OREANDA-NEWS. Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:HIMX) (“Himax” or “Company”), a leading supplier and fabless manufacturer of display drivers and other semiconductor products, announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Himax recorded net revenues of $151.7 million with a gross margin of 23.8% and GAAP loss per diluted ADS was 0.4 cents in the second quarter. Revenue and GAAP loss per diluted ADS were within the Company’s guidance while gross margin exceeded the guidance previously issued as of May 11th. “The second quarter revenues of $151.7 million represented a decrease of 2.2% sequentially and a decrease of 24.5% year-over-year. Despite the decline in the first half in our business, we expect a strong recovery in driver ICs segment and exciting opportunities in the non-driver segments over the remainder of 2017 and beyond. We believe our overall financial performance will be resilient,” said Mr. Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Himax.

Mr. Wu said, “We have refreshed our product roadmap and delivered better product cost to our existing and newly added customers in the large display driver IC segment. Moreover, sales into smartphones already rebounded in June as customers have started to replenish inventories for new product release. Our FHD+ solutions for 18:9 displays and TDDI have drawn tremendous interests from top tier brands, not to mention that our discrete touch panel controller ICs and driver ICs for automotive applications continue to grow strongly in the small-and-medium display driver segment. Last but not the least, we have delivered AMOLED product samples to some customers in the second quarter.” Mr. Wu continued, “Judging by the on-going design-in activities and schedules of mass shipment for key projects across all product lines, we have high confidence that our display driver IC business will resume strong growth momentum in the second half.“

“We are also optimistic about the growth prospects for our non-driver business, most notably with our industry leading structure light integrated solution for 3D sensing and WLO. Our 3D sensing solution consists of several critical in-house technologies, including advanced optics utilizing our world leading WLO technology, laser driver IC, high precision active alignment for the projector assembly, high performance near-infrared CMOS image sensor and an ASIC chip for 3D depth map generation. These building blocks enable us to react quickly and tailor our solutions to customers’ specific needs. While we prefer to offer a total solution, we can also provide those critical in-house technologies individually to select customers so as to best accommodate their specific needs. We are in close collaboration with select leading smartphone makers and partners, aiming to bring our total solution to mass production as early as early 2018 to meet our top-tier customers' aggressive launch timetables. 3D sensing total solution represents a very high entry barrier for potential competition and much higher ASP for Himax. By the time we start shipping our total solutions, it will contribute greatly to our revenue and profit, and consequently a more favorable product mix for us,” said Mr. Wu.

“In the last earnings call, we reported that this year’s capex will be significantly higher than usual. We also reported the urgent addition of new WLO capacity to meet the rush demand of a certain customer. This new capacity is located in our existing headquarters in which we retrofitted space to make room for the new equipment. The project is going smoothly as planned. A major ramp of the new WLO capacity has already started at the beginning of the third quarter and will accelerate throughout the remainder of 2017 and beyond,” Mr. Wu continued.

Advanced wafer-level optics (WLO) is one of the key technologies enabling 3D sensing, which is the top priority of Himax’s WLO business. Mr. Wu said, “Leveraging on our exceptional design know-how and mass production experience in WLO technology, we are able to produce the world’s most compact optics required of 3D sensing while achieving superior performance. In addition to 3D sensing, we also have ongoing collaborations with customers in developing light-guide for AR glasses and micro displays using our WLO technology.”

Mr. Wu further said, “For the other major capex project of this year, we reported the construction of a new building is going well and everything is proceeding according to schedule. The new building, located near our current headquarters, will house additional 8” glass WLO capacity and provide the extra office space we desperately need. The new building will be completed and ready for personnel and equipment move-in by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Its timely completion is particularly critical for our 3D sensing total solution business as it will house the new WLO capacity needed for multiple smartphone customers.”

“Judging from our customers’ enthusiasm, we are planning to kick-start the phase II capital expansion beyond the phase I’s $80 million mark that we announced earlier much sooner than expected in order to fulfill the strong 3D sensing demand for the next 2-3 years. The phase II capacity will still be located in the new building, which has sufficient room to house capacity much in excess of the phase II expansion. We expect the phase II investment to provide a handsome return and will entrench Himax as top tier customers’ 3D sensing go-to supplier for our leading technology and reliable capacity support in this up and coming industry with tremendous growth potential,” said Mr. Wu.

