8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) : January 19, 2006

RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-12906	36-2096643
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

40W267 Keslinger Road, P.O. Box 393, LaFox, Illinois	60147-0393
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(630) 208-2200

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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:

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Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

The information provided in response to Item 5.02 below is incorporated herein by reference in to Item 1.01.

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On January 19, 2006, Bruce W. Johnson, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, notified the Company of his intention to retire as an officer of the Company effective as of the close of business on January 19, 2006. Mr. Johnson will continue with the Company as President, Emeritus and as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). On January 20, 2006, the Company and Mr. Johnson entered into an agreement (the “New Agreement”), which replaces Mr. Johnson’s prior employment and bonus agreement (the “Employment Agreement”) with the Company.

Under the terms of the New Agreement:

• Mr. Johnson will serve as President, Emeritus from January 20, 2006 until June 2, 2006, and as an employee of the Company from June 3, 2006 until June 2, 2007;

• Mr. Johnson will work on such matters as may be requested by, and under the direct supervision of, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer;

• Mr. Johnson will continue to receive a base salary to be paid at a rate of $430,000 per year, which is unchanged from the terms of the Employment Agreement;

• In addition to his base salary described above, Mr. Johnson will receive a quarterly payment equal to the greater of: (i) $26,875 per quarter or (ii) the bonus he would have been eligible for under the terms of the Employment Agreement, pursuant to which there was a target annual bonus of 50% of base salary, payable quarterly;

• From January 20, 2006 until June 2, 2006, Mr. Johnson will continue to be entitled to receive car allowance and vacation benefits, at which point such benefits will cease; and

• The title to the car owned by the Company and used by Mr. Johnson shall transfer to Mr. Johnson no later than June 2, 2006.

A copy of the New Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company appointed Arthur R. Buckland, age 57, to serve as its President and Chief Operating Officer, and as a member of the Board, effective as of January 20, 2006. It is expected that the Company and Mr. Buckland will enter into a written employment agreement to formalize the terms of Mr. Buckland’s employment with the Company.

On November 1, 2005, Mr. Buckland joined the Company as a consultant. From April 2004 until November 1, 2005, Mr. Buckland served as Chairman, CEO and President of EAM, LLP, a venture capital and investment management partnership. From February 2003 to April 2004, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of ABS, Inc., a software security company. Prior to that, he served as Co-Founder, President and CEO of Engim, Inc., a mixed-signal, system-on-chip company for wireless applications, from February 2001 to January 2003. Mr. Buckland served as Chairman, CEO and President of Clare, Inc., an integrated circuit design and manufacture company primarily supplying the telecommunications industry, from July 1993 to January 2001.

Mr. Buckland and the Company previously entered into a consulting agreement, dated as of October 27, 2005 (the “Consulting Agreement”). Under the terms of the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Buckland is compensated at a rate of $40,000 per month. It is expected that the Consulting Agreement will terminate coincident with the entry by Mr. Buckland and the Company into an employment agreement.

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On January 19, 2006, the Board approved an amendment to Section 1, Article III of the Company’s By-Laws, effective as of that date, to increase the size of the Board from 9 to 10 directors. A copy of the By-Laws, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 19, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Johnson’s retirement as President and Chief Operating Officer and appointment as President, Emeritus, and Mr. Buckland’s appointment as President and Chief Operating Officer and member of its Board. A copy of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01Exhibits

Exhibit 3.1	Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company as of January 19, 2006.
Exhibit 10.1	Agreement between the Company and Bruce W. Johnson.
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release.

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 hereunto duly authorized.

RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.

Date:  January 25, 2006	By:		/s/ David J. Gilmartin
	Name:	David J. Gilmartin
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary

EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

OF

RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.

AS OF JANUARY 19, 2006

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE.--The registered office shall be established and maintained at the Office of the United States Corporation Company, in the City of Dover, in the County of Kent, in the State of Delaware, and said corporation shall be the registered agent of this corporation in charge thereof.

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES.--The corporation may have other offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS.--Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and for such other business as may be stated in the notice of the meeting, shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors, by resolution, shall determine and as set forth in the notice of the meeting. In the event the Board of Directors fails to so determine the time, date and place of meeting, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in Delaware on the first Thursday in October of each year.

If the date of the annual meeting shall fall upon a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. At each annual meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors and they may transact such other corporate business as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 2. OTHER MEETINGS.--Meetings of stockholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 3. VOTING.--Each stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws shall be entitled to such number of votes, in person or by proxy, for each share of stock entitled to vote held by such stockholder as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the resolution or resolutions of the directors establishing the voting rights, if any, of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, but no proxy shall be voted after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period.

Upon the demand of any stockholder, the vote for directors and the vote upon any question before the meeting, shall be by ballot. All elections for directors shall be decided by plurality vote; all other questions shall be elected by majority vote except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the laws of the State of Delaware.

