# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000355948
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-250036
**Filing Date:** 2025-10
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-250036

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251024

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251024

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20251024

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000355948
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** WHOLESALE-ELECTRONIC PARTS & EQUIPMENT, NEC [5065]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 362096643
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0530

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-291071
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251416574

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40W267 KESLINGER RD
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 393
- **CITY:** LAFOX
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60147
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 630 208-2200

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 40W267 KESLINGER ROAD
- **STREET 2:** P.O. BOX 393
- **CITY:** LAFOX
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60147

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS LTD/DE
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 24, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

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**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

______________________________________

**RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **36-2096643** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S Employer Identification No.) |
| **40W267 Keslinger Road, P.O. Box 393**<br>**LaFox, Illinois** | **60147-0393** |

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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

**Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan**

(Full title of the plan)

**Edward J. Richardson**

**Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President**

**40W267 Keslinger Road, P.O. Box 393**

**LaFox, Illinois 60147-0393**

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***Copies to:***

**Aslam A. Rawoof**

**Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP**

**1155 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 26**

**New York, New York 10036**

(Name and address of agent for service)

**(800) 772-9172**

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☒ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
|  |  | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

On October 7, 2025, at its annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") approved an amendment (the "Amendment") to the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to, among other things, increase the number of shares of common stock, $0.05 par value per share ("Common Stock"), available for issuance from the shares of Common Stock that were previously authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Company is filing this Registration Statement in order to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan. The Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan prior to this Amendment were previously registered under the Registration Statements on Form S-8 on July 27, 2012 (Registration No. 333-182907), on August 3, 2015 (Registration No. 333-206044), on October 17, 2018 (Registration No. 333-227876), and on October 8, 2020 (Registration No. 333-249383), which are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.

**PART I**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS**

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "**Securities Act**"), and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan covered by this Registration Statement 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, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-12906) for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on August 4, 2025, and all information incorporated by reference therein, including the description of the Shares contained in Exhibit 4 thereto and all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 000-12906) for the fiscal quarter ended August 30, 2025, filed with the Commission on October 9, 2025; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on August 25, 2025, for the Annual Meeting of the Registrant's Stockholders held on October 7, 2025.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded, or replaced 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

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deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes, or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

**Item 4. Description of Securities.**

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

**Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.**

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

**Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.**

The Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter"), and the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, as amended (the "By-Laws"), provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general, directors and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful.

The Charter provides that the Registrant will, to the full extent permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, advance payment of expenses and maintain insurance against liability on behalf of all persons for whom it may take each such respective action pursuant to the DGCL. Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another corporation or business association against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.

The By-Laws also provide that the Registration shall indemnify, and advance expenses, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to each person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Registrant in the event such person is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other threatened, pending or completed proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "Proceeding") due to such person's status as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Registrant or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person is or was serving at the request of the Registrant, if such person acted in good faith. Further, such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of the indemnitee. However, such indemnification shall not extend to (A) such Proceeding as to which the indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation if applicable law prohibits such indemnification or (B) such Proceeding brought by the indemnitee or made by the indemnitee against the Registrant.

The By-Laws provide that rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses are not exclusive of any other rights to which indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Charter, the By-Laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. The Registrant has obtained director and officer liability insurance for the benefit of its directors and officers.

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The By-Laws specifically authorize the Registrant to enter into agreements with officers, directors, employees or agents of the Registrant providing indemnification rights, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors.

**Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.**

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

**Item 8. Exhibits.**

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| **Exhibit No.** | <br>**Description** |
| [4.1](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1801602/000180160223000028/wdq-20221231.htm) | [<u>Description of the Company's securities</u> <u>(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-12906) for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on August 4, 2025)</u><u>.</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355948/000095017025101785/rell-ex4.htm) |
| 5.1\* | [<u>Opinion of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP.</u>](rell-ex5_1.htm) |
| 23.1\* | [<u>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - BDO USA, P.C.</u>](rell-ex23_1.htm) |
| 24.1\* | [<u>Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</u>](#poa) |
| 99.1 | [<u>Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex II of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on August 25, 2025).</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355948/000095017025111119/rell-20250825.htm#annex_2) |
| 99.2 | [<u>Amendment One to the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex I of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on August 25, 2025).</u>](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/355948/000095017025111119/rell-20250825.htm#annex_1) |
| 107\* | [<u>Filing Fee Table</u>](rell_exfilingfees.htm) |

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\*Filed herewith

**Item 9. Undertakings.**

Not required to be filed with this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of LaFox, State of Illinois, on this 24th day of October, 2025.

