10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 2, 2021

or

☐ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from ____ to ____

Commission File Number 001-34376

IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	13-3458955
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

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, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	IEC	Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the

Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

Common Stock, $0.01 par value –10,623,735 shares as of August 2, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	3
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	29
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	38
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	39
Part II	OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	40
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	40
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	43
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	43
Item 5.	Other Information	43
Item 6.	Exhibits	43
SIGNATURES		44

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Part I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

JULY 2, 2021 and SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(unaudited; in thousands, except share and per share data)

	July 2,		September 30,
	2021		2020
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash	$	116	$	312
Accounts receivable, net of allowance		31,922		30,361
Unbilled contract revenue		13,313		8,773
Inventories		53,906		51,374
Other current assets		1,678		1,757
Total current assets		100,935		92,577
Property, plant and equipment, net		50,805		23,587
Deferred income taxes		4,936		4,840
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization		200		260
Other long-term assets		876		1,700
Total assets	$	157,752	$	122,964
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	$	248	$	—
Current portion of operating lease obligation		63		61
Current portion of finance lease obligation		2,080		436
Accounts payable		25,201		29,733
Accrued payroll and related expenses		1,463		3,659
Other accrued expenses		316		457
Customer deposits		17,578		19,783
Total current liabilities		46,949		54,129
Long-term debt		36,385		21,476
Long-term operating lease obligation		136		184
Long-term finance lease obligation		29,690		6,616
Other long-term liabilities		2,868		1,404
Total liabilities		116,028		83,809
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value:
500,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding		—		—
Common stock, $0.01 par value:
Authorized: 50,000,000 shares
Issued: 11,675,866 and 11,556,214 shares, respectively
Outstanding: 10,620,378 and 10,500,726 shares, respectively		106		105
Additional paid-in capital		49,514		49,161
Accumulated deficit		(6,307)		(8,522)
Treasury stock, at cost: 1,055,488 shares		(1,589)		(1,589)
Total stockholders’ equity		41,724		39,155
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	157,752	$	122,964

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 2, 2021 and JUNE 26, 2020

(unaudited; in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net sales	$	49,370	$	47,364	$	142,211	$	136,269
Cost of sales		44,135		40,722		127,924		118,885
Gross profit		5,235		6,642		14,287		17,384
Selling and administrative expenses		3,357		3,678		10,362		10,194
Operating profit		1,878		2,964		3,925		7,190
Interest expense		587		300		1,589		1,111
Income before provision for income taxes		1,291		2,664		2,336		6,079
Provision for income taxes		265		550		121		1,253
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	0.10	$	0.20	$	0.21	$	0.46
Diluted	$	0.09	$	0.20	$	0.20	$	0.45
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Diluted		11,048,668		10,758,092		11,032,245		10,697,288

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of CHANGES in STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 2, 2021

(unaudited; in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Number	Common		Additional				Treasury		Total
	of Shares	Stock,		Paid-In		Accumulated		Stock,		Stockholders’
	Outstanding	par $0.01		Capital		Deficit		at cost		Equity
Balances, September 30, 2020	10,500,726	$	105	$	49,161	$	(8,522)	$	(1,589)	$	39,155
Net income	—		—		—		1,537		—		1,537
Stock-based compensation	—		—		242		—		—		242
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	57,455		1		(401)		—		—		(400)
Exercise of stock options	14,000		—		68		—		—		68
Employee stock plan purchases	5,852		—		45		—		—		45
Balances, January 1, 2021	10,578,033	$	106	$	49,115	$	(6,985)	$	(1,589)	$	40,647
Net loss	—		—		—		(348)		—		(348)
Stock-based compensation	—		—		226		—		—		226
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	27,603		—		(85)		—		—		(85)
Employee stock plan purchases	4,572		—		49		—		—		49
Balances, April 2, 2021	10,610,208	$	106	$	49,305	$	(7,333)	$	(1,589)	$	40,489
Net income	—		—		—		1,026		—		1,026
Stock-based compensation	—		—		182		—		—		182
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	5,795		—		—		—		—		—
Exercise of stock options	4,375		—		27		—		—		27
Balances, July 2, 2021	10,620,378	$	106	$	49,514	$	(6,307)	$	(1,589)	$	41,724

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of CHANGES in STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 26, 2020

(unaudited; in thousands, except share and per share data)

	Number	Common		Additional				Treasury		Total
	of Shares	Stock,		Paid-In		Accumulated		Stock,		Stockholders’
	Outstanding	par $0.01		Capital		Deficit		at cost		Equity
Balances, September 30, 2019	10,338,548	$	103	$	48,001	$	(15,275)	$	(1,589)	$	31,240
Net income	—		—		—		1,189		—		1,189
Stock-based compensation	—		—		152		—		—		152
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	6,367		—		(24)		—		—		(24)
Exercise of stock options	24,000		—		130		—		—		130
Employee stock plan purchases	6,449		—		40		—		—		40
Balances, December 27, 2019	10,375,364	$	103	$	48,299	$	(14,086)	$	(1,589)	$	32,727
Net income	—		—		—		1,523		—		1,523
Stock-based compensation	—		—		185		—		—		185
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	4,663		—		(33)		—		—		(33)
Restricted stock units vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	10,089		—		(35)		—		—		(35)
Employee stock plan purchases	2,000		—		8		—		—		8
Balances, March 27, 2020	10,392,116	$	103	$	48,424	$	(12,563)	$	(1,589)	$	34,375
Net income	—		—		—		2,114		—		2,114
Stock-based compensation	—		—		189		—		—		189
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	25,576		—		(6)		—		—		(6)
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered	4,500		—		23		—		—		23
Employee stock plan purchases	8,534		1		46		—		—		47
Balances, June 26, 2020	10,430,726	$	104	$	48,676	$	(10,449)	$	(1,589)	$	36,742

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS of CASH FLOWS

NINE MONTHS ENDED JULY 2, 2021 and JUNE 26, 2020

(unaudited; in thousands)

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$	2,215	$	4,826
Non-cash adjustments:
Stock-based compensation		650		526
Depreciation and amortization		3,685		2,442
Change in reserve for doubtful accounts		(56)		94
Change in inventory reserve and warranty reserve		467		1,226
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment		(30)		—
Deferred tax (income) expense		(96)		1,751
Amortization of deferred gain		(86)		(86)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(1,505)		(2,796)
Unbilled contract revenue		(4,540)		(988)
Inventories		(2,705)		(3,818)
Federal income tax receivable		—		(517)
Other current assets		79		68
Other long-term assets		180		(330)
Accounts payable		(4,682)		(1,188)
Change in book overdraft position		—		(107)
Accrued expenses		(2,631)		(557)
Customer deposits		(2,205)		7,210
Net change in lease right-of-use assets and liabilities		14		—
Other long-term liabilities		114		—
Net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities		(11,132)		7,756
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property, plant and equipment		(11,591)		(3,067)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		668		—
Proceeds received from capital grants		1,500		—
Net cash flows used in investing activities		(9,423)		(3,067)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Advances from revolving credit facility		84,121		55,523
Repayments of revolving credit facility		(71,041)		(56,505)
Borrowings under other loan agreements		8,699		—
Repayments under other loan agreements		(6,603)		(3,904)
Payments under finance lease		(944)		(284)
Proceeds received from lease financing obligation		6,521		415
Debt issuance costs		(98)		(84)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		95		161
Proceeds from employee stock plan purchases		94		87
Cash paid for taxes upon vesting of restricted stock		(485)		(98)
Net cash flows provided by/(used in) financing activities		20,359		(4,689)
Net cash change for the period		(196)		—
Cash, beginning of period		312		—
Cash, end of period	$	116	$	—
Supplemental cash flow information
Interest paid	$	1,526	$	1,094
Income taxes paid		239		20
Non-cash transactions:
Property, plant and equipment purchases included in accounts payable	$	150	$	90

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1—OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our Business

IEC Electronics Corp. (“IEC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) to advanced technology companies that produce life-saving and mission critical products for the medical, industrial, aerospace and defense sectors. The Company specializes in delivering technical solutions for the custom manufacture of complex full system assemblies by providing on-site analytical testing laboratories, custom design and test engineering services combined with a broad array of manufacturing services encompassing electronics, interconnect solutions, and precision metalworking. As a full service EMS provider, IEC holds all appropriate certifications for the market sectors it supports including ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, and ISO 13485, and we are Nadcap accredited. IEC is headquartered in Newark, NY and also has operations in Rochester, NY and Albuquerque, NM. Additional information about IEC can be found on its website at www.iec-electronics.com. The contents of this website are not incorporated by reference into this quarterly report.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

IEC’s financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

Fiscal Calendar

The Company’s fiscal year ends on September 30 and the first three quarters generally end on the Friday closest to the last day of the calendar quarter. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”), the fiscal quarters ended on January 1, 2021, April 2, 2021 and July 2, 2021. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”), the fiscal quarters ended on December 27, 2019, March 27, 2020 and June 26, 2020.

Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IEC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: IEC Electronics Corp-Albuquerque (“Albuquerque”), and IEC Analysis & Testing Laboratory, LLC (“ATL”). All intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 have been prepared without an audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include certain of the information the footnotes require by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, required for a fair presentation of the information have been made. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Cash

The Company’s cash represents deposit accounts with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), a banking corporation headquartered in Buffalo, NY. The Company’s cash management system provides for the funding of the disbursement accounts on a daily basis as checks are presented for payment. Under this system, outstanding checks in excess of the bank balance create a book overdraft. Book overdrafts are presented in accounts payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were no book overdrafts at July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020. Changes in the book overdrafts are presented within net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities within the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based on the age of outstanding invoices and management’s evaluation of collectability. Accounts are written off after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted and management concludes that the likelihood of collection is remote.

Inventory Valuation

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value under the first-in, first-out method. The Company regularly assesses slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventory and maintains balance sheet reserves in amounts required to reduce the recorded value of inventory to the lower of cost or net realizable value.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) are stated at cost and are depreciated over various estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, while renewals and improvements are capitalized. At the time of retirement or other disposition of PP&E, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recorded in earnings.

Depreciable lives generally used for PP&E are presented in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the improvement.

	Estimated
PP&E Lives	Useful Lives
	(years)
Land improvements	10
Buildings and improvements	5 to 40
Machinery and equipment	3 to 10
Furniture and fixtures	3 to 7
Software	3 to 10

Reviewing Long-Lived Assets for Potential Impairment

ASC 360 (Property, Plant and Equipment) requires the Company to test long-lived assets (PP&E and definite lived assets) for recoverability whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If carrying value exceeds undiscounted future cash flows attributable to an asset, it is considered impaired and the excess of carrying value over fair value must be charged to earnings. No impairment charges were recorded by IEC for long-lived assets during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Legal Contingencies

When legal proceedings are brought or claims are made against the Company and the outcome is uncertain, ASC 450 (Contingencies) requires the Company to determine whether it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred. If such impairment or liability is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, the loss must be charged to earnings.

When it is considered probable that a loss has been incurred but the amount of loss cannot be estimated, disclosure but not accrual of the probable loss is required. Disclosure of a loss contingency is also required when it is reasonably possible, but not probable, that a loss has been incurred.

Legal Expense Accrual

The Company records legal expenses as they are incurred, based on invoices received or estimates provided by legal counsel. Future estimated legal expenses are not recorded until incurred.

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Customer Deposits

Customer deposits represent amounts invoiced to customers for which the revenue has not yet been earned and therefore represent a commitment for the Company to deliver goods or services in the future. Deposits are generally short term in nature and are recognized as revenue when earned.

Fair Value Measurements

Under ASC 825 (Financial Instruments), the Company is required to disclose the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate value. The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings. IEC believes that recorded value approximates fair value for all cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings.

ASC 820 (Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement, and prescribes related disclosures. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction. Inputs used to measure fair value are categorized under the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access at the measurement date.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable market data.

Level 3: Model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The Company deems a transfer between levels of the fair value hierarchy to have occurred at the beginning of the reporting period. There were no such transfers during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation

ASC 718 (Stock Compensation) requires that compensation expense be recognized for equity awards based on fair value as of the date of grant. For stock options, the Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model to estimate grant date fair value. Costs associated with stock awards are recorded over requisite service periods, generally the vesting period. If vesting is contingent on the achievement of performance objectives, fair value is accrued over the period the objectives are expected to be achieved only if it is considered probable that the objectives will be achieved. The Company also has an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) that provides for the purchase of Company common stock at a discounted stock purchase price.

Income Taxes and Deferred Taxes

ASC 740 (Income Taxes) requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns, but not in both. Deferred tax assets are also established for tax benefits associated with tax loss and tax credit carryforwards. Such deferred tax balances reflect tax rates that are scheduled to be in effect, based on currently enacted legislation, in the years the book/tax differences reverse, and tax loss and tax credit carryforwards are expected to be realized. An allowance is established for any deferred tax asset for which realization is not likely.

ASC 740 also prescribes the manner in which a company measures, recognizes, presents and discloses in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. The Company recognizes tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only if it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained following examination by taxing authorities, based on technical merits of the position. The Company believes that it has no material uncertain tax positions.

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Any interest incurred is reported as interest expense. Any penalties incurred are reported as tax expense. The Company’s income tax filings are subject to audit by various tax jurisdictions and current open years are the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 through fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Dividends

IEC does not pay dividends on its common stock as it is the Company’s current policy to retain earnings for use in the business. Furthermore, the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement with M&T Bank includes certain restrictions on paying cash dividends, as more fully described in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Significant items subject to such estimates include: excess and obsolete inventory reserve, warranty reserves, the valuation of deferred income tax assets and revenue recognition related to the accounts for over time contracts. Actual results may differ from management’s estimates.

Statements of Cash Flows

The Company presents operating cash flows using the indirect method of reporting under which non-cash income and expense items are removed from net income.

Segments

The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 represent a single operating and reporting segment, referred to as contract manufacturing within the EMS industry. The Company strategically directs production between its various manufacturing facilities based on a number of considerations to best meet its customers’ requirements. The Company shares resources between its facilities for sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain, information services, human resources, payroll and corporate accounting functions. Consolidated financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s operations as a whole reflect the level at which the business is managed and how the Company’s chief operating decision maker assesses performance internally.

Leases

At contract inception, the Company determines if the new contractual arrangement is a lease or contains a leasing arrangement. If a contract contains a lease, the Company evaluates whether it should be classified as an operating lease or a finance lease. Upon modification of the contract, the Company will reassess to determine if a contract is or contains a leasing arrangement.

The Company records lease liabilities based on the future estimated cash payments discounted over the lease term, defined as the non-cancellable time period of the lease, together with all the following:

● Periods covered by an option to extend the lease if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option; and

● Periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise that option.

Leases may also include options to terminate the arrangement or options to purchase the underlying lease property. Lease components provide the Company with the right to use an identified asset, which consist of real estate properties and equipment. Non-lease components consist primarily of maintenance services.

As an implicit discount rate is not readily available in the Company’s lease agreements, the Company uses its estimated secured incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. For certain leases with original terms of twelve months or less, the Company

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recognizes lease expense as incurred and does not recognize any lease liabilities. Short-term and long-term portions of operating lease liabilities are classified as other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively.

A right-of-use (“ROU”) asset is measured as the amount of the lease liability with adjustments, if applicable, for lease prepayments made prior to or at lease commencement, initial direct costs incurred by the Company to implement the lease and lease incentives. ROU assets are classified as other long-term assets, on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company evaluates the carrying value of ROU assets if there are indicators of potential impairment and performs the analysis concurrent with the review of the recoverability of the related asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is determined to not be fully recoverable and is in excess of its estimated fair value, the Company will record the impairment loss in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company did not recognize an impairment loss during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Fixed lease expense payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments vary because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time, and are often due to changes in an external market rate or the value of an index (e.g. Consumer Price Index). The Company did not incur variable lease payments during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Recently Issued Accounting Updates

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments in this standard apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this standard are elective and are effective upon issuance for all entities. The Company is evaluating the expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments in this standard to determine their impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes,” which amends the existing guidance relating to the accounting for income taxes. This ASU is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles of accounting for income taxes and to improve the consistent application of GAAP for other areas of accounting for income taxes by clarifying and amending existing guidance. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2—REVENUE RECOGNITION

ASC 606: Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Satisfaction of Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in ASC 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Many of the Company’s contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts and, therefore, not distinct. The Company primarily provides contract manufacturing services to its customers. The customer provides a design, the Company procures materials and manufactures to that design and ships the product to the customer. Revenue is derived primarily from the manufacturing of these electronics components that are built to customer specifications.

The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time as work progresses. Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers at a point in time accounted for 41.1% and 46.5% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Revenue from goods and services transferred to

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customers at a point in time accounted for 51.4% and 50.4% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. Revenue on these contracts is recognized when obligations under the terms of the customer contract are satisfied, generally this occurs with the transfer of control upon shipment. If there is no enforceable right to payment for work completed to date, or the Company does not recapture costs incurred plus an applicable margin, then the Company records revenue upon shipment to the customer.

Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers over time accounted for 58.9% and 53.5% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers over time accounted for 48.6% and 49.6% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. For revenue recognized over time, the Company uses an input measure to determine progress towards completion. Under this method, sales and gross profit are recognized as work is performed generally based on the relationship between the actual costs incurred and the total estimated costs at completion. If the Company has an enforceable right to payment for work completed to date, with a recapture of costs incurred plus an applicable margin, and the goods do not have an alternative future use once the manufacturing process has commenced, then the Company records an unbilled revenue associated with non-cancellable customer orders.

The Company derives revenue from engineering and design services. Service revenue is generally recognized once the service has been rendered. For material management arrangements, revenue is generally recognized as services are rendered. Under such arrangements, some or all of the following services may be provided: design, bid, procurement, testing, storage or other activities relating to materials the customer expects to incorporate into products that it manufactures. Value-added support services revenue, including material management and repair work revenue, amounted to less than 3% of total revenue in each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Returns and Discounts

The Company does not offer its customers a right of return. Rather, the Company warrants that each unit received by the customer will meet the agreed upon technical and quality specifications and requirements. Only when the delivered units do not meet these requirements can the customer return the non-compliant units as a corrective action under the warranty. The remedy offered to the customer is repair of the returned units or replacement if repair is not viable. Accordingly, the Company records a warranty reserve and any warranty activities are not considered to be a separate performance obligation. Historically, warranty reserves have not been material.

Provisions for discounts, allowances, estimated returns and other adjustments are recorded in the period the related sales are recognized.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling activities after the customer obtains control are treated as a promised service performance obligation and recorded in net sales in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Shipping and handling costs incurred by the Company for the delivery of goods to customers are considered a cost to fulfill the contract and are included in cost of sales in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Contract Assets

Contract assets consist of unbilled contract amounts resulting from sales under contracts when the revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer.

Practical Expedients and Exemptions

The Company generally expenses incremental costs of obtaining a contract when incurred because the amortization period would be less than one year. These costs primarily relate to sales commissions and are recorded in selling and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.

Disaggregated Revenue

The table below shows net sales from contracts with customers by market sector. See additional information regarding market sectors in Note 10—Market Sectors and Major Customers.

	Three Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	11,177	$	26,344	$	37,521	$	14,263	$	13,682	$	27,945
Medical		5,124		1,788		6,912		4,886		8,376		13,262
Industrial		3,987		950		4,937		5,207		950		6,157
	$	20,288	$	29,082	$	49,370	$	24,356	$	23,008	$	47,364

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	35,880	$	62,246	$	98,126	$	40,639	$	41,122	$	81,761
Medical		16,933		11,509		28,442		12,618		22,812		35,430
Industrial		13,288		2,355		15,643		15,419		3,659		19,078
	$	66,101	$	76,110	$	142,211	$	68,676	$	67,593	$	136,269

Customer Deposits

Customer deposits are recorded when cash payments are received or due in advance of revenue recognition from contracts with customers. The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of billings to customers. The changes in customer deposits from the Company’s custom manufacturing services are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	19,783	$	13,229
Recognition of deferred revenue		(25,248)		(11,705)
Deferral of revenue		23,043		18,915
Ending balance	$	17,578	$	20,439

Sales Outside the United States

For each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020, less than 2% of net sales were shipped to locations outside the United States.