A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the ensuing election, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of shares held by each, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

SECTION 4. QUORUM.--Except as otherwise required by Law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders holding stock of the corporation entitled to vote having a majority of voting power shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders. In case a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority in voting interest of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be present. At any such adjourned meeting at which the requisite amount of stock entitled to vote shall be represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed; but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as originally noticed shall be entitled to vote at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.

SECTION 5. SPECIAL PURPOSES.--Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called by the Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary, or by resolution of the directors.

SECTION 6. NOTICE OF MEETINGS.--Written notice, stating the place, date and time of the meeting, and the general nature of the business to be considered, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

SECTION 7. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.--Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting, may be taken without a meeting without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. NUMBER AND TERM.--The number of directors shall be ten (10). The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify.

SECTION 2. RESIGNATIONS.--Any director, member of a committee or other officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing, and shall take effect at the time specified therein, and if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chairman of the Board, President or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 3. VACANCIES.--If the office of any director, member of a committee or other officer becomes vacant, the remaining directors in office, though less than a quorum by a majority vote, may appoint any qualified person to fill such vacancy, who shall hold office for the unexpired term and until his successor shall be duly chosen.

SECTION 4. REMOVAL.--Except as hereinafter provided, any director or directors may be removed either for or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote having a majority of the voting power, at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose and the vacancies thus created may be filled, at the meeting held for the purpose of removal, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders entitled to vote.

Unless the Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides, stockholders may effect removal of a director who is a member of a classified Board of Directors only for cause. If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for cumulative voting and if less than the entire board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part.

If the holders of any class or series are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these provisions shall apply, in respect to the removal without cause of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

SECTION 5. INCREASE OF NUMBER.--The number of directors may be increased by amendment of these By-Laws by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors, though less than a quorum, or, by the affirmative vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders, at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for that purpose, and by like vote the additional directors may be chosen at such meeting to hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are elected and qualify.

SECTION 6. POWERS.--The Board of Directors shall exercise all of the powers of the corporation except such as are by law, or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or by these By-Laws conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.

SECTION 7. COMMITTEES.--The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the corporation. The board may designate one or more directors

as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, or in these By-Laws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-Laws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution, these By-Laws, or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.

SECTION 8. MEETINGS.--The newly elected directors may hold their first meeting for the purpose or organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum be present, immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders; or the time and place of such meeting may be fixed by consent in writing of all the directors.

Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the directors.

Special meetings of the board may be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the Secretary on the written request of any two directors on at least two day's notice to each director and shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the directors, or as shall be stated in the call of the meeting.

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

SECTION 9. QUORUM.--A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If at any meeting of the board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at the meeting which shall be so adjourned.

SECTION 10. COMPENSATION.--By resolution of the Board, Directors may be compensated for their services as directors or as members of committees, and receive a fixed fee and expenses of attendance at each meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.

SECTION 11. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.--Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the board, or of such committee as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

SECTION 1. OFFICERS.--The officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Directors and who shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. In addition, the Board of Directors may elect one or more Vice-Presidents and such Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers as they may deem proper. None of the officers of the corporation need be directors. The officers shall be elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after each annual meeting. More than two offices may be held by the same person.

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS.--The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN.--The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation. He or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors; and, subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors, he or she shall be in charge of the business of the corporation and shall direct the policy and management of the corporation. In general he or she shall discharge all the duties incident to the position of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time. He or she may sign certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Directors have authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed, and he or she may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument. He or she may vote or execute consents or proxies with respect to all securities which the corporation is entitled to vote except as and to the extent such authority shall be vested in a different officer or agent of the corporation by the Board of Directors.

SECTION 4. PRESIDENT.--The President shall be the chief operating officer of the corporation and, subject to the direction and control of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board, shall in general supervise, manage and control all of the operations, business and affairs of the corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He or she may sign certificates for shares of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments which the Board of Directors have authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof

shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed, and he or she may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument. In general he or she shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors from time to time.

SECTION 5. VICE-PRESIDENT.--The Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, each of the Vice Presidents) shall assist the Chairman of the Board and President in the discharge of their duties as the Chairman of the Board and President may direct and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Chairman of the Board or President or by the Board of Directors. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board of Directors, or by the Chairman of the Board if the Board of Directors has not made such a designation, or by the President if neither the Chairman of the Board nor the Board of Directors has made such a designation, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of seniority of tenure as Vice President) shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Except in those instances in which the authority to execute is expressly delegated to another officer or agent of the corporation or a different mode of execution is expressly prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws, the Vice President (or each of them if there are more than one) may execute for the corporation certificates for its shares and any contracts, deeds, mortgages, bonds or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, and he or she may accomplish such execution either under or without the seal of the corporation and either individually or with the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, according to the requirements of the form of the instrument.

SECTION 6. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.--The Chief Financial Officer shall be the chief financial officer and principal accounting officer of the corporation having the duties, responsibility and authority incident to such position for all financial and accounting matters involving the corporation. He or she shall have such other duties, responsibilities and authority as may be determined by and be responsible to, the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee, the Chairman of the Board, and the President.

