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    Exhibit
4.11

    

    [FORM OF
RESTRICTED SHARE AWARD AGREEMENT]

     

    Restricted
Share Award Agreement under the Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus
Incentive Compensation Plan, dated as of [●], between Benchmark Electronics,
Inc. (the “Company”), a Texas
corporation, and [NAME].

     

    This
Restricted Share Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”)
sets forth the terms and conditions of an award (the “Award”) of [●] shares
of the Company’s common stock, $0.10 par value per share (each, a “Share”), that are
being granted to you on the date hereof (such date, the “Grant Date”), that
are subject to the terms and conditions specified herein (“Restricted Shares”),
and that are granted to you under the Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus
Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).

     

    THIS
AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10
OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.  BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU SHALL HAVE
CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD
AGREEMENT.

     

    SECTION
1.  The
Plan.  This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms
of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement.  In the
event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award
Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  In the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Award Agreement and the terms of any
individual employment agreement between you and the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (an “Employment
Agreement”), the terms of your Employment Agreement shall
govern.

     

    SECTION
2.  Definitions.  Capitalized
terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement
have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan.  As used in this
Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below:

     

    (a)  “Business Day” means a
day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are
legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

     

    (b)  “Cause” means the
occurrence of any one of the following:

     

    (i)  your
gross negligence in the performance of your duties with the Company, which gross
negligence results in a material adverse effect on the Company, provided that no
such gross negligence shall constitute “Cause” if it relates to an action taken
or omitted by you in the good faith, reasonable belief that such action or
omission was in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company;

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

     

    (ii)  your
habitual neglect or disregard of your duties with the Company that is materially
and demonstrably injurious to the Company, after written notice from the Company
stating the duties you have failed to perform;

     

    (iii)  your
engaging in conduct or misconduct that materially harms the reputation or
financial position of the Company;

     

    (iv)  your
obstruction, impedance or failure to materially cooperate with an investigation
authorized by the Board, a self-regulatory organization empowered with
self-regulatory responsibilities under Federal or state laws, or a governmental
department or agency; or

     

    (v)  your
conviction of a felony, provided that no such conviction will constitute “Cause”
if it relates to an action taken or omitted by you in the good faith, reasonable
belief that such action or omission was in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company.

     

    (c)  “Good Reason” means
the occurrence of any one of the following:

     

    (i)  a
material diminution of your duties or responsibilities;

     

    (ii)  a
greater than 10% reduction in your base salary, annual bonus opportunity or
long-term incentive compensation opportunity; or

     

    (iii)  a
material breach by the Company of any provision of your Employment Agreement or
any other agreement between you and the Company.

     

    A
termination of your employment by you for Good Reason shall be effectuated by
giving the Company written notice (“Notice of Termination for
Good Reason”), not later than 90 days following the date of the
occurrence of the circumstance that constitutes Good Reason, setting forth in
reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that constitutes Good Reason and the specific provisions of this Award
Agreement, your Employment Agreement or any other agreement between you and the
Company on which you relied.  The Company shall be entitled, during
the 30-day period following receipt of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason,
to cure the circumstances that gave rise to Good Reason, provided that the
Company shall be entitled to waive its right to cure or reduce the cure period
by delivery of written notice to that effect to you (such 30-day or shorter
period, the “Cure
Period”).  If, during the Cure Period, such circumstance is
remedied, you shall not be permitted to terminate your employment for Good
Reason as a result of such circumstance.  If, at the end of the Cure
Period, the circumstance that constitutes Good Reason has not been remedied, you
shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason during the 90-day
period that follows the end of the Cure Period (the “Termination
Period”).  If you do not terminate your employment during the
Termination Period, you shall not be permitted to terminate your employment for
Good Reason as a result of such circumstance.

