Registration No.  33-_________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549
                             -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           --------------------------

                              Robinson Nugent, Inc.
                              ---------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                  Indiana                                35-0957603
      -------------------------------                -------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)


                             800 East Eighth Street
                              Post Office Box 1208
                         New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                         ------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                           2000 Robinson Nugent, Inc.
              Employee and Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
              ----------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Robert L. Knabel
                         Vice President, Treasurer and
                            Chief Financial Officer
                             Robinson Nugent, Inc.
                             800 East Eighth Street
                              Post Office Box 1208
                         New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                         ------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (812) 945-0211
                                 --------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


                                   Copies to:

                                Berkley W. Duck
                                   Ice Miller
                         One American Square, Box 82001
                          Indianapolis, Indiana 46282


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                                            Proposed          Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be     maximum offering    aggregate offering     Amount of
 to be registered        registered       price per unit          price(1)      registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                    <C>                   <C>                 <C>               <C>
Common Shares          1,000,000 shares      $16.9375           $16,937,500        $4,471.50

<FN>
(1)  The  registration  fee has been  calculated  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) based upon the
     average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Shares on August 30, 2000.
</FN>
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                                    PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following  information  heretofore  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  ("Commission")  pursuant to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), is incorporated herein by reference:

(a)  The  latest  Annual  Report  on Form 10-K of  Robinson  Nugent,  Inc.  (the
     "Registrant").

(b)  All other  reports  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Section  13(a) or
     15(d) of the  Exchange  Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
     Annual Report referred to in (a) above.

(c)  The information set forth under the caption  "Description of Common Shares"
     in the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 filed pursuant to
     the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  Registration  No.  2-62521,  as
     incorporated  by reference to the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on
     Form 8-A filed  pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, dated August
     29, 1979,  including  any  amendments  or reports  filed for the purpose of
     updating that description.

All documents filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  subsequent  to the  filing  of  this  Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates
that all of the securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which  deregisters
all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this  Registration  Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of those documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.



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<PAGE>

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Indiana  Business  Corporation Law ("IBCL"),  the provisions of which govern
the Registrant,  empowers an Indiana corporation to indemnify present and former
directors,  officers,  employees, or agents or any person who may have served at
the request of the  corporation as a director,  officer,  employee,  or agent of
another  corporation  ("Eligible  Persons")  against  liability  incurred in any
proceeding,  civil or criminal,  in which the Eligible Person is made a party by
reason of being or  having  been in any such  capacity,  or  arising  out of his
status as such, if the individual  acted in good faith and  reasonably  believed
that (a) the individual was acting in the best interests of the corporation,  or
(b) if the challenged  action was taken other than in the individual's  official
capacity as an officer,  director,  employee or agent, the individual's  conduct
was at least not opposed to the  corporation's  best  interests,  or (c) if in a
criminal  proceeding,  either the individual had reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

The IBCL  further  empowers a  corporation  to pay or reimburse  the  reasonable
expenses  incurred by an Eligible  Person in connection  with the defense of any
such claim,  including  counsel  fees;  and,  unless  limited by its Articles of
Incorporation,  the  corporation  is required to  indemnify  an Eligible  Person
against  reasonable  expenses if he is wholly successful in any such proceeding,
on the merits or otherwise.  Under certain circumstances,  a corporation may pay
or  reimburse  an  Eligible  Person  for  reasonable  expenses  prior  to  final
disposition  of the matter.  Unless a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation
otherwise provide,  an Eligible Person may apply for  indemnification to a court
which may order indemnification upon a determination that the Eligible Person is
entitled  to  mandatory  indemnification  for  reasonable  expenses  or that the
Eligible Person is fairly and reasonably  entitled to indemnification in view of
all the relevant  circumstances  without regard to whether his actions satisfied
the appropriate standard of conduct.

Before a  corporation  may indemnify any Eligible  Person  against  liability or
reasonable expenses under the IBCL, a quorum consisting of directors who are not
parties to the proceeding must (1) determine that indemnification is permissible
in the  specific  circumstances  because the Eligible  Person met the  requisite
standard of conduct,  (2)  authorize the  corporation  to indemnify the Eligible
Person and (3) if appropriate, evaluate the reasonableness of expenses for which
indemnification  is  sought.  If it is  not  possible  to  obtain  a  quorum  of
uninvolved directors, the foregoing action may be taken by a committee of two or
more  directors  who are not parties to the  proceeding,  special  legal counsel
selected  by the  Board  or  such a  committee,  or by the  shareholders  of the
corporation.