SECTION 7. TREASURER.--The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors or pursuant to their authorization.

The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, or the Chairman of the Board or the President, or the Chief Financial Officer, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He or she shall render to the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer and Board of Directors at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors, or whenever they may request it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he or she shall give the

corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the board shall prescribe. He or she shall be responsible to the Chief Financial Officer.

SECTION 8. SECRETARY.--The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of stockholders and directors, and all other notices required by law or by these By-Laws, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chairman of the Board or the President, or by the directors, or stockholders, upon whose requisition the meeting is called as provided in these By-Laws. He or she shall record all the proceedings of the corporation and of the directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the directors or Chairman of the Board or the President. He or she shall have the custody of the seal of the corporation and shall affix the same to all instruments requiring it, when authorized by the directors or the Chairman of the Board or the President, and attest the same.

SECTION 9. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. --Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries, if any, shall be elected and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the directors.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK.--Certificates of stock, signed by the Chairman of the Board, President or Vice-President, and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, shall be issued to each stockholder certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any of or all the signatures may be facsimiles.

SECTION 2. LOST CERTIFICATES.--A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost or destroyed, and the directors may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the corporation a bond, in such sum as they may direct, not exceeding double the value of the stock, to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new certificate.

SECTION 3. TRANSFER OF SHARES.--The shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives, and upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such other person as the directors may designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer.

SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE.--In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of

any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 5. DIVIDENDS.--Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may, out of funds legally available therefor at any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation as and when they deem expedient. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the directors from time to time in their discretion deem proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the corporation.

SECTION 6. SEAL.--The corporate seal shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the corporation, the year of its creation and the words "CORPORATE SEAL DELAWARE." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

SECTION 7. FISCAL YEAR.--The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 8. CHECKS.--All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation, and in such manner as shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.

SECTION 9. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE.--Whenever any notice is required by these By-Laws to be given, personal notice is not meant unless expressly so stated, and any notice so required shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled thereto at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Stockholders not entitled to vote shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meetings except as otherwise provided by Statute.

Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of any law, or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENTS

These By-Laws may be altered or repealed and By-Laws may be made at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any special meeting thereof if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal or By-Law or By-Laws to be made be contained in the notice of such special meeting, by the affirmative vote of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat having a majority of the voting

power, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, or at any special meeting of the Board of Directors, if notice of the proposed alteration or repeal, or By-Law or By-Laws to be made, be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

ARTICLE VII

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 1. GENERAL.--The corporation shall indemnify, and advance Expenses (as hereinafter defined) to, Indemnitee (as hereinafter defined) as provided in this Article and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended.

SECTION 2. PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION.--Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 2 if, by reason of his Corporate Status (as hereinafter defined), he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any Proceeding (as hereinafter defined), other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation. Pursuant to this Section 2, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines (including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if he acted in Good Faith.

SECTION 3. PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION.--Indemnitee shall be entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this Section 3 if, by reason of his Corporate Status, he is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against Expenses, judgments, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with such Proceeding if he acted in Good Faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no indemnification against such Expenses, judgments, penalties and amounts paid in settlement shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation if applicable law prohibits such indemnification; provided, however, that, if applicable law so permits, indemnification against Expenses, judgments, penalties and amounts paid in settlement shall nevertheless be made by the corporation in such event if and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or the court in which such Proceeding shall have been brought or is pending, shall determine.

SECTION 4. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A PARTY WHO IS WHOLLY OR PARTLY SUCCESSFUL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith. If Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee to the maximum extent permitted by law against all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection with each

successfully resolved claim, issue or matter. For purposes of this Section and without limitation, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

SECTION 5. INDEMNIFICATION FOR EXPENSES OF A WITNESS.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, to the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding, he shall be indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or on his behalf in connection therewith.

SECTION 6. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.--Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in Section 7, the corporation shall advance all reasonable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding within twenty days after the receipt by the corporation of a statement or statements from Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay any Expenses advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such Expenses. Any advance and undertaking to repay pursuant to this Section 6 shall be unsecured and interest free.

SECTION 7. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO INDEMNIFICATION.--

(a)           To obtain indemnification under this Article, Indemnitee shall submit to the corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification. The Secretary of the corporation shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

(b)          Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of Section 7(a) hereof, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case: (i) if a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined) shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel (as hereinafter defined) (unless Indemnitee shall request that such determination be made by the Board of Directors or the stockholders, in which case by the person or persons or in the manner provided for in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 7(b)) in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; (ii) if a Change of Control shall not have occurred, (A) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), or (B) if a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (C) by the stockholders of the corporation; or (iii) as provided in Section 8(b) of this Article; and, if it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten (10) days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including

attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the corporation (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification) and the corporation hereby indemnifies and agrees to hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.

