EXHIBIT 99.6








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


            MOLEX DIRECTORS INCREASE CASH DIVIDEND BY 33%


Lisle,  Ill.,  USA  --  July 28, 2005 -- Molex Incorporated  (NASDAQ:
MOLX  and  MOLXA),  a  global  electronic components  company,  today
announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the
regular quarterly cash dividend to $0.05 per share, an increase of 33
percent  from the previous cash dividend of $0.0375 per  share.   The
new  regular quarterly cash dividend will be paid on October 25, 2005
to  shareholders of record on September 30, 2005 for  each  share  of
Common  Stock (MOLX), Class A Common Stock (MOLXA) and Class B Stock,
and will continue quarterly until further action by the Board.

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 and
include  economic  conditions in various regions, product  and  price
competition and foreign currency exchange rate changes.   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.

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Editor's note:  Molex is traded on the NASDAQ National Market  System
in the United States and on the London Stock Exchange.  The Company's
voting  common stock (MOLX) is included in the S&P 500 Index and  the
NASDAQ 100.