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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950170-23-048467
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		13
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20230913
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230918

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33731
		FILM NUMBER:		231260116

	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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    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,142</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Therese M. Bobek&#x200e;</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">31,255,793</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,134,393</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,999</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Brian J. Cadwallader</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">28,166,943</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">4,223,000</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,242</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Bruce K. Crowther</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">31,982,995</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">407,049</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,141</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Darren M. Dawson</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">30,928,906</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,461,157</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,122</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Donald W. Duda</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">32,136,428</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">252,933</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,824</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Janie Goddard</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">32,131,363</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">258,818</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,004</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
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   <tr style="height:13pt;">
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Mary A. Lindsey</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">32,054,926</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">335,260</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,999</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Angelo V. Pantaleo</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">32,135,025</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">255,144</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,016</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">31,242,906</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,147,268</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">31,368,515</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,010,100</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">17,570</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1,192,810</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">1 Year</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #ffffff03;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">2 Year</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">3 Year</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #ffffff03;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#cceeff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">Abstain</span></p></td>
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    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">29,810,081</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">3,018</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">2,568,701</span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">14,385</span></p></td>
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  <p style="text-indent:0;font-size:10pt;margin-top:6pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">In light of the outcome of the Say-on-Frequency vote (Proposal 4), the Board of Directors of the Company has determined to hold a Say-on-Pay vote annually until the next required Say-on-Frequency vote.</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
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  <div style="text-indent:0;font-size:0;margin-top:0;justify-content:flex-start;margin-bottom:12pt;min-width:6.667%;text-align:justify;"><div style="display:inline;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;min-width:fit-content;">with this intent.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a termination of Grantee&#x2019;s employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of making any payments under this Award Agreement unless such termination gives rise to a &#x201c;Separation from Service&#x201d; (within the meaning of Section 409A, a &#x201c;Separation from Service&#x201d;) and references to &#x201c;termination of employment&#x201d; shall mean Separation from Service.  In the event that the Company or Grantee reasonably determines that the Retention Award under this Award Agreement fails to comply with Section 409A, the Company and Grantee shall work together to adopt such amendments to this Award Agreement or adopt other policies or procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effective to the extent allowable by applicable laws), or take any other commercially reasonable actions necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.  Nothing in this Award Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax treatment to Grantee.  Grantee shall be solely responsible for the tax consequences with respect to all amounts payable under this Award Agreement, and in no event shall the Company have any responsibility or liability if this Award Agreement does not meet any applicable requirements of Section 409A.</font></div></div>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Period End Date</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_DocumentType_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Document Type</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Address, Address Line One</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Central Index Key</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_EntityEmergingGrowthCompany_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Emerging Growth Company</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code</link:label>
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    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_LocalPhoneNumber_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Local Phone Number</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre-commencement Issuer Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_PreCommencementTenderOffer_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Pre-commencement Tender Offer</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_Security12bTitle_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Title of 12(b) Security</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_SecurityExchangeName_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Security Exchange Name</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_SolicitingMaterial_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Soliciting Material</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_TradingSymbol_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Trading Symbol</link:label>
    <link:label xml:lang="en-US" xlink:type="resource" xlink:label="dei_WrittenCommunications_lbl" xlink:role="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label">Written Communications</link:label>
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_DocumentType" xlink:to="dei_DocumentType_lbl"/>
    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressAddressLine1_lbl"/>
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode" xlink:to="dei_EntityAddressPostalZipCode_lbl"/>
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    <link:labelArc xlink:type="arc" xlink:arcrole="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/arcrole/concept-label" xlink:from="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey" xlink:to="dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_lbl"/>
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<FILENAME>mei-20230913.xsd
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION SCHEMA DOCUMENT
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<!-- DFIN New ActiveDisclosure (SM) XBRL Schema Document - http://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- Creation Date :2023-09-15T17:42:03.2787+00:00 -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2023 Donnelly Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
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<FILENAME>mei-20230913_pre.xml
<DESCRIPTION>XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
<TEXT>
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<!-- Creation Date :2023-09-15T17:42:03.2895+00:00 -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2023 Donnelly Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>No definition available.</p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 13e<br> -Subsection 4c<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 14d<br> -Subsection 2b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Number 240<br> -Section 12<br> -Subsection b<br></p></div>
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<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="Show.toggleNext( this );">+ References</a><div style="display: none;"><p>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef<br> -Publisher SEC<br> -Name Exchange Act<br> -Section 14a<br> -Number 240<br> -Subsection 12<br></p></div>
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