    

    (d)  “Vesting Date” means
each date on which your rights with respect to all or a portion of the
Restricted Shares subject to this Award Agreement may become fully vested, and
the restrictions set forth in this Award Agreement may lapse, as provided in
Section 3(a) or 3(b) of this Award Agreement.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION
3.  Vesting and
Delivery.  (a)  Regularly Scheduled
Vesting.  On each Vesting Date set forth below, your rights
with respect to the number of Restricted Shares that corresponds to such Vesting
Date, as specified in the chart below, shall become vested and such Restricted
Shares shall become nonforfeitable and transferable, provided that you must be
employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the relevant Vesting Date,
except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion or as
otherwise provided in your Employment Agreement.

     

    
      
        
          
            	
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                    Percentage Vested

                  	 
      	
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                    Restricted Shares Vested

                  
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
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    (b)  Vesting following a Change
of Control.  If, during the two-year period immediately
following a Change of Control, your employment is terminated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries without Cause or you terminate your employment for Good
Reason, then the date of such termination shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date
of any then outstanding Restricted Shares.

     

    (c)  Delivery of
Shares.  On or following the date of this Award Agreement, the
Restricted Shares subject to this Award Agreement shall be evidenced in such
manner as the Company shall determine.  Any certificate or book entry
credit issued or entered in respect of such Restricted Shares shall be
registered in your name and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the
terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Restricted Shares,
substantially in the following form:

     

    “The
transferability of the shares of stock represented hereby is subject to the
terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
2010 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and an Award Agreement, as well as the
terms and conditions of applicable law.  Copies of such Plan and
Agreement are on file at the offices of Benchmark Electronics,
Inc.”

     

    The
Company shall require that the certificates or book entry credits evidencing
title of the Restricted Shares be held in custody by the Company until such
time, if any, as your rights with respect to the Restricted Shares have vested,
and the Company may require that, as a condition of your receiving the
Restricted Shares you shall have delivered to the Company a stock power,
endorsed in blank, relating to such Restricted Shares.  To the extent
that your rights with respect to the Restricted Shares become vested, the legend
set forth above shall be removed from the certificates or book entry credits
evidencing such Shares.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION
4.  Forfeiture of Restricted
Shares.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except
as otherwise provided in your Employment Agreement or Section 3(b) of this Award
Agreement, if your rights with respect to any Restricted Shares awarded to you
pursuant to this Award Agreement have not become vested prior to the date on
which your employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates, your
rights with respect to such Restricted Shares shall immediately terminate, and
you shall be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect
thereto.

     

    SECTION
5.  Voting Rights;
Dividends.  Prior to the date on which your rights with respect
to a Restricted Share have become vested, and the restrictions set forth in this
Award Agreement with respect to such Restricted Share have lapsed, you shall be
entitled to exercise voting rights with respect to such Restricted Share and
shall be entitled to receive dividends or other distributions with respect
thereto; provided that any
such dividends or distributions paid in Shares shall constitute Restricted
Shares and be subject to all of the same restrictions as the Restricted Shares
with respect to which they were paid.

     

    SECTION
6.  Non-Transferability of
Restricted Shares.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee
in its discretion, Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, alienated,
transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in
Section 9(a) of the Plan.  Any purported sale, assignment, alienation,
transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of a Restricted Share in
violation of the provisions of this Section 6 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall
be void.

     

    SECTION 7. Section 83(b) Election,
Withholding, Consents and Legends. (a) Section 83(b)
Election. You are authorized, if you so choose, to file an election with
the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect
to all or a portion of the Restricted Shares. You agree that if you make such
Section 83(b) election, you shall provide a copy of such election to the Company
not later than ten days after filing the election with the Internal Revenue
Service or other governmental authority. The Company has made no recommendation
to you with respect to the advisability of making any such election. You
acknowledge that it is your sole responsibility to seek advice regarding Section
83(b) of the Code and to determine the effect of making or failing to make such
election.

