Three – Approval of Insteel Industries Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan The Insteel Industries Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the shareholders based on the following vote:”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 74 asset managers below reported 9,352,179 for, 615,405 against.

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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”): 16,114,275 for, 1,155,092 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (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: 93% 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 76 managers: 9,382,901 for, 625,333 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 172 managers: 5,821,681 for, 331,512 against, 2,680 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 2025 fiscal year

INSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. 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 27, 2025”): 18,133,891 for, 170,943 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed February 14, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Item Number Four – 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 27, 2025 was ratified by the shareholders based on the following vote:”
Support: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 76 asset managers below reported 9,990,554 for, 17,680 against.

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