Company: BHE
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051057
Chunk: 61

Company: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 61
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 The percentage of fees in this category that were approved by the Audit Committee under the de minimis exception was less than 3% of the total fees for 2023.

Includes fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG for certain compliance-related services.

Includes fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG in connection with domestic and international income tax planning, compliance, and tax audits.

Includes fees billed by KPMG for the use of an executive education learning platform and courses.

| 51  Benchmark. Benchmark Electronics, Inc. • 2025 Proxy Statement |

#### AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
The Audit Committee has considered whether the services provided by KPMG as they related to other non-audit services are compatible with maintaining the firm’s independence. The committee has determined that provision of those services is compatible with maintaining the independence of KPMG as the Company’s registered public accounting firm.

Respectfully submitted,

Audit Committee

Lynn A. Wentworth, Chair

Douglas M. Britt

Ramesh Gopalakrishnan

Kenneth T. Lamneck

| 52  Benchmark. Benchmark Electronics, Inc. • 2025 Proxy Statement |

<div align='center'>EXPENSES OF SOLICITATION</div>

The cost of soliciting proxies on behalf of the Board will be borne by the Company. The Company has retained Mediant to assist with the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of $15,000 plus reimbursement for expenses. Proxies may be solicited in person or by mail, telephone or electronic transmission on our behalf by our directors, officers or employees, and no additional compensation will be paid to such individuals. The Company will also request brokers and nominees to forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of the Common Shares held of record by such persons and will reimburse them for their reasonable forwarding expenses.

### DATE OF SUBMISSIONOF SHAREHOLDER
<div align='center'>PROPOSALS AND DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS</div>

In order for proposals submitted by the shareholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act to be included in the Company’s proxy statement and form of proxy relating to the 2026 annual meeting of shareholders, such proposals must be received at the Company’s principal executive offices no later than December 5, 2025. A shareholder choosing not to use the procedures established in Rule 14a-8 but wishing to submit a proposal at the Company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders must