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     <TD valign="top" WIDTH=75%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>FORM S-8. Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933 </FONT></TD>

     <TD WIDTH=25%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>As filed with the<BR>
Securities and Exchange<BR>
Commission on<BR>
October 28, 2004<BR>
Registration No. 333&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<BR>WASINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER<BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS,
LTD.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B><BR>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=70%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>Delaware </B></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=1%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=29%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>36-2096643 </B></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=70%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=1%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=29%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=70%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>40W267 Keslinger Road,P. O. Box 393, LaFox, Illinois </B></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=1%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=29%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>60147-0393 </B></FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=70%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=1%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="Center" WIDTH=29%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(Zip Code) </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><B>RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS,
LTD.<BR>
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EMPLOYEES&rsquo; 1999 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B><BR>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>William G. Seils, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR> Richardson Electronics,
Ltd.<BR>40W267 Keslinger Road<BR>P. O. Box 393<BR>
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LaFox, Illinois 60147-0393&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></b><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
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<b><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(630) 208-2370&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></b><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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     <TD colspan="9" ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>Calculation of Registration Fee </FONT></TD> </b></FONT></TD>

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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Title Of<BR>Securities To Be<BR>Registered </FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Amount To Be<BR>Registered (1) </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=2%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Proposed<BR>Maximum Offering<BR>Price Per Share (2) </FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=20%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Proposed<BR>Maximum Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Amount Of<BR>Registration Fee </FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Common Stock,<br> $.05 Par<BR>Value Shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=2%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>200,000 </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=2%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>$8.33 </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=2%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=20%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>$1,666,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=2%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>$211.08 </FONT></TD>
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          Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement
          also includes an indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock that
          may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the
          Plan. </FONT></P></TD>
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          Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule
          457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
          Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System
          as of October 27, 2004. </FONT></P></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>PART II </b></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of
Certain Documents By Reference </FONT></P>

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Richardson
Electronics, Ltd. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates into this Registration
Statement by reference the following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under File No. 000-12906: </FONT></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29,
               2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
               ended August 28, 2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2004;</FONT></P></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(e)</FONT></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(f)</FONT></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 11, 2004; </FONT></P></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(h)</FONT></TD>
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               The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2004 and </FONT></P></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></TD>
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               The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in its
               registration statement on Form 8-A dated October 18, 1984, as updated by the description contained in
               Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2004, and by any other amendment or report
               filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></P></TD>
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All documents filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Exchange Act&rdquo;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except that the portion of any
Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 9 or Item 12 thereof, or any successor or
other applicable item, shall not be incorporated by reference herein.  Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities. </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></p>


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William
G. Seils, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company assisted in
the preparation of this Prospectus and the Registration Statement, has given an opinion on
the validity of the securities covered thereby. Mr. Seils is paid a salary and bonus by
the Company, participates in certain of the Company&#146;s employee benefit plans,
including the Plan, and owns shares of Common Stock and options to acquire shares of
Common Stock. </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></p>


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The
Delaware General Corporation Law permits the indemnification by a Delaware corporation of
its directors, officers, employees, and other agents against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with
specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than derivative actions which are by or in the right of the
corporation) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A
similar standard of care is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in
connection with defense or settlement of such an action and requires court approval before
there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found
liable to the corporation. </FONT></TD>
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Section&nbsp;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that the rights conferred thereby
are not exclusive of any other right to which any person may be entitled under any by-law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and permits a
corporation to advance expenses to or on behalf of a person entitled to be indemnified
upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amounts advanced if it is determined that the
person is not entitled to be indemnified. </FONT></TD>
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The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that to the full extent permitted by
Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time,
indemnify, advance payment of expenses on behalf of and purchase and maintain insurance
against liability on behalf of all persons for whom it may take each such respective
action pursuant to such Section. The certificate of incorporation also provides that no
director will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages
for any breach of fiduciary duty by such a director as a director to the full extent
authorized or permitted by Delaware law. A director, however, will be liable to the extent
provided by applicable law for: </FONT></TD>
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               <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>1.</FONT></TD>
               <TD WIDTH=95%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
          stockholders;</FONT></P></TD>
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 acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
          knowing violation of law; </FONT></P></TD>
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 violations of Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or </FONT></P></TD>

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 any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. </FONT></P></TD>
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Article VII
of the Company&#146;s by-laws contains additional provisions regarding indemnification. </FONT></TD>
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The Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its directors and officers and for the
Company providing coverage of claims in excess of certain minimum retained limits. </FONT></TD>

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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed. </FONT></P>


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Not applicable. </FONT></TD>

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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits. </FONT></P>


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The
exhibits to the registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index elsewhere herein
and are incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</FONT></P>


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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=92%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P></TD>
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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(1) </FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=88%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
          post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P></TD>
          </TR>

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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=12%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=85%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>

          To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
          1933; </FONT></P></TD>
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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=12%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=85%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the 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. Notwithstanding the
          foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
          total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
          registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
          offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
          Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
          volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
          offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
          table in the effective registration statement; </FONT></P></TD>
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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=12%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=85%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>

