Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 7, 2009, the Board of Directors of Benchmark Electronics, Inc. resolved that it intends to submit for shareholder approval the Company's rights agreement, as amended on December 10, 2008, during the Company's 2010 annual meeting of shareholders.

The information in this Form 8-K is being furnished under Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.