1. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN. The purpose of the IEC Electronics Corp. Board of Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is to facilitate the recruitment and retention of qualified individuals to serve as members of the Board of Directors of IEC Electronics Corp. (the “Company”) by providing nonemployee directors of the Company the opportunity to defer all or a portion of their cash compensation.

2.1. “Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement” means a written agreement between a Participant and the Company in substantially the form set forth in Appendix A, whereby a Participant agrees to defer a portion of his or her Compensation.

2.2. “Change in Control” means a change in the ownership or effective control of the Company, or in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of the Company, all as defined under Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(v) of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

2.5. “Compensation” means a Participant’s fees, payable in cash, for services rendered by a Participant as a Director of the Company. Compensation shall not include any amounts paid by the Company to a Participant that are not strictly in consideration for personal services, such as expense reimbursements.

2.9. “Termination” means the Participant’s ceasing to be a Director of the Company for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, including by reason of retirement, resignation, removal or death. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the date on which a Participant ceases to be a Director of the Company shall be deemed to have not occurred for purposes of this Plan unless such cessation constitutes a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

3. ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION. The Committee shall have final discretion, responsibility, and authority to administer and interpret the Plan. This includes the discretion and authority to determine all questions of fact, eligibility, or benefits relating to the Plan. The Committee may also adopt any rules it deems necessary to administer the Plan. The Committee’s responsibilities for administration of the Plan may be exercised by Company employees who have been assigned those responsibilities by the Committee. Any Company employee exercising responsibilities relating to the Plan in accordance with this section shall be deemed to have been delegated the discretionary authority vested in the Committee with respect to those responsibilities, unless limited in writing by the Committee. Any interpretation of the Plan by the Committee shall be final and binding on the Participants.

A Director who wishes to participate in the Plan must execute an Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement either (a) for newly eligible individuals, within 30 days after first becoming eligible to participate in the Plan (to defer Compensation earned for the remainder of that calendar year), or (b) for incumbent directors, prior to January 1 of any calendar year for which the Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement is to be effective. The amount of Compensation to be deferred for that calendar year will be specified in the appropriate Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement, which shall be irrevocable. An Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement that is timely delivered to the Company shall be effective with respect to Compensation earned in all calendar years following the year in which the Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement is delivered to the Company, unless such agreement is revoked or modified (which revocation or modification shall be effective on the first day of the calendar year following the year in which such revocation or modification is delivered to the Company) or until terminated automatically upon either the termination of the Plan or the Participant’s Termination.

For each Participant there shall be established a Deferred Account. The maintenance of individual Deferred Accounts is for bookkeeping purposes only. The Company is not obligated to make actual contributions to fund this Plan or to acquire or set aside any particular assets for the discharge of its obligations, nor is any Participant to have any property rights in any particular assets held by the Company, whether or not held for the purpose of funding the Company's obligations hereunder.

5.1. CREDITING CASH TO A DEFERRED ACCOUNT. If a Participant defers receipt of any portion of compensation by having an amount credited to a Deferred Account, then on each date that payment would have been made in cash, the Company will credit to the Deferred Account an amount equal to the dollar amount of the compensation deferred.

5.2. INTEREST. On the last day of each fiscal quarter, the Company will also credit the Deferred Account with interest, calculated at the Interest Rate, on the aggregate amount credited to the Deferred Account. For purposes of the Plan, "Interest Rate" means the quarterly rate at which interest is deemed to accrue on the amounts credited in a Deferred Account for a Participant. The quarterly rate shall be the average interest rate paid by the Company during the quarter to its senior lender. If the Company has no senior lender, the quarterly rate shall be based upon the rate of interest announced by Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company from time to time at its Rochester, New York office as its prime commercial lending rate (the "Prime Rate") and shall be the Prime Rate in effect as of the last day of the fiscal quarter.

6.1. DISTRIBUTIONS IN GENERAL. The Company shall distribute Participants’ Deferred Accounts as elected by each Participant in the applicable Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement, except as otherwise provided in this Section 6. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the contrary, the Committee shall disregard any election by a Participant to the extent such election would result in an “acceleration of benefits” or a “change in time or form of distribution” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

6.2. UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL. No later than 10 days following a Change in Control, a Participant’s Deferred Account, whether or not in payment pursuant to Sections 6.3 or 6.4 below, shall be due and payable and shall be distributed to the appropriate Participant, or his or her beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 6.4 below, in a single lump-sum payment.

