HIMX Himax Technologies Inc

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [ X ]      Form 40-F [   ]

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated June 12, 2024
99.2		Notice of Annual General Meeting of Members
99.3		Proxy Statement

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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: June 12, 2024		/s/ JESSICA PAN
		Jessica Pan
		Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT 99.1

Himax Technologies, Inc. to Hold Annual General Meeting on August 14, 2024

TAINAN, Taiwan, June 12, 2024 (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 (“AGM”) in Taiwan on August 14, 2024.

Details of the Annual General Meeting are below:

TIME and DATE:	TAIWAN 9:30 a.m., August 14, 2024
LOCATION:	HIMAX FAB 2 - TAINAN CITY, TAIWAN

Shareholders will vote to adopt the Company’s 2023 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, re-elect Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng as an Independent Director of the Company and transact any other business brought before the 2024 AGM. A copy of the Company’s Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC.

Additionally, a copy of Himax Technologies 2023 Annual Report has been posted on the Himax website for download. The Annual Report can be accessed at the following link: https://www.himax.com.tw/investors/financial-information/

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

Company Contact: Karen Tiao, Investor Relations Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw	In the U.S.: Mark Schwalenberg, Director Tel: +1-312-261-6430 Email: mark.schwalenberg@mzgroup.us

About Himax Technologies, Inc.

Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIMX) is a leading global fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. The Company’s display driver ICs and timing controllers have been adopted at scale across multiple industries worldwide including TVs, PC monitors, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, automotive, ePaper devices and industrial displays, among others. As the global market share leader in automotive display technology, the Company offers innovative and comprehensive automotive IC solutions, including traditional driver ICs, advanced in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI), local dimming timing controllers (Local Dimming Tcon), Large Touch and Display Driver Integration (LTDI) and OLED display technologies. Himax is also a pioneer in tinyML visual-AI and optical technology related fields. The Company’s industry-leading WiseEye^TM Ultralow Power AI Sensing technology which incorporates Himax proprietary ultralow power AI processor, always-on CMOS image sensor, and CNN-based AI algorithm has been widely deployed in consumer electronics and AIoT related applications. Himax optics technologies, such as diffractive wafer level optics, LCoS microdisplays and 3D sensing solutions, are critical for facilitating emerging AR/VR/metaverse technologies. Additionally, Himax designs and provides touch controllers, OLED ICs, LED ICs, EPD ICs, power management ICs, and CMOS image sensors for diverse display application coverage. 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, Germany, and the US. Himax has 2,772 patents granted and 398 patents pending approval worldwide as of March 31, 2024.

http://www.himax.com.tw

Forward Looking Statements

Factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those described in this conference call include, but are not limited to, the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Company’s business; 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; shortage in supply of key components; changes in environmental laws and regulations; changes in export license regulated by Export Administration Regulations (EAR); 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, 2023 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.

Company Contacts:

Eric Li, Chief IR/PR Officer
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-6-505-0880
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Karen Tiao, Investor Relations
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Tel: +886-2-2370-3999
Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw
www.himax.com.tw

Mark Schwalenberg, Director
Investor Relations - US Representative
MZ North America
Tel: +1-312-261-6430
Email: HIMX@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., Taiwan local time, on August 14^th, 2024, at Himax Fab 2 (No.15, Zilian Rd., Xinshi Dist., Tainan City, Taiwan) for the following purposes:

 

1.

To adopt 2023 audited accounts and financial reports of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023; and

 

2.

To re-elect Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng as an Independent Director of the Company; and

 

3.

To transact any other business properly brought before 2024 Meeting.

 

Members whose names appear on the register of members of the Company as at close of business on June 28^th, 2024 (“Record Date”) 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 2023 annual report has been 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 https://www.himax.com.tw/investors/financial-information/; (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: hx_ir@himax.com.tw or

Address: Investor Relations, Himax Technologies, Inc.

27F., No. 66, Sec. 1, Zhongxiao W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei 100507, Taiwan

 

 

 

By Order of the Board of Directors

 

 

_______________________________
Jordan Wu
Director, CEO and President

June 12, 2024

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

PROXY STATEMENT

This Proxy Statement is being furnished pursuant to the Proxy Form for the Annual General Meeting (“AGM” or the “Meeting”) of Himax Technologies, Inc. (“Himax” or the “Company”) to be held on August 14, 2024 at 09:30 a.m. (Taiwan time).

I.

SHAREHOLDER(s) ADOPTION OF THE COMPANY’S 2023 AUDITED ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS

The Company seeks shareholder adoption of the Company’s 2023 audited accounts (the “Audited Accounts”), which have been prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2023. 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 2023 Himax Annual Report which will be available on the Company’s website (https://www.himax.com.tw/investors/financial-information/).

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. YUAN-CHUAN HORNG AS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY

Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng will properly retire from his directorship position at Himax. A retiring director shall be eligible for re-election pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Himax. He has offered himself for re-election as an Independent Director of Himax.

Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng has been the independent director of Himax since Company’s reorganization in October 2005. Prior to our reorganization in October 2005, Mr. Horng served as a director of Himax Taiwan from August 2004 to October 2005. Mr. Horng was the former Chief Financial Officer of China Steel Corporation, a TWSE-listed Corporation, and retired from the position of the vice president of the Finance Division of China Steel Corporation, effective November 30, 2016. During his 40 years of services with China Steel Corporation Group, Mr. Horng held various positions including general manager, assistant vice president and vice president in the Finance Divisions. Mr. Horng currently serves as an independent director of President Securities Corporation, listed on TWSE, since June 2018. Mr. Horng holds a B.A. degree in economics from Soochow University.

 

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 with respect of the election of Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng as an Independent 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 to Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd. within the designated period 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 2023 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, and;

2.

Re-election of Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng as an Independent Director of the Company.