---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-033489"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHE"
cik: "0000863436"
company_name: "BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T14:18:17.545928+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Benchmark Electronics CFO Roop Lakkaraju to resign April 1; interim CFO named; Q1 guidance reiterated

## Summary
- CFO Roop Lakkaraju resigns effective April 1, 2024 to pursue external opportunity; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Arvind Kamal (VP of Finance) appointed Interim CFO effective April 1; receives $10,500/month stipend and $100K RSU grant.
- Company reiterates Q1 FY2024 guidance: revenue $625-$665M, non-GAAP EPS $0.42-$0.48.
- Formal search for permanent CFO to be conducted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-033489
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHE
- cik: 0000863436
- company_name: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024033489/0000950170-24-033489-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024033489/bhe-20240319.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC reported the first quarter ending 2024 results: revenue within a range of $625-$665M, EPS non-GAAP EPS of between $0.42 and $0.48 per share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter ending 2024
  - Revenue: within a range of $625-$665M
  - EPS: non-GAAP EPS of between $0.42 and $0.48 per share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: guidance update
  source text: Along with this announcement, Benchmark reiterates its prior expectations for the March 2024 fiscal quarter including revenue within a range of $625-$665M and non-GAAP EPS of between $0.42 and $0.48 per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024033489/0000950170-24-033489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Roop K. Lakkaraju resigned as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On March 19, 2024, Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: BHE) announced that Roop K. Lakkaraju, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Principal Accounting Officer (“PAO”), intends to resign from his position effective April 1, 2024 to pursue a professional opportunity outside of Benchmark.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024033489/0000950170-24-033489-index.htm
- Executive change
  Arvind Kamal was appointed as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: Effective April 1, 2024, Arvind Kamal, who has served as the Vice President of Finance of the Company for the past four years, will be named Interim CFO and PAO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017024033489/0000950170-24-033489-index.htm

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