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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT UNDER</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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&amp; BETTS CORPORATION</font></div>
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      David Smith, Jr.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) covers
      shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) of
      Thomas &amp; Betts Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221; or the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) (i)
      issuable pursuant to the Thomas &amp; Betts Corporation 2008 Stock
      Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) or (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), any additional
      shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Estimated
      pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
      for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of
      the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the New
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I</font></div>
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information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration
Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as
required by Rule 428(b)(1).</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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3.&#160;&#160;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007 and filed on February 22, 2008.</font></div>
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reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since December
31, 2007, the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#8217;s latest annual
report referred to in (a) above; and</font></div>
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description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the &#8220;Common
Stock&#8221;), which is contained in the Company&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A
dated December 12, 1997, and filed December 15, 1997, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description and the Company&#8217;s Form
8-B dated May 2, 1996, and filed on May 2, 1996.</font></div>
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addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 in the
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such documents.</font></div>
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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 incorporated or 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></div>
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Smith, Jr., who is issuing the opinion on the legality of the Registrant&#8217;s
Common Stock offered hereby, is the Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant and holds Common Stock of the
Registrant and stock options to purchase Common Stock of the
Registrant.&#160;&#160;Mr. Smith is eligible to participate in the Thomas &amp;
Betts Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.</font></div>
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OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY. No person who is or was a director of the corporation, or
such person&#8217;s heirs, executors or administrators, shall be personally liable to
the corporation or its shareholders for </font></div>
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damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however, that this
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any such party (i) for
any breach of a director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iii) for unlawful
distributions under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act. Any repeal or
modification of the provisions of this Article VIII, directly or by the adoption
of an inconsistent provision of this Charter, shall not adversely affect any
right or protection in favor of a particular individual at the time of such
repeal or modification.</font></div>
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48-18-501 through 509 of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act (&#8220;Sections
48-18-501 through 509&#8221;) authorize a corporation to provide for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents in terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indemnification
of Officers and Directors. Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who
was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a &#8220;proceeding&#8221;), by reason of the fact that he or
she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other
capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
Tennessee Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than
said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement)
reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such
indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or
officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such
person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in
this Section shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that, if the Tennessee Business Corporation Act requires, the
payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to
the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or
otherwise.</font></div>
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Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this Article is
not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after a written claim has
been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in
defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required
undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under
the Tennessee Business Corporation Act for the Corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board
of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of
the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Tennessee Business Corporation
Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) </font></div>
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claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to
the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.</font></div>
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Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Continuation of Rights. The right to indemnification
and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute,
provision of the Charter, Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. All rights to indemnification under this
Article shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each
director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at
any time while this Article is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this
Article or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Tennessee
Business Corporation Act or any other applicable laws shall not in any way
diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer or the
obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder.</font></div>
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Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director or officer of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
Tennessee Business Corporation Act.</font></div>
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8.&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</font></div>
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following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;</font></div>
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disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
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in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</font></div>
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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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
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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.&#160;&#160;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.</font></div>
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Thomas &amp; Betts Corporation, 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 Memphis, State of
Tennessee, on the 7th day of May, 2008.</font></div>
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persons by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints each of Dominic J. Pileggi, Kenneth W. Fluke, and J.N.
Raines as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, upon the action
of such appointee, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any
and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all
instruments which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary
or advisable in order to enable Thomas &amp; Betts Corporation to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) in
respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this
Registration Statement under the Securities Act, including specifically but
without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to
such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to
sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other
documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities
laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection
therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto each
of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2008
Registration
No. 333-______
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THOMAS
& BETTS CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Tennessee
22-1326940
(State
      of Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
      or Organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
8155
      T&B Boulevard
Memphis,
      Tennessee 38125
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
Thomas
      & Betts Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full
      Title of the Plan)
W.
      David Smith, Jr.
Chief
      Compliance Officer, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant
      Secretary
Thomas
      & Betts Corporation
8155
      T&B Boulevard
Memphis,
      Tennessee 38125
(901)
      252-8000
(Telephone
      Number, Including Area Code, of Agents for Service)
With
      a copy to:
Kyoko
      Takahashi Lin, Esq.
Davis
      Polk & Wardwell
450
      Lexington Avenue
New
      York, NY 10017
(212)
      450-4000
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
      To Be Registered(1)
Proposed
      Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount
      of Registration Fee(3)
Common
      stock, $.10 par value
4,500,000
$36.49
$164,205,000
$6,453.26
(1)
This
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") covers
      shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common Stock") of
      Thomas & Betts Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") (i)
      issuable pursuant to the Thomas & Betts Corporation 2008 Stock
      Incentive Plan (the "Plan") or (ii) pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), any additional
      shares of Common Stock that become issuable under the Plan by reason of
      any stock dividend, stock split, or other similar
    transaction.
(2)
Estimated
      pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
      for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on the average of
      the high and low prices reported for a share of Common Stock on the New
      York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2008.
(3)
Rounded
      up to the nearest penny.
PART
I
The
information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration
Statement is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule
428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of the
Registration Statement.  The documents containing the information
specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as
required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)  The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007 and filed on February 22, 2008.
(b)  All
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December
31, 2007, the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's latest annual
report referred to in (a) above; and
(c)  The
description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common
Stock"), which is contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A
dated December 12, 1997, and filed December 15, 1997, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description and the Company's Form
8-B dated May 2, 1996, and filed on May 2, 1996.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 in the
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of
such documents.