In  addition to the  foregoing,  the IBCL  states  that the  indemnification  it
provides  shall  not be deemed  exclusive  of any  other  rights to which  those
indemnified may be entitled under any provision of the articles of incorporation
or bylaws,  resolution of the board of directors or  shareholders,  or any other
authorization  adopted  after notice by a majority vote of all the voting shares
then issued and  outstanding.  The IBCL also empowers an Indiana  corporation to
purchase and maintain  insurance  on behalf of any Eligible  Person  against any
liability  asserted  against or  incurred  by him in any  capacity  as such,  or
arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have had
the power to indemnify him against such liability.



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<PAGE>

Section 9.3 of Article IX of the Amended Articles of Incorporation and Article V
of the Amended and Restated  Bylaws of Robinson  Nugent,  Inc.  provide  certain
indemnification provisions for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Registrant.

The Registrant has obtained  directors' and officers' liability  insurance,  the
effect of which is to indemnify the  directors and officers of Robinson  Nugent,
Inc. and its  subsidiaries  against certain losses caused by errors,  misleading
statements,  wrongful acts, omissions,  neglect or breach of duty by them or any
matter claimed against them in their capacities as directors and officers.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

See Index to Exhibits.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(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 of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");

         (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising afterthe
               effective date of the 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 the Registration Statement;

        (iii)  To include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
               distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the  Registration
               Statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in the
               Registration Statement.

     Provided,  however,  that paragraphs  (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall 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 the Registration
     Statement.



                                     - 4 -
<PAGE>

(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.

(4)  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.

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,  or otherwise,  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.



                                     - 5 -
<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

     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 New Albany, State of Indiana, on August 30, 2000.


                                   ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.



                                   By:   /s/ Larry W. Burke
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Larry W. Burke, President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------

     Know all men by these presents,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints Larry W. Burke and Robert L. Knabel,  and each or
any of  them  (with  full  power  to act  alone),  his or her  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  him  or her  and in his or her  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities,  to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,  and
to file the same, with all exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto those
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority 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 or she might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that those  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, or their substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated on August 30, 2000.


  /s/ Larry W. Burke       President, Chief Executive Officer
-------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Larry W. Burke


  /s/ Robert L. Knabel     Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
-------------------------   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Robert L. Knabel




                                     - 6 -
<PAGE>

_________________________  Director
Samuel C. Robinson


  /s/ Patrick C. Duffy     Director
-------------------------
Patrick C. Duffy


  /s/ Richard L. Mattox    Director
-------------------------
Richard L. Mattox


  /s/ Jerrol Z. Miles      Director
-------------------------
Jerrol Z. Miles


  /s/ James W. Robinson    Director
-------------------------
James W. Robinson


  /s/ Richard W. Strain    Director
-------------------------
Richard W. Strain


_________________________  Director
Ben M. Streepey


  /s/ Donald C. Neel       Director
-------------------------
Donald C. Neel


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee (or
other person who  administers  the employee  benefit  plan) has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Albany, State of Indiana on August 30, 2000.


                               ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.  2000 EMPLOYEE
                               AND NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN



                               By:    /s/ Robert L. Knabel
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Robert L. Knabel, Vice President,
                                      Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer


                                     - 7 -
<PAGE>


                              ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.
                                    Form S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 Exhibit Number
   Assigned in
 Regulation S-K
    Item 601                             Description of Exhibit
 ---------------    ------------------------------------------------------------

   (4)   4.1        Specimen  Certificate  for  Common  Shares  of the  Company.
                    (Incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4  to  Form  S-1
                    Registration Statement No. 2-62521.)

         4.2        Rights Agreement  between  Robinson  Nugent,  Inc. Bank One,
                    Indianapolis,  NA, as Rights  Agent,  dated April 21,  1988.
                    (Incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  I  to  Form  8-A
                    Registration Statement dated May 2, 1988.)

         4.3        Amendment  No. 1 to Rights  Agreement,  dated  September 26,
                    1991. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 10-K
                    Report for year ended June 30, 1991.)

         4.4        Amendment  No. 2 to Rights  Agreement,  dated June 11, 1992.
                    (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.4 to  Form  8-K
                    Current Report dated July 6, 1992.)

         4.5        Amendment  No. 3 to Rights  Agreement,  dated  February  11,
                    1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 10-Q
                    Report for period ended December 31, 1998.)

   (5)   5.1        Opinion of Ice Miller.

   (15)             Not Applicable.

   (23)  23.1       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

         23.2       Consent of Ice Miller. (Included in Exhibit 5.1.)

   (24)             Power of Attorney. (See Signature Page.)



