This Amendment No. 5 (Amendment No. 5) amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule TO (together with any amendments and supplements hereto, the Schedule TO) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by CTI Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the
Offeror), Creation Technologies International Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), and Alan E. Goldberg (Mr. Goldberg), an individual affiliated with certain private equity funds managed by Goldberg
Lindsay & Co. LLC, some of which are the beneficial owners of a controlling interest in Parent and Offeror. The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Offeror to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares (Shares) of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock) of IEC Electronics Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Company) at a purchase price of $15.35 per Share (the Offer Price), in cash, net of
applicable withholding, without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 26, 2021 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of
Transmittal which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the Offer), copies of which are annexed to and filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits
(a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively. Information set forth in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference in response to Items 1 through 9 and Item 11 in the Schedule TO and is supplemented by the information specifically provided in
the Schedule TO. The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 12, 2021, by and among Parent, the Offeror, Creation Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (Guarantor) and the Company (as it may be amended from time to time, the
Merger Agreement), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit (d)(1) hereto, is incorporated herein by reference with respect to Items 4 through 11 of the Schedule TO. Unless otherwise indicated, any references to sections in this
Schedule TO are references to sections of the Offer to Purchase.
This Amendment No. 5 is being filed to amend and supplement Item 11
of the Schedule TO as reflected below.
Item 11.
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Additional Information.
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Section 15 Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals of the Offer to Purchase is hereby amended and supplemented by amending and
restating the first paragraph under the sub-heading captioned Litigation to read in its entirety as follows:
On August 30, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the Company and the members of the Companys board of directors in the United States
District Court for the District of Delaware (the District Court), captioned Shiva Stein v. IEC Electronics Corp. et al.
(No. 1:21-cv-01253-CFC) (the Stein Complaint). On August 31, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the Company,
members of the Companys board of directors, Offeror, Parent and Guarantor in the District Court, captioned Alex Ciccotelli v. IEC Electronics Corp. et al. (No. 1:21-cv-01255-CFC) (the Ciccotelli Complaint). On September 2, 2021, a lawsuit was filed against the Company and members of the Companys board of directors in the
District Court, captioned Shawn Strickland v. IEC Electronics Corp. et al. (No. 1:21-cv-01266-CFC) (the Strickland
Complaint). On September 3, 2021, a
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