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NOTE 3—ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

A summary of activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Allowance for doubtful accounts	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Allowance, beginning of period	$	185	$	71
(Decrease)/increase in provision for doubtful accounts		(56)		94
Write-offs		(3)		—
Allowance, end of period	$	126	$	165

NOTE 4—INVENTORIES

A summary of inventory by category at period end follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Inventories	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	37,174	$	32,904
Work-in-process		12,786		15,009
Finished goods		3,946		3,461
Total inventories	$	53,906	$	51,374

NOTE 5—PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

A summary of property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation at period end follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Property, Plant and Equipment	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	788	$	788
Buildings and improvements		8,302		7,430
Buildings under finance lease		27,709		7,750
Machinery and equipment		39,182		34,095
Furniture and fixtures		8,824		8,113
Software		5,215		5,215
Construction in progress		10,302		6,079
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		100,322		69,470
Accumulated depreciation		(49,517)		(45,883)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,805	$	23,587

In November 2020, the Company commenced a lease for certain property located in Newark, New York, which includes a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and administrative offices having approximately 153,000 square feet (the “Property”). The lease for the Property has an initial term of 15 years with one renewal option of 10 years resulting in the recognition of a right of use asset of $19.1 million.

In October 2020, the Company acquired an industrial and office building and certain equipment located at 50 Jetview Drive, Rochester, New York (“Jetview building”). The value of the Jetview building is recorded at $4.8 million in the construction in progress section of the above table at July 2, 2021.

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Depreciation expense during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Depreciation Expense	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Depreciation expense	$	1,311	$	834	$	3,670	$	2,386

NOTE 6—CREDIT FACILITIES

A summary of borrowings at period end follows:

	Fixed/		July 2, 2021				September 30, 2020
	Variable	Maturity			Interest				Interest
Credit Facility Debt	Rate	Date	Balance		Rate		Balance		Rate
(in thousands)
M&T Bank credit facilities:
Revolving Credit Facility	v	6/4/2023	$	33,040	2.75	%	$	19,960	2.75	%
Master Lease	v	6/4/2023		241	3.00			1,782	3.00
Jetview Term Loan	v	3/1/2026		3,637	3.65			—	—
Total debt, gross				36,918				21,742
Unamortized debt issuance costs				(285)				(266)
Total debt, net				36,633				21,476
Less: current portion				(248)				—
Long-term debt			$	36,385			$	21,476

M&T Bank Credit Facilities

Effective as of June 4, 2020, the Company and M&T Bank entered into the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement, as amended by the Consent and First Amendment effective as of September 30, 2020 (as amended the “Credit Facility”), which replaced the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement dated as of December 14, 2015, as amended by various amendments (collectively, the “Prior Credit Facility, as amended”).

Pursuant to the Credit Facility, the Company increased its revolving credit facility to an aggregate principal amount of $45.0 million and added provisions that allow the Company, subject to certain requirements, to request further increases, in minimum amounts of $5.0 million, up to $55.0 million. The Credit Facility also amended the financial covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, and set a Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. In addition, the Credit Facility modified the definition of Applicable Margin used to determine interest charges on outstanding and unused borrowings under the revolving credit facility and modified the definition of Permitted Acquisitions. The Credit Facility also established a LIBOR floor of 1% and included a mechanism for adoption of a different benchmark rate when LIBOR is discontinued. The Credit Facility prohibits the Company from making cash dividends without first obtaining the consent of M&T Bank.

Also, on June 4, 2020, the Company and M&T Bank entered into a master equipment lease (the “Master Lease”) for a lease line of up to $10.0 million in lease value of equipment to the Company. The Master Lease contains terms and provisions customary for transactions of this type, including obligations relating to the use, operation and maintenance of the equipment. The Master Lease also contains customary events of default, including nonpayment of amounts due under the lease and assignments for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy or insolvency. In the event that an event of default occurs, M&T Bank may exercise one or more remedies specified in the Master Lease. At the conclusion of the lease term, the Company will have the right to purchase the equipment under the Master Lease. The Master Lease will renew automatically for additional 12-month terms until the Company provides M&T Bank with notice of non-renewal.

On March 1, 2021, the Company and M&T Bank entered into the Second Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) that amended the Credit Facility. The Second Amendment provides for a mortgage-backed term loan in the principal amount of $3.7 million. The loan is evidenced by

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a five-year term loan note (the “Jetview Term Loan”) and secured by a lien and security interest in the property located at 50 Jetview Drive, Rochester, New York pursuant to a mortgage by the Company and the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (“COMIDA”) to M&T Bank, each dated as of March 1, 2021. As part of this transaction, the Company entered into a separate agreement with COMIDA intended to provide the Company with certain associated tax benefits. The Jetview Term Loan bears interest at a rate equal to one-month LIBOR, adjusting daily, plus 2.65%. The Jetview Term Loan is subject to customary events of default including the non-payment of principal or interest as and when due, which may result in the acceleration of all amounts outstanding under the Jetview Term Loan, the application of an interest rate at a default rate and M&T Bank’s exercise of any rights and remedies available under the Credit Agreement or under applicable law.

The Credit Facility is secured by a general security agreement covering the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, a pledge of the Company’s equity interest in its subsidiaries, a negative pledge on the Company’s real property, and a guarantee by the Company’s subsidiaries, all of which restrict use of these assets to support other financial instruments.

Individual debt facilities provided under the Credit Facility as of July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, are described below:

a) Revolving Credit Facility (“Revolver”): At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, up to $45.0 million was available under the Credit Facility through June 4, 2023. The maximum amount the Company may borrow is determined based on a borrowing base calculation described below.

b) Master Lease: At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, we had drawn down $0.2 million and $1.8 million respectively, pursuant to the Master Lease that was entered into as of June 4, 2020. At July 2, 2021, there was $6.4 million included in the finance lease obligation.

c) Jetview Term Loan: IEC borrowed $3.7 million on March 1, 2021, principal is being repaid in equal monthly installments of $20.7 thousand plus a balloon payment of $2.5 million due at maturity. The maturity date of the loan is March 1, 2026.

Borrowing Base

At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, under the Credit Facility, the maximum amount the Company can borrow under the Revolver was the lesser of (i) 85% of eligible receivables plus (ii) up to 90% of eligible investment grade accounts plus (iii) a percentage of eligible inventories (up to a cap of $30.0 million).

At July 2, 2021, the upper limit on Revolver borrowings was $45.0 million and $12.0 million was available. At September 30, 2020, the upper limit on Revolver borrowings was $39.4 million and $19.4 million was available. Average Revolver balances amounted to $31.7 million and $25.2 million during the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020, respectively.

Interest Rates

Under the Credit Facility, variable rate debt accrues interest at LIBOR plus the applicable marginal interest rate that fluctuates based on the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined below. At July 2, 2021, the applicable marginal interest rate was 1.75% for the Revolver. Changes to applicable margins and unused fees resulting from the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio generally become effective mid-way through the subsequent quarter.

The Company incurs quarterly unused commitment fees ranging from 0.25% to 0.375% of the excess of $45.0 million over average borrowings under the Revolver. For the fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2021, the unused commitment fee was fixed at 0.25%. Fees incurred amounted to $30.9 thousand and $54.5 thousand during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Fees incurred amounted to $5.8 thousand and $18.3 thousand during the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. The fee percentage varies based on the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined below.

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Financial Covenants

The Credit Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants including financial covenants. As of July 2, 2021, the Company had to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”). The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio compares (i) EBITDAS minus unfinanced capital expenditures minus income tax expense, to (ii) the sum of interest expense, principal payments, payments on all capital lease obligations and dividends, if any (fixed charges). “EBITDAS” is defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-cash stock compensation expense. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was measured for a trailing twelve months ended July 2, 2021 as a minimum of 1.10 times. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was the only covenant in effect at July 2, 2021. The Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default, subject in certain cases to customary cure periods, in which the outstanding balance and any unpaid interest would become due and payable.

The Company was in compliance with the financial debt covenant at July 2, 2021.

Contractual Principal Payments

A summary of contractual principal payments under IEC’s borrowings at July 2, 2021 for the next five years taking into consideration the Credit Facility is as follows:

	Contractual
	Principal
Debt Repayment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	248
2023 (1)		33,529
2024		248
2025		248
2026 and thereafter		2,645
	$	36,918

⁽¹⁾     Includes Revolver balance of $33.0 at July 2, 2021.

NOTE 7—WARRANTY RESERVES

IEC generally warrants its products and workmanship for up to twelve months from date of sale. As an offset to warranty claims, the Company is sometimes able to obtain reimbursement from suppliers for warranty-related costs or losses. Based on historical warranty claims experience and in consideration of sales trends, a reserve is maintained for estimated future warranty costs to be incurred on products and services sold through the balance sheet date. The warranty reserve is included in other accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

A summary of additions to and charges against IEC’s warranty reserves during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Warranty Reserve	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Reserve, beginning of period	$	100	$	165
Provision		294		4
Warranty costs		(236)		(38)
Reserve, end of period	$	158	$	131

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NOTE 8—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the March 2019 Annual Meeting. The 2019 Plan replaced the 2010 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (“2010 Plan”) that was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the January 2011 Annual Meeting. The 2019 Plan, like the 2010 Plan, is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and provides for the following types of awards: incentive stock options, nonqualified options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, performance compensation awards, cash incentive awards, director stock and other equity-based and equity-related awards. Awards are generally granted to certain members of management and employees, as well as directors. The Company also has an ESPP, adopted in 2011, that provides for the purchase of Company common stock at a discounted stock purchase price. Under the 2019 Plan, 840,360 shares of common stock, plus any shares that are subject to awards granted under the 2010 Plan that expire, are forfeited or canceled without the issuance of shares (other than shares used to pay the exercise price of a stock option under the 2010 Plan and shares used to cover the tax withholding of the award under the 2010 Plan) may be issued over a term of ten years. Under the ESPP, 150,000 shares of common stock may be issued over a term of ten years.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded under the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan, totaled $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, for each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021. Stock-based compensation expense recorded under the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan, totaled $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, for each of the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020.

At July 2, 2021, there were 490,329 shares of common stock available to be issued under the 2019 Plan and 64,294 shares of common stock available to be issued under the ESPP.

Expenses relating to stock options that comply with certain U.S. income tax rules are neither deductible by the Company nor taxable to the employee. Further information regarding awards granted under the 2019 Plan, the 2010 Plan and the ESPP is provided below.

Stock Options

When options are granted, IEC estimates fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recognizes the computed value as compensation cost over the vesting period, which is typically four years. The contractual term of options granted under the 2010 Plan and 2019 Plan is generally seven years. The volatility rate is based on the historical volatility of IEC’s common stock.

Assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model and the estimated value of options granted during the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows.

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,			June 26,
Valuation of Options	2021			2020
Assumptions for Black-Scholes:
Risk-free interest rate		0.62	%		0.49	%
Expected term in years		5.5			5.5
Volatility		40	%		40	%
Expected annual dividends		none			none
Value of options granted:
Number of options granted		65,000			37,500
Weighted average fair value per share	$	3.92		$	2.65
Fair value of options granted (000s)	$	255		$	99

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A summary of stock option activity, together with other related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021				June 26, 2020
			Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number		Exercise		Number	Exercise
Stock Options	of Options		Price		of Options	Price
Outstanding, beginning of period		670,145	$	4.67	743,145	$	4.54
Granted		65,000		10.00	37,500		5.26
Exercised		(18,375)		5.14	(30,500)		5.29
Forfeited		(17,000)		6.81	(15,000)		3.92
Expired		(3,000)		3.74	(5,000)		6.91
Outstanding, end of period		696,770	$	5.11	730,145	$	4.54
For options expected to vest
Number expected to vest		688,815	$	5.08	721,416	$	4.53
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		4.9			3.1
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,740		$	3,442
For exercisable options
Number exercisable		502,145	$	4.32	538,645	$	4.15
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		3.9			1.7
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,095		$	2,761
For non-exercisable options
Expense not yet recognized (000s)			$	442		$	345
Weighted average years to be recognized		2.9			2.9
For options exercised
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	106		$	93

Restricted (Non-vested) Stock

Certain holders of IEC restricted stock have voting and dividend rights as of the date of grant, and, until vested, the shares may be forfeited and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred. At the end of the vesting period, which is typically four or five years (three years in the case of directors), holders have all the rights and privileges of any other common stockholder of the Company. The fair value of a share of restricted stock is its market value on the date of grant, and that value is recognized as stock compensation expense over the vesting period.

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A summary of restricted stock activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted (Non-vested) Stock	vested Shares	Fair Value		vested Shares	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	49,825	$	5.32	82,707	$	5.25
Granted	20,407		11.64	24,850		5.03
Vested	(25,380)		5.19	(44,482)		4.80
Forfeited	(1,000)		4.12	(13,250)		6.09
Outstanding, end of period	43,852	$	8.37	49,825	$	5.32
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	330		$	255
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	2.1			1.7
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	333		$	317

Stock Issued to Board Members

In addition to annual grants of restricted stock, included in the table above, board members may elect to have their meeting fees paid in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has not paid any meeting fees in stock since May 21, 2013.

Restricted Stock Units

Holders of IEC restricted stock units do not have voting and dividend rights as of the date of grant, and, until vested, the unit may be forfeited and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred. At the end of the vesting period, which is typically three years, holders will receive shares of the Company’s common stock and have all the rights and privileges of any other common stockholder of the Company. The fair value of a restricted stock unit is the market value of the underlying shares of the Company’s stock on the date of grant and that value is recognized as stock compensation expense over the vesting period.

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A summary of restricted stock unit activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted Stock Units	vested Units	Fair Value		vested Units	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	186,727	$	6.56	153,186	$	5.36
Granted	67,597		7.65	50,556		9.19
Vested	(102,624)		4.28	(17,015)		3.58
Forfeited	—		—	—		—
Outstanding, end of period	151,700	$	8.58	186,727	$	6.56
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	722		$	818
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	1.7			2.0
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	1,268		$	86

NOTE 9—INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes during each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Income Taxes	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	265	$	550	$	121	$	1,253

The income tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments enacted measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”), which was enacted on December 21, 2020 in the U.S., and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “American Rescue Plan”), which was enacted on March 11, 2021 in the U.S., include measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. The Company has assessed the provisions of the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and the American Rescue Plan, and has determined that there were no material tax impacts to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 is comprised of the federal tax rate of 21% plus the state tax rate of 1.58%, which is adjusted for permanent book tax differences. During the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, the permanent items included meals and entertainment and stock based compensation. The discrete tax benefit for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 is related to excess tax benefits recognized upon vesting of restricted stock units or exercise of stock options during those quarters.

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NOTE 10—MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which IEC’s customers operate, follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
% of Sales by Sector	2021		2020		2021		2020
Aerospace & Defense	76	%	59	%	69	%	60	%
Medical	14	%	28	%	20	%	26	%
Industrial	10	%	13	%	11	%	14	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the three months ended July 2, 2021. All four of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 20%, 19%, 15% and 12% of sales. Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the nine months ended July 2, 2021. All four of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 23%, 13%, 12% and 12% of sales.

Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the three months ended June 26, 2020. Three of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 27%, 11% and 10% of sales. The fourth customer was from the medical sector and represented 17% of sales for the three months ended June 26, 2020. Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the nine months ended June 26, 2020. Three of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 26% and 11% and 10% of sales. The fourth customer was from the medical sector and represented 16% of sales for the nine months ended June 26, 2020.

Three individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 53% of the outstanding balance at July 2, 2021. Two individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 30% of the outstanding balance at September 30, 2020.

Credit risk associated with individual customers is periodically evaluated by analyzing the entity’s financial condition and payment history. Customers generally are not required to post collateral.

NOTE 11—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of its business, but management does not believe that any such proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTE 12—LEASES

Operating Leases

IEC has a lease portfolio that consists of operating leases for equipment, and has remaining terms from less than one year to up to approximately three years, with contractual terms expiring from 2022 to 2024. None of these leases contain residual value guarantees, substantial restrictions, or covenants.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating leases were as follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Operating Leases	2021		2020
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)	3.0		3.8
Weighted average discount rate for operating leases	5.47	%	5.47	%

Finance Leases

IEC’s lease portfolio also consists of finance leases for equipment and real estate, and has remaining terms of four years up to approximately fourteen years, with contractual terms expiring in 2024 through 2035.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s finance leases were as follows:

	July 2,			September 30,
Finance Leases	2021			2020
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization (included in PP&E) (in thousands)	$	31,319		$	6,329
Weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases (in years)		12.1			11.3
Weighted average discount rate for finance leases		3.52	%		4.83	%

In November 2020 the Company commenced a lease for the Property located in Newark, New York, which includes a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and administrative offices. The lease for the property has an initial term of 15 years with one renewal option of 10 years, resulting in a ROU asset of $19.1 million. The Company entered into a finance lease under our Master Lease for certain equipment and leasehold improvements to be located at the property resulting in a ROU asset of $6.5 million during the nine months ended July 2, 2021. The equipment and leasehold improvements are included in property, plant and equipment on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Master Lease is described in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

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Lease Expense

The components of lease expense, recorded in cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Lease Expense	Classification	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Operating lease expense
Fixed payment operating lease expense (1)	Cost of sales	$	31	$	62	$	161	$	155
Fixed payment operating lease expense	Selling and administrative expenses		6		1		25		31
Finance lease expense
Depreciation of ROU assets	Cost of sales		557		131		1,383		404
Depreciation of ROU assets	Selling and administrative expenses		33		—		89		—
Interest	Interest expense		250		87		718		261
Total lease expense		$	877	$	281	$	2,376	$	851

⁽¹⁾     Includes short-term leases which are not material.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s leases during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Supplemental Cash Flow	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Cash paid for operating lease ROU assets	$	55	$	65
Interest paid on finance leases		718		261
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining ROU assets:
Operating leases		—		33
Finance leases	$	19,142	$	—

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Contractual Lease Payments

A summary of operating lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Operating Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	73
2023		71
2024		71
2025		1
2026 and thereafter		—
Total operating lease payments		216
Less: amounts representing interest		(17)
Total operating lease obligation	$	199

A summary of finance lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Finance Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	3,162
2023		3,260
2024		3,273
2025		3,351
2026 and thereafter		26,389
Total finance lease payments		39,435
Less: amounts representing interest		(7,665)
Total finance lease obligation	$	31,770

NOTE 13—NET INCOME PER SHARE

The Company applies the two-class method to calculate and present net income per share. Certain of the Company’s restricted (non-vested) share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends and are considered participating securities for purposes of computing net income per share pursuant to the two-class method. Under the two-class method, net earnings are reduced by the amount of dividends declared (whether paid or unpaid) and the remaining undistributed earnings are then allocated to common stock and participating securities, based on their respective rights to receive dividends.

Basic earnings per common share are calculated by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per common share add to the denominator incremental shares resulting from the assumed exercise of all potentially dilutive stock options, as well as unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units. Options, restricted stock and restricted stock units are primarily held by directors, officers and certain employees.

The Company uses the two-class method to calculate net income per share as both classes share the same rights in dividends. Therefore, basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are the same for both classes of ordinary shares.