With regards to CMOS Image Sensor, Himax said its NIR sensor is a critical part in its structured light 3D sensing total solution. Its NIR sensors deliver superior quantum efficiency in the NIR range, especially over 940nm band which is critical for outdoor applications. On the LCOS product line, in addition to AR application, Himax said it’s making great progress in developing high-end head-up-display for automotive applications.

Second Quarter 2017 Revenue Breakdowns by Product Line

The second quarter revenues of $151.7 million represented a decrease of 2.2% sequentially, and 24.5% year-over-year. Revenue from large panel display drivers was $52.1 million, down 12% sequentially, and down 22.8% year-over-year. Large panel driver ICs accounted for 34.4% of the Company’s total revenues for the second quarter, compared to 38.2% in the first quarter of 2017 and 33.6% a year ago. The decline was due to a temporary slowdown of the Company’s large size driver IC business caused by earlier misses of certain customers’ new design-in projects as Himax has reported in last quarter’s earnings call. The Company said it has overcome the engineering hiccup and business will be back on track starting the third quarter. Himax’s engineering collaboration and design-in activities with large panel customers across China, Taiwan and Korea all remain robust in spite of the lukewarm sales in the first half of 2017. Himax expects such activities will lead to future rebound in sales growth momentum.

Revenue for small and medium-sized drivers was $70.0 million, up 5.1% sequentially and down 22.7% from the same period last year. Driver ICs for small and medium-sized applications accounted for 46.1% of total sales for the second quarter, as compared to 42.9% in the first quarter of 2017 and 45.0% a year ago. Sales into smartphones increased 2.5% sequentially and down 51.5% year-over-year. The less than satisfactory result in the second quarter was caused mainly by weak sentiment in the China market since most brands were preparing for new models based on 18:9 displays, and therefore turned cautious in building inventory for legacy 16:9 displays. In addition, Himax’s sales were affected by the shrinking addressable market for pure TFT-LCD driver ICs, a portion of which is being replaced by TDDI and AMOLED technologies as the Company indicated in the previous earnings calls. As Chinese OEM customers began to replenish inventory for the new release in the second half, Himax has seen strong recovery in third quarter.

Sales into automotive application increased 15.6% sequentially and 50.6% year-over-year. The Company continues to see strong momentum in this space. Sales into tablets increased around 8.0% sequentially but declined 13.7% year-over-year for weak overall market demand in the product segment.

Revenues from non-driver businesses were $29.6 million, up 0.9% sequentially and down 31.1% versus last year. Non-driver products accounted for 19.5% of total revenues, as compared to 18.9% in the first quarter of 2017 and 21.4% a year ago. The sequential increase was primarily due to NRE contribution. The year-over-year declines were due to discontinuation of LCOS and WLO shipments to one of the Company’s major AR device customers who decided to end the product’s production as Himax reported before. To a much lesser extent, lower sales of touch panel controllers and power management ICs also contributed to the year-over-year decline.

GAAP gross margin for the second quarter was 23.8%, up 70 basis points from 23.1% in the first quarter and down 230 basis points from 26.1% for the same period last year. The sequential increase was a result of a more favorable product mix and higher NRE. The year-over-year decline was primarily caused by unfavorable product mix and margin decline in the driver ICs product lines.

GAAP operating expenses were $37.1 million in the second quarter of 2017, up 8.1% from the preceding quarter and up 21.4% from a year ago. The sequential and year-over-year increases in the second quarter are in line with the operating expense budget that the Company reported in the last earnings call. The sequential increase was primarily the result of rising R&D expenses in the areas of 3D sensing, WLO, TDDI, and high-end TV. The year-over-year increase, on top of the same reasons above, was also caused by the annual merit increases. In addition, NT dollar appreciation against the US caused the Company’s salary expenses to increase around $1 million as it pays the bulk of its employee salaries in NT dollars.

GAAP operating margin for the second quarter of 2017 was -0.6%, down from 10.9% for the same period last year and down from 1.0% in the previous quarter. The sequential decline was a result of lower sales and higher expenses in the quarter and the year-over-year decrease was a result of lower sales, lower gross margin and higher expenses.

Second quarter non-GAAP operating loss was $0.4 million, or -0.3% of sales, down from 11.1% for the same period last year and down from 1.3% a quarter ago. Again, the sequential decline was a result of lower sales and higher expenses in the quarter while year-over-year decrease was caused by lower sales, lower gross margin and higher expenses.