                                     - 8 -
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Registration No.  33-_________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D. C. 20549
                             -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                           --------------------------

                              Robinson Nugent, Inc.
                              ---------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Indiana                                35-0957603
      -------------------------------                -------------------
      (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)

                             800 East Eighth Street
                              Post Office Box 1208
                         New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                         ------------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                           2000 Robinson Nugent, Inc.
              Employee and Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
              ----------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                Robert L. Knabel
                         Vice President, Treasurer and
                            Chief Financial Officer
                             Robinson Nugent, Inc.
                             800 East Eighth Street
                              Post Office Box 1208
                         New Albany, Indiana 47151-1208
                         ------------------------------
                    (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (812) 945-0211
                                 --------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                   Copies to:

                                Berkley W. Duck
                                   Ice Miller
                         One American Square, Box 82001
                          Indianapolis, Indiana 46282
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                            Proposed          Proposed maximum
Title of securities     Amount to be     maximum offering    aggregate offering     Amount of
 to be registered        registered       price per unit          price(1)      registration fee
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Shares          1,000,000 shares      $16.9375           $16,937,500        $4,471.50
(1)  The  registration  fee has been  calculated  pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) based upon the
     average of the high and low prices reported for the Common Shares on August 30, 2000.
PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following  information  heretofore  filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  ("Commission")  pursuant to the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), is incorporated herein by reference:

(a)  The  latest  Annual  Report  on Form 10-K of  Robinson  Nugent,  Inc.  (the
     "Registrant").

(b)  All other  reports  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to Section  13(a) or
     15(d) of the  Exchange  Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
     Annual Report referred to in (a) above.

(c)  The information set forth under the caption  "Description of Common Shares"
     in the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on Form S-1 filed pursuant to
     the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  Registration  No.  2-62521,  as
     incorporated  by reference to the  Registrant's  Registration  Statement on
     Form 8-A filed  pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, dated August
     29, 1979,  including  any  amendments  or reports  filed for the purpose of
     updating that description.

All documents filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d)  of the  Exchange  Act  subsequent  to the  filing  of  this  Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates
that all of the securities  offered  hereby have been sold or which  deregisters
all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this  Registration  Statement and to be a part hereof from the date
of filing of those documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Not applicable.

                                       - 2 -
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The Indiana  Business  Corporation Law ("IBCL"),  the provisions of which govern
the Registrant,  empowers an Indiana corporation to indemnify present and former
directors,  officers,  employees, or agents or any person who may have served at
the request of the  corporation as a director,  officer,  employee,  or agent of
another  corporation  ("Eligible  Persons")  against  liability  incurred in any
proceeding,  civil or criminal,  in which the Eligible Person is made a party by
reason of being or  having  been in any such  capacity,  or  arising  out of his
status as such, if the individual  acted in good faith and  reasonably  believed
that (a) the individual was acting in the best interests of the corporation,  or
(b) if the challenged  action was taken other than in the individual's  official
capacity as an officer,  director,  employee or agent, the individual's  conduct
was at least not opposed to the  corporation's  best  interests,  or (c) if in a
criminal  proceeding,  either the individual had reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

The IBCL  further  empowers a  corporation  to pay or reimburse  the  reasonable
expenses  incurred by an Eligible  Person in connection  with the defense of any
such claim,  including  counsel  fees;  and,  unless  limited by its Articles of
Incorporation,  the  corporation  is required to  indemnify  an Eligible  Person
against  reasonable  expenses if he is wholly successful in any such proceeding,
on the merits or otherwise.  Under certain circumstances,  a corporation may pay
or  reimburse  an  Eligible  Person  for  reasonable  expenses  prior  to  final
disposition  of the matter.  Unless a  corporation's  articles of  incorporation
otherwise provide,  an Eligible Person may apply for  indemnification to a court
which may order indemnification upon a determination that the Eligible Person is
entitled  to  mandatory  indemnification  for  reasonable  expenses  or that the
Eligible Person is fairly and reasonably  entitled to indemnification in view of
all the relevant  circumstances  without regard to whether his actions satisfied
the appropriate standard of conduct.

Before a  corporation  may indemnify any Eligible  Person  against  liability or
reasonable expenses under the IBCL, a quorum consisting of directors who are not
parties to the proceeding must (1) determine that indemnification is permissible
in the  specific  circumstances  because the Eligible  Person met the  requisite
standard of conduct,  (2)  authorize the  corporation  to indemnify the Eligible
Person and (3) if appropriate, evaluate the reasonableness of expenses for which
indemnification  is  sought.  If it is  not  possible  to  obtain  a  quorum  of
uninvolved directors, the foregoing action may be taken by a committee of two or
more  directors  who are not parties to the  proceeding,  special  legal counsel
selected  by the  Board  or  such a  committee,  or by the  shareholders  of the
corporation.

