Steel Partners and Steel Connect Announce Termination of Merger

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Nov 15, 2022

Steel Connect, Inc. (NASDAQ: STCN), a holding company (the “Company” or “Steel Connect”), announced today that Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE: SPLP), a diversified global holding company (“Parent” or “Steel Partners”) has terminated the merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) among Company, Parent and SP Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub” and, together with Parent, the “Parent Parties”), dated June 12, 2022, pursuant to which Steel Partners would have acquired all of the common stock of Steel Connect not already owned by the Parent Parties (the “Merger”). The Merger Agreement was terminated by Parent following the failure to approve the Merger by a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Company not owned, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Parties, any other officers or directors of the Company or any other person having any equity interest in, or any right to acquire any equity interest in, Merger Sub or any person of which Merger Sub is a direct or indirect subsidiary, as required pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.