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accession: "0000950170-25-112481"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BHE"
cik: "0000863436"
company_name: "BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC"
filed_at: "2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T09:07:29.096775+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Benchmark Electronics Announces CEO Retirement and Succession Plan

## Summary
- CEO Jeffrey W. Benck will retire effective March 31, 2026, after seven years leading the company through strategic transformation.
- David Moezidis, currently EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, becomes President immediately and will succeed Benck as CEO on March 31, 2026.
- Benck will transition to Executive Vice President and Special Advisor from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027, with a base salary of $100,000 per annum.
- Moezidis has over 35 years of industry experience, previously at Flex Ltd. for 25 years, and holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.
- The Board expressed gratitude to Benck and confidence in Moezidis to lead the company's next growth phase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-112481
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BHE
- cik: 0000863436
- company_name: BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC
- filed_at: 2025-09-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017025112481/0000950170-25-112481-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/863436/000095017025112481/bhe-20250902.htm

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