(c)           In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b) of this Article, the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 7(c). If a Change of Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors, and the corporation shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the corporation advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the corporation, as the case may be, may, within 7 days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the corporation or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of "Independent Counsel" as defined in Section 13 of this Article, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. If such written objection is made, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 7(a) hereof, no Independent Counsel shall have been selected and not objected to, either the corporation or Indemnitee may petition the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or other court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the corporation or Indemnitee to the other's selection of Independent Counsel and/or for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the Court or by such other person as the Court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom an objection is so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 7(b) hereof. The corporation shall pay any and all reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel incurred by such Independent Counsel in connection with acting pursuant to Section 7(b) hereof, and the corporation shall pay all reasonable fees and expenses incident to the procedures of this Section 7(c), regardless of the manner in which such Independent Counsel was selected or appointed. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 9(a)(iii) of this Article, Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

SECTION 8. PRESUMPTIONS AND EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS.--

(a)           In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Article if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 7(a) of this Article, and the corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in connection with the making by any person, persons or entity of any determination contrary to that presumption.

(b)          If the person, persons or entity empowered or selected under Section 7 of this Article to determine whether Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification shall not have made such determination within 60 days after receipt by the corporation of the request therefor, the requisite

determination of entitlement to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and Indemnitee shall be entitled to such indemnification, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law; provided, however, that such 60-day period may be extended for a reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification in good faith requires such additional time for the obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating thereto; and provided,further, that the foregoing provisions of this Section 8(b) shall not apply (i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by the stockholders pursuant to Section 7(b) of this Article and if (A) within 15 days after receipt by the corporation of the request for such determination the Board of Directors has resolved to submit such determination to the stockholders for their consideration at an annual meeting thereof to be held within 75 days after such receipt and such determination is made thereat, or (B) a special meeting of stockholders is called within 15 days after such receipt for the purpose of making such determination, such meeting is held for such purpose within 60 days after having been so called and such determination is made thereat, or (ii) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b) of this Article.

(c)           The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolocontendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in Good Faith.

(d)          For purposes of any determination of Good Faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in Good Faith if Indemnitee's action is based on the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, or on information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise. The provisions of this Section 7(d) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which the Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Article.

(e)           The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Article.

SECTION 9. REMEDIES OF INDEMNITEE.-

(a)           In the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 7 of this Article that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Article, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 6 of this Article, (iii) the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 7(b) of this Article and such determination shall not have been made and delivered in a written opinion within 90 days after receipt by the corporation of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 5 of this Article within ten (10) days after receipt by the corporation of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification is not made within ten (10) days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or such determination is

deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 8 of this Article, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of the State of Delaware, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, of his entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his option, may seek an award in arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 9(a). The corporation shall not oppose Indemnitee's right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.

(b)          In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 7 of this Article that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 9 shall be conducted in all respects as a denovo trial, or arbitration, on the merits and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 9 the corporation shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

(c)           If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 7 or 8 of this Article that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the corporation shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 9, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee's statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d)          The corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 9 that the procedures and presumptions of this Article are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Article.

(e)           In the event that Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 9, seeks a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce his rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Article, Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the corporation, and shall be indemnified by the corporation against, any and all expenses (of the types described in the definition of Expenses in Section 13 of this Article) actually and reasonably incurred by him in such judicial adjudication or arbitration, but only if he prevails therein. If it shall be determined in said judicial adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advancement of expenses sought, the expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated.

SECTION 10. NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS; INSURANCE; SUBROGATION.--

(a)           The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. The rights conferred by this Article shall be deemed contract rights and no amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article or of any provision hereof shall be effective as to any Indemnitee with respect to any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. The provisions of

this Article shall continue as to an Indemnitee whose Corporate Status has ceased and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators.

(b)          To the extent that the corporation maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the corporation or of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise which such person serves at the request of the corporation, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any such director, officer, employee or agent under such policy or policies.

(c)           In the event of any payment under this Article, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the corporation to bring suit to enforce such rights.

(d)          The corporation shall not be liable under this Article to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

(e)           The corporation shall have the express authority to enter into such agreements as the Board of Directors deems appropriate for the indemnification of present or future directors, officers, employees or agents of the corporation in connection with their service to, or status with, any Enterprise.

SECTION 11. SEVERABILITY.--If any provision or provisions of this Article shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article (including without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Article containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section of this Article containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

SECTION 12. CERTAIN PERSONS NOT ENTITLED TO INDEMNIFICATION OR ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, no person shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses under this Article with respect to any Proceeding, or any claim therein other than to enforce indemnification rights under this Article, brought or made by him against the corporation.

SECTION 13. DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this Article:

(a)           "Change in Control" means a change in control of the corporation occurring after the Effective Date of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 5(f) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), whether or not the corporation is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if after the Effective Date (i) any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 1 3(d) and 1 4(d) of the Act) is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as

defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the corporation representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the corporation's then outstanding securities without the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such person attaining such percentage interest; (ii) the corporation is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or other reorganization, or a proxy contest, as a consequence of which members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board of Directors thereafter; or (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (including for this purpose any new director whose election or nomination for election by the corporation's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of such period) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors.

