---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-023403"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHE"
cik: "0000863436"
company_name: "BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:57:26.284537+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Benchmark Electronics shareholders approve all proposals at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with majorities ranging from 27.2M to 30.6M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 29.8M for, 0.8M against.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2023 approved with 32.1M votes for, 0.6M against.
- Frequency of future say-on-pay votes set to annual with 27.5M votes for 1-year option.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-023403
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHE
- cik: 0000863436
- company_name: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/0000950170-23-023403-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/bhe-20230517.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-023403.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 1) The nominees for election to the Board of Directors are elected to serve and will hold office until the Company's 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective successors are elected and qualified based on the following votes: Name For Against Abstain Non-Vote David W. Scheible 29,780,531 863,819 31,162 2,024,360 Douglas M. Britt 30,547,786 119,932 7,794 2,024,360 Anne De Greef-Safft 30,110,905 553,649 10,958 2,024,360 Robert K. Gifford 29,984,611 616,212 74,689 2,024,360 Ramesh Gopalakrishnan 30,515,408 151,865 8,239 2,024,360 Kenneth T. Lamneck 27,188,175 3,479,102 8,235 2,024,360 Jeffrey S. McCreary 29,719,166 881,623 74,723 2,024,360 Lynn A. Wentworth 30,516,591 150,648 8,273 2,024,360 Jeffrey W. Benck 30,562,049 105,174 8,289 2,024,360
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/0000950170-23-023403-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC shareholders approved Frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 4) The frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers will continue to be held on an annual basis based on the following votes: 1 year 2 year 3 year Abstain Non-Vote 27,499,822 3,445 3,139,702 32,543 2,024,360
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/0000950170-23-023403-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 2) On an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers is approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstain Non-Vote 29,844,195 786,365 44,952 2,024,360
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/0000950170-23-023403-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC shareholders approved Ratify appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2022-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-17
  source text: 3) The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 is approved based on the following votes: For Against Abstain Non-Vote 32,053,741 637,005 9,126 -
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017023023403/0000950170-23-023403-index.htm

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