METHODE ELECTRONICS INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Apr 13, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: METHODE ELECTRONICS INC (MEI)
CIK: 0000065270
Period of Report: 2010-04-12

Reporting Person: KOMAN DOUGLAS A (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-04-12	Common Stock	P	1231	$9.776	Acquired	22152	Indirect
2010-04-12	Common Stock	M	17648	$10.624	Acquired	67657	Direct
2010-04-12	Common Stock	S	17648	$11.00	Disposed	50009	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-04-12	Options	$10.624	X	17648	Disposed	2010-12-11	Common Stock (17648)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Options	$7.45	2011-06-19	Common Stock (25000)	25000	Direct
Options	$10.50	2012-06-10	Common Stock (75000)	75000	Direct
Options	$11.44	2013-07-03	Common Stock (35000)	35000	Direct
Options	$2.72	2019-03-16	Common Stock (30000)	30000	Direct
Options	$6.46	2019-07-09	Common Stock (30000)	30000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: 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.

F2: On January 15, 2010, Douglas A. Koman, established a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Plan"). Form 8-K was filed January 25, 2010. The Plan provides for the sale, on the terms and conditions provided in the Plan, of up to 17,648 shares of Methode's common stock to be acquired through the exercise of stock options which are scheduled to expire in December 2010.