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A summary of shares used in the EPS calculations follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Net Income Per Share	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Less: Income attributable to non-vested shares		4		10		9		23
Net income available to common stockholders	$	1,022	$	2,104	$	2,206	$	4,803
Weighted average common shares outstanding		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Basic income per share	$	0.10	$	0.20	$	0.21	$	0.46
Diluted net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Shares used in computing basic net income per share		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Dilutive effect of options and non-vested shares		432,055		334,036		457,532		308,416
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share		11,048,668		10,758,092		11,032,245		10,697,288
Diluted net income per share	$	0.09	$	0.20	$	0.20	$	0.45

The diluted weighted average share calculations do not include the following shares, which are anti-dilutive to the EPS calculations.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Anti-dilutive shares excluded		11,825		—		11,825		—

NOTE 14—SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Creation Technologies International Inc. (“Parent”), Creation Technologies Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and CTI Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), under which Purchaser will acquire all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock for $15.35 per share in cash, representing an implied fully diluted equity value of approximately $174 million. The transaction is structured as a tender offer followed by a merger (collectively, the “Transaction”). The Transaction, which was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors upon recommendation by a Special Committee of the Board, is expected to close by early October 2021 assuming the satisfaction of all conditions.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Board of Directors, with the assistance of its financial advisor, will conduct a 35-day “go-shop” expiring September 16, 2021, during which it will actively initiate, solicit, facilitate, encourage and evaluate alternative acquisition proposals, and potentially enter into negotiations with any parties that offer alternative acquisition proposals. The Company will have the right to terminate the Merger Agreement to accept a superior proposal, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement. If the Company terminates the Merger Agreement, it must pay Parent a customary termination fee that varies in amount depending on whether or not the superior proposal results from the go-shop. In addition, the Merger Agreement provides Parent a customary right to match a superior proposal. There can be no assurance that this “go-shop” process will result in a superior proposal or that

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the Transaction with Parent or any other transaction will be approved or completed. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend to disclose developments with respect to the solicitation process unless and until the Board of Directors makes a determination requiring further disclosure.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will commence a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares IEC common stock for $15.35 per share in cash (the “Offer”). The proposed Transaction is subject to, among other customary closing conditions, the tender to Purchaser by the Company’s stockholders of shares representing more than two-thirds of the total number of the Company’s outstanding shares, the expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and other customary conditions. Following completion of the Transaction, the Company will become a privately-held company and its shares of common stock will no longer be listed on any public market.

See Item IA. Risk Factors for further discussion of the risks related to the Transaction.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The information in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes. All references to “Notes” are to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”).

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

References in this report to “IEC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us” mean IEC Electronics Corp. and its subsidiaries except where the context otherwise requires. This Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future sales and operating results, future prospects, the capabilities and capacities of business operations, any financial or other guidance and all statements that are not based on historical fact, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future results and events. The ultimate correctness of these forward-looking statements is dependent upon a number of known and unknown risks and events and is subject to various uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

The following important factors, among others, could affect future results and events, causing those results and events to differ materially from those views expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, including our supply chain, workforce and customer demand; business conditions and growth or contraction in our customers’ industries, the electronic manufacturing services industry and the general economy; our ability to control our material, labor and other costs; our dependence on a limited number of major customers; uncertainties as to availability and timing of governmental funding for our customers; the impact of government regulations, including U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations; unforeseen product failures and the potential product liability claims that may be associated with such failures; technological, engineering and other start-up issues related to new programs and products; variability and timing of customer requirements; the potential consolidation of our customer base; availability of component supplies; dependence on certain industries; the ability to realize the full value of our backlog; the types and mix of sales to our customers; litigation and governmental investigations; intellectual property litigation; variability of our operating results; our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting; the availability of capital and other economic, business and competitive factors affecting our customers, our industry and business generally; failure or breach of our information technology systems; and natural disasters. Any one or more of such risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on us or the value of our common stock. For a further list and description of various risks, relevant factors and uncertainties that could cause future results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements, see the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections in this Form 10-Q, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

All forward-looking statements included in this Form-10-Q are made only as of the date indicated or as of the date of this Form 10-Q. We do not undertake any obligation to, and may not, publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or which we hereafter become aware of, except as required by law. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time and we cannot predict these events or how they may affect us and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on our forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. When considering these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should keep in mind the cautionary statements contained in this report and any documents incorporated herein by reference. You should read this document and the documents that we reference in this Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

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Overview

IEC Electronics Corp. (“IEC,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Company”) conducts business directly, as well as through its subsidiaries, IEC Electronics Corp-Albuquerque (“Albuquerque”), and IEC Analysis & Testing Laboratory, LLC (“ATL”).

We are a premier provider of electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) to advanced technology companies that produce life-saving and mission critical products for the medical, industrial, aerospace and defense sectors. We specialize in delivering technical solutions for the custom manufacturing, product configuration, and verification testing of highly engineered complex products that require a sophisticated level of manufacturing to ensure quality and performance.

Within the EMS sector, we have unique capabilities which allow our customers to rely on us to solve their complex challenges, minimize their supply chain risk and deliver full system solutions for their supply chain. These capabilities include, among others:

● Our engineering services include the design, development, and fabrication of customized stress testing platforms to simulate a product’s end application, such as thermal cycling and vibration, in order to ensure reliable performance and avoid catastrophic failure when the product is placed in service.

● Our vertical manufacturing model offers customers the ability to simplify their supply chain by utilizing a single supplier for their critical components including complex printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”), precision metalworking, and interconnect solutions. This service model allows us to control the cost, lead time, and quality of these critical components which are then integrated into full system assemblies and minimizes our customers’ supply chain risk.

● We provide direct order fulfillment services for our customers by integrating with their configuration management process to obtain their customer orders, customize the product to the specific requirements, functionally test the product and provide verification data, and direct ship to their end customer in order to reduce time, cost, and complexity within our customer’s supply chain.

● We believe we are the only EMS provider with an on-site laboratory that has been approved by the Defense Logistics Agency (“DLA”) for their Qualified Testing Supplier List (“QTSL”) program which deems the site suitable to conduct various QTSL and military testing standards including counterfeit component analysis and environmental testing to qualify a part fit for use. In addition, this advanced laboratory is utilized for complex design analysis and manufacturing process development to solve challenges and accelerate our customers’ time to market.

We are a 100% U.S. manufacturer which attracts customers who are unlikely to utilize offshore suppliers due to the proprietary nature of their products, governmental restrictions or volume considerations. Our locations include:

● Newark, New York - Located approximately one hour east of Rochester, New York, our Newark locations contain our corporate headquarters and our largest manufacturing location providing complex circuit board manufacturing, interconnect solutions, and system-level assemblies along with an on-site material analysis laboratory for advanced manufacturing process development.

● Rochester, New York - Focuses on precision metalworking services including complex metal chassis and assemblies. In October 2020, we acquired an additional industrial and office building, the Jetview building, located in Rochester, New York, which is expected to be occupied during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.

● Albuquerque, New Mexico - Specializes in the aerospace and defense markets with complex circuit board and system-level assemblies along with a state of the art analysis and testing laboratory which conducts root cause failure analysis, reliability, inspection and authenticity testing.

We excel at complex, highly engineered products that require sophisticated manufacturing support where quality and reliability are of paramount importance. With our customers at the center of everything we do, we have created a high-intensity, rapid response culture capable of reacting and adapting to their ever-changing needs. Our customer-centric approach offers a high degree of flexibility while simultaneously complying with rigorous quality and on-time delivery standards.

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We proactively invest in areas we view as important for our continued long-term growth. Excluding the recently acquired Jetview building, all of our remaining locations are ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered. We are Nadcap accredited and AS9100D certified at our Newark and Albuquerque locations to support the stringent quality requirements of the aerospace industry. Our Newark location is ISO 13485 certified to serve the medical sector and is an approved supplier by the National Security Agency under the COMSEC standard regarding communications security. Our analysis and testing laboratory in Albuquerque is ISO 17025 accredited, an IPC-approved Validation Services Qualified Test Laboratory, and we believe is the only on-site EMS laboratory that has been approved by the DLA for their QTSL program which deems the site suitable to conduct various QTSL and military testing standards including counterfeit component analysis and environmental testing to qualify a part fit for use. At our Albuquerque location, we also perform work per NASA-STD-8739 and J-STD-001ES space standards.

The technical expertise of our experienced workforce enables us to build some of the most advanced electronic, wire and cable, interconnect solutions, and precision metal systems sought by original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”).

Entry into Merger Agreement

On August 12, 2021, we entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Creation Technologies International Inc. (“Parent”), Creation Technologies Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and CTI Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), under which Purchaser will acquire all outstanding shares of IEC common stock for $15.35 per share in cash, representing an implied fully diluted equity value of approximately $174 million. The transaction is structured as a tender offer followed by a merger (collectively, the “Transaction”). The Transaction, which was unanimously approved by our Board of Directors upon recommendation by a Special Committee of the Board, is expected to close by early October 2021 assuming the satisfaction of all conditions.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, our Board of Directors, with the assistance of its financial advisor, will conduct a 35-day “go-shop” expiring September 16, 2021, during which it will actively initiate, solicit, facilitate, encourage and evaluate alternative acquisition proposals, and potentially enter into negotiations with any parties that offer alternative acquisition proposals. We will have the right to terminate the Merger Agreement to accept a superior proposal, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement. If we terminate the Merger Agreement, we must pay Parent a customary termination fee that varies in amount depending on whether or not the superior proposal results from the go-shop. In addition, the Merger Agreement provides Parent a customary right to match a superior proposal. There can be no assurance that this “go-shop” process will result in a superior proposal or that the Transaction with Parent or any other transaction will be approved or completed. Except as required by law, we do not intend to disclose developments with respect to the solicitation process unless and until the Board of Directors makes a determination requiring further disclosure.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will commence a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares IEC common stock for $15.35 per share in cash (the “Offer”). The proposed Transaction is subject to, among other customary closing conditions, the tender to Purchaser by our stockholders of shares representing more than two-thirds of the total number of our outstanding shares, the expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and other customary conditions. Following completion of the Transaction, we will become a privately-held company and our shares of common stock will no longer be listed on any public market.

See Item IA. Risk Factors for further discussion of the risks related to the Transaction.

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COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt supply chains and affect production and sales across a range of industries. The ultimate extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our supply chain, workforce, customer demand, operations and financial performance will depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak and variants, the effectiveness of vaccines and speed of distribution, as well as the impact on our customers, employees and vendors all of which remain uncertain and cannot be predicted.

In accordance with the Department of Defense guidance issued in March 2020, designating the Defense Industrial Base as a critical infrastructure workforce, our production facilities have continued to operate in support of essential products and services required to meet national security commitments to the U.S. government and the U.S. military.

Please see Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report for additional information regarding certain risks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supply Chain

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a level of uncertainty around the availability of raw material components in future periods. We are aware of some component manufacturers that have continued to temporarily shut down, as a result of COVID-19 related illnesses impacting their employee populations or to comply with government mandates. Due to the lifesaving and mission critical nature of the products we support, many of our suppliers and the related programs were given certain priority ratings, which helped ensure the required supply of material.

We are continually assessing potential supply chain impacts and working with our distribution partners to identify existing, on hand stock that we can access. We are also working with our customer base to determine their interest in participating in inventory pre-purchase arrangements, which would be funded through additional customer deposits.

Workforce

The safety and well-being of our employees has been, and continues to be, our top priority, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although we are deemed an essential business based on the lifesaving and mission critical products we support, and we have remained fully operational throughout the pandemic, we chose early on to ask our non-essential employees to work from home in order to reduce the employee density in our facilities. As circumstances have allowed and in accordance with applicable guidelines, we have assigned non-essential employees into two groups, working alternating weeks in the office to maintain social distancing. In support of those working on site, we have taken numerous actions to help provide for a safe work environment and allow for appropriate social distancing, where possible. Some examples of the actions we have taken include, but are not limited to, the following:

● Adjusted shift start and end times to limit the number of people entering and exiting our facilities simultaneously;

● Adjusted break and lunch times to reduce the number of people in common areas;

● Designated stairwells and walkways as one-way to ensure employees are not passing each other in tight quarters; and

● Implemented additional cleaning protocols to ensure work surfaces, high touch areas and common spaces are routinely cleaned and disinfected in accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

We have also developed contingency plans in the event that one of our employees tests positive for COVID-19. During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, we experienced employee absenteeism across several of our manufacturing facilities due to COVID-19, largely related to contact tracing precautions rather than positive cases. This resulted in underutilization on the production floor for a portion of the first quarter of fiscal 2021. During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, however, we saw employee absenteeism remain at more normal levels. We expect to continue to align practices to remain in conformance with state and federal guidelines.

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Customer Demand

Due to the nature of the lifesaving and mission critical products that we support, the majority of our customers are also deemed to be essential businesses and have remained operational throughout the pandemic. At a macro level, we have seen some indices of demand normalizing to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. However, certain customers have requested that a portion of their demand be moved out to future periods beyond fiscal 2021. To date, these requests represent a small percentage of our current backlog and we do not expect to see a material impact from these requests. We continue to work in partnership with our customers to continually assess any potential impacts from the pandemic and opportunities to mitigate risk.

Three Months Results

A summary of selected income statement amounts for the three months ended follows:

	Three Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Income Statement Data	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Net sales	$	49,370	$	47,364
Gross profit		5,235		6,642
Selling and administrative expenses		3,357		3,678
Interest expense		587		300
Income before provision for income taxes		1,291		2,664
Provision for income taxes		265		550
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114

A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which our customers operate, follows:

	Three Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Percent of Sales by Sector	2021		2020
Aerospace and Defense	76	%	59	%
Medical	14	%	28	%
Industrial	10	%	13	%
	100	%	100	%

Revenue increased in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 by $2.0 million or 4.2% as compared to the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. Revenues from the aerospace & defense sector increased $9.6 million, revenue from the medical sector decreased $6.4 million and revenue from the industrial sector decreased $1.2 million.

Various increases and decreases in sales to our aerospace & defense customers resulted in a net increase of $9.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. A new customer resulted in an increase of $9.9 million. Production ramp up for two customers resulted in an increase in revenue of $5.5 million. These increases were partially offset by reductions to revenue from various customers who experienced material and engineering delays and various program delays totaling $6.0 million. The remaining change is due to $0.2 million of net increases in demand at various customers.

The medical sector saw a decrease of $6.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. We saw decreases in customer demand of $7.0 million and decreases related to disengaging with one customer of $1.2 million. These decreases were primarily due to increased demand in the prior fiscal year period related to the COVID-19 pandemic and were partially offset by increases related to a new customer and various increases in demand aggregating $1.8 million. We continue to expect some volatility in the medical sector going forward.

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The net decrease in the industrial sector of $1.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year, resulted primarily from the net decreases in demand from various customers.

Gross profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2021 was $5.2 million, or 10.6% of sales compared to $6.6 million, or 14.0% of sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Selling and administrative expenses decreased $0.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the third quarter of the prior fiscal year and represented 6.8% and 7.8% of sales in each of the periods, respectively.

Interest expense increased by $0.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. The weighted average interest rate on our debt was 0.18% higher during the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. Our average outstanding debt balances increased by $9.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2020 due to higher balances on our revolving credit facility and outstanding amounts under the master equipment lease with M&T Bank (the “Master Lease”). Cash paid for interest on credit facility debt was approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million during the third quarters of fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Detailed information regarding our borrowings is provided in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

With respect to tax payments, in the near term, we expect to benefit from sizable net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards for federal income tax purposes. During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, we paid minimal taxes. At the end of fiscal 2020, the gross NOL carryforwards amounted to approximately $15.9 million. The NOL carryforwards expire in 2036, unless utilized prior to these dates.

Year to Date Results

A summary of selected income statement amounts for the nine months ended follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Income Statement Data	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Net sales	$	142,211	$	136,269
Gross profit		14,287		17,384
Selling and administrative expenses		10,362		10,194
Interest expense		1,589		1,111
Income before provision for income taxes		2,336		6,079
Provision for income taxes		121		1,253
Net income	$	2,215	$	4,826

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A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which our customers operate, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
% of Sales by Sector	2021		2020
Aerospace & Defense	69	%	60	%
Medical	20	%	26	%
Industrial	11	%	14	%
	100	%	100	%

Revenue increased in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 by $5.9 million or 4.4% as compared to the first nine months of the prior fiscal year. Revenues from the aerospace & defense sector increased $16.4 million, revenue from the medical sector decreased $7.0 million and revenue from the industrial sector decreased $3.4 million.

Various increases and decreases in sales to our aerospace & defense customers resulted in a net increase of $16.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. A new customer resulted in an increase of $19.8 million. Net demand increases at various customers resulted in an increase of $1.5 million. These increases were partially offset by reductions to revenue from various customers related to customer program delays of $4.9 million.

The medical sector saw a decrease of $7.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. We saw increases of $5.2 million related to increases in demand with various customers and an increase of $1.5 million related to a new customer. These increases were offset by decreases in demand from various customers of $11.5 million and a decrease due to disengaging with a customer of $2.2 million. These decreases were primarily due to increased demand in the prior fiscal year period related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to expect some volatility in the medical sector going forward.

The net decrease in the industrial sector of $3.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year, resulted from decreases related to customer program delays of $1.2 million and net decreases in customer demand of $2.2 million.

Gross profit for the first nine months of fiscal 2021 was $14.3 million, or 10.0% of sales, compared to gross profit of $17.4 million, or 12.8% of sales in the first nine months of fiscal 2020, which included the negative impact of a one-time inventory reserve of $1.0 million related to a reorganization at one of our medical customers. Customer mix had the most significant impact on gross profit. During the first nine months of the prior fiscal year, due to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of a customer, we incurred a $1.0 million pre-tax non-cash charge, related to the increase in our excess and obsolete inventory reserve. The customer communicated to its vendors to “cease providing all products” under its court-supervised process. No portion of the impairment charge is anticipated to result in future cash expenditures. We intend to preserve all rights and pursue available legal remedies to recover any losses suffered as a result of the customer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. These charges impacted our financial results reported under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) financial results. Net income in the first nine month of the prior fiscal year was $4.8 million, and, adjusted for the $1.0 million impact from the one-time inventory reserve, adjusted net income was $5.6 million. Information regarding this non-GAAP measure and a reconciliation of net income to adjusted net income is provided below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Selling and administrative expenses increased $0.2 million during the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the first nine months of the prior fiscal year and represented 7.3% and 7.5% of sales in each of the periods, respectively.

Interest expense increased by $0.5 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The weighted average interest rate on our debt was 0.72% lower during the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the first nine months of the prior fiscal year. Our average outstanding debt balances increased by $5.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2020 due to higher balances on our revolving credit facility and outstanding amounts under the Master Lease. Cash paid for interest on credit facility

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debt was approximately $0.8 million during each of the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020. Detailed information regarding our borrowings is provided in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

With respect to tax payments, in the near term, we expect to benefit from sizable NOL carryforwards for federal income tax purposes. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we paid minimal taxes. At the end of fiscal 2020, the gross NOL carryforwards amounted to approximately $15.9 million. The NOL carryforwards expire in 2036, unless utilized prior to these dates.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to reporting net income, gross profit, gross margin and net income per basic and diluted share, U.S. GAAP measures, we present adjusted net income, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin, adjusted net income per common share, basic and adjusted net income per common share, diluted, which are non-GAAP measures, to reflect the impact of a one-time inventory reserve related to a customer’s bankruptcy. We believe these non-GAAP measures are important measures of our performance because they allow management, investors and others to evaluate and compare our performance from period to period by removing the impact of the one-time inventory reserve related to a customer’s bankruptcy. Adjusted net income, adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross margin, adjusted net income per common share, basic and adjusted net income per common share, diluted are not measures of financial performance under GAAP and are not calculated through the application of GAAP. As such, they should not be considered as a substitute for the GAAP measures of net income gross profit, gross margin and net income per basic and diluted share, and therefore, should not be used in isolation of, but in conjunction with, the GAAP measures. These non-GAAP measures may produce results that vary from the GAAP measures and may not be comparable to a similarly titled non-GAAP measure used by other companies.

