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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001171843-20-006904
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20201006
FILED AS OF DATE:		20201006
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20201006

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:		201225540

	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 October 2020</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>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</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>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</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> <p>On October 6, 2020, 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) <a href="exh_991.htm">Exhibit 99.1</a>. Press release dated October 6, 2020</p></p><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: October 6, 2020</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td style="text-decoration: underline;" align="center" width="47%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ JESSICA PAN&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td width="47%">&#160;</td><td width="6%">&#160;</td><td align="center" width="47%">Jessica Pan</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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<!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;"><font style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Himax Technologies, Inc. Pre-announces Preliminary Unaudited Third Quarter 2020 Financial Results</strong></font></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Revenues, Gross Margin and EPS all Exceed Guidance</strong></p><p>
 <p align="justify">TAINAN, Taiwan, Oct.  06, 2020  (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 pre-announced preliminary unaudited key financial results for the three months ended September 30<sup>th</sup>, 2020. The third quarter revenues, gross margin and EPS all exceeded the guidance issued on August 6<sup>th</sup>, 2020.&#160;&#160;<br ></p>  <ul type="disc"><li style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:5pt; text-align:justify;">Revenues were $239.9 million, an increase of 28.3% sequentially versus the guidance of an increase of around 20% sequentially. This represents an increase of 46.1% year-over-year.</li><li style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:5pt; text-align:justify;">Gross Margin was around 22.3%, exceeding the guidance of being flat to slightly down from the 21.0% delivered in the second quarter of 2020. This represents an increase of 130 basis points sequentially and an increase of 280 basis points from 19.5% in the third quarter of 2019.</li><li style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:5pt; text-align:justify;">IFRS earnings per diluted ADS were expected to be around 4.9 cents, exceeding the guidance of around 2.0 cents to 2.8 cents per diluted ADS. This represents an increase of 510.0% sequentially and 217.1% year-over-year.</li><li style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:5pt; text-align:justify;">Non-IFRS earnings per diluted ADS were expected to be around 7.3 cents, exceeding the guidance of around 3.5 cents to 4.3 cents per diluted ADS. This represents an increase of 625.9% sequentially and 281.6% year-over-year.</li></ul>  <p align="justify">&#8220;We are seeing continued strong business momentum across all our major business sectors in the fourth quarter. We will give further details in the next earnings call,&#8221; said Mr. Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Himax. The Company will provide its third quarter 2020 full financial report and fourth quarter guidance at the next conference call with investors and analysts in November. The exact date will be announced soon.</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 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 phones, tablets, laptops, TVs, PC cameras, automobiles, security, medical devices, home appliance and Internet of Things. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Tainan, Taiwan, Himax currently employs around 2,000 people from three Taiwan-based offices in Tainan, Hsinchu and Taipei and country offices in China, Korea, Japan, Israel, and the US. Himax has 2,915 patents granted and 551 patents pending approval worldwide as of September 30<sup>th</sup>, 2020. Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide. <br >http://www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Forward Looking Statements </strong></p>  <p align="justify">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, 2019 filed with the SEC, as may be amended.</p>  <p><strong>Company Contacts:</strong><br ></p>  <p align="justify"><strong>Eric Li, Chief IR/PR Officer</strong><br >Himax Technologies, Inc.<br >Tel: +886-6-505-0880 Ext.60145<br >Fax: +886-2-2314-0877<br >Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw<br >www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p><strong>Karen Tiao</strong><strong>, Investor Relations</strong><br >Himax Technologies, Inc.<br >Tel: +886-2-2370-3999 Ext.22326<br >Fax: +886-2-2314-0877<br >Email: hx_ir@himax.com.tw<br >www.himax.com.tw</p>  <p><strong>Mark</strong> <strong>Schwalenberg, Senior Vice President</strong><br ><strong>Investor Relations -US Representative</strong><br >MZ North America<br >Tel: +1-312-261-6430<br >Email: HIMX@mzgroup.us<br >www.mzgroup.us&#160;</p>  <p><br ></p> </p><p ></p></body></html>
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