(b)          "Corporate Status" describes the status of a person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the corporation 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 corporation.

(c)           "Disinterested Director" means a director of the corporation who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(d) "Effective Date" means September 11, 1986.

(e)           "Enterprise" shall mean the corporation and any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(f)           "Expenses" shall include all reasonable attorneys' fees, retainers, court costs transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding.

(g)           "Good Faith" shall mean Indemnitee having acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, having had no reasonable cause to believe Indemnitee's conduct was unlawful.

(h)          "Indemnitee" includes any person who is, or is threatened to be made, a witness in or a party to any Proceeding as described in Sections 2, 3, 4 or 5 of this Article by reason of his Corporate Status.

(i)            "Independent Counsel" means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the corporation or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party, or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term "Independent Counsel" shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of

interest in representing either the corporation or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee's rights under this Article.

(j)            "Proceeding" includes any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, administrative hearing or any other threatened, pending or completed proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except one initiated by an Indemnitee. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a "Proceeding" shall not be deemed to have been initiated by Indemnitee where Indemnitee seeks pursuant to Section 9 of this Article to enforce his rights under this Article.

SECTION 14. NOTICES.--Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the corporation under this Article shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by telex, telegram or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.

SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS.--Use of the masculine pronoun shall be deemed to include usage of the feminine pronoun where appropriate.

EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

AGREEMENT

RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD., whose principal office is located at 40W267 Keslinger Road, PO Box 393, LaFox, Illinois 60147-0393 (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company"), and BRUCE W. JOHNSON of 5838 Teal Lane, Long Grove, Illinois 60047 (the "Employee").

WHEREAS, the Employee has been an executive officer of the Company for several years and employed pursuant to a certain Employment and Bonus Agreement dated as of November 7, 1996 (the “Original Employment Contract”); and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that Employee is retiring from employment with the Company as an executive officer, and his employment with the Company as an executive officer, particularly as President and Chief Operating Officer, is to be terminated and the Employee will be continue to be employed as a non-officer employee of the Company for the period of time herein specified and that the payments provided herein shall be in lieu of any payments under the Original Employment Contract and any Company policy relating to termination of Employee’s employment as an executive officer and eventually as an employee at the expiration of employment term provided in paragraph 3 below and shall be to resolve and settle all possible claims the Employee may have against or with respect to the Company;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

1.The Company and the Employee agree that the Employee's employment with the Company as an executive officer will cease on the close of business January 19, 2006 and any other officer position with the Company, including with its subsidiaries, direct or indirect, will cease and terminate on the close of business on June 2, 2006 (the "Officer Termination Date") and Employee hereby resigns as President and Chief Operating Officer effective at the close of business January 19, 2006, and from all director and officer positions with any subsidiary, direct or indirect, of the Company, in each case effective as of the Officer Termination Date. In addition, Employee shall have the title of “President, Emeritus” until the Officer Termination Date; provided that, by such title Em ployee shall not be considered an executive officer of the Company or an officer for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Further Employee shall remain as a Director of the Company for the term for which elected by the shareholders of the Company.

2.Employee shall be entitled to payment of his compensation and benefits, including bonus, as presently being paid through the Officer Termination Date; provided that, except to the extent precluded by Section 8, Employee shall receive no less than $26,875 in bonus per fiscal quarter.

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3.The parties agree that after the Officer Termination Date, Employee will continue to be employed with the Company as a non-officer to work on such matters as may be directly requested by, and under the direct supervision of, Edward J. Richardson through the period from the Officer Termination Date until June 2, 2007 (the “Final Termination Date”.) All employment of Employee shall cease on the Final Termination Date. Such requested work shall take into consideration the Employee's health, residence, and personal circumstances, including, without limitation, other employment in which he may be engaged. Employee shall not be required to report to any office to perform his work unless specifically requested by Edward J. Richardson and, except by mutual agreement, shall not be required to perform such work at a location other than (a) the Company’s LaFox, Illinois location, or (b) another location so long as that location is not beyond 5 miles of any of his then residences. Employee’s unavailability for work as provided in this paragraph 3 due to health or other reasons shall not terminate the Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in paragraph 4 below.

4.In consideration of Employee’s service with the Company as an executive officer and his other promises and agreements made in this Agreement and in full settlement of any and all claims that the Employee may have against the Company, its successors, assigns, affiliates, or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives, for compensation or otherwise in connection with his past employment or termination of his employment, the Company agrees to provide the Employee with the following in addition to the compensation referred to in paragraph 2. above:

(a) $16,538.47 every other Friday for 12 months beginning June 4, 2006 through June 1, 2007, payable in arrears every other Friday with the first payment being on June 16, 2006 and continuing through June 15, 2007, the first and last payments being for one half of the above stated amount, provided, however, that the Employee’s right to receive and the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall cease in the event of Employee’s breach of paragraphs 8, 11, 12 or 13 below

