AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 8 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND EQUITY APPRECIATION RIGHTS AGREEMENTCredit Agreement • March 25th, 2004 • Insteel Industries Inc • Steel works, blast furnaces & rolling & finishing mills
THIS AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment Agreement”) is made and entered into as of this 24th day of March, 2004, by and among INSTEEL INDUSTRIES, INC., a North Carolina corporation (herein called the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (the “Agent”), as Agent for the lenders (the “Lenders”) party to the Credit Agreement dated January 31, 2000 as amended by the Amendment Agreement No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated January 12, 2001, by the Supplement to Amendment Agreement No. 1 to the Credit Agreement effective January 12, 2001, by the Amendment Agreement No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated May 21, 2001, by Amendment Agreement No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated August 9, 2001, by Amendment Agreement No. 4 to Credit Agreement dated November 16, 2001, by Amendment Agreement No. 5 to Credit Agreement dated January 28, 2002, by Amendment Agreement No. 6 to Credit Agreement and Equity Appreciation Rights Agreement dated May 10, 2002 and by Amendment Agreement No. 7 to
