METHODE ELECTRONICS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Mar 18, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METHODE ELECTRONICS INC (METH)
CIK: 0000065270
Period of Report: 2009-03-16

Reporting Person: DUDA DONALD W (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-03-17	Common Stock	P	15000	$3.07	Acquired	497879	Direct
2009-03-17	Common Stock	P	4393	$4.23	Acquired	20748	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-03-16	Options	$2.72	A	124000	Acquired	2019-03-16	Common Stock (124000)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Options	$17.658	2010-03-13	Common Stock (29413)	29413	Direct
Options	$6.35	2011-05-04	Common Stock (100000)	100000	Direct
Options	$11.44	2013-07-03	Common Stock (25000)	25000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares purchased at various prices between $3.04 and $3.11. The weighted average price was $3.07.

F2: Shares purchased during the fiscal year with periodic payroll withholding and quarterly dividends received on Methode common stock held in the Methode 401(k) Plan.

F3: This option vests and is exercisable on the third anniversary of the date of grant