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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000863436-18-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180518
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180522

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:		18853705

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4141 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 301
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
		BUSINESS PHONE:		623-300-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4141 N. SCOTTSDALE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 301
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85251
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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of</font></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&#160;&#160;&#160; May
18, 2018</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

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<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.</font></b></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></font></p>

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  <p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification No.)</font></font></p>
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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p>

<p align=center style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">4141 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale, Arizona</font></b></font><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; </font><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">85251 &nbsp;</font></b></font></p>

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300-7000</font></b></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [&#160; ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [&#160; ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [&#160; ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; [&#160; ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defned in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font></font></p><p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Emerging growth company&#160;&#160; 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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:50.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:-50.0pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.02.&#160;&#160; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;">On May 18, 2018, the Board of Directors
(the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) elected Ms.
Merilee Raines as a member of the Board.&#160; The Board also appointed Ms. Raines
to serve on the audit committee.&#160; The full Board is now comprised of nine
members.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;">Ms. Raines, age 62, served as Chief
Financial Officer of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. from October 2003 until her
retirement in May 2013.&#160; Ms. Raines also served as Executive Vice President of
IDEXX from July 2012 until her retirement in May 2013.&#160; Over her 28 year career
with IDEXX, Ms. Raines held several management positions, including Corporate
Vice President of Finance, Vice President and Treasurer of Finance, Director of
Finance, and Controller.&#160; IDEXX Laboratories develops, manufactures and
distributes diagnostic and information technology based products and services
for companion animal, livestock, poultry, water quality and food safety, and
human point-of-care diagnostics.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;">Ms. Raines has served as a member of the
Board of Watts Water Technologies since 2011, a global manufacturer of products
&amp; systems that control, conserve and improve the quality of water in the
residential and commercial markets.&#160; Since 2014, she has also served as a
member of the Board of Aratana Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused
on licensing, developing and commercializing of products for the pet companion
market.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;">An independent search consultant retained
by the Board identified Ms. Raines as a possible candidate for the Board, and
the Board&#8217;s Nominating/Governance Committee, comprised entirely of independent
members of the Board, recommended her to the full Board for consideration.&#160; The
Board has determined that Ms. Raines does not have any interest requiring
disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and satisfies (i) the
independence standards promulgated by the New York Stock Exchange and
applicable regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
(ii) the &#8220;non-employee director&#8221; standards set forth in such regulations, and
(iii) the &#8220;outside director&#8221; requirements of Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;text-indent:.5in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;">For her service as a member of the Board, Ms. Raines will
receive the same compensation as other non-employee directors under the
Company&#8217;s current non-employee director compensation program described in the
Company&#8217;s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018.&#160; During 2018, our non-employee directors
will receive: (a) an annual retainer of $60,000, (b) $1,000 for each Board or
committee meeting attended and (c) an annual restricted stock unit (&#8220;RSU&#8221;) with
a grant-date fair market value of $150,000.&#160; Ms. Raines&#8217;s annual retainer and
RSU will be prorated from the date she began serving on the Board, and the RSU
is scheduled to vest in equal quarterly installments over a one-year period
following the date of grant.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;">Item 8.01.&#160;&#160; Other Events.</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;"><font style="border:none;"><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;">On May 21, 2018, the Company issued a press release
relating to the matters described under Item 5.02.&#160; The press release is
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed herewith.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face="Times New Roman,serif" lang=EN-US style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
9.01.&#160;&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></font></p>

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ELECTRONICS </font></b></font><a name="EHWf6463c9e_09bc_4a2a_8940_c77a8b_bclEnd"></a><font style="border:none;"><b><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">APPOINTS MERILEE RAINES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><a name="EHW5cda04ce_b0db_40c1_ae1a_30af5d"></a><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">SCOTTSDALE,
AZ, </font></font><a name="EHW3c4bf39b_f9b1_4542_bd54_f09e67"></a><a name="EHW5cda04ce_b0db_40c1_ae1a_30af5d_bclEnd"></a><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">May
21, 201</font></font><a name="EHW7ad03acb_9aff_4292_98e0_f5353b"></a><a name="EHW3c4bf39b_f9b1_4542_bd54_f09e67_bclEnd"></a><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">8
</font></font><a name="EHW7ad03acb_9aff_4292_98e0_f5353b_bclEnd"></a><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">&#8211; Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE) today announced the
appointment of Merilee Raines as an independent director to the Board of
Directors of the Company effective May 18, 2018.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">&#8220;We are very excited
to welcome Merilee Raines to our Board of Directors&#8221;, said David W. Scheible, Chairman
of the Board.&#160; &#8220;She brings broad experience in finance and accounting, as well
as a unique perspective on the animal health care industry.&#8221;</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">Ms. Raines
served as Chief Financial Officer of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. from October 2003
until her retirement in May 2013.&#160; Ms. Raines also served as Executive Vice
President of IDEXX from July 2012 until her retirement in May 2013.&#160; Over her
28 year career with IDEXX, Ms. Raines held several management positions,
including Corporate Vice President of Finance, Vice President and Treasurer of
Finance, Director of Finance, and Controller.&#160; IDEXX Laboratories develops, manufactures
and distributes diagnostic and information technology based products and
services for companion animal, livestock, poultry, water quality and food
safety, and human point-of-care diagnostics.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">Ms. Raines has
served as a member of the Board of Watts Water Technologies since 2011, a
global manufacturer of products &amp; systems that control, conserve and
improve the quality of water in the residential and commercial markets.&#160; Since
2014, she has also served as a member of the Board of Aratana Therapeutics, a
biopharmaceutical company focused on licensing, developing and commercializing
of products for the pet companion market.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">Ms. Raines
earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Bowdoin College and an
M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.</font></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><b><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;">About
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.</font></b></font></p>

<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line;line-height:115%;">Benchmark provides worldwide integrated electronics manufacturing
services (EMS), engineering and design services, and precision machining
services to original equipment manufacturers in the following industries:
industrial controls, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, computers and
related products for business enterprises, medical devices, and test and
instrumentation.&#160; Benchmark&#8217;s global operations include facilities in eight
countries, and its common shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol BHE.</font></font></p>

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<p style="border:none;margin-bottom:.0001pt;margin-left:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-top:0in;"><font style="border:none;"><font face=Calibri,sans-serif lang=EN-US style="font-size:11.0pt;layout-grid-mode:line;line-height:115%;">Lisa K. Weeks, VP of Strategy &amp;
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