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| **RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.** | **RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.** |
| By: | /s/ Edward J. Richardson |
|  | Name: Edward J. Richardson |
|  | Title: Chairman of the Board, <br>Chief Executive Officer, President<br>and Director  |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert J. Ben, as his or her true and lawful agent, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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

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| **Signature** | **Title** | **Date** |
| /s/ Edward J. Richardson | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director<br>(*Principal Executive Officer*) | October 24, 2025 |
| Edward J. Richardson | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director<br>(*Principal Executive Officer*) |  |
| /s/ Robert J. Ben | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer<br>(*Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer*) | October 24, 2025 |
| Robert J. Ben | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer<br>(*Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer*) |  |
| /s/ Jacques Belin | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| Jacques Belin |  |  |
| /s/ James Benham | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| James Benham |  |  |
| /s/ Wendy S. Diddell | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| Wendy S. Diddell |  |  |
| /s/ Kenneth Halverson | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| Kenneth Halverson |  |  |
| /s/ Robert Kluge | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| Robert Kluge |  |  |
| /s/ Paul J. Plante | Director | October 24, 2025 |
| Paul J. Plante |  |  |

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## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

![img132637357_0.jpg](img132637357_0.jpg)

1155 Avenue of the Americas

26th Floor

New York, NY 10036

October 24, 2025

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

40W267 Keslinger Road

PO Box 393

LaFox, IL 60147

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Richardson Electronics, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") of the Company relating to the registration of the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.05 par value per share (the "Shares"), issuable pursuant to the terms and in the manner set forth in the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by Amendment One (the "Plan").

This opinion is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").

In connection with this opinion, we have examined and are familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of: (i) the Registration Statement, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Act; (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as currently in effect; (iii) the By-Laws of the Company, as currently in effect; (iv) the Plan; (v) resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to, among other things, the approval of the Plan, the reservation for issuance of the Shares issuable thereunder and the filing of the Registration Statement; and (vi) a certificate of the inspector of elections certifying as to approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company at that certain annual meeting of shareholders held on October 7, 2025. We have also examined such other documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth below.

In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. We have also assumed that the Company's Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, will have approved the issuance of each award under the Plan prior to the issuance thereof. As to any facts material to this opinion that we did not independently establish or verify, we have relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company and others.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by the requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued, paid for, and delivered pursuant to the terms and in the manner set forth in the Plan, and assuming that the Shares remain duly reserved for issuance within the limits of the Plan then remaining authorized but unissued, will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

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Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

October 24, 2025

The foregoing opinion is based upon and limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (including the statutory provisions, the applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution, and reported judicial decisions interpreting the foregoing). We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, regulations, or ordinances. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinion to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes that may hereafter occur. This opinion is being furnished solely for the Company's benefit in connection with the offer, sale, and issuance of the Shares and is not to be used, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose without our prior written consent.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not concede that we are experts within the meaning of the Act or the rules and regulations thereunder or that this consent is required by Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,<br><u>/s/ Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP</u><br>BENESCH, FRIEDLANDER,<br>COPLAN & ARONOFF LLP<br>

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## Exhibit 23.1

**<u>Exhibit 23.1</u>**

**<u>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</u>**

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our reports dated August 4, 2025, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, of Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (the Company) appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2025.

/s/ BDO USA, P.C.

Chicago, Illinois

October 24, 2025

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## Ex-Filing

?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'? EX-FILING FEES

**<u>Exhibit 107</u>**

**CALCULATION OF** FILING FEE **TABLES**

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

**Table 1: Newly Registered and Carry Forward Securities**

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| **Line Item Type** | **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Notes** | **Fee Calculation<br>Rule** | **Amount Registered** | **Proposed Maximum Offering<br>Price Per Unit** | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee** |
| *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* | *Newly Registered Securities* |
| Fees to be Paid | Equity | Common Stock, par value $0.05 per share | (1) | Other | 2000000 | $10.86 | $21720000 | 0.00013810 | $2999.54 |
| Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | Total Offering Amounts: | $21720000 |  | 2999.54 |
| Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: | Total Fees Previously Paid: |  |  |  |
| Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: | Total Fee Offsets: |  |  | 0.00 |
| Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: | Net Fee Due: |  |  | $2999.54 |

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**__________________________________________ Offering Note(s)**

(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust the number of shares issued pursuant to the plans described herein in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, extraordinary dividend, extraordinary distribution, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, combination, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, exchange of shares, rights offering, separation, reorganization, liquidation or similar event. Represents additional shares of the registrant's common stock reserved for issuance under the Richardson Electronics, Ltd. Amended and Restated 2011 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended by Amendment One (the "Incentive Plan"), following approval by the Board of Directors and shareholders of Amendment One. To the extent that awards outstanding under the Incentive Plan are forfeited, cancelled, surrendered or terminated without issuance of shares, the shares of common stock subject to such awards will be available for future issuance under the Incentive Plan. Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act, solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee and based on the average of the high and low prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on October 22, 2025, which date is within five business days prior to the filing of this registration statement.

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