CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.30

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     This Change in Control Agreement is entered into as of July 15, 2008, between Methode Electronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Ronald L. G. Tsoumas (the “Executive”).

WITNESSETH :

     WHEREAS, Executive is employed by the Company or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (referred to collectively as the “Company”) and the Company desires to provide certain security to Executive in connection with any potential change in control of the Company; and

     NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties, for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, as follows:

     1.  Payments and Benefits Upon a Change in Control . If within twenty-four (24) months after a Change in Control (as defined below) or during the Period Pending a Change in Control (as defined below): (i) the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment with the Company without Good Cause (as defined below), or (ii) Executive shall voluntarily terminate such employment with Good Reason (as defined below), the Company shall, within 30 days of Executive’s Employment Termination (as defined below), make the payments and provide the benefits described below.

          (a) Salary Payment . The Company shall make a lump sum cash payment to Executive equal to two times the Executive’s Annual Salary (as defined below).

          (b) Bonuses . The Company shall make a lump sum cash payment to Executive equal to the sum of the following amounts: (i) a bonus equal to two times the lesser of: (a) the Executive’s target bonus amount for the fiscal year in which Executive’s Employment Termination occurs, or (b) the bonus the Executive earned in the prior fiscal year (however, if the Executive’s Employment Termination takes place in the 2007 fiscal year, this amount shall be the Executive’s target bonus amount for 2007); provided, however, that if the target bonus amount for the fiscal year has not yet been determined as of the date of the Executive’s Employment Termination, then the bonus amount payable hereunder shall be calculated based on the Executive’s target bonus amount for the previous fiscal year, regardless of whether such bonus was actually earned; plus (ii) all of Executive’s unpaid, but accrued matching bonus pursuant to the Longevity Contingent Bonus Plan. Payments made pursuant to subsection (i) above shall not be subject to matching pursuant to the Longevity Contingent Bonus Plan.

          (c) Welfare Benefit Plans . With respect to each Welfare Benefit Plan (as defined below), for the period beginning on Executive’s Employment Termination and ending on the earlier of: (i) twenty-four (24) months following Executive’s Employment Termination, or (ii) the date Executive becomes covered by a welfare benefit plan or program maintained by an entity other than the Company which provides coverage or benefits substantially equivalent to such Welfare Benefit Plan, Executive shall continue to participate in such Welfare Benefit Plan on the same basis and at the same cost to Executive as was the case immediately prior to the Change in Control (or, if more favorable to Executive, as was the case at any time hereafter), or, if any benefit or coverage cannot be provided under a Welfare Benefit Plan because of applicable law or contractual provisions, Executive shall be provided with substantially similar benefits and coverage for such period. Immediately following the expiration of the continuation period required by the preceding sentence, Executive shall be entitled to continued group health benefit plan coverage (so-called “COBRA coverage”) in accordance with Section 498OB of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), it being intended that COBRA coverage shall be consecutive to the benefit and coverage provided for in the preceding sentence.

          (d) Employment . This Agreement shall not be construed as creating an express or implied contract of employment and, except as otherwise agreed in writing between the Executive and the Company, the Executive shall not have any right to be retained in the employ of the Company.

     2.  Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:

          (a) “Annual Salary” shall mean Executive’s salary at the greater of (i) Executive’s annualized base salary (including Executive’s monthly car allowance) in effect on the date of the Change in Control, or (ii) Executive’s annualized base salary in effect on Executive’s Employment Termination.

          (b) “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:

(i)

any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, other than any Subsidiary, any employee benefit plan of the Company or a Subsidiary is or becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of stock of the Company representing 25% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s then outstanding stock;

(ii)

a tender offer (for which a filing has been made with the SEC which purports to comply with the requirements of Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act and the corresponding SEC rules) is made for the stock of the Company. In case of a tender offer described in this paragraph (ii), the “Change of Control” will be deemed to have occurred upon the first to occur of: (A) any time during the offer when the person (using the definition in (i) above) making the offer owns or has accepted for payment stock of the Company with

			25% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock, or (B) three business days before the offer is to terminate unless the offer is withdrawn first, if the person making the offer could own, by the terms of the offer plus any shares owned by this person, stock with 50% or more of the total voting power of the Company’s outstanding stock when the offer terminates; or
	(iii)		individuals who were the Board’s nominees for election as directors of the Company immediately prior to a meeting of the shareholders of the Company involving a contest for the election of directors shall not constitute a majority of the Board following the election.

          (c) “Employment Termination” shall mean the effective date of: (i) Executive’s voluntary termination of employment with the Company with Good Reason, or (ii) the termination of Executive’s employment by the Company without Good Cause.

          (d) “Good Cause” shall mean: (i) Executive’s conviction of a felony; (ii) Executive’s commission of any act or acts of personal dishonesty intended to result in substantial personal enrichment to Executive to the detriment of the Company; or (iii) repeated violations of Executive’s responsibilities which are demonstrably willful and deliberate, provided that such violations have continued more than ten days after the Board of Directors of the Company has given written notice of such violations and of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment because of such violations.

          (e) “Good Reason” shall exist if, without Executive’s express written consent:

	(i)		The Company shall materially reduce the nature, scope or level of Executive’s responsibilities from the nature, scope or level of such responsibilities prior to the Change in Control (or prior to the Period Pending a Change in Control), or shall fail to provide Executive with adequate office facilities and support services to perform such responsibilities.
	(ii)		The Company shall require Executive to move Executive’s principal business office more than 25 miles from Executive’s principal business office at the time of this Agreement, or assign to Executive duties that would reasonably require such move; provided, however, that if Executive’s principal business office is not located at the Company’s then current corporate headquarters, and the Company requires Executive to move Executive’s principal business office to such corporate headquarters, or assigns to Executive duties that would reasonably require such move, such actions shall not constitute “Good Reason” under this subsection (ii).

	(iii)		The Company shall require Executive, or assign duties to Executive which would reasonably require Executive, to increase, by more than twenty-four, the number of normal working days (determined at the time of this Agreement) that Executive spends away from Executive’s principal business office during any consecutive twelve-month period.
	(iv)		The Company shall reduce Executive’s Annual Salary below that in effect as of the date of this Agreement (or as of the Change in Control, if greater).
	(v)		The Company shall materially reduce or fail to continue in effect any cash or stock-based incentive or bonus plan, retirement plan, welfare benefit plan, or other benefit plan, program or arrangement, unless the aggregate value (as computed by an independent employee benefits consultant selected by the Company) of all such incentive, bonus, retirement and benefit plans, programs and arrangements provided to Executive is not materially less than their aggregate value as of the date of this Agreement (or as of the Change in Control, if greater).
	(vi)		If the Board of Directors fails to act in good faith with respect to the Company’s obligations hereunder, or the Company breaches its obligations hereunder.

          (f) “Period Pending a Change in Control” shall mean the period between the time an agreement is entered into by the Company with respect to a merger or other business combination of the Company, which would constitute a Change in Control, and the effective time of such merger or other business combination of the Company.

          (g) “Welfare Benefit Plan” shall mean each welfare benefit plan maintained or contributed to by the Company, including, but not limited to a plan that provides health (including medical and dental), life, accident or disability benefi