GAAP net loss for the second quarter was $0.6 million, or 0.4 cents per diluted ADS, compared to GAAP net income of $1.4 million, or 0.8 cents per diluted ADS, in the previous quarter and GAAP net income of $19.8 million, or 11.5 cents per diluted ADS, a year ago.

Second quarter non-GAAP net loss was $0.3 million, or 0.2 cent per diluted ADS, compared to non-GAAP net income of $1.7 million last quarter and non-GAAP net income of $20.2 million the same period last year.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

Himax had $185.9 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of the end of June 2017, compared to $179.3 million at the same time last year and $199.5 million a quarter ago. On top of the above cash position, restricted cash was $107.2 million at the end of the quarter, as compared to $107.4 million in the preceding quarter and down from $138.0 million a year ago. The restricted cash is mainly used to guarantee the Company’s short-term loan for the same amount. Himax continues to maintain a very strong balance sheet and remain a debt-free company.

Himax’s inventories as of June 30, 2017 were $147.7 million, little changed from $148.3 million a quarter ago and decreased from $186.7 million at the same time last year. Accounts receivable at the end of June 2017 were $163.2 million as compared to $187.9 million a year ago and $167.7 million last quarter. DSO was 96 days at the end of June 2017, as compared to 90 days a year ago and 97 days at end of the last quarter.

Net cash outflow from operating activities for the second quarter was $1.2 million as compared to an inflow of $13.1 million for the same period last year and an inflow of $5.5 million last quarter. The sequential decrease was mainly due to an income tax payment of $8.0 million and year-over-year decrease was the result of lower profitability.

The company’s second quarter’s capital expenditures were $11.9 million versus $1.7 million a year ago and $2.0 million last quarter. The second quarter capex consisted mainly of capacity expansion for WLO production lines and ongoing payment for the new buildings construction. As reported in the last few earnings calls, the Company is increasing capex right now to enlarge its WLO capacity within the current headquarters to meet certain anchor customer's strong and urgent demand. Himax is also constructing a new building to house further WLO capacity, the next generation LCOS production line, and additional office spaces. This is the Company’s phase I expansion which is $80 million as the Company announced in the last earnings call. 

Share Buyback Update

As of June 30, 2017, Himax had 172.0 million ADS outstanding, unchanged from last quarter. On a fully diluted basis, the total ADS outstanding are 172.5 million.

Fiscal Year 2016 Dividend Declaration

During the second quarter, the Company declared an annual cash dividend of 24 cents per ADS, totaling $41.3 million, which will be paid out on August 14. Himax’s dividend is determined primarily by the prior year’s profitability. Himax’s decision to pay out 81.4% of last year’s net profit demonstrates the Company’s continued support for its shareholder base and strong confidence in the near term return outlook for the Company’s newly increased capex and its overall long-term growth prospect.

2017 Investor Outreach and Conferences

Ms. Jackie Chang, CFO, Ms. Ophelia Lin, internal IR Deputy Director, Mr. Ken Liu, internal IR, and Mr. Greg Falesnik, Himax’s US-based IR, will maintain corporate access for shareholders and attend future investor conferences. If you are interested in speaking with the management, please contact Himax’s US or Taiwan-based investor relations contact at the numbers below.

Business Updates

Despite the decline in the first half in its business, Himax anticipates a strong recovery in driver ICs segment and exciting opportunities in the non-driver segments over the remainder of 2017 and beyond. The Company believes its overall financial performance will be resilient based on the developing trends that Himax sees in its businesses.

Display driver IC market
Himax has positive outlook on the growth momentum in its large display driver IC business. While the global TV shipments may experience 0.4% year-over-year decline, China's share of the global TV panel shipments is projected to reach 33% in 2017, compared to 29.5% in 2016. Being a market leader in the large display driver IC business in China, the Company will capitalize on China’s rising market share. Not only has the Company refreshed its product roadmap and delivered better product costs to its existing and newly added customers, the Company has also secured new design-wins, particularly in 4K TV, to solidify its growth for the remainder of the year.

Looking forward, 4K TV penetration is still on the rise and Chinese panel customers are still ramping new advanced generation fabs over the next few years, including a brand new Gen 8.5 fab and another Gen 8.6 during the second quarter of 2017. This will help further grow the Company’s revenue and market share in the large panel segment in 2018.