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 incorporated or 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.
W. David
Smith, Jr., who is issuing the opinion on the legality of the Registrant's
Common Stock offered hereby, is the Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant and holds Common Stock of the
Registrant and stock options to purchase Common Stock of the
Registrant.  Mr. Smith is eligible to participate in the Thomas &
Betts Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
Item
6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article
VIII of the Company's Amended and Restated Charter provides:
LIMITATION
OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY. No person who is or was a director of the corporation, or
such person's heirs, executors or administrators, shall be personally liable to
the corporation or its shareholders for
2
monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; provided, however, that this
provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any such party (i) for
any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iii) for unlawful
distributions under the Tennessee Business Corporation Act. Any repeal or
modification of the provisions of this Article VIII, directly or by the adoption
of an inconsistent provision of this Charter, shall not adversely affect any
right or protection in favor of a particular individual at the time of such
repeal or modification.
Sections
48-18-501 through 509 of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act ("Sections
48-18-501 through 509") authorize a corporation to provide for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents in terms
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for
liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act.
Article 5
of the Company's by-laws provides:
Indemnification
of Officers and Directors. Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person who
was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in
any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or
she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director or officer or in any other
capacity while serving as a director or officer, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the
Tennessee Business Corporation Act, as the same exists or may hereafter be
amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than
said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against
all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement)
reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such
indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or
officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall indemnify any such
person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred in
this Section shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that, if the Tennessee Business Corporation Act requires, the
payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to
the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or
otherwise.
Section 2.
Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 1 of this Article is
not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days after a written claim has
been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim, and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in
defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required
undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under
the Tennessee Business Corporation Act for the Corporation to indemnify the
claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be
on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board
of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of
the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Tennessee Business Corporation
Act, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders)
3
that the
claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to
the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable
standard of conduct.
Section 3.
Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Continuation of Rights. The right to indemnification
and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Article shall not be exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute,
provision of the Charter, Bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. All rights to indemnification under this
Article shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each
director or officer of the Corporation who serves or served in such capacity at
any time while this Article is in effect. Any repeal or modification of this
Article or any repeal or modification of relevant provisions of the Tennessee
Business Corporation Act or any other applicable laws shall not in any way
diminish any rights to indemnification of such director or officer or the
obligations of the Corporation arising hereunder.
Section 4.
Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director or officer of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
Tennessee Business Corporation Act.
Item
7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item
8.  Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Charter of Thomas & Betts Corporation.
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of Thomas & Betts Corporation.
5
Opinion
      of W. David Smith, Jr.
23.1
Consent
      of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting
  firm.
23.2
Consent
      of W. David Smith, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power
      of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).
99.1
Thomas
      & Betts Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive
  Plan.
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;
(ii)  To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement;
4
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the Plan not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2)   That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)   To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)   The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)   Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 of 1933, as amended, the Registrant,
Thomas & Betts Corporation, 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 Memphis, State of
Tennessee, on the 7th day of May, 2008.
THOMAS
      & BETTS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Kenneth W. Fluke
Name:  Kenneth
      W. Fluke
Title:    Senior
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Know all
persons by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints each of Dominic J. Pileggi, Kenneth W. Fluke, and J.N.
Raines as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, upon the action
of such appointee, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any
and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all
instruments which each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary
or advisable in order to enable Thomas & Betts Corporation to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and any
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in
respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this
Registration Statement under the Securities Act, including specifically but
without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to
such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to
sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other
documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities
laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection
therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto each
of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to
perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed this 7
th
day of May, 2008 by
the following persons in the following capacities.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Dominic J.
      Pileggi
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
      and
Director (principal executive
      officer)
Dominic J.
      Pileggi
May
7
, 2008
/s/ Kenneth W.
      Fluke
Senior Vice President and Chief
      Financial
Officer (principal financial
      officer
)
May
7
, 2008
Kenneth W.
      Fluke
/s/ Stanley P.
      Locke
Vice
      President and Controller (principal accounting officer)
May 7
, 2008
Stanley P.
      Locke
/s/ Jeananne K.
      Hauswald
Director
May 5
,
  2008
Jeananne K.
      Hauswald
/s/ Dean
      Jernigan
Director
May 7
,
  2008
Dean
    Jernigan
/s/ Ronald B. Kalich,
      Sr.
Director
May 7
,
  2008
Ronald B. Kalich,
      Sr.
/s/ Kenneth R.
      Masterson
Director
May 7
,
  2008
Kenneth R.
      Masterson
/s/ Jean-Paul
      Richard
Director
May 7
,
  2008
Jean-Paul
      Richard
/s/ Kevin L.
      Roberg
Director
May 7
,
  2008
Kevin L.
    Roberg
/s/ David D.
      Stevens
Director
May 7
,
  2008
David D.
      Stevens
/s/ William H.
      Waltrip
Director
May 7
, 2008
William H.
      Waltrip
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Charter of Thomas & Betts Corporation.
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of Thomas & Betts Corporation.
5
Opinion
      of W. David Smith, Jr.
23.1
Consent
      of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting
  firm.
23.2
Consent
      of W. David Smith, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power
      of Attorney (included in the signature pages hereof).
99.1
Thomas
      & Betts Corporation 2008 Stock Incentive
  Plan.