<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-16-020139.txt : 20160225
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-16-020139.hdr.sgml : 20160225
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160225171032
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-16-020139
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160225
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160225

ISSUER:		

	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

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMINOS GREG W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001649916

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10560
		FILM NUMBER:		161456849

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE
		CITY:			ANGLETON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77515
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>77515</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Executive Vice President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-02-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12884</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
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        <footnote id="F1">These shares are represented by a restricted stock unit award bearing the right to receive Common Shares and are scheduled to vest in ratable annual installments over a four-year period from the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This reflects the target number of performance-based restricted stock units awarded. Actual awards may vary from as low as zero to as high as 2.5 times the target. As soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the Performance Period (beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2018) and in no event later than March 15, 2019, the number of shares that may ultimately be earned will be determined and issued.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Scott Peterson by Power of Attorney for Greg W. Cominos</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-02-25</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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