In the small and medium-sized panel segments, the Company’s driver IC sales for automotive applications have enjoyed over 30% annual growth over the last few years, well surpassing the market average. Still more panels are going into vehicles, with the number of units expected to increase from 135 million in 2016 to 200 million in 2022. Himax has successfully engaged literally all of the major automotive panel manufacturers worldwide for long-term partnerships and secured many of their key projects pipelined for the next few years.

The most significant segment in Himax’s small and medium-sized panel driver IC business is ICs used for smartphones. The Company’s customers have started to replenish inventories after the lackluster first half of the year and Himax has added more design-wins for 18:9 displays. Sales into smartphones already rebounded in June and the Company expects a strong recovery into the third and fourth quarter.

In the last earnings call, Himax management discussed how 18:9 displays are becoming a trend and how the Company expects higher TDDI penetration in smartphones going forward. Both of these trends held true and continued to accelerate in the second quarter. In order to increase the effective viewing area of the display without enlarging the overall size of the phone, new aspect ratios and bezel-less designs are essential. Most of the brands are now preparing for the change into new displays featuring the FHD+ and HD+ resolutions, which have an aspect ratio of around 18:9 to 21:9. Himax predicted this market shift and has been working hard to get itself ready for this new trend. The Company has been awarded several important projects for major brands. Many design-in activities are ongoing and the Company is already starting mass shipments for some of the projects, helping boost the third quarter revenue for the segment.

In terms of Himax’s progress in TDDI, the Company reported in the last earnings call that it made further investments into R&D and customer engineering to catch up with its customers’ requests for fast product ramps. The Company is pleased to report that its FHD+ TDDI solutions have drawn tremendous interests from tier-1 brands and most panel makers in China, Japan and Korea, primarily because its TDDI solutions enable super-slim bezels for its customers’ panel design. Himax expects its new FHD+ TDDI solutions to be a significant contributor to the Company’s revenues in the fourth quarter and beyond.

While the discrete touch panel controller IC is being quickly replaced by TDDI, the Company expects this product’s revenue will grow over 40% in the third quarter as some of the earlier design-in projects featuring Himax’s on-cell solutions started volume shipments for Chinese smartphone brands.

For AMOLED displays. The Company has joint development projects with many of the major Chinese OLED panel customers and has delivered product samples to some of them in the second quarter. With Chinese smartphone brands’ AMOLED adoption forecast to reach 18% in 2017, Chinese panel makers have committed tremendous capital to build 7 to 10 brand new OLED fabs and are driving at full speed to pull forward the mass production schedule. AMOLED is set to become mainstream in the global smartphone market in the near future with penetration potentially reaching as high as 50% by 2020. Once the Chinese panel makers start to mass produce OLED displays, Himax believes OLED driver IC will be one of the growth engines for its small panel driver IC business.

Non-Driver Product Categories
The non-driver IC business segment has been the Company’s most exciting growth area and a differentiator for Himax in the past few years. Below is some of the exciting progress the Company made in the last quarter, as well as future growth opportunities.

3D Sensing Total Solution
The Company believes 3D sensing is among the most significant new features for the next generation smartphone. The Company’s SLiM™ product line, based on structured light technology, is a state of the art total solution for 3D sensing. Himax’s goal is to provide total solutions with performance, size, power consumption and costs all suitable for smartphones and tablets. Himax offers fully integrated structure light modules, with the vast majority of the key technologies inside the module also developed and supplied by the Company. These critical in-house technologies include advanced optics utilizing the Company’s world leading WLO technology, laser driver IC, high precision active alignment for the projector assembly, high performance near-infrared CMOS image sensor and, last but not least, an ASIC chip for 3D depth map generation. The fact that all of these critical building blocks are developed in-house puts the Company in a unique position. Himax is able to react quickly and tailor its solutions to customers’ specific needs. It also represents a very high barrier of entry for any potential competition and a much higher ASP for the Company. While the Company prefers to offer a total solution, it can also provide the aforementioned individual technologies separately to select customers so as to best accommodate their specific needs.

Thanks to the Company’s absolute technology leadership, its progress made with the fully integrated structure light 3D sensing total solution module is very exciting. Himax is seeing strong demand for 3D sensing solutions from numerous tier 1 customers. The Company is in close collaboration with select leading smartphone makers and partners right now, aiming to bring its total solution to mass production as early as early 2018 to meet the customers' aggressive launch timetables. Moreover, given that the Company is offering highly integrated solutions with ASPs much higher than those of individual components, by the time the Company starts shipping its total solutions, they will be a major contributor to both Himax’s revenues and profit, and consequently create a more favorable product mix for the Company.

