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defined in the Rights Agreement) until December 11, 2018, (ii)&#160;amend the
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person will be deemed to beneficially own any securities that are the subject of
specified derivative transactions entered into by such person or such person&#8217;s
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full text of the unamended Rights Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 1 to the
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of December 10, 2008, to the Rights Agreement dated as of December 11, 1998 (the
&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Rights
Agreement</font>&#8221;), between BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC., a Texas corporation
(the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;), and
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as rights
agent (as successor rights agent to Harris Trust and Savings Bank) (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Rights
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the Board of Directors of the Company has determined to amend the Rights
Agreement in order to extend the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Rights
Agreement) and to make certain other changes, all as set forth below;
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(x)&#160;to terminate the subject derivative transaction or transactions or
otherwise dispose of the subject derivative security or securities and
(y)&#160;to establish to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors of the
Company that such Derivative Common Shares are no longer beneficially owned with
any intention of obtaining, changing or influencing the control of the
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Section&#160;1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by (i)&#160;deleting
the word &#8220;or&#8221; immediately after the semicolon at the end of clause&#160;(ii)
thereof and (ii)&#160;inserting the following words immediately after the
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Derivative Interest of such Person or any of such Person&#8217;s Affiliates or
Associates, with the number of shares of Common Stock deemed beneficially owned
being the notional or other number of shares of Common Stock specified in the
documentation evidencing the Derivative Interest as being subject to be acquired
upon the exercise or settlement of the Derivative Interest or as the basis upon
which the value or settlement amount of such Derivative Interest is to be
calculated in whole or in part or, if no such number of shares of Common Stock
is specified in such documentation, as determined by the Board of Directors of
the Company in its sole discretion to be the number of shares of Common Stock to
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shares of Common Stock that are deemed beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person
solely as a result of the application of clause&#160;(iv) of the definition of
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16a-1 under the Exchange Act) and any other derivatives or similar agreements or
arrangements with an exercise or conversion privilege or a periodic or
settlement payment or payments or mechanism at a price or in an amount or
amounts related to any security of the Company or with a value derived or
calculated in whole or in part from the value of any security of the Company and
(ii)&#160;any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any
profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the
Company, in each case, regardless of whether (x)&#160;such interest conveys any
voting rights in such security, (y)&#160;such interest is required to be, or is
capable of being, settled through delivery of such security or (z)&#160;any
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hereby amended by deleting the reference to &#8220;Section 4(a)&#8221; and substituting
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shall prior to the Distribution Date also be the holders of the Common Stock)&#8221;
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necessary or desirable, upon 10 days&#8217; notice in writing to the Rights
Agent.&#160;&#160;The Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in
no event be liable for, the acts or omissions of any such co-Rights
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automatically and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement as of the
effective date of such termination, and the Company shall be responsible for
sending any required notice.&#8221;</font></div>
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Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
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Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
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jurisdiction other than Texas for any suit, action or other proceeding directly
between and solely involving the Company and the Rights Agent arising out of
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following new Section 35:</font></div>
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35.&#160;&#160;FORCE MAJEURE.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays
or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply,
breakdowns or malfunctions, interruptions or malfunction of computer facilities,
loss of data due to power failures or mechanical difficulties with information
storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war or civil
unrest.&#8221;</font></div>
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A</font>.&#160;&#160;Exhibit A to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting at the end thereof the Form of Statement of Resolution Increasing
Number of Shares set forth as <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Annex I</font>
hereto.</font></div>
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B</font>.&#160;&#160;Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
deleting each reference to the date &#8220;December 11, 2008&#8221; set forth therein and
substituting therefor the date &#8220;December 11, 2018&#8221; and (b) deleting each
reference to &#8220;19__&#8221; set forth therein and substituting therefor
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11.&#160;&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Amendments to Exhibit
C</font>.&#160;&#160;Exhibit C to the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
inserting immediately prior to the parenthetical &#8220;(the &#8216;Rights Agreement&#8217;)&#8221; in
the first paragraph thereof the words &#8220;as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended&#8221; and (b) deleting the date &#8220;December 11, 2008&#8221; set forth
in the third paragraph thereof and substituting therefor the date &#8220;December 11,
2018&#8221;.</font></div>
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officer of the Company executing this Amendment on behalf of the Company hereby
certifies on behalf of the Company that this Amendment complies with the terms
of Section 27 of the Rights Agreement.</font></div>
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Law</font>.&#160;&#160;This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of Texas and for all purposes shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts
made and to be performed entirely within such State.</font></div>
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counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
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corporation (the &#8220;Corporation&#8221;), pursuant to the provisions of Article 2.13 of
the Texas Business Corporation Act and authority expressly vested in the Board
of Directors of the Corporation by its Restated Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, hereby submits the following statement for the purpose of amending the
Statement of Resolution, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas
on December&#160;14, 1998, establishing and designating the Series A Cumulative
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the
Corporation (the &#8220;Series A Preferred Stock&#8221;), to increase the number of
authorized shares of the Series A Preferred Stock.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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2008:</font></div>
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Directors of the Corporation deems it desirable and in the best interests of the
Corporation and its shareholders to amend the Statement of Resolution, filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on December&#160;14, 1998 (the
&#8220;Original Statement of Resolution&#8221;), establishing and designating the Series A
Cumulative Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
the Corporation (the &#8220;Series A Preferred Stock&#8221;), to increase the authorized
number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock from 30,000 to
145,000;</font></div>
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out of the authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation,
a series of Preferred Stock to be designated &#8216;Series A Cumulative Junior
Participating Preferred Stock&#8217; (the &#8216;Series A Preferred Stock&#8217;), to consist of
an aggregate of 145,000 shares and to have the preferences, limitations and
relative rights set forth herein.&#8221;</font></div>
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the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to make,
execute and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, in
accordance with the provisions of Article 2.13 of the Texas Business Corporation
Act, a copy of these resolutions, and to take, or cause to be taken, such
further action and to prepare or cause to be prepared and to execute and
deliver, or to cause to be executed and delivered, in the name and on behalf of
the Corporation all such further instruments and documents as any officer may
deem to be necessary or advisable to effect the purpose and intent of the these
resolutions and to be in the best interests of the Corporation (as conclusively
evidenced by the taking of such action or the execution and delivery of such
instruments, as the case may be, by or under the direction of any authorized
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