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## Dear Fellow Shareholders 

In our Fiscal 2012, we continued to rebuild Methode’s revenue stream by providing highly engineered solutions that allow our customers to differentiate their products and enhance their competitive advantage. Our goal is to provide solutions that deliver genuine value for our customers and enhanced margins for Methode. 

Consolidated sales grew 8.8 percent in Fiscal 2012 over Fiscal 2011, with 20 percent higher sales in our Automotive segment. We also met our financial guidance for Fiscal 2012, with sales of $465 million and earnings per share of $0.22. 

Additionally in Fiscal 2012, we continued to design, develop and engineer the General Motors center console program, which when launched in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2013, is expected to generate over $100 million in revenue per year over the life of the program. Methode won this business in part because of our innovative work with Ford on the center consoles for their 

MyFord Touch platforms. Our technology and solutions in several markets allowed us to provide a complete solution for General Motors. 

Moreover, in the latter part of Fiscal 2012, TouchSensor was focused on the development of a touch user interface for a large appliance OEM laundry platform, which launches in the second quarter of Fiscal 2013. The interface will be used on multiple major brands and is expected to represent $30 to $40 million in annual revenue at full run rate in Fiscal 2014. This award is TouchSensor’s first major volume win in the laundry space and demonstrates that touch technology continues to grow in popularity in the appliance segment. 

Methode is poised for growth in revenue and profitability. The new business awards we receive each year continue to rebuild Methode’s revenue stream. Over the past four years, Methode has diversified its products and created a strong foundation to build revenues and earnings. 

## Rebuilding Methode’ s Revenue Stream 

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