(b) For each fiscal quarter of the Company after the Officer Termination Date to the Final Termination Date, an amount equal to the greater of $26,875 or the amount of bonus that Employee would have received for such period calculated in the manner previously calculated for fiscal year 2006, to be paid within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter; provided, however, that the Employee’s right to receive and the Company’s obligation to make such payment shall cease in the event of Employee’s breach of paragraphs 8, 11, 12 or 13 below;

5.The parties agree that until the Final Termination Date, Employee shall be entitled to participate in and receive other employee benefits of medical, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment and disability insurance, profit sharing on the same terms as other employees, but shall not be entitled to participate in or receive car allowance, vacation or bonus benefits for the period following the Officer Termination Date, and Employee hereby waives all rights to such benefits. Should Employee at anytime be deemed entitled to any such benefits by law, rule or regulation Employee shall pay to or reimburse the Company for the entire cost and expense of or related to such

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benefits. Notwithstanding the foregoing Options previously granted to Employee under the Company’s various stock option or incentive compensation plans shall continue to be exercisable or become exercisable in accordance with the terms thereof through the Final Termination Date, on which date all unvested Options shall vest and on September 1, 2007 Employee’s right to exercise any vested options not previously exercised shall terminate and be cancelled.

6.If title to the automobile purchased for Employee by the Company has not been previously transferred to Employee, it shall be transferred to him on June 2, 2006.

7.Any compensation Employee receives under any disability benefit plan provided by Employer during any period of disability, injury or illness shall be in lieu of the compensation which Employee would otherwise receive under paragraph 2 during such period of disability, injury or sickness, but shall not reduce the amounts to be paid under paragraph 4.

8.The payments provided for in paragraphs 2 and 4 above shall be payable if and when but not unless, the Employee shall without additional compensation, fee, or other payment by the Company;

(a) Refrain (independently of and without reference to paragraph 13 hereof), after the expiration of a period of thirty (30) days from the mailing to him of written notice by the Secretary of the Company of a direction to do so, from engaging in the operation or management of a business, whether as owner, shareholder, partner, officer, employee or otherwise, which then shall be one in which the Employee could not engage without being in violation of his obligations not to compete as provided in paragraph 13 hereof;

(b) Refrain (independently of and without reference to paragraph 12 hereof) from disclosing to unauthorized persons information relative to the business, properties, products, technology or other assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which he shall have reason to believe is confidential; and

(c) Refrain (independently of and without reference to paragraph 11 hereof) from otherwise acting or conducting himself in a manner which he shall have reason to believe is inimical or contrary to the best interests of the Company.

In the event that the Employee shall fail to comply with any provision of this paragraph 8, the Company's obligation to make any further payment provided for in paragraph 2 or 4 above shall forthwith terminate and cease.

9.The consideration from the Company set forth above constitutes full settlement of

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any and all claims that the Employee may have against the Company, its successors, assigns, affiliates, or any of its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents or representatives, under the Original Employment Contract or for compensation or otherwise in connection with termination of his employment, except for any and all claims arising out of the performance by the Company of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, rights under the Company’s profit sharing and employee stock ownership plans.

10.In further consideration for the promises made by the Company herein, the Employee, on behalf of himself, his agents, assignees, attorneys, heirs, executors, and administrators, fully releases the Company, and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives, from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, grievances, debts, sums of money, controversies, agreements, promises, damages, back and front pay, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, and remedies of any type, by reason of any matter, act or omission arising out of or in connection with the Employee's employment with or termination by the Company, including but not limited to claims, demands or actions under the Original Employment Contract, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Civil Rights Act of 1986, the Illinois Human Rights Act, any other federal, state or local statute or regulation regarding employment, discrimination in employment, or the termination of employment, and the common law of any state relating to employment contracts, public policy torts, wrongful discharge, or any other matter, including, without limitation, claims, demands or actions under the False Claims Act or any qui tam rights, except, however, any and all claims arising out of the performance by the Company of this Agreement (the "Released Claims").

11.Employee agrees that he will at no time engage in conduct which injures, harms, destroys, corrupts, demeans, defames, libels, slanders, destroys or diminishes in any way the reputation or goodwill of the Company, its subsidiaries, or their respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents or the products sold by the Company, or its other properties or assets. Nor will Employee cause any computer bugs to the Company’s computer system, database or software. Employee agrees to cooperate with and assist the Company, including, without limit executing requested documents, with respect to any matters or things that relate to the matters on which he worked or for which he was responsible, including, without limit, the financial statements and records of the Company for the period of his employment with the Company.