          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; </FONT></P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Provided,
however, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement. </FONT></TD>

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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(2) </FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=88%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
          1933, 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.  </FONT></P></TD>

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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=9%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(3) </FONT></TD>

          <TD WIDTH=88%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          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. </FONT></P></TD>
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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=92%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
          any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
          registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
          employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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. </FONT></P></TD>
          </TR>
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          <TD ALIGN=RIGHT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
          <TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>(h)</FONT></TD>
          <TD WIDTH=92%><P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
          1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission
          such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
          such issue.  </FONT></P></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>SIGNATURES </b></FONT></P>


<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Town of LaFox and the State of Illinois on
the 28th day of October, 2004. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD. </FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>By: </FONT></TD>

     <TD WIDTH=47%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/S/&nbsp;Edward J. Richardson </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE> </TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=3%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=47%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Edward J. Richardson<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board,<BR>

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and Chief Executive Officer </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By
his signature, each of the following persons constitutes and appoints each of Edward J.
Richardson and William G. Seils 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 and all documents which said attorney-in-fact and
agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Richardson Electronics, Ltd. to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under said Act
of shares of Common Stock, $.05 par value, to be offered or sold by said corporation
pursuant to its Employees&#146; 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, including but not limited to a
Registration Statement and any and all amendments including post-effective amendments to
such 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 said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or 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 said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=33% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><U>Signature</U> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=33% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><U>Title</U> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=33% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><U>Date</U> </FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Edward J. Richardson </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>And Director (Principal<BR>Executive Officer) </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>

</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Edward J. Richardson </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Bruce W. Johnson </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>President, Chief<BR>Operating Officer and<BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>

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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Bruce W. Johnson </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Dario Sacomani </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>And Director<BR>(Principal Financial and </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>

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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Dario Sacomani</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Accounting Officer) </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Arnold R. Allen </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Arnold R. Allen</FONT></TD>

     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Jacques Bouyer </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>

     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Jacques Bouyer</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>

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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Scott Hodes</FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>

</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Scott Hodes</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Ad Ketelaars </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Ad Ketelaars</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=BOTTOM>
     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;John R. Peterson </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>

     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>John R. Peterson</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>

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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Harold L. Purkey </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>

</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Harold L. Purkey</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>/S/&nbsp;Samuel Rubinovitz </FONT><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH=80% ALIGN=LEFT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>October 28, 2004 </FONT></TD>
</TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>Samuel Rubinovitz</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><b>EXHIBIT INDEX </b></FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>3.1 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Richardson Electronics,&nbsp;Ltd., as
&nbsp; &nbsp;amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;B to the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus dated November&nbsp;13, 1986, which is included in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, Commission File No.&nbsp;33-8696. </FONT></TD>

</TR>
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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>3.2 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
By-Laws of Richardson Electronics,&nbsp;Ltd., as amended, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K,
dated May&nbsp;31, 1997, Commission File No.&nbsp;00-12906. </FONT></TD>

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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>4.1 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10(h)
to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
May&nbsp;31, 1999, Commission File No.&nbsp;00-12906. </FONT></TD>

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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>4.2 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Amendment to the Company&#146;s Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated September&nbsp;4,
2001, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October&nbsp;16, 2001, Commission File
No.&nbsp;00-12906. </FONT></TD>

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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>4.3</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Amendment to the Company&#146;s Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated September&nbsp;4,
2003, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October&nbsp;15, 2003, Commission File
No.&nbsp;00-12906. </FONT></TD>

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<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>4.4</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=5% ><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>&#150;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2>
Amendment to the Company&#146;s Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated September&nbsp;10,
2004, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October&nbsp;12, 2004, Commission File
No.&nbsp;00-12906. </FONT></TD>

