SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

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

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - May 5, 2003


                              IEC Electronics Corp.
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


                                    Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)

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

                   105 Norton Street, Newark, New York 14513
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (315) 331-7742
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)






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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (c) Exhibits

     99.1 Press Release issued by IEC Electronics Corp. dated May 5, 2003

     99.2  Supplemental  financial data posted on the website of IEC Electronics
Corp. (www.iec-electronics.com/2ndquarter2003pr.htm) on May 5, 2003

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

     The following information is being furnished pursuant to Item 12 of Form
8-K, "Results of Operations and Financial Condition", and is included under this
Item 9 in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216 (March 23, 2003).

     On May 5, 2003, IEC Electronics Corp. issued a press release announcing its
financial  results for the fiscal  quarter  ended March 28,  2003. A copy of the
press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.  On May 5, 2003,  IEC
Electronics Corp. posted on its website certain supplemental  financial data for
the fiscal quarter ended March 28, 2003. A copy of that information is furnished
as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.

     The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 attached hereto
shall not be  deemed  "filed"  for  purposes  of  Section  18 of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that Section,
nor  shall it be  deemed  incorporated  by  reference  in any  filing  under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  except as shall be  expressly  set  forth by  specific
reference in such filing.

     Neither the filing of any exhibit to this report nor the  inclusion in such
exhibits of a reference to IEC Electronics Corp.'s Internet address shall, under
any  circumstances,  be deemed to incorporate the information  available at such
address into this report. The information  available at IEC Electronics Corp.'s
Internet address is not part of this report.


                                   SIGNATURES

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




                                        IEC Electronics Corp.
                                        ---------------------
                                        (Registrant)




Date:  May 5, 2003                      By:/s/ W. Barry Gilbert
                                        ----------------------
                                               W. Barry Gilbert
                                               Chairman, Acting Chief
                                               Executive Officer

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