Furthermore, 3D sensing will be a game changing technology for a wide range of applications. The smartphone space is the Company’s current focus, however, Himax believes over time it will be a necessary feature for applications such as AR/VR, industrial, IoT, AI, automotive, robotics, military, surveillance and drones.

WLO
In the last earnings call, the Company reported that this year’s capex will be significantly higher than usual. Himax also reported the urgent addition of new WLO capacity to meet the rush demand of a certain customer. This new capacity is located in Himax’s existing headquarters in which it retrofitted space to make room for the new equipment. The Company is pleased to report that the project is going smoothly as planned. A major ramp of the new WLO capacity has already started at the beginning of the third quarter of 2017 and will accelerate throughout the remainder of 2017 and beyond.

On to other WLO business updates. Advanced wafer-level optics (WLO) is one of the key technologies enabling 3D sensing, AR devices, and many other applications. At the present time, 3D sensing is the top priority of the Company’s WLO business. Leveraging on the Company’s exceptional design know-how and mass production experience in WLO technology, the Company is able to produce the world’s most compact optics required of 3D sensing while achieving superior performance. In addition to 3D sensing, Himax also has ongoing collaborations with customers in developing light-guide for AR glasses and micro displays using its WLO technology.

New Building
Moving on to the other major capex project of this year, the construction of a new building. The progress has been good to date and everything is proceeding according to schedule. The new building, located near the Company’s current headquarters, will house additional 8” glass WLO capacity and provide the extra office space Himax desperately needs. The new building will be completed and ready for personnel and equipment move-in by the end of 2017 or early 2018. Its timely completion is particularly critical for the Company’s 3D sensing total solution business as it will house the new WLO capacity needed for multiple smartphone customers.

Phase II capex
Judging from the Company’s customers’ enthusiasm, Himax is planning to kick-start the phase II capital expansion beyond the phase I’s $80 million mark that it announced earlier much sooner than expected in order to fulfill the strong customer 3D sensing demand for the next 2-3 years. The phase II capacity will still be located in the new building. The new building has sufficient room to house capacity much in excess of the phase II expansion. The Company expects the phase II investment to provide a handsome return and will entrench Himax as top tier customers’ 3D sensing go-to supplier for its leading technology and reliable capacity support in this up and coming industry with tremendous growth potential. Among all the components of the Company’s 3D sensing total solution, the only two items requiring capital expenditure for the Company are advanced optics, utilizing the Company’s in-house WLO production line, and active alignment for which Himax has developed a state-of-the-art solution. The two items are not outsourced because they require highly differentiating manufacturing know-how and are critical factors of Himax’s competitiveness. Himax will report a phase II capex plan in due course.

CMOS Image Sensor
Himax continues to make great progress with its two machine vision sensor product lines, namely, near infrared (“NIR”) sensor and Always-on-Sensor (“AoS™”). The Company’s NIR sensor is a critical part in the structured light 3D sensing total solution. The Company’s NIR sensors’ overall performance is far ahead of those of its peers in 3D sensing applications. Himax currently offers low noise HD, or 1 megapixel, and 5.5 megapixel NIR sensors and is planning to add more to further enrich its product portfolio. Himax’s NIR sensors deliver superior quantum efficiency in the NIR range, especially over 940nm band which is critical for outdoor applications.

The Company’s AoS solutions provide super low power computer vision, which enables new applications across a wide variety of industries. The ultra-low power, always-on vision sensor is a powerful solution capable of detecting, tracking and recognizing its environment in an extremely efficient manner using just a few milliwatts of power. The Company is pleased to report that it already has one major global brand leveraging its AoS in their new high end TV models, which have already hit the market.

For the traditional human vision segments, Himax sees strong demand in notebooks and increased shipments for multimedia applications such as car recorders, surveillance, drones, home appliances, and consumer electronics, among others.

ASIC
One of the critical elements of Himax’s 3D sensing total solution is an ASIC for 3D depth map generation. The Company is able to develop the ASIC thanks to its unique in-house capability in developing video ASICs for customers. Equipped with the ASIC, Himax’s 3D sensing total solution can substantially reduce the power consumed while processing 3D sensing, enhance personal data security, accelerate the 3D depth map generation, and free up a smartphone’s processor for other applications. Himax views this unique capability as a significant competitive advantage. It has been and will continue to be one of the Company’s key drivers in the success of its 3D sensing total solution.

