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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <cik>0000820027</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
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      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0000065270</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Methode Electronics, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusips>
          <issuerCusipNumber>591520200</issuerCusipNumber>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <street1 xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">25650 West 11 Mile Road</street1>
          <city xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">Southfield</city>
          <stateOrCountry xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">MI</stateOrCountry>
          <zipCode xmlns="http://www.sec.gov/edgar/common">48034</zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </issuerInfo>
      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Ameriprise Financial, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>1979281</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>1979281</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>1979281</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.6</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>HC</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <memberGroup>b</memberGroup>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>MN</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>1979281</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>1979281</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>1979281</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.6</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Methode Electronics, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>25650 West 11 Mile Road, Southfield, MI 48034</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
      </item1>
      <item2>
        <filingPersonName>(a) Ameriprise Financial, Inc. ("AFI")
(b) Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC ("CMIA")</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>(a) 145 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN  55474
(b) 290 Congress Street, Boston, MA  02210</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>(a) Delaware
(b) Minnesota</citizenship>
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      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
      </item3>
      <item4>
        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>Incorporated by reference to Items (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page pertaining to each reporting person.
AFI, as the parent company of CMIA, may be deemed to beneficially own the shares reported herein by CMIA.  Accordingly, the shares reported herein by AFI include those shares separately reported herein by CMIA.
Each of AFI and CMIA disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares reported on this Schedule.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>The information required by Item 4(b) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</classPercent>
        <numberOfSharesPersonHas>
          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>The information required by Item 4(c) is set forth in Rows (5)-(9) and (11) of the cover page for each Reporting Person hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for each Reporting Person.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
        </numberOfSharesPersonHas>
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      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item7>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>AFI:  See Exhibit I</subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item10>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11. </certifications>
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    </items>
    <exhibitInfo>Exhibit Index
Exhibit I  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.
Exhibit II  Joint Filing Agreement</exhibitInfo>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Ameriprise Financial, Inc.</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>Michael G. Clarke, Senior Vice President, North America Head of Operations &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/  Michael G. Clarke</signature>
        <title>Michael G. Clarke, Senior Vice President, North America Head of Operations &amp; Investor Services</title>
        <date>05/15/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureComments>
Contact Information
Charles Chiesa
VP Fund Treasurer Global Operations and Investor Services
Telephone: 617-385-9593

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