Sec Form 4 Filing - HOWARD JACK L @ Steel Connect, Inc. - 2025-01-02

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person HOWARD JACK L 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Steel Connect, Inc. [ STCN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) X __ Other (specify below) See Explanation of Responses (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O STEEL PARTNERS, 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 01/02/2025 (Street) NEW YORK, NY10022 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $0.01 par value ( 1 ) 01/02/2025 D( 2 ) 114,828 D 0 D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other HOWARD JACK L C/O STEEL PARTNERS 590 MADISON AVENUE, 32ND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY10022 X See Explanation of Responses Signatures By: /s/ Maria Reda, as Attorney-in-Fact for Jack L. Howard 01/06/2025 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )The reporting person is a member of a Section 13(d) group that owns more than 10% of the Issuer's outstanding shares of Common Stock (the "Shares"). The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares owned directly by the other members of the Section 13(d) group except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. ( 2 )On January 2, 2025, Steel Excel Sub I, LLC ("Merger Sub") merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (the "Merger"). ( 3 )At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (A) Shares owned by Merger Sub, the Issuer or any of the Issuer's wholly owned subsidiaries (the "Excluded Shares") and (B) Shares held by stockholders who have properly and validly exercised their statutory rights of appraisal in respect of such Shares in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Dissenting Shares")), was cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive (i) cash consideration equal to $11.45 per Share (the "Per Share Cash Merger Consideration") and (ii) one Reith CVR per Share (together with the Per Share Cash Merger Consideration, the "Per Share Merger Consideration"). ( 4 )Includes 7,150 shares of restricted stock (each a "Restricted Share") issued by the Issuer pursuant to, or otherwise governed by, any Issuer equity plan, that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. At the Effective Time, each Restricted Share became fully vested, and subject to any applicable tax withholding on such acceleration, and, subject to the terms of the CVR Agreement, each holder of a Restricted Share received the Per Share Merger Consideration. ( 5 )The officers and directors of the Issuer have waived any right to receive any portion of the Reith Net Litigation Proceeds with respect to any Reith CVR received in the Merger.

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