In  addition to the  foregoing,  the IBCL  states  that the  indemnification  it
provides  shall  not be deemed  exclusive  of any  other  rights to which  those
indemnified may be entitled under any provision of the articles of incorporation
or bylaws,  resolution of the board of directors or  shareholders,  or any other
authorization  adopted  after notice by a majority vote of all the voting shares
then issued and  outstanding.  The IBCL also empowers an Indiana  corporation to
purchase and maintain  insurance  on behalf of any Eligible  Person  against any
liability  asserted  against or  incurred  by him in any  capacity  as such,  or
arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have had
the power to indemnify him against such liability.

                                     - 3 -
Section 9.3 of Article IX of the Amended Articles of Incorporation and Article V
of the Amended and Restated  Bylaws of Robinson  Nugent,  Inc.  provide  certain
indemnification provisions for the benefit of directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Registrant.

The Registrant has obtained  directors' and officers' liability  insurance,  the
effect of which is to indemnify the  directors and officers of Robinson  Nugent,
Inc. and its  subsidiaries  against certain losses caused by errors,  misleading
statements,  wrongful acts, omissions,  neglect or breach of duty by them or any
matter claimed against them in their capacities as directors and officers.

Item 7.  Exemption From Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

See Index to Exhibits.

Item 9.  Undertakings.

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

(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 of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");

         (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising afterthe
               effective date of the 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 the Registration Statement;

        (iii)  To include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
               distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the  Registration
               Statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in the
               Registration Statement.

     Provided,  however,  that paragraphs  (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall 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 the Registration
     Statement.

                                     - 4 -
(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.

(4)  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.

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,  or otherwise,  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
                                   ----------

     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 New Albany, State of Indiana, on August 30, 2000.

                                   ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.

                                   By:   /s/ Larry W. Burke
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Larry W. Burke, President and
                                          Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------

     Know all men by these presents,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints Larry W. Burke and Robert L. Knabel,  and each or
any of  them  (with  full  power  to act  alone),  his or her  true  and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for  him  or her  and in his or her  name,  place  and  stead,  in any  and  all
capacities,  to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,  and
to file the same, with all exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting unto those
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority 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 or she might or could do in
person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that those  attorneys-in-fact  and
agents, or their substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities indicated on August 30, 2000.

  /s/ Larry W. Burke       President, Chief Executive Officer
-------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
Larry W. Burke

  /s/ Robert L. Knabel     Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
-------------------------   (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Robert L. Knabel

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_________________________  Director
Samuel C. Robinson

  /s/ Patrick C. Duffy     Director
-------------------------
Patrick C. Duffy

  /s/ Richard L. Mattox    Director
-------------------------
Richard L. Mattox

  /s/ Jerrol Z. Miles      Director
-------------------------
Jerrol Z. Miles

  /s/ James W. Robinson    Director
-------------------------
James W. Robinson

  /s/ Richard W. Strain    Director
-------------------------
Richard W. Strain

_________________________  Director
Ben M. Streepey

  /s/ Donald C. Neel       Director
-------------------------
Donald C. Neel

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustee (or
other person who  administers  the employee  benefit  plan) has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New Albany, State of Indiana on August 30, 2000.

                               ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.  2000 EMPLOYEE
                               AND NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

                               By:    /s/ Robert L. Knabel
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    Robert L. Knabel, Vice President,
                                      Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

                                     - 7 -
ROBINSON NUGENT, INC.
                                    Form S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 Exhibit Number
   Assigned in
 Regulation S-K
    Item 601                             Description of Exhibit
 ---------------    ------------------------------------------------------------

   (4)   4.1        Specimen  Certificate  for  Common  Shares  of the  Company.
                    (Incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  4  to  Form  S-1
                    Registration Statement No. 2-62521.)

         4.2        Rights Agreement  between  Robinson  Nugent,  Inc. Bank One,
                    Indianapolis,  NA, as Rights  Agent,  dated April 21,  1988.
                    (Incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  I  to  Form  8-A
                    Registration Statement dated May 2, 1988.)

         4.3        Amendment  No. 1 to Rights  Agreement,  dated  September 26,
                    1991. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 10-K
                    Report for year ended June 30, 1991.)

         4.4        Amendment  No. 2 to Rights  Agreement,  dated June 11, 1992.
                    (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibit  4.4 to  Form  8-K
                    Current Report dated July 6, 1992.)

         4.5        Amendment  No. 3 to Rights  Agreement,  dated  February  11,
                    1998. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 10-Q
                    Report for period ended December 31, 1998.)

   (5)   5.1        Opinion of Ice Miller.

   (15)             Not Applicable.

   (23)  23.1       Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

         23.2       Consent of Ice Miller. (Included in Exhibit 5.1.)

   (24)             Power of Attorney. (See Signature Page.)

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