UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of July 2018

Commission File Number    000-51847
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
No.26, Zilian Road, Xinshi Dist.,
Tainan City 74148,
Taiwan, Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 
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Form 20-F [ x ]      Form 40-F [  ]
 
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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
(Registrant)
 
Date: July 9, 2018
By:
/s/ JACKIE CHANG
    Jackie Chang
    Chief Financial Officer
 
 

 

EXHIBIT LIST
 
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Exhibit 99.1

Himax Technologies, Inc. to Hold Annual General Meeting on August 29, 2018

TAINAN, Taiwan, July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced that the Company will hold its annual general meeting in Taiwan on August 29, 2018. 

Details of the Annual General Meeting are below:

TIME and DATE: TAIWAN 9:30 a.m., August 29, 2018

LOCATION: HIMAX HEADQUARTERS - TAINAN CITY, TAIWAN

Shareholders will vote to adopt the Company’s 2017 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, re-elect Mr. Jordan Wu as a director of the Company and transact any other business brought before the 2018 AGM. A copy of the Company’s proxy statement has been filed with the SEC.

Additionally, a copy of Himax Technologies 2017 Annual report has been posted on the Himax Website for download. The Annual Report can be accessed at the following link: http://www.himax.com.tw/en/investor/ir-Financial-Information.asp

For additional information and travel arrangements, please contact Company or investor relations representatives listed below. 

Company Contact: In the U.S.:
Ophelia Lin, Investor Relations Greg Falesnik, Managing Director
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22202 Tel: +1-212-301-7130
Email: ophelia_lin@himax.com.tw  Email: greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us

About Himax Technologies, Inc.

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) is a fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for augmented reality (AR) devices and heads-up displays (HUD) for automotive. The Company also offers digital camera solutions, including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics for AR devices, 3D sensing and machine vision, which are used in a wide variety of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera, automobile, security, medical devices and Internet of Things. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs around 2,200 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Israel and the US. Himax has 2,997 patents granted and 444 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30, 2018. Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.

http://www.himax.com.tw

Forward Looking Statements

Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially include, but not limited to, general business and economic conditions and the state of the semiconductor industry; market acceptance and competitiveness of the driver and non-driver products developed by the Company; demand for end-use applications products; reliance on a small group of principal customers; the uncertainty of continued success in technological innovations; our ability to develop and protect our intellectual property; pricing pressures including declines in average selling prices; changes in customer order patterns; changes in estimated full-year effective tax rate; shortages in supply of key components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; exchange rate fluctuations; regulatory approvals for further investments in our subsidiaries; our ability to collect accounts receivable and manage inventory and other risks described from time to time in the Company's SEC filings, including those risks identified in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in its Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.

Company Contacts:

Jackie Chang, CFO
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300
Or
US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.252
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: jackie_chang@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Ophelia Lin, Investor Relations
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22202
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: ophelia_lin@himax.com.tw
 www.himax.com.tw

Ken Liu, Investor Relations
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22513
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: ken_liu@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Investor Relations - US Representative
Greg Falesnik, Managing Director
MZ North America
Tel: +1-212-301-7130
Email: greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us
www.mzgroup.us

Exhibit 99.2

 

HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Members (the “Meeting”) of Himax Technologies, Inc., a Cayman Islands company (the “Company”), will be held at 09:30 a.m., local time, on August 29th Day, 2018, at Himax Tainan Headquarters, (No. 26, Zilian Rd., Xinshi Dist., Tainan City, Taiwan) for the following purposes:

 

1.To adopt audited accounts and financial reports of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017; and

 

2.To re-elect Mr. Jordan Wu as a Director of the Company; and

 

3.To transact any other business properly brought before 2018 AGM.

 

Members whose names appear on the register of members of the Company as at close of business on July 19th Day, 2018 are entitled to vote at the Meeting or any adjournment thereof. A member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him. A proxy need not be a member of the Company.

 

Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Association, on a poll, every member present in person or by proxy shall be entitled to one vote in respect of each ordinary share held by him on the Record Date.

 

Please note that the Company’s 2017 annual report will be published on the Company’s website and hard copies of the annual reports of the Company are also available for shareholders upon request. Should you want to obtain a copy of our annual report, you can (1) view the annual report at the Company’s website at http://www.himax.com.tw/en/investor/ir-Financial-Information.asp; (2) notify the Company of your email address if you request for a soft copy; (3) notify the Company of your mailing address if you request for a hard copy. Below please find the Company’s IR contact information:

 

Email: ophelia_lin@himax.com.tw or

Address: Investor Relations, Himax Technologies, Inc.

10F, No. 1, XiangYang Road, Taipei 10046, Taiwan

 

By Order of the Board of Directors

 

 

______________________________

Jordan Wu
Director, CEO and President

July 9, 2018

Exhibit 99.3

 

PROXY STATEMENT

This Proxy Statement is being furnished pursuant to the Proxy Form for the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of Himax Technologies, Inc. (“Himax” or the “Company”) to be held on August 29, 2018 at 09:30 a.m. (Taiwan time).

I. SHAREHOLDER(s) ADOPTION OF THE COMPANY’S 2017 AUDITED ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS

The Company seeks shareholder adoption of the Company’s 2017 audited accounts (the “Audited Accounts”), which have been prepared under United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2017. Along with the Audited Accounts, the Company seeks shareholder adoption of the report of the auditors in respect of the same financial period (the “Reports of the Auditors”). A copy of each of the Company’s Audited Accounts and the Reports of the Auditors is included in the 2017 Himax Annual Report which will be available on the Company’s website (http://www.himax.com.tw/en/investor/ir-Financial-Information.asp ).

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the AGM by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon is required for this proposal.

The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) recommends a vote FOR this proposal.

II. RETIREMENT OF THIS TERM AND RE-ELECTION OF MR. JORDAN WU AS A DIRECTOR

Mr. Jordan Wu will properly retire from his directorship position at Himax to be eligible for re-election pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Himax, and he has offered himself for re-election as a director of Himax. A retiring director shall be eligible for re-election.

Mr. Jordan Wu is our president, chief executive officer and director. Prior to our reorganization in October 2005, Mr. Wu served as the chairman of the board of directors of Himax Taiwan, a position which he held since April 2003. Prior to joining Himax Taiwan, Mr. Wu served as chief executive officer of TV Plus Technologies, Inc. and chief financial officer and executive director of DVN Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited, Barclays de Zoete Wedd (Asia) Limited and Baring Securities, based in Hong Kong and Taipei. Mr. Wu holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from National Taiwan University and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Rochester.

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the AGM by the shareholders entitled to vote thereon is required for the election of Mr. Jordan Wu as a director of Himax.

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR this proposal.

III. OTHER MATTERS

As of the date of this Proxy Statement, Himax does not intend to present and has not been informed that any other person intends to present any business not specified in this Proxy Statement for action at the meeting.

Shareholders are urged to sign the enclosed proxy form and to return it promptly in the enclosed envelope. Proxies will be voted in accordance with shareholders’ directions. Signing the proxy form does not affect a shareholder’s right to vote in person at the meeting, and the proxy may be revoked prior to its exercise by appropriate notice to the undersigned. If no directions are given in the voting card, proxies will be voted for the:

 

 

1.Adoption of Himax’s 2017 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, and
2.Re-election of Mr. Jordan Wu as a Director of the Company.
 

 

Himax Technologies, Inc.
     
     
  By:   
    Name: Jordan Wu
    Title:  Director