6.3. PLAN BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION. Upon Termination, payments of a Participant’s Deferred Account shall commence on the date and shall be made in the manner elected by the Participant in the applicable Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement. Unpaid balances under the installment election continue to earn interest at the applicable rate set forth in Section 4.2 above. If there is no effective distribution election in place for a Participant as of the date of his or her Termination, his or her Deferred Account shall be paid out in quarterly installments over ten years beginning January 1 of the year following Termination. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.3 to the contrary, if the Participant is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, the payments under this Section 6.3 shall not commence before the date which is 6 months after the date of such Participant’s separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the Participant).

6.4. DISTRIBUTIONS FOLLOWING PARTICIPANT DEATH; DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY. The Company shall make all payments to the Participant, if living. A Participant shall designate a beneficiary in his or her Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement. If a Participant dies either before benefit payments have commenced under this Plan or after his or her benefits have commenced but before his or her entire Deferred Account has been distributed, his or her designated beneficiary shall receive any benefit payments in accordance with the elections made by the Director in Sections 2 and 3 of the Annual Deferred Compensation Agreement and this Plan. If no designation is in effect when any benefits payable under this Plan become due, the beneficiary shall be the spouse of the Participant, or if no spouse is then living, the Participant’s estate.

7.3. CONSTRUCTION. To the extent not preempted by federal law, the Plan shall be construed according to the laws of the state of New York without regard to conflict of law rules. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, this Plan shall be construed, administered, and governed in a manner that is consistent with, and that satisfies the requirements of, Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder, so that taxation of a Participant is deferred under this Plan until distribution as provided hereunder. Any provision that would cause the Plan to fail to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder shall have no force and effect until amended to comply with such requirements (which amendment may be retroactive to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and may be made by the Company’s Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) without the consent of the Participants).

7.4. FORM OF COMMUNICATION. Any election, application, notice or other communication required or permitted to be made by a Participant to the Committee or the Company shall be made in writing and in such form as the Company may prescribe. Such communication shall be effective upon receipt by the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

8. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION. Subject to Section 7.3 hereof, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, or any committee of the Board of Directors, may, at its sole discretion, amend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that the amendment or termination shall not adversely affect the vested or accrued rights or benefits of any Participant without the Participant’s prior consent. Moreover, no such amendment or termination shall be effective to the extent such action would result in an “acceleration of benefits” or a “change in time or form of distribution” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.

9. UNSECURED GENERAL CREDITOR. The Company’s obligation under the Plan shall be an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to pay money in the future. The Plan does not grant Participants and their beneficiaries, heirs, successors, and assigns any legal or equitable right, interest, or claim in any property or assets of the Company. The assets of the Company shall not be held under any trust for the benefit of Participants, their beneficiaries, heirs, successors, or assigns, or held in any way as collateral security for the fulfilling of the obligations of the Company under this Plan. Any and all Company assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged, unrestricted assets of the Company.

10. LAWSUITS, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE. Any lawsuit claiming entitlement to benefits under this Plan must be initiated no later than one year after the event(s) giving rise to the claim occurred. Any legal action involving benefits claimed or legal obligations relating to or arising under this Plan may be filed only in Federal District Court in the city of Rochester, New York. Federal law shall be applied in the interpretation and application of this Plan and the resolution of any legal action. To the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the state of New York shall apply, without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

THIS AGREEMENT dated _____________________, is between IEC ELECTRONICS CORP. (“the Company”) and _________________ (the “Director”). The Company designates the Director as a Participant in the Company’s Board of Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), which is incorporated into this Agreement.


	A.	$ Dollars; or

	B.	percent of Compensation

The Company believes, but does not guarantee, that a deferral election made in accordance with the terms of the Plan is effective to defer the receipt of taxable income. The Director has been advised to consult with his or her attorney or accountant familiar with the federal and state tax laws regarding the tax implications of this Deferred Compensation Agreement and the Plan.


			Quarterly installment payments (estimated to be level payments) over a period of years (not to exceed 10 years), payable on the first day of the month beginning the calendar quarter immediately following the distribution beginning date as set forth below, and continuing on the first day of the month beginning each subsequent calendar quarter until paid in full.


		A.		Date of Termination.
		B.		First anniversary of the date of Termination.
		C.		Second anniversary of the date of Termination.
		D.		The later of age or Termination.