     

    (b) Withholding. The
delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3(c) of this Award Agreement is
conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance
with Section 9(d) of the Plan. In the event that there is withholding tax
liability in connection with the vesting of the Restricted Shares, you may
satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability by having the
Company withhold from the Shares that have vested a number of Shares having a
Fair Market Value (which shall either have the meaning set forth in the Plan or
shall have such other meaning as determined by the Company in accordance with
applicable withholding requirements) equal to such withholding tax
liability.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (c) Consents; Compliance with
Law. Your rights in respect of the Restricted Shares are conditioned on
the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents
that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your
consenting to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the
Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer
the Plan) and, in accordance with Section 9(l) of the Plan, subject to the
Committee’s determination that the issuance of Shares pursuant to this Award
Agreement is compliant with applicable law.

     

    (d) Legends. In addition
to the legend set forth in Section 3(c) of this Award Agreement, the Company may
affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any
other legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable
(including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any
applicable securities laws). The Company may advise the transfer agent to place
a stop order against any legended Shares.

     

    SECTION 8. Successors and Assigns of
the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors
and assigns.

     

    SECTION 9. Committee Discretion.
Subject to the terms of this Award Agreement and your Employment Agreement, the
Committee shall have discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or
determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its
determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

     

    SECTION 10. Dispute Resolution.
(a) Jurisdiction and
Venue. Notwithstanding any provision in your Employment Agreement, you
and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i)
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and (ii) the
courts of the State of Texas for the purposes of any action, suit or other
proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan. You and the Company
agree to commence any such action, suit or other proceeding either in the United
States District Court for the Southern District of Texas or, if such action,
suit or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional
reasons, in the courts of the State of Texas. You and the Company further agree
that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail
to the applicable address set forth in Section 11 of this Award Agreement shall
be effective service of process for any action, suit or other proceeding in
Texas with respect to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in
this Section 10(a). You and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waive
any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or other proceeding
arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Texas or (B) the courts of the State
of Texas, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive
and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or
other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (b) Waiver of Jury Trial.
You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any
litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with
this Award Agreement or the Plan.

     

    (c) Confidentiality. You
hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information
concerning, a dispute described in this Section 10, except that you may disclose
information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such
dispute or to your legal counsel, accountants and other representatives
(provided that such counsel, accountants and other representatives agree not to
disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or
defense of the dispute).

     

    SECTION 11. Notice. All notices,
requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three
Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth
below:

     

    
      	
              If
      to the Company:

            	
              Benchmark
      Electronics, Inc.

              3000
      Technology Drive

              Angleton,
      Texas 77515

              Attention:  Legal
      Dept.

            
	 
      	 
      
	
              If
      to you:

            	
              To
      your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the
      Company’s records

            

    

    

    The
parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall
be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified
above.

     

    SECTION
12.  Governing
Law.  This Award Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the
State of Texas, and the validity, construction and effect of this Award
Agreement in all respects shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles
thereof.

     

    SECTION
13.  Headings and
Construction.  Headings are given to the Sections and
subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate
reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to
the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision
thereof.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are
used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“but not limited to”.  The term “or” is not exclusive.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION 14. Amendment of this Award
Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend
any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award
Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that any
such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or
termination that would materially and adversely impair your rights under this
Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it
being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award
Agreement and the Restricted Shares shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 7(c) of the Plan).

     

    SECTION
15.  Counterparts.  This
Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.

     

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Award Agreement as of the
date first written above.

     

    
      
        
          	
                  BENCHMARK
      ELECTRONICS, INC.,

                
	 
	
                  by

                
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                  Name:

                
	 
      	
                  Title:

                

        

      

    

    

    
      
        
          	
                  [NAME],

                
	 
      
	 
      	 
      

        

      

    

     

    
      
         

      

      
        7Exhibit
4.12

    

    [FORM OF
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT]

     

    Restricted
Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus
Incentive Compensation Plan, dated as of [●], between Benchmark Electronics,
Inc. (the “Company”), a Texas
corporation, and [NAME].

