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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20251003160513
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-25-230091
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20251001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20251003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20251003

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kowalchik Laura Michele
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001504297
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33731
		FILM NUMBER:		251373732

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		28875 CABOT DRIVE
		CITY:			NOVI
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48377

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METHODE ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000065270
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS [3678]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		EIN:				362090085
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0503

	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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    <periodOfReport>2025-10-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0000065270</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>METHODE ELECTRONICS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MEI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001504297</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Kowalchik Laura Michele</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1000</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHICAGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60631</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-10-01</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>E</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>14012</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>7.6</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>160704</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares withheld to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligations associated with the vesting of restricted stock units.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kerry Vyverberg as attorney-in-fact for Laura Michele Kowalchik</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-10-03</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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and</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of each such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that:</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">(1) each attorney-in-fact is authorized but not required to act in his or her discretion on any information received in connection with this Power of Attorney without independent verification thereof;</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">(2) any documents prepared and/or executed pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">(3) neither the Company nor any attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned&#x2019;s responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">(4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;">The undersigned hereby gives and grants to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, and hereby ratifies and approves all such acts and things lawfully taken on behalf of the undersigned by virtue of this Power of Attorney.</font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:left;"><font style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Aptos',sans-serif;font-kerning:none;min-width:fit-content;"> </font></p></div>
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