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Richardson Electric Form S-8
FORM S-8. Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange
Commission on
October 28, 2004
Registration No. 333
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
WASINGTON, D.C. 20549
FROM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS,
LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-2096643
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
40W267 Keslinger Road,P. O. Box 393, LaFox, Illinois
60147-0393
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS,
LTD.
EMPLOYEES' 1999 STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
William G. Seils, Esq.
Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Richardson Electronics,
Ltd.
40W267 Keslinger Road
P. O. Box 393
LaFox, Illinois 60147-0393
(Name and address of agent for service)
(630) 208-2370
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title Of
Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$.05 Par
Value Shares
200,000
$8.33
$1,666,000
$211.08
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, the registration statement
          also includes an indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock that
          may become issuable pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the
          Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule
          457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
          Registrant's Common Stock as reported by the NASDAQ National Market System
          as of October 27, 2004.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.      Incorporation of
Certain Documents By Reference
Richardson
Electronics, Ltd. (the "Company") hereby incorporates into this Registration
Statement by reference the following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under File No. 000-12906:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29,
               2004;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
               ended August 28, 2004;
(c)
The Company's Current report on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2004;
(d)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 13, 2004;
(e)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 24, 2004;
(f)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2004;
(g)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 11, 2004;
(h)
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2004 and
(i)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in its
               registration statement on Form 8-A dated October 18, 1984, as updated by the description contained in
               Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2004, and by any other amendment or report
               filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Securities Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, except that the portion of any
Current Report on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 9 or Item 12 thereof, or any successor or
other applicable item, shall not be incorporated by reference herein.  Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.      Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
William
G. Seils, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company assisted in
the preparation of this Prospectus and the Registration Statement, has given an opinion on
the validity of the securities covered thereby. Mr. Seils is paid a salary and bonus by
the Company, participates in certain of the Company's employee benefit plans,
including the Plan, and owns shares of Common Stock and options to acquire shares of
Common Stock.
Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Delaware General Corporation Law permits the indemnification by a Delaware corporation of
its directors, officers, employees, and other agents against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with
specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than derivative actions which are by or in the right of the
corporation) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A
similar standard of care is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with defense or settlement of such an action and requires court approval before
there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found
liable to the corporation.
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law also provides that the rights conferred thereby
are not exclusive of any other right to which any person may be entitled under any by-law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and permits a
corporation to advance expenses to or on behalf of a person entitled to be indemnified
upon receipt of an undertaking to repay the amounts advanced if it is determined that the
person is not entitled to be indemnified.
The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that to the full extent permitted by
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as amended from time to time,
indemnify, advance payment of expenses on behalf of and purchase and maintain insurance
against liability on behalf of all persons for whom it may take each such respective
action pursuant to such Section. The certificate of incorporation also provides that no
director will be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages
for any breach of fiduciary duty by such a director as a director to the full extent
authorized or permitted by Delaware law. A director, however, will be liable to the extent
provided by applicable law for:
1.
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its
          stockholders;
2.
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
          knowing violation of law;
3.
violations of Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
4.
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Article VII
of the Company's by-laws contains additional provisions regarding indemnification.
The Company maintains a liability insurance policy for its directors and officers and for the
Company providing coverage of claims in excess of certain minimum retained limits.
Item 7.      Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.      Exhibits.
The
exhibits to the registration statement are listed in the Exhibit Index elsewhere herein
and are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.      Undertakings.
(a)
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;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the 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. Notwithstanding the
          foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
          total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
          registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
          offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
          Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
          volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
          offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
          table in the effective 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 (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
          1933, 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)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
          any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
          registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of
          the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
          employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
(h)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
          1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission
          such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
          such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Town of LaFox and the State of Illinois on
the 28th day of October, 2004.
RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
By:
/S/ Edward J. Richardson
Edward J. Richardson
Chairman of the Board,
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By
his signature, each of the following persons constitutes and appoints each of Edward J.
Richardson and William G. Seils 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 and all documents which said attorney-in-fact and
agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable Richardson Electronics, Ltd. to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities Exchange Commission in connection with the registration under said Act
of shares of Common Stock, $.05 par value, to be offered or sold by said corporation
pursuant to its Employees' 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, including but not limited to a
Registration Statement and any and all amendments including post-effective amendments to
such 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 said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or 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 said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/S/ Edward J. Richardson
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer
And Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
October 28, 2004
Edward J. Richardson
/S/ Bruce W. Johnson
President, Chief
Operating Officer and
Director
October 28, 2004
Bruce W. Johnson
/S/ Dario Sacomani
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
And Director
(Principal Financial and
October 28, 2004
Dario Sacomani
Accounting Officer)
/S/ Arnold R. Allen
Director
October 28, 2004
Arnold R. Allen
/S/ Jacques Bouyer
Director
October 28, 2004
Jacques Bouyer
/S/ Scott Hodes
Director
October 28, 2004
Scott Hodes
/S/ Ad Ketelaars
Director
October 28, 2004
Ad Ketelaars
/S/ John R. Peterson
Director
October 28, 2004
John R. Peterson
/S/ Harold L. Purkey
Director
October 28, 2004
Harold L. Purkey
/S/ Samuel Rubinovitz
Director
October 28, 2004
Samuel Rubinovitz
EXHIBIT INDEX
3.1
–
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Richardson Electronics, Ltd., as
   amended, incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus dated November 13, 1986, which is included in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, Commission File No. 33-8696.
3.2
–
By-Laws of Richardson Electronics, Ltd., as amended, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K,
dated May 31, 1997, Commission File No. 00-12906.
4.1
–
Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h)
to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
May 31, 1999, Commission File No. 00-12906.
4.2
–
Amendment to the Company's Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit B to the Company's Proxy Statement dated September 4,
2001, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October 16, 2001, Commission File
No. 00-12906.
4.3
–
Amendment to the Company's Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Proxy Statement dated September 4,
2003, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October 15, 2003, Commission File
No. 00-12906.
4.4
–
Amendment to the Company's Employees 1999 Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Proxy Statement dated September 10,
2004, for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held October 12, 2004, Commission File
No. 00-12906.
5.1
–
Opinion of William G. Seils, Esq.
23.1
–
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
–
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3
–
Consent of William G. Seils, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
–
Power of Attorney (included in signature page)