	Nine Months Ended
	June 26, 2020
Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit:
Gross profit	$	17,384
Non-cash charge (1)		987
Adjusted gross profit	$	18,371
Reconciliation of adjusted gross margin:
Gross margin		12.8	%
Non-cash charge (1)		0.7	%
Adjusted gross margin		13.5	%
Reconciliation of adjusted net income:
Net income	$	4,826
Non-cash charge (1)		987
Income tax effect (2)		(207)
Adjusted net income	$	5,606
Reconciliation of adjusted net income per common share:
Net income per common share, basic	$	0.46
Non-cash charge, per common share, net of tax (1)(2)		0.08
Adjusted net income per common share, basic	$	0.54
Net income per common share, diluted	$	0.45
Non-cash charge, per common share, net of tax (1)(2)		0.07
Adjusted net income per common share, diluted (3)	$	0.52

(1) A non-cash charge related to the increase in our excess and obsolete inventory reserve due to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of a customer of IEC.

(2) The income tax effect related to the non-cash charge was calculated using an effective tax rate of 21%.

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(3) Adjusted net income per common share, diluted is calculated based on adjusted net income and reflects the dilutive impact of shares, where applicable, based on adjusted net income.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Resources

As of July 2, 2021, there were $1.8 million of outstanding capital expenditure commitments for manufacturing equipment. We generally fund capital expenditures with cash flows from operations, our revolving credit facility and the Master Lease. Based on our current expectations, we believe that our projected cash flows provided by operations and potential borrowings under the revolving credit facility and the Master Lease are sufficient to meet our working capital, debt service and capital expenditure requirements for the next twelve months.

Our cash management system provides for the funding of the disbursement accounts on a daily basis as checks are presented for payment. Under this system, outstanding checks in excess of the bank balance create a book overdraft.

Summary of Cash Flows

A summary of selected cash flow amounts for the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Cash Flow Data	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Cash, beginning of period	$	312	$	—
Net cash provided by/(used in):
Operating activities		(11,132)		7,756
Investing activities		(9,423)		(3,067)
Financing activities		20,359		(4,689)
Net cash change for the period		(196)		—
Cash, end of period	$	116	$	—

Operating activities

Cash flows from operations, before considering changes in our working capital accounts, provided $6.7 million and $10.8 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. The decrease was due to a $2.6 million decrease in net income, an increase of depreciation of $1.2 million and a decrease of $1.8 million in deferred tax expense in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to the prior fiscal year.

Working capital used cash flows of $17.9 million and $3.0 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. The change in working capital in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 was due to usage of cash from increases in accounts receivable of $1.5 million, increase in unbilled contract revenue of $4.5 million, increases in inventories of $2.7 million, decreases in accounts payable of $4.7 million, decreases in accrued expenses of $2.6 million and decreases in customer deposits of $2.2 million. Inventory changes were driven by the higher customer demand to meet increased backlog. The decrease in customer deposits was due to recognizing revenue on previously received deposits. The changes in accounts receivable and unbilled contract revenue were primarily due to the timing of sales and billings. The decrease in accounts payable and accrued expense was due to timing.

Investing activities

Cash flows used in investing activities were $9.4 million and $3.1 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020, respectively. Cash flows used in the first nine months of fiscal 2021 consisted of purchases of equipment and the manufacturing facility property in Rochester, NY, offset by disposals of certain equipment. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we received $1.5 million of proceeds from a grant from New York State related to the purchases of certain equipment. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we commenced a new lease for a new state-

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of-the art manufacturing facility and administrative offices in Newark, NY. Cash flows used in the first nine months of fiscal 2020 consisted of purchases of equipment.

Financing activities

Cash flows provided $20.4 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2021 compared to cash usage of $4.7 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2020. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, net borrowings under all credit facilities were $15.2 million, with $13.1 million of net borrowings under the Revolver, as defined below, and net borrowings of $2.1 million for other debt. During the first nine months of fiscal 2021, we received $6.5 million in proceeds from financing lease obligations. During the first nine months of fiscal 2020, net repayments under all credit facilities were $4.9 million, with $1.0 million of net repayments under the Revolver and repayments of $3.9 million for all other debt.

Credit Facilities

At July 2, 2021, borrowings outstanding under the revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) under the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement, as amended (the “Credit Facility”), which replaced the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement dated as of December 14, 2015, as amended by various amendments (the “Prior Credit Facility, as amended”), amounted to $33.0 million, and the upper limit was $45.0 million. We believe that our liquidity is sufficient to satisfy anticipated operating requirements during the next twelve months.

The Credit Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants including a financial covenant. As of July 2, 2021, we had to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”). The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio compares (i) EBITDAS minus unfinanced capital expenditures minus tax expense, to (ii) the sum of interest expense, principal payments, payments on all capital lease obligations and dividends, if any (fixed charges). “EBITDAS” is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-cash stock compensation expense. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was measured for a trailing twelve months ended July 2, 2021. The Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default, subject in certain cases to customary cure periods, in which events, the outstanding balance and any unpaid interest would become due and payable.

Pursuant to the Credit Facility, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio covenant of a minimum of 1.10 was the only covenant in effect at July 2, 2021. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was calculated as 2.58 at July 2, 2021. We were in compliance with the financial debt covenant at July 2, 2021.

Detailed information regarding our borrowings at July 2, 2021 is provided in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

Our application of critical accounting policies is disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies discussed in such report.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

See Note 1—Our Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for further information concerning recently issued accounting pronouncements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a result of its financing activities, the Company is exposed to changes in interest rates that may adversely affect operating results. The Company actively monitors its exposure to interest rate risk and from time to time may use derivative financial instruments to manage the impact of this risk. The Company may use derivatives only for the purpose of managing risk associated with underlying exposures. The Company does not trade or use instruments with the objective of earning financial gains on the interest rate nor does the Company use derivatives instruments where it does not have underlying exposure. The Company did not have any derivative financial instruments at July 2, 2021 or September 30, 2020.

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At July 2, 2021, the Company had $36.9 million of debt, all comprised of variable interest rates. Interest rates on variable loans are based on the London interbank offered rate (“LIBOR”). The credit facilities are more fully described in Note 6—Credit Facilities. Interest rates based on LIBOR currently adjust daily, causing interest on such loans to vary from period to period. A sensitivity analysis as of July 2, 2021 indicated that a one-percentage point increase or decrease in our variable interest rates, which represents more than a 10% change, would increase or decrease the Company’s annual interest expense by approximately $0.4 million.

The Company is exposed to credit risk to the extent of non-performance by M&T Bank under the Credit Facility. M&T Bank’s credit rating is monitored by the Company, and IEC expects that M&T Bank will perform in accordance with the terms of the Credit Facility.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and our Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer), evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of July 2, 2021, the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of July 2, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

The Company is in the process of implementing a financial reporting system, Epicor ERP Software (“Epicor”), as part of a multi-year plan to integrate and upgrade our systems and processes. During the year ended September 30, 2020, the Company began implementation of Epicor by converting one legacy ERP system to Epicor. The implementation of Epicor is occurring in phases and is expected to be fully completed after fiscal 2021.

As part of the Epicor implementation, certain changes to our processes and procedures have and will continue to occur. These changes will result in changes to our internal control over financial reporting. While Epicor is designed to strengthen our internal financial controls by automating certain manual processes and standardizing business processes and reporting across our organization, management will continue to evaluate and monitor our internal controls as each of the affected areas evolve.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of our employees have worked remotely since the third quarter of fiscal 2020. Management has taken measures to ensure that our internal controls over financial reporting remained effective and were not materially affected by these changes to the working environment during this period. We are continually monitoring and assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our internal controls to minimize the impact on their design and operating effectiveness.

During the quarter ended July 2, 2021, there have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on the effectiveness of control systems

IEC’s management does not expect that our disclosure controls and internal controls will prevent all errors and fraud. Because of inherent limitations in any such control system (e.g. faulty judgments, human error, information technology system error, or intentional circumvention), there can be no assurance that the objectives of a control system will be met under all circumstances. Moreover, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. The benefits of a control system also must be considered relative to the costs of the system and management’s judgments regarding the likelihood of potential events. In summary, there can be no assurance that any control system will succeed in achieving its goals under all possible future conditions, and as a result of these inherent limitations, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may or may not be detected.

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Part II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of our business, but management does not believe that any such proceedings individually or in the aggregate, will have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

For a discussion of the Company’s potential risks or uncertainties, please see “Part I—Item 1A—Risk Factors” and “Part II—Item 7—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended September 30, 2020 filed with the SEC on November 20, 2020, and “Part I—Item 2—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein. Other than as described below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors as previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended September 30, 2020.

The announcement and pendency of the Transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Uncertainty about the effect of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement on our employees, customers, and other parties may have an adverse effect on our business or results of operations regardless of whether the Transaction is completed. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following, all of which could be increased by a delay in or abandonment of the Transaction:

● our ability to attract, retain, and motivate employees, including key personnel, could be impaired;

● significant management time and resources could be diverted to the consummation of the Transaction instead of our day-to-day operations;

● relationships with customers, suppliers, and other business partners could be affected;

● certain business decisions by our suppliers and other business partners could be delayed or changed;

● we may not be able to pursue alternative business opportunities or make appropriate changes to our business;

● litigation relating to the Transaction could arise; and

● significant costs, expenses, and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the Transaction have been and may continue to be incurred.

Failure to consummate the Transaction within the expected timeframe, or at all, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition, results of operations and the price of our common stock.

There can be no assurance that the proposed Transaction will be consummated. The consummation of the Transaction is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of specified closing conditions, including the tender of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote, the expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and other customary closing conditions. The failure to satisfy all of the required conditions could delay the completion of the Transaction for a significant period of time or prevent them from occurring at all. There can be no assurance that these and other conditions to closing will be satisfied in a timely manner or at all.

The Merger Agreement also provides that the Merger Agreement may be terminated by us or by Parent under certain circumstances, and in certain specified circumstances upon termination of the Merger Agreement we would be required to pay Parent a termination fee equal to $7,601,783, approximately 4.375% of the equity value of the Company implied by the Transaction. If we are required to make this payment, doing so would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our failure to consummate the Transaction could result in negative publicity and a negative impression of our company among our customers, suppliers or in the investment and business community in general. Further, any disruptions to our business resulting from the proposed acquisition, including any adverse changes in our relationships with our suppliers and employees, could continue or accelerate in the event that the Transaction is not completed. In addition, if the

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transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are not completed, and there are no other parties willing and able to acquire us at a price of $15.35 per share or higher, on terms acceptable to us, the share price of our common stock would likely decline. Also, we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs, expenses and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the proposed Transaction. Many of these fees and costs will be payable by us even if the proposed Transaction is not completed and may relate to activities that we would not have undertaken in the absence of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Any of these risks could materially and adversely impact the Company’s ongoing business, financial condition, financial results and stock price.

The Transaction is subject to the expiration or termination of applicable antitrust waiting periods and the receipt of approvals, consents or clearances from regulatory authorities that may impose conditions that, if not obtained, could prevent completion of the Transaction.

Before the Transaction may be completed, any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act relating to the completion of the Transaction must have expired or been terminated and any authorization or consent from a governmental authority required to be obtained with respect to the Transaction must have been obtained. The terms and conditions of the authorizations and consents that are granted, if any, may impose requirements, limitations or costs or place restrictions on the conduct of the combined company’s business or may materially delay the completion of the Transaction.

In addition, at any time before or after the completion of the Transaction, and notwithstanding the termination of applicable waiting periods, the applicable U.S. regulatory authorities or any state attorney general could take such action under antitrust laws as such party deems necessary or desirable in the public interest. Such action could include, among other things, seeking to enjoin the completion of the Transaction. In addition, in some circumstances, a third party could initiate a private action challenging, seeking to enjoin, or seeking to impose conditions on the Transaction. Parent and the Company may not prevail and may incur significant costs in defending or settling any such action.

There can be no assurance that the conditions to the completion of the Transaction set forth in the Merger Agreement relating to applicable regulatory laws will be satisfied.

Litigation related to the Transaction may prevent the Transaction from being consummated at all or within the expected timeframe and may result in substantial costs to us.

Litigation is common in connection with sales of publicly traded companies similar to us. We and our directors and officers may become parties to lawsuits relating to the Transaction, which, even if these lawsuits are without merit, could be time consuming, expensive and divert the attention of our management from operating our business. Shareholder litigation challenging the proposed Transaction may delay completion of the Transaction in the expected timeframe or at all, particularly if the plaintiffs in any such litigation are successful in obtaining an injunction prohibiting the parties from consummating the Transaction on the terms contemplated by the Merger Agreement. If we experience the potential consequences of any of the foregoing risks, our results of operations, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected.

The Merger Agreement contains provisions that could discourage a potential competing transaction.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, after the 35-day go-shop process, we have agreed not to solicit or encourage discussions with third parties regarding other acquisition proposals; provided that we may (i) continue to engage in negotiations, discussions and share due diligence information with certain parties making proposal during the go-shop period for 15 days after the end of the go-shop period and (ii) under certain circumstances and in compliance with certain obligations, provide non-public information and engage in discussions and negotiations with respect to an unsolicited acquisition proposal that constitutes or is reasonably expected to lead to a proposal that is superior to Parent’s proposal. We are subject to certain restrictions on our ability to respond to such proposals, except in circumstances permitted by the Merger Agreement. In the event that we receive a competing proposal from a third party that our Board of Directors concludes in good faith is superior to Parent’s proposal, we must notify Parent of that proposal and

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negotiate in good faith with Parent prior to recommending any such competing proposal to our stockholders. In the event that we were to accept a competing proposal, or our Board of Directors otherwise determines that completing the Transaction would not be in the best interest of our stockholders, we would be required to pay a termination fee equal to $7,601,783, approximately 4.375% of the equity value of the Company implied by the Transaction, to Parent, except that if we were to enter into an acquisition agreement with respect to a superior proposal resulting from the 35-day go-shop period within 15 days after the end of the go-shop period (all as specified by the Merger Agreement), the amount of this fee would be approximately $3,800,892. If the Merger Agreement is terminated under certain circumstances, we may still owe the $7,601,783 termination fee to Parent if we engage in certain transactions within nine months after the termination.

These provisions could discourage potential bids or offers from other third parties, including third parties that might otherwise be willing to offer consideration with a higher value than the $15.35 per share cash price payable by Parent pursuant to the Merger Agreement. In addition, if the Merger Agreement is terminated and we decide to pursue another business combination transaction, we may be unable to negotiate a transaction with another party on terms comparable to those contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Our executive officers and directors may have interests that are different from, or in addition to, those of our stockholders generally.

Our executive officers and directors may have interests in the Offer and Transaction that are different from, or are in addition to, those of our stockholders generally. These interests include direct or indirect ownership of our common stock and stock options, restricted stock awards, and time- and performance-vesting restricted stock units, which would accelerate under the terms of the Merger Agreement and other interests. In addition, our executive officers may have certain rights to severance and other payments in the event that their employment is terminated following the consummation of the contemplated Transaction.

We are subject to contractual restrictions while the Transaction is pending.

The Merger Agreement generally requires us to operate our business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, but restricts us from taking specified actions while the Transaction is pending without the consent of Parent, including, among other things, restrictions on our ability to acquire other businesses and assets, dispose of our assets, enter into, modify, or terminate certain contracts, repurchase or issue securities, declare or pay dividends or distributions, incur certain indebtedness, or accelerate or increase the compensation of certain employees. These restrictions may prevent us from pursuing attractive business opportunities or responding effectively and/or timely to competitive pressures and industry developments that may arise prior to the completion of the pending Transaction or otherwise adversely affect our ability to execute on our business strategy, which could adversely affect our business or financial condition.

The COVID-19 pandemic may significantly disrupt our workforce and internal operations.

The COVID-19 pandemic may significantly disrupt our workforce, including our ability to hire and onboard employees, if a significant percentage of our employees or any potential hires are unable to work due to illness, quarantines, government actions, facility closures in response to the pandemic, fear of acquiring COVID-19 while performing essential business functions, or as a result of changes to unemployment insurance where unemployed workers can receive, in the short-term, benefits in excess of what would be offered for working for us. During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, we experienced employee absenteeism across several of our manufacturing facilities due to COVID-19, largely related to contact tracing precautions rather than positive cases. This resulted in underutilization on the production floor for a portion of the first quarter of fiscal 2021. During the third quarter of fiscal 2021, however, we saw employee absenteeism remain at more normal levels. While we remain fully operational, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to adequately staff our operations when needed, particularly as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to progress, and new variants develop, which may strain our existing personnel, increase costs, and negatively impact our operations. As a result, our internal operations may experience disruptions. The pandemic may create additional challenges in attracting and retaining quality employees in the future. In addition, COVID-19 related illness could impact members of our Board of Directors resulting in absenteeism from meetings of the directors or committees of directors, making it more difficult to convene the quorums of the full Board of Directors or its committees needed to

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conduct meetings for the management of our affairs. We cannot predict the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may disrupt our workforce and internal operations.

The pendency of the Transaction and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic may also exacerbate other risks discussed in Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, any of which could have a material effect on us. The COVID-19 situation continues to change rapidly, and additional impacts may arise that we are not aware of currently.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable

Item 5.Other Information

None

Item 6. Exhibits

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*	Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101	The following items from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language: (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Income Statements (unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited), and (v) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
104	The cover page from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Inline XBRL.

