Company: BHE
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-051057
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Company: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
Filing Date: 2025-04-04
Form: DEF 14A
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, stepchildren, spouses, parents, siblings, stepparents, mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law and any person, other than a tenant or domestic employee, in the household of a director, director nominee, executive officer or holder of 5% or more of our Common Shares.

The Board does not have a written policy regarding Related-Party Transactions and does not believe such a policy is necessary because the Board has not approved, and does not expect to approve, the Company’s engagement in any Related-Party Transactions other than in rare circumstances. Any Related-Party Transaction would be considered based on facts and circumstances at the time. After review, the Board would decide in good faith whether to approve the transaction.

Human Capital and Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

The members of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee during 2024 were Messrs. Gifford (Chair), McCreary and Scheible and Ms. De Greef-Safft. Each member of the committee is independent, and no member was ever employed by the Company or was at any other time, an officer or employee of the Company. No member of the committee had interlocking or other relationships during 2024 that require disclosure under Item 407(e)(4) of Regulation S-K. During 2024, none of our executive officers served as a member of the board of directors or compensation committee of any entity that has one or more of its executive officers serving either as a member of our Human Capital and Compensation Committee or as a member of our Board.

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#### PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file with the SEC initial reports of beneficial ownership and reports of changes in beneficial ownership of Common Shares and other equity securities of the Company. To the Company’s knowledge, based solely on the review of copies of such forms received by the Company and written representations from certain reporting persons provided to the Company, for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2024, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to the Company’s officers, directors and greater than ten-percent beneficial owners