     

    This
Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”)
sets forth the terms and conditions of an award (the “Award”) of [●]
restricted stock units that are subject to the terms and conditions specified
herein (“RSUs”)
and that are being granted to you on the date hereof under the Benchmark
Electronics, Inc. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”).  Each
RSU subject to this Award constitutes an unfunded and unsecured promise of the
Company to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to you, subject to the terms of
this Award Agreement, a share of the Company’s common stock, $0.10 par value (a
“Share”), as
set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

     

    THIS
AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD
AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 10 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.  BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW,
YOU SHALL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS
AWARD AGREEMENT.

     

    SECTION
1.  The
Plan.  This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms
of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement.  In the
event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award
Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.  In the event of any
conflict between the terms of this Award Agreement and the terms of any
individual employment agreement between you and the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (an “Employment
Agreement”), the terms of your Employment Agreement shall
govern.

     

    SECTION
2.  Definitions.  Capitalized
terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement
have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan.  As used in this
Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below:

     

    (a)  “Business Day” means a
day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are
legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

     

    (b)  “Cause” means the
occurrence of any one of the following:

     

    (i)  your
gross negligence in the performance of your duties with the Company, which gross
negligence results in a material adverse effect on the Company, provided that no
such gross negligence shall constitute “Cause” if it relates to an action taken
or omitted by you in the good faith, reasonable belief that such action or
omission was in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company;

     

    
      
         

      

      
         

        
          

        

      

      
         

      

    

      

    (ii)  your
habitual neglect or disregard of your duties with the Company that is materially
and demonstrably injurious to the Company, after written notice from the Company
stating the duties you have failed to perform;

     

    (iii)  your
engaging in conduct or misconduct that materially harms the reputation or
financial position of the Company;

     

    (iv)  your
obstruction, impedance or failure to materially cooperate with an investigation
authorized by the Board, a self-regulatory organization empowered with
self-regulatory responsibilities under Federal or state laws, or a governmental
department or agency; or

     

    (v)  your
conviction of a felony, provided that no such conviction will constitute “Cause”
if it relates to an action taken or omitted by you in the good faith, reasonable
belief that such action or omission was in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Company.

     

    (c)  “Good Reason” means
the occurrence of any one of the following:

     

    (i)  a
material diminution of your duties or responsibilities;

     

    (ii)  a
greater than 10% reduction in your base salary, annual bonus opportunity or
long-term incentive compensation opportunity; or

     

    (iii)  a
material breach by the Company of any provision of your Employment Agreement or
any other agreement between you and the Company.

     

    A
termination of your employment by you for Good Reason shall be effectuated by
giving the Company written notice (“Notice of Termination for
Good Reason”), not later than 90 days following the date of the
occurrence of the circumstance that constitutes Good Reason, setting forth in
reasonable detail the specific conduct of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that constitutes Good Reason and the specific provisions of this Award
Agreement, your Employment Agreement or any other agreement between you and the
Company on which you relied.  The Company shall be entitled, during
the 30-day period following receipt of a Notice of Termination for Good Reason,
to cure the circumstances that gave rise to Good Reason, provided that the
Company shall be entitled to waive its right to cure or reduce the cure period
by delivery of written notice to that effect to you (such 30-day or shorter
period, the “Cure
Period”).  If, during the Cure Period, such circumstance is
remedied, you shall not be permitted to terminate your employment for Good
Reason as a result of such circumstance.  If, at the end of the Cure
Period, the circumstance that constitutes Good Reason has not been remedied, you
shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason during the 90-day
period that follows the end of the Cure Period (the “Termination
Period”).  If you do not terminate your employment during the
Termination Period, you shall not be permitted to terminate your employment for
Good Reason as a result of such circumstance.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (d)  “Vesting Date” means
each date on which your rights with respect to all or a portion of the RSUs
subject to this Award Agreement may become fully vested, as provided in
Section 3(a) or 3(b) of this Award Agreement.

