EXHIBIT 99.1





                                            Contact:  Neil Lefort
                               Vice President, Investor Relations
                                                    (630)527-4344


                 MOLEX REGAINS NASDAQ COMPLIANCE

    Securities to Resume Trading under MOLX and MOLXA Symbols

Lisle,  Ill., USA - March 23, 2005 -- Molex Incorporated (NASDAQ:
MOLXE  and MOLAE), a global electronic components company,  today
announced  that it has been advised by The Nasdaq  Stock  Market,
Inc.  that its common stock will resume trading under the  symbol
"MOLX" and its Class A common stock will resume trading under the
symbol  "MOLXA"  effective with the commencement  of  trading  on
Thursday, March 24, 2005.

A  Nasdaq  Listing Qualifications Panel determined that following
the  filing by the Company on March 21, 2005 of its Form 10-Q for
the  fiscal  quarter ended December 31, 2004 and an amendment  to
its  Form  10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30,  2004,
the  Company  has  substantially complied with all  criteria  for
continued  listing on the Nasdaq National Market.  As  a  result,
the Company's securities will continue to be listed on the Nasdaq
National Market and Nasdaq will remove the character "E" that was
added to the Company's trading symbols in November 2004.

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Statements  in this release that are not historical are  forward-
looking  and are subject to various risks and uncertainties  that
could  cause actual results to vary materially from those stated.
Certain of these risks and uncertainties are set forth in Molex's
10-K  and  other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.   Molex does not undertake to revise  these  forward-
looking   statements   or  to  provide  any   updates   regarding
information  contained  in  this  release  resulting   from   new
information, future events or otherwise.

Molex's  Annual  Report,  as  well as  news  releases  and  other
supplementary  financial data is available by  accessing  Molex's
website at www.molex.com.

Molex  Incorporated is a 67-year-old manufacturer  of  electronic
components,  including electrical and fiber optic interconnection
products  and  systems, switches and integrated  products  in  55
plants in 19 countries throughout the world.