secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC (BHE)
CIK:        0000863436
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-21-002095
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Benchmark appoints Ramesh Gopalakrishnan to board; Bruce Carlson retires
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- Ramesh Gopalakrishnan appointed as independent director effective Oct 11, 2021.
- Bruce Carlson retired effective Oct 11, 2021, after board service since 2017; retirement due to age 72, no disagreement.
- Gopalakrishnan is COO Wind at TPI Composites; holds PhD in mechanical engineering.
- Gopalakrishnan to receive standard non-employee director pay: $60k retainer, $1,500 per meeting, $150k annual RSU.
- Initial prorated RSU grant scheduled to vest May 12, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017021002095/0000950170-21-002095-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017021002095/bhe-20211012.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-21-002095

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