     

    SECTION
3.  Vesting
and Delivery.  (a)  Regularly Scheduled
Vesting.  On each Vesting Date set forth below, your rights
with respect to the number of RSUs that corresponds to such Vesting Date, as
specified in the chart below, shall become vested, provided that you must be
employed by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on the relevant Vesting Date,
except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion or as
otherwise provided in your Employment Agreement.

     

    
      
        
          
            
              
                
                  
                    
                      
                        
                          
                            
                              	
                                      Scheduled Vesting Date

                                    	 	
                                      Incremental

                                      Percentage Vested

                                    	 	
                                      Incremental Number of

                                      Restricted Stock Units
    Vested

                                    
	 	 	 	 	 
	
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    (b)  Vesting following a Change
of Control.  If, during the two-year period immediately
following a Change of Control, your employment is terminated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries without Cause or you terminate your employment for Good
Reason, then the date of such termination shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date
of any then outstanding RSUs.

     

    (c)  Delivery of
Shares.  On each Vesting Date, the Company shall deliver to you
one Share for each RSU that is scheduled to vest on such date in accordance with
the terms of this Award Agreement.

     

    SECTION
4.  Forfeiture of
RSUs.  Unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as
otherwise provided in your Employment Agreement or Section 3(b) of this Award
Agreement, if your rights with respect to any RSUs awarded to you pursuant to
this Award Agreement have not become vested prior to the date on which your
employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries terminates, your rights with
respect to such RSUs shall immediately terminate, and you shall be entitled to
no further payments or benefits with respect thereto.

     

    SECTION
5.  Voting
Rights; Dividend Equivalents.  Prior to the date on which
Shares are delivered to you in settlement of the RSUs pursuant to this Award
Agreement, you shall not be entitled to exercise any voting rights with respect
to the Shares underlying such RSUs and shall not be entitled to receive
dividends or other distributions with respect to such Shares.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION
6.  Non-Transferability of
RSUs.  Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its
discretion, RSUs may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged,
attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the
Plan.  Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge,
attachment or other encumbrance of an RSU in violation of the provisions of this
Section 6 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

     

    SECTION
7.  Withholding, Consents and
Legends.  (a)  Withholding.  The
delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3 of this Award Agreement is conditioned
on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with Section
9(d) of the Plan.  In the event that there is withholding tax
liability in connection with the settlement of RSUs, you may satisfy, in whole
or in part, any withholding tax liability by having the Company withhold from
the Shares you would be entitled to receive upon settlement of the RSUs a number
of Shares having a Fair Market Value (which shall either have the meaning set
forth in the Plan or shall have such other meaning as determined by the Company
in accordance with applicable withholding requirements) equal to such
withholding tax liability.

     

    (b)  Consents; Compliance with
Law.  Your rights in respect of the RSUs are conditioned on the
receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that
the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your
consenting to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the
Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer
the Plan) and, in accordance with Section 9(l) of the Plan, subject to the
Committee’s determination that the issuance of Shares pursuant to this Award
Agreement is compliant with applicable law.

     

    (c)  Legends.  The
Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award
Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable
(including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any
applicable securities laws).  The Company may advise the transfer
agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

     

    SECTION
8.  Successors and Assigns of
the Company.  The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement
shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its
successors and assigns.

     

    SECTION
9.  Committee
Discretion.  Subject to the terms of this Award Agreement and
your Employment Agreement, the Committee shall have discretion with respect to
any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this
Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and
conclusive.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION
10.  Dispute
Resolution.  (a)  Jurisdiction and
Venue.  Notwithstanding any provision in your Employment
Agreement, you and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas and (ii) the courts of the State of Texas for the
purposes of any action, suit or other proceeding arising out of this Award
Agreement or the Plan.  You and the Company agree to commence any such
action, suit or other proceeding either in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Texas or, if such action, suit or other proceeding may
not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the
State of Texas.  You and the Company further agree that service of any
process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the applicable
address set forth in Section 11 of this Award Agreement shall be effective
service of process for any action, suit or other proceeding in Texas with
respect to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in this
Section 10(a).  You and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally
waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or other
proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas or (B) the
courts of the State of Texas, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and
unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any
such action, suit or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum.

