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) – November 13, 2012

 

IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-6508	13-3458955
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

105 Norton Street, Newark, New York 14513

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

(315) 331-7742

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

  

 

Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

Appointment of Edward W. Kay To Board of Directors

 

On November 14, 2012, the Board of Directors of IEC Electronics Corp. (the “Company”) appointed Edward W. Kay, Jr. to the Board of Directors. Mr. Kay will be a party to the same compensation arrangements as apply to the other independent directors of the Company as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement. The Board of Directors has not yet made a determination as to the Committees on which Mr. Kay will serve.

 

Resignation of Amy L. Tait From Board of Directors

 

On November 13, 2012, Amy L. Tait advised the Company that she has chosen not to stand for re-election to the Company’s Board of Directors at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders.

  

Section 7 – Regulation FD

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On November 16, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the changes in the Board of Directors described above. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Section 9 Financial Information and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release issued by the Company on November 16, 2012

 

The information in Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

		IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
		(Registrant)
Date:  November 16, 2012	By:	/s/ W. Barry Gilbert
		W. Barry Gilbert
		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

Press Release issued by the Company on November 16, 2012