12.The Employee shall not (except in the proper course of his duties to the Company) either during the period of his employment with the Company or thereafter make use of, disseminate or divulge to any person, firm, company, association or other entity, and shall use his best endeavors to prevent the use, dissemination, publication or disclosure of, any information, knowledge or data disclosed to Employee or known by Employee as a consequence of or through his employment or relationship with the Company or any of its predecessors or subsidiaries (including information, knowledge or data conceived, originated, discovered or developed by Employee) not generally known in the business of manufacturing or distributing electron tubes,

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closed circuit television products, semiconductors, or display products, whether patentable or not, about the Company's or its predecessors' or subsidiaries' businesses, products, processes and services, including without limitation information relating to financial matters, manufacturing, purchasing, sales, research, development, methods, policies, procedures, technology, techniques, processes, know-how, designs, drawings, specifications, systems, practices, merchandising, suppliers or customers, including, without limitation, customer lists, information or data. It is not intended to limit or restrict Employee's right to utilize information, ideas, concepts or structures of a general nature so long as they are not used in a business competitive with that of the Company. The failure to mark any of the information confidential or proprietary shall not affect its status as such under this Agreement.

13.Employee agrees that he will not, during the term of employment with Employer and for a period until the later of one (1) year after the termination of such employment or one (1) year after the Final Termination Date, directly or indirectly (whether or not for compensation or profit):

(a)Engage in any business or enterprise the nature of any part of which is competitive with any part of that of the Employer (a "Prohibited Business"); or

(b)Participate as an officer, director, creditor, promoter, proprietor, associate, agent, employee, partner, consultant, sales representative or otherwise, or promote or assist, financially or otherwise, or directly or indirectly own any interest in any person or entity involved in any Prohibited Business; or

(c)Canvas, call upon, solicit, entice, persuade, induce, respond to, or otherwise deal with, directly or indirectly, any individual or entity which, during Employee's term of employment with the Employer, was or is a customer or supplier, or proposed customer or supplier, of the Employer, for any of the following purposes:

(a)to purchase (with respect to customers) or to sell (with respect to suppliers) products of the types or kinds sold by the Employer or which could be substituted for (including, but not limited to, rebuilt products), or which serve the same purpose or function as, products sold by the Employer (all of which products are herein sometimes referred to, jointly and severally, as "Prohibited Products"), or

(b)to request or advise any such customer or supplier to withdraw, curtail or cancel its business with the Employer; or

(d)For himself or for or through any other individual or entity call upon, solicit, entice, persuade, induce or offer any individual who, during Employee’s term of employment with the Employer, was an employee or sales representative or distributor of the Employer, employment by, or representation as sales agent or distributor for, any one other than the

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Employer, or request or advise any such employee or sales agent or distributor to cease employment with or representation of the Employer, and Employee shall not approach, respond to, or otherwise deal with any such employee or sales representative or distributor of Employer for any such purpose, or authorize or knowingly cooperate with the taking of any such actions by any other individual or entity.

Each obligation of each subparagraph and provision of this paragraph 13 shall be independent of any obligation under any other subparagraph or provision hereof or thereof.

Nothing in this paragraph 13, however, shall prohibit Employee from owning (directly or indirectly through a parent, spouse, child or other relative or person living in the same household with Employee or any of the foregoing), as a passive investment, up to 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of any class of stock of any publicly traded company.

14.All notes, data, reference materials, memoranda, files and records, including without limitation computer reports, products lists and information, process manuals and notes, drawings, and technology manuals and notes, customer or supplier lists, data or information, in any way relating to any of the Company's or its predecessors' or subsidiaries' businesses, operations or products shall belong exclusively to Company, and Employee agrees to turn over to Company all copies of such materials and all keys, equipment and other Company property in his possession or control at the request of Company or, in the absence of such a request, upon the termination of Employee's employment with Company. Upon the execution hereof, Employee shall immediately refrain from seeking access to or utilization of Company's (a) telephonic voice mail, E-mail or message system, (b) computerized order entry system, and (c) computer data bases and software, except to use the modem/network e-mail connection to those outside the Company as specifically authorized by the Chairman of the Board of the Company.

15.In the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Employee of the provisions of paragraphs 11, 12, or 13, the Company shall be entitled to an injunction restraining the Employee from such breach. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available to the Company for such breach or threatened breach. The parties hereto desire that paragraphs 11, 12, and 13 shall be fully enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof but if any portion is held unenforceable or void or against public policy by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder shall continue to be fully enforceable in accordance with its terms or as it may be modified by such court. The period of restriction specified in paragraphs 11, 12, or 13 shall abate during the time of any violation thereof and the remaining portion at the commencement of the violation shall not begin to run until the violation is cured.

16.Employee’s death shall not terminate the Company’s obligation to pay the amounts it would otherwise be obligated to pay Employee under paragraphs 2 or 4. In the event of Employee’s death prior to payment of all amounts due under paragraphs 2 and 4, such amounts thereafter shall be paid to Employee’s estate or, if Employee has provided Company with written direction prior to his death of an alternative beneficiary, to the beneficiary so designated by Employee in such written

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direction. Such payments shall be made on the dates and to the extent paragraphs 2 or 4, as the case may be, would require them to be made to Employee if he were still alive. In the event the Company, at its expense, purchases reducing term life insurance for the Employee that would cover the amount of its obligation to continue payments in the event of Employee’s death as provided above in this paragraph, then the Company shall not be obligated to continue payments in the event of Employee’s death and all payments hereunder would cease upon Employee’s death.

