Exhibit 99.1

105 Norton Street · Newark, NY 14513 · Ph: (315) 331-7742 · Fax: (315) 331-3547 · www.iec-electronics.com

IEC Announces Management Change

Newark, NY – January 9, 2014 – IEC Electronics Corp. (NYSE MKT: IEC) has announced that Don Doody, Executive Vice President, has voluntarily resigned from the Company effective January 10, 2014.

W. Barry Gilbert, Chairman and CEO of IEC, stated “We greatly appreciate the contribution Don has made to the Company over the past nine years. During his time with IEC, we have grown from a company with a little over $28 million in revenue to a $141 million company. Don has resigned for personal reasons and is seeking greater work-life balance. Though we regret his decision, we completely support him. We are pleased that we have a consulting agreement with Don and look forward to continuing to work with him in that capacity.”

About IEC Electronics

IEC Electronics Corporation is a premier provider of electronic manufacturing services (“EMS”) to advanced technology companies primarily in the military and aerospace, medical, industrial and communications sectors. The Company specializes in the custom manufacture of high reliability, complex circuit cards, system level assemblies, a wide array of custom cable and wire harness assemblies, precision sheet metal products, and advanced research and testing services. As a full service EMS provider, IEC is a world-class ISO 9001:2008, AS9100 and ISO13485 certified company. The AS9100 certification enables IEC to serve the military and commercial aerospace markets. The ISO13485 certification supports the quality requirements of medical device markets. The Company is also AC7120 Nadcap accredited for electronics manufacturing to support the most stringent quality requirements of the aerospace industry, as well as ITAR registered and NSA approved under the COMSEC standard. Dynamic Research and Testing Laboratories (DRTL), the Company’s newest business unit, is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory specializing in the testing and detection of counterfeit electronic parts, as well as component risk mitigation and advanced failure analysis. IEC Electronics is headquartered in Newark, NY (outside of Rochester) and also has operations in Rochester, NY, Albuquerque, NM and Bell Gardens, CA. Additional information about IEC can be found on its web site at www.iec-electronics.com.

This release contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and are made in reliance upon the protections provided by such Acts for forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements (such as when the Company describes what it “believes”, “expects”, or “anticipates” will occur, and other similar 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 the Company’s 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 the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these 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 the Company’s forward-looking statements: business conditions and growth or contraction in the Company’s customers' industries, the electronic manufacturing services industry and the general economy; variability of the Company’s operating results; the Company’s ability to control its material, labor and other costs; the Company’s dependence on a limited number of major customers; the potential consolidation of the Company’s customer base; availability of component supplies; dependence on certain industries; variability and timing of customer requirements; uncertainties as to availability and timing of governmental funding for the Company’s customers; the types and mix of sales to the Company’s customers; the Company’s ability to assimilate acquired businesses and to achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions; unforeseen product failures and the potential product liability claims that may be associated with such failures; the availability of capital and other economic, business and competitive factors affecting the Company’s customers, the Company’s industry and business generally; failure or breach of the Company’s information technology systems; natural disasters; and other factors that the Company may not have currently identified or quantified. Additional risks and uncertainties resulting from the restatement of the Company’s financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 3, 2013 (“2013 Form 10-K/A”) and in the Company’s Form 10-Q/A filed on the same date are described in detail in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on December 24, 2013 (the “2013 Form 10-K”). Any one or more of such risks and uncertainties could have a material adverse effect on the Company or the value of its 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 the 2013 Form 10-K.