UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20449

                                    FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER
SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                              Commission File Number: 005-53933

                            BERG ELECTRONICS CORP.
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                             101 South Hanley Road
                           St. Louis, Missouri 63105
                                (314) 746-2245
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                    Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value Per Share
 (including the associated rights to purchase Series A Junior Preferred Stock)
           (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

  (Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                     under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

  Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

       Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [X]                  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)   [X]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [_]                  Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)  [_]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [_]                  Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)   [_]
       Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [_]                  Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)  [_]
                                                  Rule 15d-6            [_]

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
Fifty (50)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, Berg Electronics Corp. has caused this certification/notice to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

                                  BERG ELECTRONICS CORP.


Date: October 22, 1998            By:     /s/ Philippe Anglaret
                                     -----------------------------------
                                     Name: Philippe Anglaret
                                     Title: Chairman and President of the Board