Form 6-K Himax Technologies, Inc. For: Jul 08

EXHIBIT 99.1

Himax Technologies, Inc. to Hold Annual General Meeting on August 27, 2015

TAINAN, Taiwan, July 8, 2015 (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 27, 2015.

Details of the Annual General Meeting are below:

Shareholders will vote to adopt the Company's 2014 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 2015 AGM. A copy of the Company's proxy statement has been filed with the SEC.

Additionally, a copy of Himax Technologies 2014 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/ch/investor/ir-Financial-Information.asp.

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

About Himax Technologies, Inc.

Himax Technologies, Inc. (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, and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, LCOS micro-displays used in palm-size projectors and head-mounted displays, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions and silicon IPs. The company also offers digital camera solutions, including CMOS image sensors and wafer level optics, which are used in a wide variety of applications such as mobile phone, tablet, laptop, TV, PC camera, automobile, security and medical devices. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs over 1,700 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan and the US. Himax has 2,650 patents granted and 648 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30, 2015. 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, 2014 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.

CONTACT: 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: [email protected]
         www.himax.com.tw
         
         Nadiya Chen, Investor Relations
         Himax Technologies, Inc.
         Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext. 22513
         Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
         www.himax.com.tw
         
         Penny Lin, Investor Relations
         Himax Technologies, Inc.
         Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22320
         Fax: +886-2-2314-0877
         Email: [email protected]
         www.himax.com.tw         

         Investor Relations - US Representative
         PCG Advisory Group, LLC
         Adam Holdsworth, Managing Director
         Tel: +1-646-862-4607
         Email: [email protected]
         www.pcgadvisory.com

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 27th, 2015, 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, 2014; 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 2015 AGM.

Members whose names appear on the register of members of the Company as at close of business on July 15th, 2015 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 2014 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: [email protected]   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 8, 2015

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 27th, 2015 at 09:30 a.m. (Taiwan time).

 

I.  SHAREHOLDER(s) ADOPTION OF THE COMPANY’S 2014 AUDITED ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL REPORTS

 

The Company seeks shareholder adoption of the Company’s 2014 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, 2014. 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 2014 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.  YUAN-CHUAN HORNG AS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

 

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

 

Mr. Yuan-Chuan Horng has been the independent director of Himax since our 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 is currently the vice president of the Finance Division of China Steel Corporation since June 2014. Mr. Horng held various positions including general manager, assistant vice president, and vice president in the Finance Division of China Steel Corporation Group for over 30 years. 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 the election of 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.

 

 

 

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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 2014 Audited Accounts and Financial Reports, and

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

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