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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-12-064406
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121121
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121121
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121121

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000863436
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				742211011
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10560
		FILM NUMBER:		121220004

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
		CITY:			ANGLETON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77515
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9798496550

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 TECHNOLOGY DR
		CITY:			ANGLETON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77515
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 21, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.</B></P>

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its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 60%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><B>3000 Technology Drive, Angleton, Texas</B></TD>
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telephone number, including area code: <B>(979) 849-6550</B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to
Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

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14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(b) On November 21, 2012, Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the Company)
issued a press release announcing the retirement of Cary T. Fu as Chairman of the Board effective December 31, 2012 and the appointment
of Peter G. Dorflinger to succeed Mr. Fu as Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2013.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mr. Dorflinger, general partner of MAD Capital Partners, has
been a director of the Company since its initial public offering in 1990. He has served on all three board committees &ndash; Audit,
Nominating/Governance and Compensation &ndash; and will continue to serve on the Nominating/Governance and Audit Committees. Mr.
Dorflinger received a J.D. degree from the University of Houston and is also a director of several privately held companies. Mr.
Dorflinger qualifies as an &ldquo;independent director&rdquo; under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange and Item 407(a) of
Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The press release announcing the retirement of Mr. Fu and the
appointment of Mr. Dorflinger is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 40.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 40.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.75in; text-indent: 0">Exhibit 99.1&nbsp;Press release
dated November 21, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURE</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">Dated: November 21, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ GAYLA J. DELLY</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Gayla J. Delly&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2.5in; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">Exhibit 99.1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2.5in; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2.5in; text-align: right; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt"><B><U>FOR</U></B><U> <B>IMMEDIATE</B> <B>RELEASE</B></U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 91.4pt 0pt 39pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 91.4pt 0pt 39pt; text-align: center"><B>BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS APPOINTS
PETER DORFLINGER AS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 91.4pt 0pt 39pt; text-align: center"><B>NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 24.95pt 0pt 2pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">ANGLETON, TX, NOVEMBER 21, 2012 &ndash; Benchmark
Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE), announced today its succession plan for Chairman of the Board, appointing current board member Peter
G. Dorflinger to serve as non-executive chairman, subject to his re-election as a Company director by shareholders at its annual
meeting in May 2013. Mr. Dorflinger succeeds Company founder Cary T. Fu, who plans to retire from the Company&rsquo;s Board of
Directors on December 31, 2012. This chairman succession represents the culmination of a well-planned leadership transition that
began more than two years ago.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">Mr. Dorflinger, general partner of MAD Capital
Partners, has been a director of Benchmark since its initial public offering in 1990. He has served on all three board committees&mdash;Audit,
Nominating/Governance, and Compensation&mdash;and will continue to serve on the Nominating/Governance and Audit committees. Upon
his appointment and election, Mr. Dorflinger will become the Company&rsquo;s first independent chairman.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&ldquo;Mr. Dorflinger brings the experience
of more than two decades of service as a director of the Company and has an intimate understanding of the Company and its business,&rdquo;
said Gayla Delly, Benchmark&rsquo;s President and CEO. &ldquo;He has been our longest serving director, and his insight and leadership
are extremely valuable to Benchmark, our employees and our shareholders.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&ldquo;Cary Fu set the bar high and inspired
tremendous performance while serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors. I am honored to be named the next chairman of Benchmark&rsquo;s
board,&rdquo; said Peter Dorflinger. &ldquo;Benchmark is always focused on bringing top-notch, on-time delivered products and services
to our customers, and that is something I am very proud to be a part of.&rdquo; Mr. Dorflinger will begin his service as Non-Executive
Chairman of the Board beginning on January 1, 2013, when Mr. Fu retires. Mr. Fu will continue to provide consulting services for
the Company through 2013 and will serve the Board in the honorary position of Chairman Emeritus through 2014.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.35in 0pt 2.15pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt"><B>About Benchmark Electronics, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.3pt 0pt 2pt">Benchmark Electronics, Inc. provides integrated
manufacturing, design and engineering services to original equipment manufacturers of computers and related products for business
enterprises, medical devices, industrial control equipment (which includes equipment for the aerospace and defense industry), testing
and instrumentation products, and telecommunication equipment. Benchmark&rsquo;s global operations include 21 facilities in nine
countries. Benchmark&rsquo;s Common Shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BHE.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt"><B>For More Information, Please Contact:</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt">Lisa K. Weeks, VP of Strategy &amp; Investor Relations</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 2pt">979-849-6550 (ext. 1361) or <FONT STYLE="text-underline-style: none; color: windowtext">lisa.weeks@bench.com</FONT></P>

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