As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 21, 2006

Registration No. 333-       

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

Benchmark Electronics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Texas

 

74-2211011

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

3000 Technology Drive

 

 

Angleton, Texas

 

77515

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.

2000 STOCK AWARDS PLAN

(Full title of plan)

 

Cary T. Fu

Chief Executive Officer

3000 Technology Drive

Angleton, Texas 77515

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(979) 849-6550

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

 


William J. Whelan, Esq.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Worldwide Plaza

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


Title of Securities
to be Registered

 


Amount to be
Registered

 


Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share

 


Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price

 


Amount of
registration fee

Common Stock,
par value $0.10 per share

 

6,750,000(1)

 

$23.825(2)

 

$160,818,750(2)

 

$17,208

 

(1)             Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) this registration fee is calculated with respect to the maximum number of the registrant’s securities issuable under the Benchmark Electronics, Inc. 2000 Stock Awards Plan (the “Plan”).

(2)             Estimated, pursuant to Rule 457(h), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on August 15, 2006.

Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-54186) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Benchmark Electronics, Inc. are incorporated herein by reference.

 

This Registration Statement is filed solely to register additional securities of the same class as the securities registered pursuant to the effective Registration Statement referenced above relating to an employee benefit plan.

 

 




SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Angleton, State of Texas, on August 16, 2006.

BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Cary T. Fu

 

 

President and

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Name

 

Position

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President and Chief

 

 

/s/ Cary T. Fu

 

Executive Officer

 

August 16, 2006

Cary T. Fu

 

(principal executive officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Gayla J. Delly

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

August 16, 2006

Gayla J. Delly

 

(principal financial

 

 

 

 

and accounting officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Donald E. Nigbor

 

Chairman of the Board

 

August 16, 2006

Donald E. Nigbor

 

of Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Steven A. Barton

 

Director and Executive

 

August 16, 2006

Steven A. Barton

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Peter G. Dorflinger

 

Director

 

August 16, 2006

Peter G. Dorflinger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Douglas G. Duncan

 

Director

 

August 16, 2006

Douglas G. Duncan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Laura W. Lang

 

Director

 

August 16, 2006

Laura W. Lang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Bernee D.L. Strom

 

Director

 

August 16, 2006

Bernee D.L. Strom

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

5.1

 

Opinion of Counsel.

23.1

 

Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.2

 

Consent of Kenneth Barrow (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

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