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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2004
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(</B>Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-2090085</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>7401 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60706</B><BR>
(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Donald W. Duda<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and President<BR>
Methode Electronics, Inc.<BR>
7401 West Wilson Avenue<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60706<BR>
(708)&nbsp;867-6777<BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copies to:</B><BR>
James W. Ashley, Jr.<BR>
Lord, Bissell &#038; Brook LLP<BR>
115 South LaSalle Street<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60603<BR>
(312)&nbsp;443-0700


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par value
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13.425</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13,425,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1700.95</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement shall also
cover any additional shares of common stock that become issuable under
the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the
Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low price of the
registrant&#146;s common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
December&nbsp;6, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c90334exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c90334exv23w1.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be sent
or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be sent
or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and
the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this registration
statement the documents listed below which have previously been filed with the
Commission:


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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April&nbsp;30, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended July&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended October&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;24, 2004, September&nbsp;2, 2004, September&nbsp;9, 2004,
September&nbsp;17, 2004, December&nbsp;2, 2004 and December&nbsp;7, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report of the Methode Electronics, Inc. 401(k) Savings
Plan on Form 11-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, $0.50 par
value per share, contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed October&nbsp;12, 1982, registering such shares pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, each document or report subsequently filed by the Registrant
with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement, but prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which
indicates that all securities offered by this registration statement have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent
authorized by Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 &#147;proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at
the request of the Registrant 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 &#147;indemnitee&#148;), 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&#146; 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&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that,
except as provided below with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Registrant 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 Registrant.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to indemnification conferred in preceding paragraph includes the
right to be paid by the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of
its final disposition (hereinafter an &#147;advancement of expenses&#148;); <I>provided</I>,
<I>however</I>, that, if Delaware General Corporation Law 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 Registrant of an undertaking
(hereinafter an &#147;undertaking&#148;), 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 (hereinafter a &#147;final
adjudication&#148;) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such
expenses.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred
in the preceding paragraphs are contract rights. If a claim under either of the
preceding paragraphs is not paid in full by the Registrant within sixty days
after a written claim has been received by the Registrant, 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 Registrant 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 Registrant to
recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or
defending such suit. In (i)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;in any suit by the Registrant to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Registrant shall be entitled to
recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not
met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware
General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Registrant (including its
Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because
the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Registrant
(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 or expenses hereunder,
or by the Registrant 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
Registrant.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 Registrant shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any
right or protection of a director of the Registrant existing at the time of
such repeal or modification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants companies broad
powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that they
may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed January&nbsp;9, 2004
(included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Rights Agreement dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2004 between Methode Electronics,
Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of Methode Electronics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;A
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Form of Right Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;B to Exhibit
4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit&nbsp;C to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to
the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed December&nbsp;7, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Opinion of Lord, Bissell &#038; Brook LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Consent of Lord, Bissell &#038; Brook LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i)&nbsp;to include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Registrant</B>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on December&nbsp;8,
2004.