* Filed herewith.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

		IEC Electronics Corp.
		(Registrant)
August 12, 2021	By:	/s/ Thomas L. Barbato
		Thomas L. Barbato
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(On behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 of IEC Electronics Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: August 12, 2021	/s/ Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum
	Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Thomas L. Barbato, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 of IEC Electronics Corp.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: August 12, 2021	/s/ Thomas L. Barbato
	Thomas L. Barbato
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of IEC Electronics Corp. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the day hereof (the "Report"), I, Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Thomas L. Barbato, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: August 12, 2021	/s/ Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum
	Jeffrey T. Schlarbaum
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: August 12, 2021	/s/ Thomas L. Barbato
	Thomas L. Barbato
	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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	Jul. 02, 2021	Aug. 02, 2021
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Entity Registrant Name	IEC ELECTRONICS CORP.
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Entity Tax Identification Number	13-3458955
Entity Address, Address Line One	105 Norton Street
Entity Address, City or Town	Newark
Entity Address, State or Province	NY
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	14513
City Area Code	315
Local Phone Number	331-7742
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock, $0.01 par value
Trading Symbol	IEC
Security Exchange Name	NASDAQ
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Current assets:
Cash	$ 116	$ 312
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	31,922	30,361
Unbilled contract revenue	13,313	8,773
Inventories	53,906	51,374
Other current assets	1,678	1,757
Total current assets	100,935	92,577
Property, plant and equipment, net	50,805	23,587
Deferred income taxes	4,936	4,840
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization	200	260
Other long-term assets	876	1,700
Total assets	157,752	122,964
Current liabilities:
Current portion of long-term debt	248	0
Current portion of operating lease obligation	63	61
Current portion of finance lease obligation	2,080	436
Accounts payable	25,201	29,733
Accrued payroll and related expenses	1,463	3,659
Other accrued expenses	316	457
Customer deposits	17,578	19,783
Total current liabilities	46,949	54,129
Long-term debt	36,385	21,476
Long-term operating lease obligation	136	184
Long-term finance lease obligation	29,690	6,616
Other long-term liabilities	2,868	1,404
Total liabilities	116,028	83,809
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value: 500,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 par value: Authorized: 50,000,000 shares Issued: 11,675,866 and 11,556,214 shares, respectively Outstanding: 10,620,378 and 10,500,726 shares, respectively	106	105
Additional paid-in capital	49,514	49,161
Accumulated deficit	(6,307)	(8,522)
Treasury stock, at cost: 1,055,488 shares	(1,589)	(1,589)
Total stockholders' equity	41,724	39,155
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 157,752	$ 122,964

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	500,000	500,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	50,000,000	50,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	11,675,866	11,556,214
Common stock, shares outstanding	10,620,378	10,500,726
Treasury stock, shares	1,055,488	1,055,488

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
Net sales	$ 49,370	$ 47,364	$ 142,211	$ 136,269
Cost of sales	44,135	40,722	127,924	118,885
Gross profit	5,235	6,642	14,287	17,384
Selling and administrative expenses	3,357	3,678	10,362	10,194
Operating profit	1,878	2,964	3,925	7,190
Interest expense	587	300	1,589	1,111
Income before provision for income taxes	1,291	2,664	2,336	6,079
Provision for income taxes	265	550	121	1,253
Net income	$ 1,026	$ 2,114	$ 2,215	$ 4,826
Net income per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.20	$ 0.21	$ 0.46
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.09	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.45
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	10,616,613	10,424,056	10,574,713	10,388,872
Diluted (in shares)	11,048,668	10,758,092	11,032,245	10,697,288

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of CHANGES in STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Common Stock	Additional Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Deficit	Treasury Stock, at cost	Total
Beginning Balance (shares) at Sep. 30, 2019	10,338,548
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	$ 103	$ 48,001	$ (15,275)	$ (1,589)	$ 31,240
Net income (loss)			1,189		1,189
Stock-based compensation		152			152
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	6,367
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes		$ (24)			$ (24)
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)	24,000	130,000			130,000
Employee stock plan purchases (shares)	6,449
Employee stock plan purchases		$ 40			$ 40
Ending Balance at Dec. 27, 2019	$ 103	48,299	(14,086)	(1,589)	32,727
Ending Balance (shares) at Dec. 27, 2019	10,375,364
Beginning Balance (shares) at Sep. 30, 2019	10,338,548
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2019	$ 103	48,001	(15,275)	(1,589)	31,240
Net income (loss)					$ 4,826
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)					30,500
Ending Balance at Jun. 26, 2020	$ 104	48,676	(10,449)	(1,589)	$ 36,742
Ending Balance (shares) at Jun. 26, 2020	10,430,726
Beginning Balance (shares) at Dec. 27, 2019	10,375,364
Beginning Balance at Dec. 27, 2019	$ 103	48,299	(14,086)	(1,589)	32,727
Net income (loss)			1,523		1,523
Stock-based compensation		185			185
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	4,663
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes		(33)			(33)
Restricted stock units vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	10,089
Restricted stock units vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes		(35)			(35)
Employee stock plan purchases (shares)	2,000
Employee stock plan purchases		8			8
Ending Balance at Mar. 27, 2020	$ 103	48,424	(12,563)	(1,589)	34,375
Ending Balance (shares) at Mar. 27, 2020	10,392,116
Net income (loss)			2,114		2,114
Stock-based compensation		189			189
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	25,576
Restricted stock vested, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes		(6)			(6)
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)	4,500
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered		23			23
Employee stock plan purchases (shares)	8,534
Employee stock plan purchases	$ 1	46			47
Ending Balance at Jun. 26, 2020	$ 104	48,676	(10,449)	(1,589)	$ 36,742
Ending Balance (shares) at Jun. 26, 2020	10,430,726
Beginning Balance (shares) at Sep. 30, 2020	10,500,726				10,500,726
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2020	$ 105	49,161	(8,522)	(1,589)	$ 39,155
Net income (loss)			1,537		1,537
Stock-based compensation		242			242
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	57,455
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes	$ 1	(401)			(400)
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)	14,000
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered		68			68
Employee stock plan purchases (shares)	5,852
Employee stock plan purchases		45			45
Ending Balance at Jan. 01, 2021	$ 106	49,115	(6,985)	(1,589)	$ 40,647
Ending Balance (shares) at Jan. 01, 2021	10,578,033
Beginning Balance (shares) at Sep. 30, 2020	10,500,726				10,500,726
Beginning Balance at Sep. 30, 2020	$ 105	49,161	(8,522)	(1,589)	$ 39,155
Net income (loss)					$ 2,215
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)					18,375
Ending Balance at Jul. 02, 2021	$ 106	49,514	(6,307)	(1,589)	$ 41,724
Ending Balance (shares) at Jul. 02, 2021	10,620,378				10,620,378
Beginning Balance (shares) at Jan. 01, 2021	10,578,033
Beginning Balance at Jan. 01, 2021	$ 106	49,115	(6,985)	(1,589)	$ 40,647
Net income (loss)			(348)		(348)
Stock-based compensation		226			226
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	27,603
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes		(85)			(85)
Employee stock plan purchases (shares)	4,572
Employee stock plan purchases		49			49
Ending Balance at Apr. 02, 2021	$ 106	49,305	(7,333)	(1,589)	40,489
Ending Balance (shares) at Apr. 02, 2021	10,610,208
Net income (loss)			1,026		1,026
Stock-based compensation		182			182
Vested restricted stock and restricted stock units, net of shares withheld for payment of taxes (shares)	5,795
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered (shares)	4,375
Exercise of stock options, net of shares surrendered		27			27
Ending Balance at Jul. 02, 2021	$ 106	$ 49,514	$ (6,307)	$ (1,589)	$ 41,724
Ending Balance (shares) at Jul. 02, 2021	10,620,378				10,620,378

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of CHANGES in STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	Jul. 02, 2021	Apr. 02, 2021	Jan. 01, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 26, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020	Dec. 27, 2019
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT of CHANGES in STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (unaudited)
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS of CASH FLOWS (unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income	$ 2,215	$ 4,826
Non-cash adjustments:
Stock-based compensation	650	526
Depreciation and amortization	3,685	2,442
Change in reserve for doubtful accounts	(56)	94
Change in inventory reserve and warranty reserve	467	1,226
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment	(30)
Deferred tax (income) expense	(96)	1,751
Amortization of deferred gain	(86)	(86)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(1,505)	(2,796)
Unbilled contract revenue	(4,540)	(988)
Inventories	(2,705)	(3,818)
Federal income tax receivable		(517)
Other current assets	79	68
Other long-term assets	180	(330)
Accounts payable	(4,682)	(1,188)
Change in book overdraft position		(107)
Accrued expenses	(2,631)	(557)
Customer deposits	(2,205)	7,210
Net change in lease right-of-use assets and liabilities	14
Other long-term liabilities	114
Net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities	(11,132)	7,756
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property, plant and equipment	(11,591)	(3,067)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment	668
Proceeds received from capital grants	1,500
Net cash flows used in investing activities	(9,423)	(3,067)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Advances from revolving credit facility	84,121	55,523
Repayments of revolving credit facility	(71,041)	(56,505)
Borrowings under other loan agreements	8,699	0
Repayments under other loan agreements	(6,603)	(3,904)
Payments under finance lease	(944)	(284)
Proceeds received from lease financing obligation	6,521	415
Debt issuance costs	(98)	(84)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	95	161
Proceeds from employee stock plan purchases	94	87
Cash paid for taxes upon vesting of restricted stock	(485)	(98)
Net cash flows provided by/(used in) financing activities	20,359	(4,689)
Net cash change for the period	(196)	0
Cash, beginning of period	312	0
Cash, end of period	116	0
Supplemental cash flow information
Interest paid	1,526	1,094
Income taxes paid	239	20
Non-cash transactions:
Property, plant and equipment purchases included in accounts payable	$ 150	$ 90

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OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 1—OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our Business

IEC Electronics Corp. (“IEC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) to advanced technology companies that produce life-saving and mission critical products for the medical, industrial, aerospace and defense sectors. The Company specializes in delivering technical solutions for the custom manufacture of complex full system assemblies by providing on-site analytical testing laboratories, custom design and test engineering services combined with a broad array of manufacturing services encompassing electronics, interconnect solutions, and precision metalworking. As a full service EMS provider, IEC holds all appropriate certifications for the market sectors it supports including ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, and ISO 13485, and we are Nadcap accredited. IEC is headquartered in Newark, NY and also has operations in Rochester, NY and Albuquerque, NM. Additional information about IEC can be found on its website at www.iec-electronics.com. The contents of this website are not incorporated by reference into this quarterly report.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

IEC’s financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

Fiscal Calendar

The Company’s fiscal year ends on September 30 and the first three quarters generally end on the Friday closest to the last day of the calendar quarter. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”), the fiscal quarters ended on January 1, 2021, April 2, 2021 and July 2, 2021. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”), the fiscal quarters ended on December 27, 2019, March 27, 2020 and June 26, 2020.

Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IEC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: IEC Electronics Corp-Albuquerque (“Albuquerque”), and IEC Analysis & Testing Laboratory, LLC (“ATL”). All intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 have been prepared without an audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include certain of the information the footnotes require by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, required for a fair presentation of the information have been made. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Cash

The Company’s cash represents deposit accounts with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), a banking corporation headquartered in Buffalo, NY. The Company’s cash management system provides for the funding of the disbursement accounts on a daily basis as checks are presented for payment. Under this system, outstanding checks in excess of the bank balance create a book overdraft. Book overdrafts are presented in accounts payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were no book overdrafts at July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020. Changes in the book overdrafts are presented within net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities within the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based on the age of outstanding invoices and management’s evaluation of collectability. Accounts are written off after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted and management concludes that the likelihood of collection is remote.

Inventory Valuation

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value under the first-in, first-out method. The Company regularly assesses slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventory and maintains balance sheet reserves in amounts required to reduce the recorded value of inventory to the lower of cost or net realizable value.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) are stated at cost and are depreciated over various estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, while renewals and improvements are capitalized. At the time of retirement or other disposition of PP&E, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recorded in earnings.

Depreciable lives generally used for PP&E are presented in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the improvement.

	Estimated
PP&E Lives	Useful Lives
	(years)
Land improvements	10
Buildings and improvements	5 to 40
Machinery and equipment	3 to 10
Furniture and fixtures	3 to 7
Software	3 to 10

Reviewing Long-Lived Assets for Potential Impairment

ASC 360 (Property, Plant and Equipment) requires the Company to test long-lived assets (PP&E and definite lived assets) for recoverability whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If carrying value exceeds undiscounted future cash flows attributable to an asset, it is considered impaired and the excess of carrying value over fair value must be charged to earnings. No impairment charges were recorded by IEC for long-lived assets during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Legal Contingencies

When legal proceedings are brought or claims are made against the Company and the outcome is uncertain, ASC 450 (Contingencies) requires the Company to determine whether it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred. If such impairment or liability is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, the loss must be charged to earnings.

When it is considered probable that a loss has been incurred but the amount of loss cannot be estimated, disclosure but not accrual of the probable loss is required. Disclosure of a loss contingency is also required when it is reasonably possible, but not probable, that a loss has been incurred.

Legal Expense Accrual

The Company records legal expenses as they are incurred, based on invoices received or estimates provided by legal counsel. Future estimated legal expenses are not recorded until incurred.

Customer Deposits

Customer deposits represent amounts invoiced to customers for which the revenue has not yet been earned and therefore represent a commitment for the Company to deliver goods or services in the future. Deposits are generally short term in nature and are recognized as revenue when earned.

Fair Value Measurements

Under ASC 825 (Financial Instruments), the Company is required to disclose the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate value. The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings. IEC believes that recorded value approximates fair value for all cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings.

ASC 820 (Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement, and prescribes related disclosures. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction. Inputs used to measure fair value are categorized under the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access at the measurement date.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable market data.

Level 3: Model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The Company deems a transfer between levels of the fair value hierarchy to have occurred at the beginning of the reporting period. There were no such transfers during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation

ASC 718 (Stock Compensation) requires that compensation expense be recognized for equity awards based on fair value as of the date of grant. For stock options, the Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model to estimate grant date fair value. Costs associated with stock awards are recorded over requisite service periods, generally the vesting period. If vesting is contingent on the achievement of performance objectives, fair value is accrued over the period the objectives are expected to be achieved only if it is considered probable that the objectives will be achieved. The Company also has an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) that provides for the purchase of Company common stock at a discounted stock purchase price.

Income Taxes and Deferred Taxes

ASC 740 (Income Taxes) requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns, but not in both. Deferred tax assets are also established for tax benefits associated with tax loss and tax credit carryforwards. Such deferred tax balances reflect tax rates that are scheduled to be in effect, based on currently enacted legislation, in the years the book/tax differences reverse, and tax loss and tax credit carryforwards are expected to be realized. An allowance is established for any deferred tax asset for which realization is not likely.

ASC 740 also prescribes the manner in which a company measures, recognizes, presents and discloses in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. The Company recognizes tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only if it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained following examination by taxing authorities, based on technical merits of the position. The Company believes that it has no material uncertain tax positions.

Any interest incurred is reported as interest expense. Any penalties incurred are reported as tax expense. The Company’s income tax filings are subject to audit by various tax jurisdictions and current open years are the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 through fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Dividends

IEC does not pay dividends on its common stock as it is the Company’s current policy to retain earnings for use in the business. Furthermore, the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement with M&T Bank includes certain restrictions on paying cash dividends, as more fully described in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Significant items subject to such estimates include: excess and obsolete inventory reserve, warranty reserves, the valuation of deferred income tax assets and revenue recognition related to the accounts for over time contracts. Actual results may differ from management’s estimates.

Statements of Cash Flows

The Company presents operating cash flows using the indirect method of reporting under which non-cash income and expense items are removed from net income.

Segments

The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 represent a single operating and reporting segment, referred to as contract manufacturing within the EMS industry. The Company strategically directs production between its various manufacturing facilities based on a number of considerations to best meet its customers’ requirements. The Company shares resources between its facilities for sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain, information services, human resources, payroll and corporate accounting functions. Consolidated financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s operations as a whole reflect the level at which the business is managed and how the Company’s chief operating decision maker assesses performance internally.

Leases

At contract inception, the Company determines if the new contractual arrangement is a lease or contains a leasing arrangement. If a contract contains a lease, the Company evaluates whether it should be classified as an operating lease or a finance lease. Upon modification of the contract, the Company will reassess to determine if a contract is or contains a leasing arrangement.

The Company records lease liabilities based on the future estimated cash payments discounted over the lease term, defined as the non-cancellable time period of the lease, together with all the following:

● Periods covered by an option to extend the lease if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option; and

● Periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise that option.

Leases may also include options to terminate the arrangement or options to purchase the underlying lease property. Lease components provide the Company with the right to use an identified asset, which consist of real estate properties and equipment. Non-lease components consist primarily of maintenance services.

As an implicit discount rate is not readily available in the Company’s lease agreements, the Company uses its estimated secured incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. For certain leases with original terms of twelve months or less, the Company

recognizes lease expense as incurred and does not recognize any lease liabilities. Short-term and long-term portions of operating lease liabilities are classified as other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively.

A right-of-use (“ROU”) asset is measured as the amount of the lease liability with adjustments, if applicable, for lease prepayments made prior to or at lease commencement, initial direct costs incurred by the Company to implement the lease and lease incentives. ROU assets are classified as other long-term assets, on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company evaluates the carrying value of ROU assets if there are indicators of potential impairment and performs the analysis concurrent with the review of the recoverability of the related asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is determined to not be fully recoverable and is in excess of its estimated fair value, the Company will record the impairment loss in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company did not recognize an impairment loss during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Fixed lease expense payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments vary because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time, and are often due to changes in an external market rate or the value of an index (e.g. Consumer Price Index). The Company did not incur variable lease payments during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Recently Issued Accounting Updates

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments in this standard apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this standard are elective and are effective upon issuance for all entities. The Company is evaluating the expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments in this standard to determine their impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes,” which amends the existing guidance relating to the accounting for income taxes. This ASU is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles of accounting for income taxes and to improve the consistent application of GAAP for other areas of accounting for income taxes by clarifying and amending existing guidance. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

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REVENUE RECOGNITION

NOTE 2—REVENUE RECOGNITION

ASC 606: Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Satisfaction of Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in ASC 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Many of the Company’s contracts have a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts and, therefore, not distinct. The Company primarily provides contract manufacturing services to its customers. The customer provides a design, the Company procures materials and manufactures to that design and ships the product to the customer. Revenue is derived primarily from the manufacturing of these electronics components that are built to customer specifications.

The Company’s performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time as work progresses. Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers at a point in time accounted for 41.1% and 46.5% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Revenue from goods and services transferred to

customers at a point in time accounted for 51.4% and 50.4% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. Revenue on these contracts is recognized when obligations under the terms of the customer contract are satisfied, generally this occurs with the transfer of control upon shipment. If there is no enforceable right to payment for work completed to date, or the Company does not recapture costs incurred plus an applicable margin, then the Company records revenue upon shipment to the customer.

Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers over time accounted for 58.9% and 53.5% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Revenue from goods and services transferred to customers over time accounted for 48.6% and 49.6% of the Company’s revenue for the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. For revenue recognized over time, the Company uses an input measure to determine progress towards completion. Under this method, sales and gross profit are recognized as work is performed generally based on the relationship between the actual costs incurred and the total estimated costs at completion. If the Company has an enforceable right to payment for work completed to date, with a recapture of costs incurred plus an applicable margin, and the goods do not have an alternative future use once the manufacturing process has commenced, then the Company records an unbilled revenue associated with non-cancellable customer orders.

The Company derives revenue from engineering and design services. Service revenue is generally recognized once the service has been rendered. For material management arrangements, revenue is generally recognized as services are rendered. Under such arrangements, some or all of the following services may be provided: design, bid, procurement, testing, storage or other activities relating to materials the customer expects to incorporate into products that it manufactures. Value-added support services revenue, including material management and repair work revenue, amounted to less than 3% of total revenue in each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Returns and Discounts

The Company does not offer its customers a right of return. Rather, the Company warrants that each unit received by the customer will meet the agreed upon technical and quality specifications and requirements. Only when the delivered units do not meet these requirements can the customer return the non-compliant units as a corrective action under the warranty. The remedy offered to the customer is repair of the returned units or replacement if repair is not viable. Accordingly, the Company records a warranty reserve and any warranty activities are not considered to be a separate performance obligation. Historically, warranty reserves have not been material.

Provisions for discounts, allowances, estimated returns and other adjustments are recorded in the period the related sales are recognized.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling activities after the customer obtains control are treated as a promised service performance obligation and recorded in net sales in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations. Shipping and handling costs incurred by the Company for the delivery of goods to customers are considered a cost to fulfill the contract and are included in cost of sales in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Contract Assets

Contract assets consist of unbilled contract amounts resulting from sales under contracts when the revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed to the customer.

Practical Expedients and Exemptions

The Company generally expenses incremental costs of obtaining a contract when incurred because the amortization period would be less than one year. These costs primarily relate to sales commissions and are recorded in selling and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less.

Disaggregated Revenue

The table below shows net sales from contracts with customers by market sector. See additional information regarding market sectors in Note 10—Market Sectors and Major Customers.

	Three Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	11,177	$	26,344	$	37,521	$	14,263	$	13,682	$	27,945
Medical		5,124		1,788		6,912		4,886		8,376		13,262
Industrial		3,987		950		4,937		5,207		950		6,157
	$	20,288	$	29,082	$	49,370	$	24,356	$	23,008	$	47,364

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	35,880	$	62,246	$	98,126	$	40,639	$	41,122	$	81,761
Medical		16,933		11,509		28,442		12,618		22,812		35,430
Industrial		13,288		2,355		15,643		15,419		3,659		19,078
	$	66,101	$	76,110	$	142,211	$	68,676	$	67,593	$	136,269

Customer Deposits

Customer deposits are recorded when cash payments are received or due in advance of revenue recognition from contracts with customers. The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of billings to customers. The changes in customer deposits from the Company’s custom manufacturing services are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	19,783	$	13,229
Recognition of deferred revenue		(25,248)		(11,705)
Deferral of revenue		23,043		18,915
Ending balance	$	17,578	$	20,439

Sales Outside the United States

For each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020, less than 2% of net sales were shipped to locations outside the United States.