     

    (b)  Waiver of Jury
Trial.  You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury
in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in
connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan.

     

    (c)  Confidentiality.  You
hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information
concerning, a dispute described in this Section 10, except that you may
disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering
such dispute or to your legal counsel, accountants and other representatives
(provided that such counsel, accountants and other representatives agree not to
disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or
defense of the dispute).

     

    SECTION
11.  Notice.  All
notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be
given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or
three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. registered mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth
below:

     

    
      
        	
                If
      to the Company:

              	
                Benchmark
      Electronics, Inc.

                3000
      Technology Drive

                Angleton,
      Texas 77515

                Attention:  Legal
      Dept.

              
	 
      	 
      
	
                If
      to you:

              	
                To
      your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the
      Company’s records

              

      

    

      

    The
parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall
be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified
above.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    SECTION
12.  Governing
Law.  This Award Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the
State of Texas, and the validity, construction and effect of this Award
Agreement in all respects shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of Texas, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles
thereof.

     

    SECTION
13.  Headings and
Construction.  Headings are given to the Sections and
subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate
reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to
the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision
thereof.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are
used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“but not limited to”. The term “or” is not exclusive.

     

    SECTION
14.  Amendment of this Award
Agreement.  The Committee may waive any conditions or rights
under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate
this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that any
such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or
termination that would materially and adversely impair your rights under this
Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it
being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award
Agreement and the RSUs shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c)
of the Plan).

     

    SECTION
15.  Section
409A.  (a)  For purposes of Section 409A of the Code
(“Section
409A”), it is intended that amounts payable pursuant to this Award
Agreement qualify for the short-term deferral exception under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) or any successor thereto, and all provisions of this
Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with
such exception.

     

    (b)  In
the event that it is determined that any amounts payable pursuant to this Award
Agreement do not qualify for the short-term deferral exception under Treas. Reg.
Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) or any successor thereto, it is intended that the
provisions of this Award Agreement comply with Section 409A, and all
provisions of this Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a
manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under
Section 409A and any similar state or local law.

     

    (c)  Neither
you nor any of your creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject
any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable
under this Award Agreement to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment.  Except as
permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning
of Section 409A) payable to you or for your benefit under this Award
Agreement may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by you to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

     

    
      
         

      

      
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    (d)  To
the extent required by Section 409A, any amount payable under the Award
Agreement that constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of
Section 409A) subject to, and not exempt from, Section 409A, payable
or provided to you upon a termination of employment shall only be paid or
provided to you upon your separation from service (within the meaning of Section
409A).  If, at the time of your separation from service, (i) you
are a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the
identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and
(ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount
payable under this Award Agreement constitutes deferred compensation the payment
of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set
forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under
Section 409A, then the Company (or its Subsidiary, as applicable) shall not
pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead
accumulate such amount and pay it, without interest, on the first business day
after such six-month period.

     

    (e)  You
shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and
penalties that may be imposed on you or for your account in connection with this
Award Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have any obligation to
indemnify or otherwise hold you harmless from any or all such taxes or
penalties.

     

    SECTION
16.  Counterparts.  This
Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon
the same instrument.

     

    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Award Agreement as of the
date first written above.

     

    
      
        
          
            
              	
                      BENCHMARK
      ELECTRONICS, INC.,

                    
	 
	
                      by

                    
	 
      	 
      
	 
      	
                      Name:

                    
	 
      	
                      Title:

                    

            

          

        

      

    

      

    
      
        
          
            	
                    [NAME],

                  
	 
      
	 
      	 
      

          

        

      

    

      

    
      
         

      

      
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