LCOS
Turning to the LCOS update. Even though the market is still in development stage, the Company continues to see heavyweight companies allocating major R&D resources and budgets in their push for AR goggle devices. Himax’s list of customers continues to expand and it now covers many of the world’s biggest tech names. In addition to AR applications, the Company is pleased to report that it is making great progress in developing high-end heads-up-displays for automotive applications. This represents a significant long term growth opportunity for Himax.

The Company’s technology leadership in this space has little competition, which is evidenced by its partnerships with tier 1 companies who have launched their AR products with Himax inside, as well as the Company’s partnerships with the world’s leading AR glasses producers.

Third Quarter 2017 Guidance

The Company is providing the following financial guidance for the third quarter of 2017:

Net Revenue:       To increase 23.0% to 30.0% sequentially
Gross Margin:       To be up 1% sequentially
GAAP EPS:       1.3 to 2.5 cents per diluted ADS, as compared to -0.4 cents reported in 2Q 2017
Non GAAP EPS(1):       3.0 to 4.2 cents per diluted ADS, as compared to -0.2 cents reported in 2Q 2017
(1) Non-GAAP EPS excludes share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges

For the third quarter, of the three product categories, the Company expects large panel driver IC to increase around 10% quarter-over-quarter; those for small and medium-sized panels to be up by around 20% sequentially;  Non-driver IC business is expected to increase around 90% sequentially.

As the Company has done in the past, its third quarter GAAP earnings per diluted ADS guidance has taken into account its expected 2017 grant of restricted share units, or RSUs, to Himax’s team at the end of September. The 2017 RSUs, subject to its Board approval, is now assumed to be around $3.0 million, almost all of which, or 1.5 cents per diluted ADS, will be vested and expensed immediately on September 30th, the grant date. In comparison, the 2016 RSUs totaled $12.0 million, out of which $9.2 million, or 4.3 cents per diluted ADS, was vested immediately. The grant of RSUs would lead to higher third quarter GAAP operating expenses compared to the other quarters of the year.

HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES SECOND QUARTER 2017 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL

DATE:       Thursday, August 3, 2017
TIME:       U.S.        8:00 a.m. EDT
        Taiwan   8:00 p.m.
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CONFERENCE ID       48224812
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A replay of the call will be available beginning two hours after the call through 11:59 p.m. U.S. EDT on August 10, 2017 (11:59 a.m. Taiwan time, August 11, 2017) on www.himax.com.tw and by telephone at +1 (855) 859-2056 (U.S. Domestic) or +1 (404) 537-3406 (International). The conference ID number is 48224812. This call is being webcast by Nasdaq and can be accessed by clicking on this link or Himax’s website, where the webcast can be accessed through August 2, 2018.

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 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 depth scanning 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 30th, 2017. Himax has retained its position as the leading display imaging processing semiconductor solution provider to consumer electronics brands worldwide.

 

 
-Financial Tables-
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(These interim financials do not fully comply with US GAAP because they omit all interim disclosure required by US GAAP)
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data)
 
     

Three Months
Ended June 30,

      

Three Months
Ended March 31,
      2017         2016         2017  
                 
Revenues   $   151,730       $   201,074       $   155,210  
                 
Costs and expenses:                
Cost of revenues     115,556         148,596         119,309  
Research and development     27,921         21,803         25,331  
General and administrative     4,552         4,814         4,633  
Sales and marketing     4,641         3,962         4,364  
Total costs and expenses       152,670           179,175           153,637  
                 
Operating income (loss)       (940 )         21,899           1,573  
                 
Non operating income (loss):                
Interest income     619         329         543  
Dividend income     -         700         -  
Gains (losses) on sale of securities, net     37         (49 )       70  
Equity in losses of equity method investees     (697 )       (198 )       (134 )
Foreign currency exchange gains (losses), net     (27 )       182         (1,033 )
Interest expense     (113 )       (190 )       (137 )
Other income (losses), net     (41 )       1         48  
      (222 )       775         (643 )
Earnings (loss) before income taxes     (1,162 )       22,674         930  
Income tax expense (benefit)     (179 )       3,401         121  
Net income (loss)     (983 )       19,273         809  
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     354         514         554  
Net income (loss) attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders   $   (629 )     $   19,787       $   1,363  
                 