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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

NOTE 3—ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

A summary of activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Allowance for doubtful accounts	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Allowance, beginning of period	$	185	$	71
(Decrease)/increase in provision for doubtful accounts		(56)		94
Write-offs		(3)		—
Allowance, end of period	$	126	$	165

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INVENTORIES

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INVENTORIES

INVENTORIES

NOTE 4—INVENTORIES

A summary of inventory by category at period end follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Inventories	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	37,174	$	32,904
Work-in-process		12,786		15,009
Finished goods		3,946		3,461
Total inventories	$	53,906	$	51,374

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

NOTE 5—PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET

A summary of property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation at period end follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Property, Plant and Equipment	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	788	$	788
Buildings and improvements		8,302		7,430
Buildings under finance lease		27,709		7,750
Machinery and equipment		39,182		34,095
Furniture and fixtures		8,824		8,113
Software		5,215		5,215
Construction in progress		10,302		6,079
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		100,322		69,470
Accumulated depreciation		(49,517)		(45,883)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,805	$	23,587

In November 2020, the Company commenced a lease for certain property located in Newark, New York, which includes a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and administrative offices having approximately 153,000 square feet (the “Property”). The lease for the Property has an initial term of 15 years with one renewal option of 10 years resulting in the recognition of a right of use asset of $19.1 million.

In October 2020, the Company acquired an industrial and office building and certain equipment located at 50 Jetview Drive, Rochester, New York (“Jetview building”). The value of the Jetview building is recorded at $4.8 million in the construction in progress section of the above table at July 2, 2021.

Depreciation expense during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Depreciation Expense	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Depreciation expense	$	1,311	$	834	$	3,670	$	2,386

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CREDIT FACILITIES

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CREDIT FACILITIES

CREDIT FACILITIES

NOTE 6—CREDIT FACILITIES

A summary of borrowings at period end follows:

	Fixed/		July 2, 2021				September 30, 2020
	Variable	Maturity			Interest				Interest
Credit Facility Debt	Rate	Date	Balance		Rate		Balance		Rate
(in thousands)
M&T Bank credit facilities:
Revolving Credit Facility	v	6/4/2023	$	33,040	2.75	%	$	19,960	2.75	%
Master Lease	v	6/4/2023		241	3.00			1,782	3.00
Jetview Term Loan	v	3/1/2026		3,637	3.65			—	—
Total debt, gross				36,918				21,742
Unamortized debt issuance costs				(285)				(266)
Total debt, net				36,633				21,476
Less: current portion				(248)				—
Long-term debt			$	36,385			$	21,476

M&T Bank Credit Facilities

Effective as of June 4, 2020, the Company and M&T Bank entered into the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement, as amended by the Consent and First Amendment effective as of September 30, 2020 (as amended the “Credit Facility”), which replaced the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement dated as of December 14, 2015, as amended by various amendments (collectively, the “Prior Credit Facility, as amended”).

Pursuant to the Credit Facility, the Company increased its revolving credit facility to an aggregate principal amount of $45.0 million and added provisions that allow the Company, subject to certain requirements, to request further increases, in minimum amounts of $5.0 million, up to $55.0 million. The Credit Facility also amended the financial covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, and set a Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. In addition, the Credit Facility modified the definition of Applicable Margin used to determine interest charges on outstanding and unused borrowings under the revolving credit facility and modified the definition of Permitted Acquisitions. The Credit Facility also established a LIBOR floor of 1% and included a mechanism for adoption of a different benchmark rate when LIBOR is discontinued. The Credit Facility prohibits the Company from making cash dividends without first obtaining the consent of M&T Bank.

Also, on June 4, 2020, the Company and M&T Bank entered into a master equipment lease (the “Master Lease”) for a lease line of up to $10.0 million in lease value of equipment to the Company. The Master Lease contains terms and provisions customary for transactions of this type, including obligations relating to the use, operation and maintenance of the equipment. The Master Lease also contains customary events of default, including nonpayment of amounts due under the lease and assignments for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy or insolvency. In the event that an event of default occurs, M&T Bank may exercise one or more remedies specified in the Master Lease. At the conclusion of the lease term, the Company will have the right to purchase the equipment under the Master Lease. The Master Lease will renew automatically for additional 12-month terms until the Company provides M&T Bank with notice of non-renewal.

On March 1, 2021, the Company and M&T Bank entered into the Second Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) that amended the Credit Facility. The Second Amendment provides for a mortgage-backed term loan in the principal amount of $3.7 million. The loan is evidenced by

a five-year term loan note (the “Jetview Term Loan”) and secured by a lien and security interest in the property located at 50 Jetview Drive, Rochester, New York pursuant to a mortgage by the Company and the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (“COMIDA”) to M&T Bank, each dated as of March 1, 2021. As part of this transaction, the Company entered into a separate agreement with COMIDA intended to provide the Company with certain associated tax benefits. The Jetview Term Loan bears interest at a rate equal to one-month LIBOR, adjusting daily, plus 2.65%. The Jetview Term Loan is subject to customary events of default including the non-payment of principal or interest as and when due, which may result in the acceleration of all amounts outstanding under the Jetview Term Loan, the application of an interest rate at a default rate and M&T Bank’s exercise of any rights and remedies available under the Credit Agreement or under applicable law.

The Credit Facility is secured by a general security agreement covering the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, a pledge of the Company’s equity interest in its subsidiaries, a negative pledge on the Company’s real property, and a guarantee by the Company’s subsidiaries, all of which restrict use of these assets to support other financial instruments.

Individual debt facilities provided under the Credit Facility as of July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, are described below:

a) Revolving Credit Facility (“Revolver”): At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, up to $45.0 million was available under the Credit Facility through June 4, 2023. The maximum amount the Company may borrow is determined based on a borrowing base calculation described below.

b) Master Lease: At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, we had drawn down $0.2 million and $1.8 million respectively, pursuant to the Master Lease that was entered into as of June 4, 2020. At July 2, 2021, there was $6.4 million included in the finance lease obligation.

c) Jetview Term Loan: IEC borrowed $3.7 million on March 1, 2021, principal is being repaid in equal monthly installments of $20.7 thousand plus a balloon payment of $2.5 million due at maturity. The maturity date of the loan is March 1, 2026.

Borrowing Base

At July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020, under the Credit Facility, the maximum amount the Company can borrow under the Revolver was the lesser of (i) 85% of eligible receivables plus (ii) up to 90% of eligible investment grade accounts plus (iii) a percentage of eligible inventories (up to a cap of $30.0 million).

At July 2, 2021, the upper limit on Revolver borrowings was $45.0 million and $12.0 million was available. At September 30, 2020, the upper limit on Revolver borrowings was $39.4 million and $19.4 million was available. Average Revolver balances amounted to $31.7 million and $25.2 million during the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020, respectively.

Interest Rates

Under the Credit Facility, variable rate debt accrues interest at LIBOR plus the applicable marginal interest rate that fluctuates based on the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined below. At July 2, 2021, the applicable marginal interest rate was 1.75% for the Revolver. Changes to applicable margins and unused fees resulting from the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio generally become effective mid-way through the subsequent quarter.

The Company incurs quarterly unused commitment fees ranging from 0.25% to 0.375% of the excess of $45.0 million over average borrowings under the Revolver. For the fiscal quarter ended July 2, 2021, the unused commitment fee was fixed at 0.25%. Fees incurred amounted to $30.9 thousand and $54.5 thousand during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, respectively. Fees incurred amounted to $5.8 thousand and $18.3 thousand during the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020, respectively. The fee percentage varies based on the Company’s Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as defined below.

Financial Covenants

The Credit Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants including financial covenants. As of July 2, 2021, the Company had to maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio (“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”). The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio compares (i) EBITDAS minus unfinanced capital expenditures minus income tax expense, to (ii) the sum of interest expense, principal payments, payments on all capital lease obligations and dividends, if any (fixed charges). “EBITDAS” is defined as earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-cash stock compensation expense. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was measured for a trailing twelve months ended July 2, 2021 as a minimum of 1.10 times. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio was the only covenant in effect at July 2, 2021. The Credit Facility also provides for customary events of default, subject in certain cases to customary cure periods, in which the outstanding balance and any unpaid interest would become due and payable.

The Company was in compliance with the financial debt covenant at July 2, 2021.

Contractual Principal Payments

A summary of contractual principal payments under IEC’s borrowings at July 2, 2021 for the next five years taking into consideration the Credit Facility is as follows:

	Contractual
	Principal
Debt Repayment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	248
2023 (1)		33,529
2024		248
2025		248
2026 and thereafter		2,645
	$	36,918

⁽¹⁾     Includes Revolver balance of $33.0 at July 2, 2021.

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WARRANTY RESERVES

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WARRANTY RESERVES

NOTE 7—WARRANTY RESERVES

IEC generally warrants its products and workmanship for up to twelve months from date of sale. As an offset to warranty claims, the Company is sometimes able to obtain reimbursement from suppliers for warranty-related costs or losses. Based on historical warranty claims experience and in consideration of sales trends, a reserve is maintained for estimated future warranty costs to be incurred on products and services sold through the balance sheet date. The warranty reserve is included in other accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

A summary of additions to and charges against IEC’s warranty reserves during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Warranty Reserve	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Reserve, beginning of period	$	100	$	165
Provision		294		4
Warranty costs		(236)		(38)
Reserve, end of period	$	158	$	131

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 8—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The 2019 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the March 2019 Annual Meeting. The 2019 Plan replaced the 2010 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (“2010 Plan”) that was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the January 2011 Annual Meeting. The 2019 Plan, like the 2010 Plan, is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and provides for the following types of awards: incentive stock options, nonqualified options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted stock units, performance compensation awards, cash incentive awards, director stock and other equity-based and equity-related awards. Awards are generally granted to certain members of management and employees, as well as directors. The Company also has an ESPP, adopted in 2011, that provides for the purchase of Company common stock at a discounted stock purchase price. Under the 2019 Plan, 840,360 shares of common stock, plus any shares that are subject to awards granted under the 2010 Plan that expire, are forfeited or canceled without the issuance of shares (other than shares used to pay the exercise price of a stock option under the 2010 Plan and shares used to cover the tax withholding of the award under the 2010 Plan) may be issued over a term of ten years. Under the ESPP, 150,000 shares of common stock may be issued over a term of ten years.

Stock-based compensation expense recorded under the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan, totaled $0.2 million and $0.7 million, respectively, for each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021. Stock-based compensation expense recorded under the 2010 Plan and the 2019 Plan, totaled $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively, for each of the three and nine months ended June 26, 2020.

At July 2, 2021, there were 490,329 shares of common stock available to be issued under the 2019 Plan and 64,294 shares of common stock available to be issued under the ESPP.

Expenses relating to stock options that comply with certain U.S. income tax rules are neither deductible by the Company nor taxable to the employee. Further information regarding awards granted under the 2019 Plan, the 2010 Plan and the ESPP is provided below.

Stock Options

When options are granted, IEC estimates fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and recognizes the computed value as compensation cost over the vesting period, which is typically four years. The contractual term of options granted under the 2010 Plan and 2019 Plan is generally seven years. The volatility rate is based on the historical volatility of IEC’s common stock.

Assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model and the estimated value of options granted during the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows.

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,			June 26,
Valuation of Options	2021			2020
Assumptions for Black-Scholes:
Risk-free interest rate		0.62	%		0.49	%
Expected term in years		5.5			5.5
Volatility		40	%		40	%
Expected annual dividends		none			none
Value of options granted:
Number of options granted		65,000			37,500
Weighted average fair value per share	$	3.92		$	2.65
Fair value of options granted (000s)	$	255		$	99

A summary of stock option activity, together with other related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021				June 26, 2020
			Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number		Exercise		Number	Exercise
Stock Options	of Options		Price		of Options	Price
Outstanding, beginning of period		670,145	$	4.67	743,145	$	4.54
Granted		65,000		10.00	37,500		5.26
Exercised		(18,375)		5.14	(30,500)		5.29
Forfeited		(17,000)		6.81	(15,000)		3.92
Expired		(3,000)		3.74	(5,000)		6.91
Outstanding, end of period		696,770	$	5.11	730,145	$	4.54
For options expected to vest
Number expected to vest		688,815	$	5.08	721,416	$	4.53
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		4.9			3.1
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,740		$	3,442
For exercisable options
Number exercisable		502,145	$	4.32	538,645	$	4.15
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		3.9			1.7
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,095		$	2,761
For non-exercisable options
Expense not yet recognized (000s)			$	442		$	345
Weighted average years to be recognized		2.9			2.9
For options exercised
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	106		$	93

Restricted (Non-vested) Stock

Certain holders of IEC restricted stock have voting and dividend rights as of the date of grant, and, until vested, the shares may be forfeited and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred. At the end of the vesting period, which is typically four or five years (three years in the case of directors), holders have all the rights and privileges of any other common stockholder of the Company. The fair value of a share of restricted stock is its market value on the date of grant, and that value is recognized as stock compensation expense over the vesting period.

A summary of restricted stock activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted (Non-vested) Stock	vested Shares	Fair Value		vested Shares	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	49,825	$	5.32	82,707	$	5.25
Granted	20,407		11.64	24,850		5.03
Vested	(25,380)		5.19	(44,482)		4.80
Forfeited	(1,000)		4.12	(13,250)		6.09
Outstanding, end of period	43,852	$	8.37	49,825	$	5.32
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	330		$	255
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	2.1			1.7
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	333		$	317

Stock Issued to Board Members

In addition to annual grants of restricted stock, included in the table above, board members may elect to have their meeting fees paid in the form of shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has not paid any meeting fees in stock since May 21, 2013.

Restricted Stock Units

Holders of IEC restricted stock units do not have voting and dividend rights as of the date of grant, and, until vested, the unit may be forfeited and cannot be sold or otherwise transferred. At the end of the vesting period, which is typically three years, holders will receive shares of the Company’s common stock and have all the rights and privileges of any other common stockholder of the Company. The fair value of a restricted stock unit is the market value of the underlying shares of the Company’s stock on the date of grant and that value is recognized as stock compensation expense over the vesting period.

A summary of restricted stock unit activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted Stock Units	vested Units	Fair Value		vested Units	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	186,727	$	6.56	153,186	$	5.36
Granted	67,597		7.65	50,556		9.19
Vested	(102,624)		4.28	(17,015)		3.58
Forfeited	—		—	—		—
Outstanding, end of period	151,700	$	8.58	186,727	$	6.56
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	722		$	818
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	1.7			2.0
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	1,268		$	86

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INCOME TAXES

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INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

NOTE 9—INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes during each of the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Income Taxes	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	265	$	550	$	121	$	1,253

The income tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of the annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter, the estimate of the annual effective tax rate is updated, and if the estimated effective tax rate changes, a cumulative adjustment is made.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments enacted measures to provide aid and economic stimulus. These measures include deferring the due dates of tax payments or other changes to their income and non-income-based tax laws. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S., the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”), which was enacted on December 21, 2020 in the U.S., and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “American Rescue Plan”), which was enacted on March 11, 2021 in the U.S., include measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. The Company has assessed the provisions of the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, and the American Rescue Plan, and has determined that there were no material tax impacts to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 is comprised of the federal tax rate of 21% plus the state tax rate of 1.58%, which is adjusted for permanent book tax differences. During the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021, the permanent items included meals and entertainment and stock based compensation. The discrete tax benefit for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 is related to excess tax benefits recognized upon vesting of restricted stock units or exercise of stock options during those quarters.

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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

NOTE 10—MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which IEC’s customers operate, follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
% of Sales by Sector	2021		2020		2021		2020
Aerospace & Defense	76	%	59	%	69	%	60	%
Medical	14	%	28	%	20	%	26	%
Industrial	10	%	13	%	11	%	14	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the three months ended July 2, 2021. All four of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 20%, 19%, 15% and 12% of sales. Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the nine months ended July 2, 2021. All four of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 23%, 13%, 12% and 12% of sales.

Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the three months ended June 26, 2020. Three of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 27%, 11% and 10% of sales. The fourth customer was from the medical sector and represented 17% of sales for the three months ended June 26, 2020. Four individual customers represented 10% or more of sales for the nine months ended June 26, 2020. Three of these customers were from the aerospace & defense sector and represented 26% and 11% and 10% of sales. The fourth customer was from the medical sector and represented 16% of sales for the nine months ended June 26, 2020.

Three individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 53% of the outstanding balance at July 2, 2021. Two individual customers represented 10% or more of receivables and accounted for 30% of the outstanding balance at September 30, 2020.

Credit risk associated with individual customers is periodically evaluated by analyzing the entity’s financial condition and payment history. Customers generally are not required to post collateral.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 11—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of its business, but management does not believe that any such proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

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LEASES

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LEASES

LEASES

NOTE 12—LEASES

Operating Leases

IEC has a lease portfolio that consists of operating leases for equipment, and has remaining terms from less than one year to up to approximately three years, with contractual terms expiring from 2022 to 2024. None of these leases contain residual value guarantees, substantial restrictions, or covenants.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating leases were as follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Operating Leases	2021		2020
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)	3.0		3.8
Weighted average discount rate for operating leases	5.47	%	5.47	%

Finance Leases

IEC’s lease portfolio also consists of finance leases for equipment and real estate, and has remaining terms of four years up to approximately fourteen years, with contractual terms expiring in 2024 through 2035.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s finance leases were as follows:

	July 2,			September 30,
Finance Leases	2021			2020
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization (included in PP&E) (in thousands)	$	31,319		$	6,329
Weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases (in years)		12.1			11.3
Weighted average discount rate for finance leases		3.52	%		4.83	%

In November 2020 the Company commenced a lease for the Property located in Newark, New York, which includes a new state-of-the art manufacturing facility and administrative offices. The lease for the property has an initial term of 15 years with one renewal option of 10 years, resulting in a ROU asset of $19.1 million. The Company entered into a finance lease under our Master Lease for certain equipment and leasehold improvements to be located at the property resulting in a ROU asset of $6.5 million during the nine months ended July 2, 2021. The equipment and leasehold improvements are included in property, plant and equipment on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Master Lease is described in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

Lease Expense

The components of lease expense, recorded in cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Lease Expense	Classification	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Operating lease expense
Fixed payment operating lease expense (1)	Cost of sales	$	31	$	62	$	161	$	155
Fixed payment operating lease expense	Selling and administrative expenses		6		1		25		31
Finance lease expense
Depreciation of ROU assets	Cost of sales		557		131		1,383		404
Depreciation of ROU assets	Selling and administrative expenses		33		—		89		—
Interest	Interest expense		250		87		718		261
Total lease expense		$	877	$	281	$	2,376	$	851

⁽¹⁾     Includes short-term leases which are not material.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s leases during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Supplemental Cash Flow	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Cash paid for operating lease ROU assets	$	55	$	65
Interest paid on finance leases		718		261
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining ROU assets:
Operating leases		—		33
Finance leases	$	19,142	$	—

Contractual Lease Payments

A summary of operating lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Operating Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	73
2023		71
2024		71
2025		1
2026 and thereafter		—
Total operating lease payments		216
Less: amounts representing interest		(17)
Total operating lease obligation	$	199

A summary of finance lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Finance Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	3,162
2023		3,260
2024		3,273
2025		3,351
2026 and thereafter		26,389
Total finance lease payments		39,435
Less: amounts representing interest		(7,665)
Total finance lease obligation	$	31,770

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NET INCOME PER SHARE

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NET INCOME PER SHARE

NET INCOME PER SHARE

NOTE 13—NET INCOME PER SHARE

The Company applies the two-class method to calculate and present net income per share. Certain of the Company’s restricted (non-vested) share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends and are considered participating securities for purposes of computing net income per share pursuant to the two-class method. Under the two-class method, net earnings are reduced by the amount of dividends declared (whether paid or unpaid) and the remaining undistributed earnings are then allocated to common stock and participating securities, based on their respective rights to receive dividends.

Basic earnings per common share are calculated by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per common share add to the denominator incremental shares resulting from the assumed exercise of all potentially dilutive stock options, as well as unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units. Options, restricted stock and restricted stock units are primarily held by directors, officers and certain employees.

