<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001171843-17-005715.txt : 20170926
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-17-005715
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170926
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170926
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170926

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Himax Technologies, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001342338
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51847
		FILM NUMBER:		171100840

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 26, ZIH LIAN ROAD
		STREET 2:		SINSHIH DISTRICT, TAINAN CITY 74148
		CITY:			TAIWAN
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			-
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866 (6) 505-0880

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		NO. 26, ZIH LIAN ROAD
		STREET 2:		SINSHIH DISTRICT, TAINAN CITY 74148
		CITY:			TAIWAN
		STATE:			F5
		ZIP:			-
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<html><head><title></title></head><body style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><div align="center"><div style="margin-top: 3pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><div style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: Black 2.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.1pt solid; width: 100%;">&#160;</div></div><p style="font-size: 14pt;" align="center"><strong>UNITED STATES</strong><br><strong>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong><br><strong>Washington, D.C. 20549</strong></p><p style="font-size: 14pt; text-transform: uppercase;" align="center"><strong>Form 6-K</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong></strong><strong>For the month of September 2017</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">Commission File Number: <strong>000-51847</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><font style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Himax Technologies, Inc.</strong></font><br>(Translation of registrant's name into English)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>No.26, Zilian Road, Xinshi Dist.,<br>Tainan City 74148,<br>Taiwan, Republic of China</strong><br>(Address of principal executive office)</p></div><p>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.<br>Form 20-F [&#160;X ] &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Form 40-F [&#160;&#160; ]</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <u></u></p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.</p><p>Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): <u></u></p><p><strong>Note:&#160;</strong>Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.&#160;</p><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade"><p>On September 26, 2017, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. <br><br>(c) Exhibit 99.1. Press release dated September 26, 2017</p><hr style="page-break-after: always;" noshade="noshade"><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>SIGNATURES</strong></p><p>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.</p><table style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%"><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Himax Technologies, Inc.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</strong></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">(Registrant)</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">Date: September 26, 2017</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Jackie Chang&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Jackie Chang</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Chief Financial Officer</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%"></td></tr></table></body></html>
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<DESCRIPTION>PRESS RELEASE
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"><html lang="en-US"><head><title>EdgarFiling</title><meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.7601.18094"></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p style="text-align: right;"><strong>EXHIBIT 99.1</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Himax Technologies Announces Disposal of Investment</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><p>
 <p align="justify">TAINAN, Taiwan, Sept.  26, 2017  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) (&#8220;Himax&#8221; or &#8220;Company&#8221;), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, today announced that it has reached an agreement with a buyer to dispose of a direct investment made over 2007 to 2008. The investment involves a China-based operation providing display driver IC backend processing covering wafer bumping, chip testing and packaging. Total proceeds from disposal are $32.00 million with a pre-tax gain of approximately $23.04 million. Gain after tax is estimated to be $20.74 million, representing a contribution of 12.0 cents GAAP net income per diluted ADS.</p>  <p align="justify">Himax&#8217;s initial investment amount of $8.96 million represented a minority stake of 14.46% in the investee company. Himax retained no board representation in the investee company and has not participated in its management. Himax decided to dispose of the investment as it believed the strategic value of the investment has diminished. The proceeds from the disposal will be used to partially fund this year&#8217;s heavy capital expenditure.</p>  <p align="justify">The transaction is subject to relevant government approvals with closing expected to be no later than the end of the fourth quarter, 2017.</p>  <p align="justify"><br></p>  <p align="justify"><strong>About Himax Technologies, Inc. </strong></p>  <p align="justify">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 head-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 over 2,100 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan and the US. Himax has 3,000 patents granted and 404 patents pending approval worldwide as of June 30<sup>th</sup>, 2017. Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.</p>  <p align="justify">http://www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Forward Looking Statements</strong><br>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, 2016 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.</p>  <p align="justify"><br></p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Company Contacts:</strong></p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Jackie Chang, CFO</strong><br>Himax Technologies, Inc.<br>Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22300 <br>Or<br>US Tel: +1-949-585-9838 Ext.252<br>Fax: +886-2-2314-0877<br>Email: jackie_chang@himax.com.tw<br>www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p><strong>Ophelia Lin, Investor Relations</strong><br>Himax Technologies, Inc.<br>Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22202<br>Fax: +886-2-2314-0877 <br>Email: ophelia_lin@himax.com.tw<br>&#160;www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p><strong>Ken Liu, Investor Relations</strong><br>Himax Technologies, Inc.<br>Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22513<br>Fax: +886-2-2314-0877 <br>Email: ken_liu@himax.com.tw<br>www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p><strong>Investor Relations - US Representative</strong><br>Greg Falesnik, Managing Director<br>MZ North America<br>Tel: +1-212-301-7130<br>Email: greg.falesnik@mzgroup.us <br>www.mzgroup.us&#160;</p> </p><p></body></html>
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