# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000065270
**File Stem:** 0000950170-25-114091
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 7165
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000950170-25-114091.hdr.sgml**: 20250911

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000950170-25-114091

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 10

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250907

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250911

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250911

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** METHODE ELECTRONICS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000065270
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** ELECTRONIC CONNECTORS [3678]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 362090085
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0503

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-33731
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251307220

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60631
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7088676777

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1000
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60631

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**UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

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## FORM 8-K

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**CURRENT REPORT**

**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):** September 07, 2025<br>

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METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC.

**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)**

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| Delaware | 001-33731 | 36-2090085 |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |
| 8750 West Bryn Mawr Avenue |  |  |
| Chicago**,** Illinois |  | 60631-3518 |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:** (708) 867-6777<br>

**(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)**

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

**Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:**

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| **<br>Title of each class** | **<br>Name of each exchange on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.50 Par Value<br> MEI | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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## Item 5.02‎ Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On September 7, 2025, the Board of Directors of Methode Electronics, Inc. (the "Company" or "Methode") appointed Stacie Schulz as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer, effective September 11, 2025. Ms. Schulz will report directly to Laura Kowalchik, Chief Financial Officer.

Ms. Schulz, 46, served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Superior Industries International, Inc., an aluminum wheel supplier, from May 2024 to August 2025. Prior thereto, she served as Executive Director and Assistant Controller, Accounting and Reporting of Tenneco, Inc. ("Tenneco"), a global automotive components original equipment manufacturer and distributor to the aftermarket, from March 2020 to May 2024 and as Executive Director of Accounting and Reporting of Tenneco from May 2019 to March 2020. Ms. Schulz was the Director of Accounting and Reporting of Federal-Mogul LLC, a global manufacturer and supplier of vehicle components to original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket, from 2015 to 2019. Prior to that, she served as an Audit Senior Manager at Deloitte and Touche LLC, where she began her career in 2002. Ms. Schulz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and a Master of Science degree in accounting from Michigan State University. In addition, she is a certified public accountant.

In connection with her appointment, Ms. Schulz is entitled to the following compensation and benefits:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•a base salary of $350,000 annually;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•eligibility for an annual bonus with a target amount equal to 50% of her annual base salary;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•an annual long-term incentive plan award valued at $150,000 under the Company's previously disclosed 2026 LTI Program, 50% of which shall be time-based restricted stock units and 50% of which shall be performance-based restricted stock units;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•in the event of termination without cause, she would be entitled to a payment equal to one-half the sum of her annual salary and target bonus, and Company-paid COBRA coverage for up to six months; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•participation in Company benefit plans as made available to similarly situated employees.

There are no other understandings or arrangements between Ms. Schulz and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Schulz was appointed to serve as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer. There are no existing relationships ‎between Ms. Schulz and any person that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K or any ‎familial relationships that would require disclosure under Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K.‎

## Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d)Exhibits:

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| **Exhibit**<br>**Number** | <br>**Description** |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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|  |  |  | Methode Electronics, Inc. |
| Date: | September 11, 2025 | By:  | /s/ Laura Kowalchik |
|  |  |  | Laura Kowalchik<br>Chief Financial Officer |

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