The Company uses the two-class method to calculate net income per share as both classes share the same rights in dividends. Therefore, basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) are the same for both classes of ordinary shares.

A summary of shares used in the EPS calculations follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Net Income Per Share	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Less: Income attributable to non-vested shares		4		10		9		23
Net income available to common stockholders	$	1,022	$	2,104	$	2,206	$	4,803
Weighted average common shares outstanding		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Basic income per share	$	0.10	$	0.20	$	0.21	$	0.46
Diluted net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Shares used in computing basic net income per share		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Dilutive effect of options and non-vested shares		432,055		334,036		457,532		308,416
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share		11,048,668		10,758,092		11,032,245		10,697,288
Diluted net income per share	$	0.09	$	0.20	$	0.20	$	0.45

The diluted weighted average share calculations do not include the following shares, which are anti-dilutive to the EPS calculations.

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Anti-dilutive shares excluded		11,825		—		11,825		—

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

NOTE 14—SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) with Creation Technologies International Inc. (“Parent”), Creation Technologies Inc. (the “Guarantor”) and CTI Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Purchaser”), under which Purchaser will acquire all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock for $15.35 per share in cash, representing an implied fully diluted equity value of approximately $174 million. The transaction is structured as a tender offer followed by a merger (collectively, the “Transaction”). The Transaction, which was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors upon recommendation by a Special Committee of the Board, is expected to close by early October 2021 assuming the satisfaction of all conditions.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Board of Directors, with the assistance of its financial advisor, will conduct a 35-day “go-shop” expiring September 16, 2021, during which it will actively initiate, solicit, facilitate, encourage and evaluate alternative acquisition proposals, and potentially enter into negotiations with any parties that offer alternative acquisition proposals. The Company will have the right to terminate the Merger Agreement to accept a superior proposal, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement. If the Company terminates the Merger Agreement, it must pay Parent a customary termination fee that varies in amount depending on whether or not the superior proposal results from the go-shop. In addition, the Merger Agreement provides Parent a customary right to match a superior proposal. There can be no assurance that this “go-shop” process will result in a superior proposal or that

the Transaction with Parent or any other transaction will be approved or completed. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend to disclose developments with respect to the solicitation process unless and until the Board of Directors makes a determination requiring further disclosure.

Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Purchaser will commence a tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares IEC common stock for $15.35 per share in cash (the “Offer”). The proposed Transaction is subject to, among other customary closing conditions, the tender to Purchaser by the Company’s stockholders of shares representing more than two-thirds of the total number of the Company’s outstanding shares, the expiration or termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period, and other customary conditions. Following completion of the Transaction, the Company will become a privately-held company and its shares of common stock will no longer be listed on any public market.

See Item IA. Risk Factors for further discussion of the risks related to the Transaction.

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OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

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OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our Business

Our Business

IEC Electronics Corp. (“IEC,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) to advanced technology companies that produce life-saving and mission critical products for the medical, industrial, aerospace and defense sectors. The Company specializes in delivering technical solutions for the custom manufacture of complex full system assemblies by providing on-site analytical testing laboratories, custom design and test engineering services combined with a broad array of manufacturing services encompassing electronics, interconnect solutions, and precision metalworking. As a full service EMS provider, IEC holds all appropriate certifications for the market sectors it supports including ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D, and ISO 13485, and we are Nadcap accredited. IEC is headquartered in Newark, NY and also has operations in Rochester, NY and Albuquerque, NM. Additional information about IEC can be found on its website at www.iec-electronics.com. The contents of this website are not incorporated by reference into this quarterly report.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

IEC’s financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”).

Fiscal Calendar

Fiscal Calendar

The Company’s fiscal year ends on September 30 and the first three quarters generally end on the Friday closest to the last day of the calendar quarter. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021 (“fiscal 2021”), the fiscal quarters ended on January 1, 2021, April 2, 2021 and July 2, 2021. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 (“fiscal 2020”), the fiscal quarters ended on December 27, 2019, March 27, 2020 and June 26, 2020.

Consolidation

Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of IEC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries: IEC Electronics Corp-Albuquerque (“Albuquerque”), and IEC Analysis & Testing Laboratory, LLC (“ATL”). All intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated in consolidation.

Unaudited Financial Statements

Unaudited Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 have been prepared without an audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include certain of the information the footnotes require by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, required for a fair presentation of the information have been made. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Cash

Cash

The Company’s cash represents deposit accounts with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T Bank”), a banking corporation headquartered in Buffalo, NY. The Company’s cash management system provides for the funding of the disbursement accounts on a daily basis as checks are presented for payment. Under this system, outstanding checks in excess of the bank balance create a book overdraft. Book overdrafts are presented in accounts payable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There were no book overdrafts at July 2, 2021 and September 30, 2020. Changes in the book overdrafts are presented within net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities within the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts receivable based on the age of outstanding invoices and management’s evaluation of collectability. Accounts are written off after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted and management concludes that the likelihood of collection is remote.

Inventory Valuation

Inventory Valuation

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value under the first-in, first-out method. The Company regularly assesses slow-moving, excess and obsolete inventory and maintains balance sheet reserves in amounts required to reduce the recorded value of inventory to the lower of cost or net realizable value.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) are stated at cost and are depreciated over various estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred, while renewals and improvements are capitalized. At the time of retirement or other disposition of PP&E, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is recorded in earnings.

Depreciable lives generally used for PP&E are presented in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the improvement.

	Estimated
PP&E Lives	Useful Lives
	(years)
Land improvements	10
Buildings and improvements	5 to 40
Machinery and equipment	3 to 10
Furniture and fixtures	3 to 7
Software	3 to 10

Reviewing Long-Lived Assets for Potential Impairment

Reviewing Long-Lived Assets for Potential Impairment

ASC 360 (Property, Plant and Equipment) requires the Company to test long-lived assets (PP&E and definite lived assets) for recoverability whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If carrying value exceeds undiscounted future cash flows attributable to an asset, it is considered impaired and the excess of carrying value over fair value must be charged to earnings. No impairment charges were recorded by IEC for long-lived assets during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Legal Contingencies

Legal Contingencies

When legal proceedings are brought or claims are made against the Company and the outcome is uncertain, ASC 450 (Contingencies) requires the Company to determine whether it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred. If such impairment or liability is probable and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated, the loss must be charged to earnings.

When it is considered probable that a loss has been incurred but the amount of loss cannot be estimated, disclosure but not accrual of the probable loss is required. Disclosure of a loss contingency is also required when it is reasonably possible, but not probable, that a loss has been incurred.

Legal Expense Accrual

Legal Expense Accrual

The Company records legal expenses as they are incurred, based on invoices received or estimates provided by legal counsel. Future estimated legal expenses are not recorded until incurred.

Customer Deposits

Customer Deposits

Customer deposits represent amounts invoiced to customers for which the revenue has not yet been earned and therefore represent a commitment for the Company to deliver goods or services in the future. Deposits are generally short term in nature and are recognized as revenue when earned.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

Under ASC 825 (Financial Instruments), the Company is required to disclose the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate value. The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings. IEC believes that recorded value approximates fair value for all cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and borrowings.

ASC 820 (Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures) defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement, and prescribes related disclosures. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction. Inputs used to measure fair value are categorized under the following hierarchy:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company can access at the measurement date.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable market data.

Level 3: Model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable.

The Company deems a transfer between levels of the fair value hierarchy to have occurred at the beginning of the reporting period. There were no such transfers during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

ASC 718 (Stock Compensation) requires that compensation expense be recognized for equity awards based on fair value as of the date of grant. For stock options, the Company uses the Black-Scholes pricing model to estimate grant date fair value. Costs associated with stock awards are recorded over requisite service periods, generally the vesting period. If vesting is contingent on the achievement of performance objectives, fair value is accrued over the period the objectives are expected to be achieved only if it is considered probable that the objectives will be achieved. The Company also has an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) that provides for the purchase of Company common stock at a discounted stock purchase price.

Income Taxes and Deferred Taxes

Income Taxes and Deferred Taxes

ASC 740 (Income Taxes) requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns, but not in both. Deferred tax assets are also established for tax benefits associated with tax loss and tax credit carryforwards. Such deferred tax balances reflect tax rates that are scheduled to be in effect, based on currently enacted legislation, in the years the book/tax differences reverse, and tax loss and tax credit carryforwards are expected to be realized. An allowance is established for any deferred tax asset for which realization is not likely.

ASC 740 also prescribes the manner in which a company measures, recognizes, presents and discloses in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the company has taken or expects to take on a tax return. The Company recognizes tax benefits from uncertain tax positions only if it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained following examination by taxing authorities, based on technical merits of the position. The Company believes that it has no material uncertain tax positions.

Any interest incurred is reported as interest expense. Any penalties incurred are reported as tax expense. The Company’s income tax filings are subject to audit by various tax jurisdictions and current open years are the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 through fiscal year ended September 30, 2020.

Dividends

Dividends

IEC does not pay dividends on its common stock as it is the Company’s current policy to retain earnings for use in the business. Furthermore, the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Facility Agreement with M&T Bank includes certain restrictions on paying cash dividends, as more fully described in Note 6—Credit Facilities.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Significant items subject to such estimates include: excess and obsolete inventory reserve, warranty reserves, the valuation of deferred income tax assets and revenue recognition related to the accounts for over time contracts. Actual results may differ from management’s estimates.

Statements of Cash Flows

Statements of Cash Flows

The Company presents operating cash flows using the indirect method of reporting under which non-cash income and expense items are removed from net income.

Segments

Segments

The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 represent a single operating and reporting segment, referred to as contract manufacturing within the EMS industry. The Company strategically directs production between its various manufacturing facilities based on a number of considerations to best meet its customers’ requirements. The Company shares resources between its facilities for sales, marketing, engineering, supply chain, information services, human resources, payroll and corporate accounting functions. Consolidated financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in assessing performance and allocating resources. The Company’s operations as a whole reflect the level at which the business is managed and how the Company’s chief operating decision maker assesses performance internally.

Leases

Leases

At contract inception, the Company determines if the new contractual arrangement is a lease or contains a leasing arrangement. If a contract contains a lease, the Company evaluates whether it should be classified as an operating lease or a finance lease. Upon modification of the contract, the Company will reassess to determine if a contract is or contains a leasing arrangement.

The Company records lease liabilities based on the future estimated cash payments discounted over the lease term, defined as the non-cancellable time period of the lease, together with all the following:

● Periods covered by an option to extend the lease if the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option; and

● Periods covered by an option to terminate the lease if the Company is reasonably certain not to exercise that option.

Leases may also include options to terminate the arrangement or options to purchase the underlying lease property. Lease components provide the Company with the right to use an identified asset, which consist of real estate properties and equipment. Non-lease components consist primarily of maintenance services.

As an implicit discount rate is not readily available in the Company’s lease agreements, the Company uses its estimated secured incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of future lease payments. For certain leases with original terms of twelve months or less, the Company

recognizes lease expense as incurred and does not recognize any lease liabilities. Short-term and long-term portions of operating lease liabilities are classified as other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities, respectively.

A right-of-use (“ROU”) asset is measured as the amount of the lease liability with adjustments, if applicable, for lease prepayments made prior to or at lease commencement, initial direct costs incurred by the Company to implement the lease and lease incentives. ROU assets are classified as other long-term assets, on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company evaluates the carrying value of ROU assets if there are indicators of potential impairment and performs the analysis concurrent with the review of the recoverability of the related asset group. If the carrying value of the asset group is determined to not be fully recoverable and is in excess of its estimated fair value, the Company will record the impairment loss in its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company did not recognize an impairment loss during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Fixed lease expense payments are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Variable lease payments vary because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time, and are often due to changes in an external market rate or the value of an index (e.g. Consumer Price Index). The Company did not incur variable lease payments during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020.

Recently Issued Accounting Updates

Recently Issued Accounting Updates

In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments in this standard apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this standard are elective and are effective upon issuance for all entities. The Company is evaluating the expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments in this standard to determine their impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes,” which amends the existing guidance relating to the accounting for income taxes. This ASU is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles of accounting for income taxes and to improve the consistent application of GAAP for other areas of accounting for income taxes by clarifying and amending existing guidance. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance but does not expect adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Net Income Per Share

The Company applies the two-class method to calculate and present net income per share. Certain of the Company’s restricted (non-vested) share awards contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends and are considered participating securities for purposes of computing net income per share pursuant to the two-class method. Under the two-class method, net earnings are reduced by the amount of dividends declared (whether paid or unpaid) and the remaining undistributed earnings are then allocated to common stock and participating securities, based on their respective rights to receive dividends.

Basic earnings per common share are calculated by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per common share add to the denominator incremental shares resulting from the assumed exercise of all potentially dilutive stock options, as well as unvested restricted stock and restricted stock units. Options, restricted stock and restricted stock units are primarily held by directors, officers and certain employees.

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Schedule of property plant and equipment useful lives

Depreciable lives generally used for PP&E are presented in the table below. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the improvement.

	Estimated
PP&E Lives	Useful Lives
	(years)
Land improvements	10
Buildings and improvements	5 to 40
Machinery and equipment	3 to 10
Furniture and fixtures	3 to 7
Software	3 to 10

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REVENUE RECOGNITION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Schedule of Net Sales from Contracts with Customers by Market Sector

The table below shows net sales from contracts with customers by market sector. See additional information regarding market sectors in Note 10—Market Sectors and Major Customers.

	Three Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	11,177	$	26,344	$	37,521	$	14,263	$	13,682	$	27,945
Medical		5,124		1,788		6,912		4,886		8,376		13,262
Industrial		3,987		950		4,937		5,207		950		6,157
	$	20,288	$	29,082	$	49,370	$	24,356	$	23,008	$	47,364

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021						June 26, 2020
	Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales		Point in Time		Over Time		Net Sales
(in thousands)
Aerospace & Defense	$	35,880	$	62,246	$	98,126	$	40,639	$	41,122	$	81,761
Medical		16,933		11,509		28,442		12,618		22,812		35,430
Industrial		13,288		2,355		15,643		15,419		3,659		19,078
	$	66,101	$	76,110	$	142,211	$	68,676	$	67,593	$	136,269

Schedule of Changes in Customer Deposits Due to the Adoption of Topic 606

Customer deposits are recorded when cash payments are received or due in advance of revenue recognition from contracts with customers. The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of billings to customers. The changes in customer deposits from the Company’s custom manufacturing services are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	19,783	$	13,229
Recognition of deferred revenue		(25,248)		(11,705)
Deferral of revenue		23,043		18,915
Ending balance	$	17,578	$	20,439

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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Schedule of Activity in the Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

A summary of activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Allowance for doubtful accounts	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Allowance, beginning of period	$	185	$	71
(Decrease)/increase in provision for doubtful accounts		(56)		94
Write-offs		(3)		—
Allowance, end of period	$	126	$	165

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INVENTORIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

INVENTORIES

Schedule of Inventory

A summary of inventory by category at period end follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Inventories	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	37,174	$	32,904
Work-in-process		12,786		15,009
Finished goods		3,946		3,461
Total inventories	$	53,906	$	51,374

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET.

Schedule of property, plant and equipment and accumulated depreciation

	July 2,		September 30,
Property, Plant and Equipment	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Land and improvements	$	788	$	788
Buildings and improvements		8,302		7,430
Buildings under finance lease		27,709		7,750
Machinery and equipment		39,182		34,095
Furniture and fixtures		8,824		8,113
Software		5,215		5,215
Construction in progress		10,302		6,079
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost		100,322		69,470
Accumulated depreciation		(49,517)		(45,883)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	50,805	$	23,587

Schedule of depreciation expense

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Depreciation Expense	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Depreciation expense	$	1,311	$	834	$	3,670	$	2,386

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CREDIT FACILITIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

CREDIT FACILITIES

Summary of borrowings

A summary of borrowings at period end follows:

	Fixed/		July 2, 2021				September 30, 2020
	Variable	Maturity			Interest				Interest
Credit Facility Debt	Rate	Date	Balance		Rate		Balance		Rate
(in thousands)
M&T Bank credit facilities:
Revolving Credit Facility	v	6/4/2023	$	33,040	2.75	%	$	19,960	2.75	%
Master Lease	v	6/4/2023		241	3.00			1,782	3.00
Jetview Term Loan	v	3/1/2026		3,637	3.65			—	—
Total debt, gross				36,918				21,742
Unamortized debt issuance costs				(285)				(266)
Total debt, net				36,633				21,476
Less: current portion				(248)				—
Long-term debt			$	36,385			$	21,476

Schedule of Maturities of IEC's Borrowings

	Contractual
	Principal
Debt Repayment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	248
2023 (1)		33,529
2024		248
2025		248
2026 and thereafter		2,645
	$	36,918

⁽¹⁾     Includes Revolver balance of $33.0 at July 2, 2021.

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WARRANTY RESERVES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

WARRANTY RESERVES

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability

A summary of additions to and charges against IEC’s warranty reserves during the period follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Warranty Reserve	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Reserve, beginning of period	$	100	$	165
Provision		294		4
Warranty costs		(236)		(38)
Reserve, end of period	$	158	$	131

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions

Assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model and the estimated value of options granted during the nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 follows.

