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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950170-22-018576
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220916
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220916
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20220916

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METHODE ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000065270
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS [3678]
		IRS NUMBER:				362090085
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0429

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-267460
		FILM NUMBER:		221247384

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7088676777

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1000
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60631
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">PART I</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 1. Plan Information*</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">*As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Methode Electronics, Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan covered by this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201c;SEC&#x201d;) as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. Methode Electronics, Inc. (the &#x201c;Company&#x201d;) will provide a written statement to participants advising them of the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II hereof and including the statement in the preceding sentence. The written statement to all participants will indicate the availability without charge, upon written or oral request, of other documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act, and will include the address and telephone number to which the request is to be directed.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:10.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">PART II</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:10.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:10.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;" id="x01"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may obtain our SEC filings from the SEC&#x2019;s website at http://www.sec.gov.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference into this Registration Statement:</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <div style="margin-left:2.796%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:6.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.4288712398666727%;">1.</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2022 filed with the SEC on June 23, 2022; </font></div></div>
  <div style="margin-left:2.796%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:6.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.4288712398666727%;">2.</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The Company&#x2019;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on July 26, 2022;</font></div></div>
  <div style="margin-left:2.796%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:6.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.4288712398666727%;">3.</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The Company&#x2019;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 30, 2022, filed with the SEC on September 1, 2022; </font></div></div>
  <div style="margin-left:2.796%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:6.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.4288712398666727%;">4.</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The Company&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 14, 2022; and</font></div></div>
  <div style="margin-left:2.796%;text-indent:0.0%;display:flex;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;justify-content:flex-start;align-items:baseline;margin-bottom:6.0pt;min-width:3.333%;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;text-indent:0;display:inline-flex;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;justify-content:flex-start;min-width:3.4288712398666727%;">5.</font><div style="display:inline;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The description of the Company&#x2019;s common stock, par value $0.50 per share, contained in the Company&#x2019;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed October 9, 2007, registering such shares pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201c;Exchange Act&#x201d;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 20, 2019. </font></div></div>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">All other reports and documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents; provided that, the Company is not incorporating any documents or information that is deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 4. Description of Securities</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:10.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Not applicable.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:10.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Not applicable.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#x201c;DGCL&#x201d;) grants a Delaware corporation broad power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents, in connection with actual or threatened actions, suits or proceedings, provided that such officer, director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such officer, director, employee or agent reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the corporation&#x2019;s best interests, and for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Section 102 of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating a director&#x2019;s liability to a corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breaches of fiduciary duty, but the statute also provides that liability for breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, any violation of Section 174 of the DGCL and the receipt of improper personal benefits cannot be eliminated or limited in this manner.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">As permitted by the above provisions of the DGCL, the Company&#x2019;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a &#x201c;Proceeding&#x201d;), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an &#x201c;Indemnitee&#x201d;), whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&#x2019; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith. Such indemnification shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee&#x2019;s heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided below with respect to Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Company shall indemnify any such Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The right to indemnification conferred in the preceding paragraph includes the right to be paid by the Company the expenses incurred in defending any Proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an &#x201c;Advancement of Expenses&#x201d;); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in the preceding two paragraphs are contract rights. If a claim under either of the preceding paragraphs is not paid in full by the Company within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking,</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">the Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit brought by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, that the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Company (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or by the Company to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, shall be on the Company.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Nevertheless, in compliance with Section 102 of the DGCL, no director of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director&#x2019;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph by the stockholders of the Company shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Company existing at the time of such repeal or modification.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The Company has purchased and intends to maintain insurance on its behalf and on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in that capacity, subject to certain exclusions and limits of the amount of coverage.</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></p>
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  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:6.0pt;line-height:1.15;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:left;" id="x03"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Item 8. Exhibits</font></p>
  <p style="text-indent:0.0%;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.38;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:5.0pt;text-align:left;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">The following are filed as exhibits to this registration statement.</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">  </font></p>
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    <td style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:top;"><p style="text-indent:0.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:0.0pt;line-height:1.05;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0.0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65270/000104746904000527/a2126271zex-99_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,255,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Certificate of Incorporation of Methode Electronics, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 9, 2004).</font></a></p></td>
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    <td style="border-top:0.500pt solid;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:0.500pt solid;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.075in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.500pt solid;padding-right:0.075in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:1.05;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit</font><font style="color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p><p style="text-indent:0.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:1.05;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Per Share</font></p></td>
    <td style="border-top:0.500pt solid;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:0.500pt solid;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.075in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.500pt solid;padding-right:0.075in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:1.05;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</font></p></td>
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    <td style="border-top:0.500pt solid;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-right:0.500pt solid;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.075in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.500pt solid;padding-right:0.075in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;margin-top:3.0pt;line-height:1.05;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);color:rgba(0,0,0,1);white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;min-width:fit-content;">Amount of Registration Fee</font></p></td>
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