17.The Employee understands and agrees that the existence and terms of this Agreement are confidential and shall not be disclosed to any third party (other than his spouse, attorney or tax preparer or financial consultant, each of whom shall agree to maintain its confidentiality) without the prior written consent of the Company, except as may be required by law and in response to a lawful subpoena in which event Employee shall provide prompt notice to the Company.

18.The existence and execution of this Agreement shall not be considered, and shall not be admissible in any proceeding, as an admission by the Employee or the Company, or any of its agents or employees, of any liability, error, violation or omission.

19. It is agreed that:

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns and shall inure to their respective benefits.

(b) This Agreement shall not be subject to change, modification, or discharge, in whole or in part, except by written instrument signed by the parties; provided, however, that if any of the terms, provisions or restrictions of paragraph 11, 12, or 13 are held to be in any respect unreasonable restrictions upon Employee, then the court so holding shall reduce the territory to which it pertains and/or the period of time in which it operates or effect any other change to the extent necessary to render any of said terms, provisions or restrictions enforceable.

(c) The failure by the Company to insist upon strict compliance by the Employee with respect to any of the terms or conditions hereof shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any other terms or conditions nor shall any failure to exercise any right or power hereunder at one or more times be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of such right or power at any other time or times.

(d) This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.

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(e) All notices required to be given hereunder to the Company shall be addressed to its principal executive office at 40W267 Keslinger Road, PO Box 393, LaFox, Illinois 60147; attention: Legal Department, by certified or registered mail. All notices required or to be given hereunder to the Employee shall be addressed to the Employee at his residence as last reflected on the records of the Company, by certified or registered mail or courier delivery, with signature required for delivery. Notice shall be deemed given if delivered in person to Edward J. Richardson on behalf of the Company or to the Employee, or if mailed, when deposited in the United States Mail addressed as aforesaid.

20.The Employee acknowledges that Employee had an adequate opportunity to review this Agreement and to review it with counsel of his choice, that Employee fully understands its terms, that Employee was not coerced into signing it, and that Employee has signed it knowingly and voluntarily.

21.The Company may terminate its obligations under paragraphs 2 and 4 of this Agreement if Employee, at any time during his employment with the Company, including prior to the date of this Agreement, (a) engaged in an act or acts (i) of personal dishonesty taken by the Employee and intended to result in personal enrichment of the Employee, (ii) that were fraudulent, malpractice or material violations by the Employee of the Employee's obligations or duties to the Company, or (iii) a material violation of law, regulations, rules or standard accounting practices, or (b) failed to take action that would avoid (i) fraud, malpractice or material violations of Employee’s obligations or duties to the Company, or (ii) ) a material violation of law, regulations, rules or standard accounting practices.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement the day and year written below their respective signatures.

EMPLOYEE RICHARDSON ELECTRONICS, LTD.

/s/ Bruce W. Johnson	By:        /s/ Edward J. Richardson
Bruce W. Johnson		Edward J. Richardson,
		Chairman of the Board

Dated:        1/20/06        Dated:         1/20/06       

Subscribed and sworn to

before me this      20    day

of January, 2006

        /s/ David J. Gilmartin      

Notary Public

[NOTARY SEAL]

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

For Details Contact:

Edward J. Richardson

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

Phone 630-208-2340

E-mail: info@rell.com

For Immediate Release

Richardson Electronics Announces the Appointment of

Arthur Buckland to President and Chief Operating Officer

LaFox, IL USA, Thursday, January 19, 2006: Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RELL), today announced the appointment of Arthur Buckland to President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member effective January 20, 2006.

Bruce Johnson, current President and Chief Operating Officer, has announced he is retiring as he will be 65 in February. Mr. Johnson will continue as President Emeritus and Director of Richardson Electronics. We wish to thank Bruce for his major contributions to Richardson Electronics as President. Under Bruce’s direction for nearly ten years, the company has grown from $250 million to over $600 million in sales. We look forward to the continued benefit of Bruce’s experience.

We are extremely pleased with the addition of Art Buckland to lead our management team. Prior to joining Richardson Electronics, Mr. Buckland was awarded the “Entrepreneur of the Year” from NASDAQ, E&Y and others for his role as Chairman, CEO and President of Clare Inc. from 1993 to 2001. Art, as President of LEX Electronics, grew the $980 million global electronics distributor to a $1.2 billion run rate in six months, during a down market. Mr. Buckland has a BSEE from Syracuse University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. We look forward to the benefit of Art’s extensive broad and international experience as a “change agent” to help Richardson Electronics reach record levels of profitability in line with our continued record sales growth.

About Richardson Electronics, Ltd.

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. is a global provider of “Engineered Solutions”, serving the RF, Wireless and Power Conversion; Electron Device; Security; and Display Systems Markets. The Company delivers engineered solutions for its customers’ needs through product manufacturing, systems integration, prototype design and manufacture, testing and logistics. Press announcements and other information about Richardson are available online at http://www.rell.com/investor.asp.

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