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,			June 26,
Valuation of Options	2021			2020
Assumptions for Black-Scholes:
Risk-free interest rate		0.62	%		0.49	%
Expected term in years		5.5			5.5
Volatility		40	%		40	%
Expected annual dividends		none			none
Value of options granted:
Number of options granted		65,000			37,500
Weighted average fair value per share	$	3.92		$	2.65
Fair value of options granted (000s)	$	255		$	99

Schedule of Stock Option Activity

A summary of stock option activity, together with other related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021				June 26, 2020
			Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number		Exercise		Number	Exercise
Stock Options	of Options		Price		of Options	Price
Outstanding, beginning of period		670,145	$	4.67	743,145	$	4.54
Granted		65,000		10.00	37,500		5.26
Exercised		(18,375)		5.14	(30,500)		5.29
Forfeited		(17,000)		6.81	(15,000)		3.92
Expired		(3,000)		3.74	(5,000)		6.91
Outstanding, end of period		696,770	$	5.11	730,145	$	4.54
For options expected to vest
Number expected to vest		688,815	$	5.08	721,416	$	4.53
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		4.9			3.1
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,740		$	3,442
For exercisable options
Number exercisable		502,145	$	4.32	538,645	$	4.15
Weighted average remaining contractual term, in years		3.9			1.7
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	3,095		$	2,761
For non-exercisable options
Expense not yet recognized (000s)			$	442		$	345
Weighted average years to be recognized		2.9			2.9
For options exercised
Intrinsic value (000s)			$	106		$	93

Schedule of Restricted Stock Activity

A summary of restricted stock activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted (Non-vested) Stock	vested Shares	Fair Value		vested Shares	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	49,825	$	5.32	82,707	$	5.25
Granted	20,407		11.64	24,850		5.03
Vested	(25,380)		5.19	(44,482)		4.80
Forfeited	(1,000)		4.12	(13,250)		6.09
Outstanding, end of period	43,852	$	8.37	49,825	$	5.32
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	330		$	255
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	2.1			1.7
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	333		$	317

Schedule of Restricted Stock Unit Activity

A summary of restricted stock unit activity, together with related data, follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2, 2021			June 26, 2020
		Wgtd. Avg.			Wgtd. Avg.
	Number of Non-	Grant Date		Number of Non-	Grant Date
Restricted Stock Units	vested Units	Fair Value		vested Units	Fair Value
Outstanding, beginning of period	186,727	$	6.56	153,186	$	5.36
Granted	67,597		7.65	50,556		9.19
Vested	(102,624)		4.28	(17,015)		3.58
Forfeited	—		—	—		—
Outstanding, end of period	151,700	$	8.58	186,727	$	6.56
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)		$	722		$	818
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	1.7			2.0
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)		$	1,268		$	86

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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

INCOME TAXES

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Income Taxes	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	265	$	550	$	121	$	1,253

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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS

Schedule of Sales by Market Sector

A summary of sales, according to the market sector within which IEC’s customers operate, follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
% of Sales by Sector	2021		2020		2021		2020
Aerospace & Defense	76	%	59	%	69	%	60	%
Medical	14	%	28	%	20	%	26	%
Industrial	10	%	13	%	11	%	14	%
	100	%	100	%	100	%	100	%

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LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

LEASES

Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to the Company's Leases

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating leases were as follows:

	July 2,		September 30,
Operating Leases	2021		2020
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)	3.0		3.8
Weighted average discount rate for operating leases	5.47	%	5.47	%

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s finance leases were as follows:

	July 2,			September 30,
Finance Leases	2021			2020
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization (included in PP&E) (in thousands)	$	31,319		$	6,329
Weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases (in years)		12.1			11.3
Weighted average discount rate for finance leases		3.52	%		4.83	%

Components of Lease Expense and Supplemental Cash Flow Information

The components of lease expense, recorded in cost of sales, selling and administrative expenses and interest expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

		Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
		July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Lease Expense	Classification	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands)
Operating lease expense
Fixed payment operating lease expense (1)	Cost of sales	$	31	$	62	$	161	$	155
Fixed payment operating lease expense	Selling and administrative expenses		6		1		25		31
Finance lease expense
Depreciation of ROU assets	Cost of sales		557		131		1,383		404
Depreciation of ROU assets	Selling and administrative expenses		33		—		89		—
Interest	Interest expense		250		87		718		261
Total lease expense		$	877	$	281	$	2,376	$	851

⁽¹⁾     Includes short-term leases which are not material.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Supplemental cash flow information related to the Company’s leases during the three and nine months ended July 2, 2021 and June 26, 2020 were as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,
Supplemental Cash Flow	2021		2020
(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Cash paid for operating lease ROU assets	$	55	$	65
Interest paid on finance leases		718		261
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining ROU assets:
Operating leases		—		33
Finance leases	$	19,142	$	—

Summary of Operating Lease Payments

A summary of operating lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Operating Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	73
2023		71
2024		71
2025		1
2026 and thereafter		—
Total operating lease payments		216
Less: amounts representing interest		(17)
Total operating lease obligation	$	199

Summary of Finance Lease Payments

A summary of finance lease payments for the next five years follows:

	Contractual
	Lease
Finance Lease Payment Schedule	Payments
(in thousands)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$	3,162
2023		3,260
2024		3,273
2025		3,351
2026 and thereafter		26,389
Total finance lease payments		39,435
Less: amounts representing interest		(7,665)
Total finance lease obligation	$	31,770

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NET INCOME PER SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2021

NET INCOME PER SHARE

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted

A summary of shares used in the EPS calculations follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
Net Income Per Share	2021		2020		2021		2020
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Basic net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Less: Income attributable to non-vested shares		4		10		9		23
Net income available to common stockholders	$	1,022	$	2,104	$	2,206	$	4,803
Weighted average common shares outstanding		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Basic income per share	$	0.10	$	0.20	$	0.21	$	0.46
Diluted net income per share:
Net income	$	1,026	$	2,114	$	2,215	$	4,826
Shares used in computing basic net income per share		10,616,613		10,424,056		10,574,713		10,388,872
Dilutive effect of options and non-vested shares		432,055		334,036		457,532		308,416
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share		11,048,668		10,758,092		11,032,245		10,697,288
Diluted net income per share	$	0.09	$	0.20	$	0.20	$	0.45

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	July 2,		June 26,		July 2,		June 26,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Anti-dilutive shares excluded		11,825		—		11,825		—

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OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Asset impairment charges	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Bank Overdrafts	$ 0		$ 0		$ 0

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OUR BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021
Land improvements
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Buildings and improvements | Minimum
Estimated useful lives	5 years
Buildings and improvements | Maximum
Estimated useful lives	40 years
Machinery and equipment | Minimum
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Machinery and equipment | Maximum
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Furniture and fixtures | Minimum
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Furniture and fixtures | Maximum
Estimated useful lives	7 years
Software | Minimum
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Software | Maximum
Estimated useful lives	10 years

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REVENUE RECOGNITION - Narrative (Details) - Sales Revenue, Net	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Product Concentration Risk | Value-added support services revenue, including material management and repair work revenue | Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%	3.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk | Outside of United States | Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Point in Time | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	41.10%	51.40%	46.50%	50.40%
Over Time | Product Concentration Risk
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	58.90%	48.60%	53.50%	49.60%

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REVENUE RECOGNITION - Schedule of Net Sales from Contracts with Customers by Market Sector (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 49,370	$ 47,364	$ 142,211	$ 136,269
Aerospace & Defense
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	37,521	27,945	98,126	81,761
Medical
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	6,912	13,262	28,442	35,430
Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	4,937	6,157	15,643	19,078
Point in Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	20,288	24,356	66,101	68,676
Point in Time | Aerospace & Defense
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	11,177	14,263	35,880	40,639
Point in Time | Medical
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	5,124	4,886	16,933	12,618
Point in Time | Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	3,987	5,207	13,288	15,419
Over Time
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	29,082	23,008	76,110	67,593
Over Time | Aerospace & Defense
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	26,344	13,682	62,246	41,122
Over Time | Medical
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	1,788	8,376	11,509	22,812
Over Time | Industrial
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 950	$ 950	$ 2,355	$ 3,659

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REVENUE RECOGNITION - Customer Deposits (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Beginning balance	$ 19,783	$ 13,229
Recognition of deferred revenue	(25,248)	(11,705)
Deferral of revenue	23,043	18,915
Ending balance	$ 17,578	$ 20,439

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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Allowance, beginning of period	$ 185	$ 71
(Decrease)/increase in provision for doubtful accounts	(56)	94
Write-offs	(3)	0
Allowance, end of period	$ 126	$ 165

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INVENTORIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
INVENTORIES
Raw materials	$ 37,174	$ 32,904
Work-in-process	12,786	15,009
Finished goods	3,946	3,461
Total inventories	$ 53,906	$ 51,374

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET - Summary of Fixed Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET.
Land and improvements	$ 788	$ 788
Buildings and improvements	8,302	7,430
Buildings under finance lease	27,709	7,750
Machinery and equipment	39,182	34,095
Furniture and fixtures	8,824	8,113
Software	5,215	5,215
Construction in progress	10,302	6,079
Total property, plant and equipment, at cost	100,322	69,470
Accumulated depreciation	(49,517)	(45,883)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 50,805	$ 23,587

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET - Leased Assets (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Value of assets acquired under the lease	$ 27,709		$ 7,750
Value of property	10,302		$ 6,079
Manufacturing Facility [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Area of the Property | ft²		153,000
Lease term		15 years
Lease renewal term		10 years
Value of assets acquired under the lease		$ 19,100
Building [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Value of property	$ 4,800

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET - Depreciation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET.
Depreciation expense	$ 1,311	$ 834	$ 3,670	$ 2,386

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CREDIT FACILITIES - Summary of Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2021	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Balance		$ 36,918	$ 21,742
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(285)	(266)
Total debt, net		36,633	21,476
Less: current portion		(248)	0
Long-term debt		$ 36,385	21,476
Master Lease
Fixed/Variable Rate		Variable Interest Rate
Maturity Date		Jun. 04, 2023
Balance		$ 241	$ 1,782
Interest Rate		3.00%	3.00%
Jetview Term Loan
Fixed/Variable Rate		Variable Interest Rate
Maturity Date	Mar. 01, 2026	Mar. 01, 2026
Balance		$ 3,637
Interest Rate		3.65%
Revolving Credit Facility
Fixed/Variable Rate		Variable Interest Rate
Maturity Date		Jun. 04, 2023
Balance		$ 33,040	$ 19,960
Interest Rate		2.75%	2.75%

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CREDIT FACILITIES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Mar. 01, 2021	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 04, 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Total finance lease obligation		$ 31,770,000		$ 31,770,000
Revolving Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 45,000,000.0		$ 45,000,000.0		$ 45,000,000.0	$ 45,000,000.0
Additional increase to borrowing capacity allowed							55,000,000.0
Minimum incremental increase to borrowing capacity allowed							$ 5,000,000.0
Interest Rate		2.75%		2.75%		2.75%
Maturity date				Jun. 04, 2023
Maximum borrowing capacity as percentage of eligible receivables		85.00%		85.00%		85.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity as percentage of eligible investment grade accounts		90.00%		90.00%		90.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity based on eligible inventories		$ 30,000,000.0		$ 30,000,000.0		$ 30,000,000.0
Current borrowing capacity		45,000,000.0		45,000,000.0		39,400,000
Available capacity on credit facility		12,000,000.0		12,000,000.0		$ 19,400,000
Average Revolver balances				$ 31,700,000	$ 25,200,000
Basis spread on variable rate				1.75%
Unused capacity, commitment fee percentage				0.25%
Unused capacity, commitment fee		$ 30,900	$ 5,800	$ 54,500	$ 18,300
Commitment fee amount				$ 45,000,000.0
Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio		1.10		1.10
Revolving Credit Facility | Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused capacity, commitment fee percentage				0.25%
Revolving Credit Facility | Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Unused capacity, commitment fee percentage				0.375%
Revolving Credit Facility | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] | Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest Rate							1.00%
Master Lease
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity							$ 10,000,000.0
Interest Rate		3.00%		3.00%		3.00%
Renewal term							12 months
Maturity date				Jun. 04, 2023
Long-term line of credit		$ 200,000		$ 200,000		$ 1,800,000
Total finance lease obligation		$ 6,400,000		$ 6,400,000
Jetview Term Loan
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest Rate		3.65%		3.65%
Maturity date	Mar. 01, 2026			Mar. 01, 2026
Long-term line of credit	$ 3,700,000
Periodic payment of principal	20,700
Periodic balloon payment	2,500,000
Current borrowing capacity	$ 3,700,000
Debt instrument term	5 years
Jetview Term Loan | London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.65%

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CREDIT FACILITIES - Long-term Debt Maturities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2022	$ 248
2023	33,529
2024	248
2025	248
2026 and thereafter	2,645
Total debt, net	36,918	$ 21,742
Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
2023	33,000
Total debt, net	$ 33,040	$ 19,960

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WARRANTY RESERVES (Details) - SEC Schedule, 12-09, Reserve, Warranty [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Warranty Reserve
Reserve, beginning of period	$ 100	$ 165
Provision	294	4
Warranty costs	(236)	(38)
Reserve, end of period	$ 158	$ 131

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period			4 years
2019 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of common shares that may be issued (in shares)	840,360		840,360
Common shares, issuance term			10 years
Shares available for issuance (in shares)	490,329		490,329
2010 and 2019 Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated share-based compensation expense	$ 0.2	$ 0.2	$ 0.7	$ 0.5
2010 and 2019 Plans [Member] | Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award expiration period			7 years
ESPP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of common shares that may be issued (in shares)	150,000		150,000
Common shares, issuance term			10 years
Shares available for issuance (in shares)	64,294		64,294

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Valuation Assumptions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Assumptions for Black-Scholes:
Risk-free interest rate	0.62%	0.49%
Expected term in years	5.5	5.5
Volatility	40.00%	40.00%
Expected annual dividends	$ 0	$ 0
Value of options granted:
Number of options granted	65,000	37,500
Weighted average fair value per share	$ 3.92	$ 2.65
Fair value of options granted (000s)	$ 255	$ 99

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Summary of Stock Option Activity (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2019 $ / shares shares	Jul. 02, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 26, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Number of Options
Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares) | shares	743,145	670,145	743,145
Granted (in shares) | shares		65,000	37,500
Exercised (in shares) | shares	(130,000)	(18,375)	(30,500)
Forfeited (in shares) | shares		(17,000)	(15,000)
Expired (in shares) | shares		(3,000)	(5,000)
Outstanding, end of period (in shares) | shares		696,770	730,145
Wgtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding, beginning of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.54	$ 4.67	$ 4.54
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		10.00	5.26
Exercised (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		5.14	5.29
Forfeited (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		6.81	3.92
Expired (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		3.74	6.91
Outstanding, end of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 5.11	$ 4.54
For options expected to vest
Number expected to vest (in shares) | shares		688,815	721,416
Number expected to vest (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 5.08	$ 4.53
Weighted average remaining term, in years		4 years 10 months 24 days	3 years 1 month 6 days
Intrinsic value (000s) | $		$ 3,740	$ 3,442
For exercisable options
Number exercisable (in shares) | shares		502,145	538,645
Number exercisable (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 4.32	$ 4.15
Weighted average remaining term, in years		3 years 10 months 24 days	1 year 8 months 12 days
Intrinsic value (000s) | $		$ 3,095	$ 2,761
For non-exercisable options
Expense not yet recognized (000s) | $		$ 442	$ 345
Weighted average years to be recognized		2 years 10 months 24 days	2 years 10 months 24 days
For options exercised
Intrinsic value (000s) | $		$ 106	$ 93

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Summary of Restricted Stock Activity (Details) - Restricted Stock [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Number of Non-vested Shares [Roll Forward]
Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares)	49,825	82,707
Granted (in shares)	20,407	24,850
Vested (in shares)	(25,380)	(44,482)
Forfeited (in shares)	(1,000)	(13,250)
Outstanding, end of period (in shares)	43,852	49,825
Wgtd. Avg. Grant Date Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Outstanding, beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 5.32	$ 5.25
Granted (in dollars per share)	11.64	5.03
Vested (in dollars per share)	5.19	4.80
Forfeited (in dollars per share)	4.12	6.09
Outstanding, end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 8.37	$ 5.32
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)	$ 330	$ 255
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	2 years 1 month 6 days	1 year 8 months 12 days
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)	$ 333	$ 317
Minimum
Award vesting period	4 years
Maximum
Award vesting period	5 years
Director [Member]
Award vesting period	3 years

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Schedule of Restricted Stock Units (Details) - Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Outstanding, beginning of period (in shares)	186,727	153,186
Outstanding, beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 6.56	$ 5.36
Granted (in shares)	67,597	50,556
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 7.65	$ 9.19
Vested (in shares)	(102,624)	(17,015)
Vested (in dollars per share)	$ 4.28	$ 3.58
Forfeited (in shares)		0
Forfeited (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Outstanding, end of period (in shares)	151,700	186,727
Outstanding, end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 8.58	$ 6.56
For non-vested shares
Expense not yet recognized (000s)	$ 722	$ 818
Weighted average remaining years for vesting	1 year 8 months 12 days	2 years
For shares vested
Aggregate fair value on vesting dates (000s)	$ 1,268	$ 86
Award vesting period	3 years

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INCOME TAXES - Tax Provision/Benefit (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
INCOME TAXES
Provision for income taxes	$ 265	$ 550	$ 121	$ 1,253

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INCOME TAXES - Narrative (Details)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jul. 02, 2021
INCOME TAXES
Federal tax rate	21.00%	21.00%
State tax rate	1.58%	1.58%

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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS - Summary of Sales (Details) - Product Concentration Risk - Sales Revenue, Segment [Member]	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	76.00%	59.00%	69.00%	60.00%
Medical
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	14.00%	28.00%	20.00%	26.00%
Industrial
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Percentage of sales revenue	10.00%	13.00%	11.00%	14.00%

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MARKET SECTORS AND MAJOR CUSTOMERS - Narrative (Details) - Customer Concentration Risk - customer	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Sales
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers	4	4	4	4
Sales | Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers	4	3		3
Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, number of customers			3		2
Customer Number One | Sales | Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	20.00%	27.00%	23.00%	26.00%
Customer Number Two | Sales | Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	19.00%	11.00%	13.00%	11.00%
Customer Number Two | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage					30.00%
Customer Number Three | Sales | Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	15.00%	10.00%	12.00%	10.00%
Customer Number Three | Accounts Receivable
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage			53.00%
Customer Number Four | Sales | Aerospace & Defense
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage	12.00%		12.00%
Customer Number Four | Sales | Medical
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage		17.00%		16.00%

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LEASES - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Nov. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Value of assets acquired under the lease	$ 27,709		$ 7,750
Manufacturing Facility [Member]
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Lease term		15 years
Lease renewal term		10 years
Value of assets acquired under the lease		$ 19,100
Leasehold Improvements [Member] | Master Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Value of assets acquired under the lease	$ 6,500
Minimum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease remaining lease term	1 year
Lessee, Finance Lease, Remaining Lease Term	4 years
Maximum
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease remaining lease term	3 years
Lessee, Finance Lease, Remaining Lease Term	14 years

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LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related To Operating Leases (Details)	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
LEASES
Weighted average remaining lease term for operating leases (in years)	3 years	3 years 9 months 18 days
Weighted average discount rate for operating leases	5.47%	5.47%

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LEASES - Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Finance Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
LEASES
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net of accumulated amortization (included in PP&E) (in thousands)	$ 31,319	$ 6,329
Weighted average remaining lease term for finance leases (in years)	12 years 1 month 6 days	11 years 3 months 18 days
Weighted average discount rate for finance leases	3.52%	4.83%

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LEASES - Components of Operating Lease Expense and Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Interest	$ 250	$ 87	$ 718	$ 261
Total lease expense	877	281	2,376	851
Cash paid for operating lease ROU assets			55	65
Interest paid on finance leases			718	261
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining ROU assets: Operating leases				33
Lease liabilities arising from obtaining ROU assets: Finance leases			19,142
Cost of sales
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease expense	31	62	161	155
Finance lease expense	557	131	1,383	404
Selling and administrative expenses
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease expense	6	1	25	31
Finance lease expense	$ 33	$ 0	$ 89	$ 0

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LEASES - Summary of Operating Lease Payments for Next Five Years (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021 USD ($)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$ 73
2023	71
2024	71
2025	1
2026 and thereafter	0
Total operating lease payments	216
Less: amounts representing interest	(17)
Total operating lease obligation	$ 199

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LEASES - Summary of Finance Lease Payments for Next Five Years (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 02, 2021 USD ($)
Twelve months ending fiscal third quarter
2022	$ 3,162
2023	3,260
2024	3,273
2025	3,351
2026 and thereafter	26,389
Total finance lease payments	39,435
Less: amounts representing interest	(7,665)
Total finance lease obligation	$ 31,770

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NET INCOME PER SHARE - Summary of Shares Used in EPS Calculation (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Jul. 02, 2021	Apr. 02, 2021	Jan. 01, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020	Mar. 27, 2020	Dec. 27, 2019	Jul. 02, 2021	Jun. 26, 2020
Basic net income per share:
Net income	$ 1,026	$ (348)	$ 1,537	$ 2,114	$ 1,523	$ 1,189	$ 2,215	$ 4,826
Less: Income attributable to non-vested shares	4			10			9	23
Net income available to common stockholders	$ 1,022			$ 2,104			$ 2,206	$ 4,803
Basic (in shares)	10,616,613			10,424,056			10,574,713	10,388,872
Basic income per share	$ 0.10			$ 0.20			$ 0.21	$ 0.46
Diluted net income per share:
Net income	$ 1,026	$ (348)	$ 1,537	$ 2,114	$ 1,523	$ 1,189	$ 2,215	$ 4,826
Shares used in computing basic net income per share	10,616,613			10,424,056			10,574,713	10,388,872
Dilutive effect of options and non-vested shares	432,055			334,036			457,532	308,416
Shares used in computing diluted net income per share	11,048,668			10,758,092			11,032,245	10,697,288
Diluted net income per share	$ 0.09			$ 0.20			$ 0.20	$ 0.45
Anti-dilutive shares excluded	11,825						11,825

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SUBSEQUENT EVENT (Details) - Subsequent Event - Merger Agreement with Creation Technologies International Inc. $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Aug. 12, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Merger agreement, price per share | $ / shares	$ 15.35
Implied fully diluted equity value | $	$ 174.0
Merger agreement number of days in "go-shop" period	35 days
Percentage of shares to be acquired	66.67%