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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 events, and champions cultural activities that strengthen belonging and inclusion across Benchmark.

The Company conducted its fourth annual global engagement and inclusion survey in 2024 to elicit feedback from employees and is developing action plans for continuous improvement in the areas of reward and recognition, communication and inclusion, and learning and development. We also conducted our annual risk assessment, ultimately identifying top risk categories for action. The 2024 risk assessment drew on surveys and interviews with an expanded set of key leaders across the Company, including the full Board of Directors.

We believe that providing competitive total compensation, benefits and wellness resources to our people is vital to ensuring we attract and retain the best team in the industry. We regularly review our compensation model to ensure fair and inclusive pay practices. We provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that supports the physical and mental well-being of our workforce, including

| 15  Benchmark. Benchmark Electronics, Inc.     •    2025 Proxy Statement |

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a focus on well-being. Common U.S. benefits offered include medical, wellness, dental and vision benefits, a 401(k)-match program, survivor benefits, and disability coverage.

Additionally, we are committed to ensuring that proper working conditions exist for the health and safety of our employees. Our commitment includes:

| • | The implementation of Lean Six Sigma, a process improvement tool, as well as visual management practices, to drive the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of site Occupational Health and Safety related to appropriate education, reporting, and controls. |     | • | Site-Level monitoring by an EHS manager or safety administrator that oversees procedures for workers to report observations of unsafe acts. |     | • | A robust Physical Security Policy that provides a framework to detect, deter, and mitigate risks that could jeopardize the Company’s integrity, people, processes, or critical assets. |

| OUR COMMUNITYWe are committed to having a positive impact on the communities in which we do business and in which our employees live. We strengthen our communities by supporting individual employees who volunteer with local community groups and by direct participation in philanthropic initiatives.Benchmark is focused on making a positive impact in our communities through charity and fundraising, educational outreach, environment protection, hosting events to advance inclusion in corporate leadership, and local community development through various support groups, food drives, and partnerships with local schools and universities. |

| GOVERNANCEBenchmark is committed to achieving excellence in our governance practices to establish a strong foundation for the long-term success of the Company.