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ DONALD W. DUDA
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Donald W. Duda&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Its:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Executive Officer and President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Donald W. Duda and Douglas A. Koman and
each of them with power to act without the other, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, or cause to
be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>NAME AND CAPACITY</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>DATE</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WARREN L. BATTS</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Warren L. Batts
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chairman of the Board</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DONALD W. DUDA</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald W. Duda
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Executive Officer and President, Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DOUGLAS A. KOMAN</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Douglas A. Koman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vice President, Corporate Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT J. KUEHNAU</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Kuehnau
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vice President, Controller and Treasurer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. EDWARD COLGATE</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. Edward Colgate
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DARREN M. DAWSON</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Darren M. Dawson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ISABELLE C. GOOSSEN</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Isabelle C. Goossen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. HORNUNG</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Christopher J. Hornung
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PAUL G. SHELTON</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul G. Shelton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LAWRENCE B. SKATOFF</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lawrence B. Skatoff
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ GEORGE S. SPINDLER</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">December&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George S. Spindler
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Director</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed January&nbsp;9, 2004
(included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of January&nbsp;8, 2004 between Methode Electronics,
Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of Methode Electronics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;A to Exhibit
4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Right Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit&nbsp;B to Exhibit
4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed January&nbsp;8, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit&nbsp;C to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 above)).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed December&nbsp;7, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit
10.1)).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Lord, Bissell &#038; Brook LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Lord, Bissell &#038; Brook LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC.
(
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
36-2090085
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
7401 West Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60706
(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Donald W. Duda
Chief Executive Officer and President
Methode Electronics, Inc.
7401 West Wilson Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60706
(708) 867-6777
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
James W. Ashley, Jr.
Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP
115 South LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 443-0700
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered (1)
share (2)
price
fee
Common Stock, $0.50
par value
1,000,000
$
13.425
$
13,425,000
$
1700.95
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also
cover any additional shares of common stock that become issuable under
the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction.
(2)
Computed pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the
Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low price of the
registrant's common stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on
December 6, 2004.
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be sent
or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be sent
or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by Rule
428(b)(1). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and
the instructions to Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the
Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this registration
statement the documents listed below which have previously been filed with the
Commission:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April 30, 2004;
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended July 31, 2004;
3.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended October 31, 2004;
4.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on June 24, 2004, September 2, 2004, September 9, 2004,
September 17, 2004, December 2, 2004 and December 7, 2004;
5.
Annual Report of the Methode Electronics, Inc. 401(k) Savings
Plan on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2003; and
6.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, $0.50 par
value per share, contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A filed October 12, 1982, registering such shares pursuant
to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
In addition, each document or report subsequently filed by the Registrant
with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement, but prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which
indicates that all securities offered by this registration statement have been
sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent
authorized by Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at
the request of the Registrant 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 "indemnitee"), 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' 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's heirs, executors and administrators;
provided
,
however
, that,
except as provided below with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Registrant 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 Registrant.
The right to indemnification conferred in preceding paragraph includes the
right to be paid by the Registrant the expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding for which such right to indemnification is applicable in advance of
its final disposition (hereinafter an "advancement of expenses");
provided
,
however
, that, if Delaware General Corporation Law 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 Registrant of an undertaking
(hereinafter 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 (hereinafter a "final
adjudication") that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such
expenses.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred
in the preceding paragraphs are contract rights. If a claim under either of the
preceding paragraphs is not paid in full by the Registrant within sixty days
after a written claim has been received by the Registrant, 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 Registrant 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 Registrant to
recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, 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 by the Registrant to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Registrant shall be entitled to
recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not
met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware
General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Registrant (including its
Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have
made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that
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indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because
the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Registrant
(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 or expenses hereunder,
or by the Registrant 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
Registrant.
No director of the Registrant shall be personally liable to the Registrant
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Registrant 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 Delaware General Corporation Law, 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 Registrant shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any
right or protection of a director of the Registrant existing at the time of
such repeal or modification.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law grants companies broad
powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities that they
may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 9, 2004
(included therein as Exhibit 99.1)).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of January 8, 2004 between Methode Electronics,
Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004).
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock of Methode Electronics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit A
to Exhibit 4.2 above)).
4.4
Form of Right Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit B to Exhibit
4.2 above)).
4.5
Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference
to the Registrant's Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit C to Exhibit 4.2 above)).
4.6
Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to
the Registrant's Form 8-K filed December 7, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit 10.1)).
5.1
Opinion of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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23.2
Consent of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
A.(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this registration statement; and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such
information in this registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
B. That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on December 8,
2004.
METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC.
By:
/s/ DONALD W. DUDA
Name:
Donald W. Duda
Its:
Chief Executive Officer and President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Donald W. Duda and Douglas A. Koman and
each of them with power to act without the other, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any or all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, or cause to
be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
NAME AND CAPACITY
DATE
/s/ WARREN L. BATTS
December 8, 2004
Warren L. Batts
Chairman of the Board
/s/ DONALD W. DUDA
December 8, 2004
Donald W. Duda
Chief Executive Officer and President, Director
/s/ DOUGLAS A. KOMAN
December 8, 2004
Douglas A. Koman
Vice President, Corporate Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
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/s/ ROBERT J. KUEHNAU
December 8, 2004
Robert J. Kuehnau
Vice President, Controller and Treasurer
/s/ J. EDWARD COLGATE
December 8, 2004
J. Edward Colgate
Director
/s/ DARREN M. DAWSON
December 8, 2004
Darren M. Dawson
Director
/s/ ISABELLE C. GOOSSEN
December 8, 2004
Isabelle C. Goossen
Director
/s/ CHRISTOPHER J. HORNUNG
December 8, 2004
Christopher J. Hornung
Director
/s/ PAUL G. SHELTON
December 8, 2004
Paul G. Shelton
Director
/s/ LAWRENCE B. SKATOFF
December 8, 2004
Lawrence B. Skatoff
Director
/s/ GEORGE S. SPINDLER
December 8, 2004
George S. Spindler
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 9, 2004
(included therein as Exhibit 99.1)).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated as of January 8, 2004 between Methode Electronics,
Inc. and Mellon Investor Services LLC (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004).
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of Methode Electronics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit A to Exhibit
4.2 above)).
4.4
Form of Right Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit B to Exhibit
4.2 above)).
4.5
Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares (incorporated by reference
to the Registrant's Form 8-A filed January 8, 2004 (included therein as
Exhibit C to Exhibit 4.2 above)).
4.6
Methode Electronics, Inc. 2004 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed December 7, 2004 (included therein as Exhibit
10.1)).
5.1
Opinion of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).