exhibit 10. 8 ninth amendment to standard manufacturing agreement between teradyne, inc. and flextronics sales & marketing north asia ( l ) ltd this ninth amendment ( this “ amendment ” ) is made as of september 17, 2012 ( the “ effective date ” ) by and between teradyne, inc., a massachusetts corporation having a place of business at 600 riverpark drive, north reading, massachusetts 01864 ( “ customer ” ), and flextronics sales & marketing north asia ( l ) ltd with an office at financial park labuan complex unit 7 ( d ), main office tower jalan merdeka, 87000 w. p. labuan malaysia ( successor in interest to flextronics corporation ) ( “ supplier ” ). this amendment replaces and supersedes in its entirety the seventh amendment to the master agreement dated august 29, 2011. w i t n e s s e t h : whereas, customer and solectron corporation entered into a standard manufacturing agreement on november 24, 2003 ( the “ master agreement ” ), as amended by the amendment 1 to standard manufacturing agreement dated january 18, 2007 and the second amendment to standard manufacturing agreement dated august 27, 2007 under which supplier manufactures and sells to customer certain board assemblies and provides other products and services, more specifically described thereunder ; and whereas, on october 1, 2007, solectron corporation was acquired by flextronics international ltd. and by operation of the merger agreement flextronics corporation ( “ flextronics ” ) became a party to the master agreement as amended with all of the rights, privileges, duties and obligations of solectron corporation thereunder ; and whereas, customer and supplier entered into the third amendment to the master agreement dated march 27, 2008 ; the fourth amendment to the master agreement dated december 18, 2008 ; the fifth amendment to the master agreement dated july 17, 2009, by which the parties rescinded the fourth amendment and agreed to allow supplier to sell certain of customer ’ s products directly to third parties ; the sixth amendment to the master agreement dated july 27, 2009 to provide for the treatment of certain high value inventory items purchased by supplier and adjustments pursuant to an agreed return on invested capital formula ; the seventh amendment to the master agreement dated august 29, 2011 to implement an upside program to allow the parties to respond more effectively to end - market demand increases for the flex family of automatic test equipment system products ; and the eighth amendment to the master agreement dated april