Basic earnings (loss) per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders   $   (0.004 )     $   0.115       $   0.008  
Diluted earnings (loss) per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders   $   (0.004 )     $   0.115       $   0.008  
                 
Basic Weighted Average Outstanding ADS       172,399           172,303           172,399  
Diluted Weighted Average Outstanding ADS       172,462           172,385           172,424  
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data)
 
      

Six Months
Ended June 30,
      2017       2016  
             
Revenues     $   306,940       $   381,393  
             
Costs and expenses:            
Cost of revenues       234,865         281,740  
Research and development       53,252         45,205  
General and administrative       9,185         9,395  
Sales and marketing       9,005         7,975  
Total costs and expenses         306,307           344,315  
             
Operating income         633           37,078  
             
Non operating income (loss):            
Interest income       1,162         558  
Dividend income       -         700  
Gains (losses) on sale of securities, net       107         (90 )
Equity in losses of equity method investees       (831 )       (359 )
Foreign currency exchange losses, net       (1,060 )       (33 )
Interest expense       (250 )       (369 )
Other income (losses), net       7         (9 )
        (865 )       398  
Earnings (loss) before income taxes       (232 )       37,476  
Income tax expense (benefit)       (58 )       5,621  
Net income (loss)       (174 )       31,855  
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests       908         1,020  
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders     $   734       $   32,875  
             
Basic earnings per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders     $   0.004       $   0.191  
Diluted earnings per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders     $   0.004       $   0.191  
             
Basic  Weighted Average Outstanding ADS         172,399           172,303  
Diluted  Weighted Average Outstanding ADS         172,444           172,370  
           
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Supplemental Financial Information
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
           
The amount of share-based compensation included in applicable statements of income categories is summarized as follows:    

 

Three Months
Ended June 30,

     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
    2017     2016     2017
Share-based compensation                
Cost of revenues   $ 25       $ 27       $ 25  
Research and development     137         160         137  
General and administrative     69         70         69  
Sales and marketing     24         20         23  
Income tax benefit     (43 )       (47 )       (42 )
Total   $ 212       $ 230       $ 212  
                 
The amount of acquisition-related charges included in applicable statements of income categories is summarized as follows:                
                 
Acquisition-related charges                
Research and development   $ 246       $ 246       $ 246  
Income tax benefit     (98 )       (98 )       (99 )
Total   $ 148       $ 148       $ 147  
                 
     
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Supplemental Financial Information
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
     
The amount of share-based compensation included in applicable statements of income categories is summarized as follows:   Six Months
Ended June 30,
    2017     2016
Share-based compensation          
Cost of revenues   $ 50       $ 53  
Research and development     274         321  
General and administrative     138         140  
Sales and marketing     47         40  
Income tax benefit     (85 )       (95 )
Total   $ 424       $ 459  
           
The amount of acquisition-related charges included in applicable statements of income categories is summarized as follows:          
           
Acquisition-related charges          
Research and development   $ 492       $ 492  
Income tax benefit     (197 )       (197 )
Total   $ 295       $ 295  
           
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
GAAP Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars, Except Share and Per Share Data)
 
    June 30, 2017   March 31, 2017   June 30, 2016
Assets            
Current assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 177,206     $ 190,345     $ 164,423  
Investments in marketable securities available-for-sale     8,663       9,111       14,917  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts, sales returns and discounts     163,243       167,681       187,925  
Inventories     147,680       148,260       186,655  
Deferred income taxes     -       -       3,361  
Restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities     107,201       107,414       138,000  
Other receivables from related party     4,150       5,650       1,000  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     12,329       14,794       19,356  
Total current assets     620,472       643,255       715,637  
Investment in non-marketable equity securities     12,242       12,242       10,780  
Equity method investments     4,055       2,235       3,277  
Property, plant and equipment, net     57,813       47,738       51,056  
Deferred income taxes     6,671       6,597       1,074  
Goodwill     28,138       28,138       28,138  
Other intangible assets, net     2,675       2,922       3,665  
Restricted marketable securities     460       132       124  
Other assets     1,478       1,778       1,517  
      113,532       101,782       99,631  
Total assets   $ 734,004     $ 745,037     $ 815,268  
Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and Equity        
Current liabilities:            
Short-term debt   $ 107,000     $ 107,000     $ 138,000  
Accounts payable     113,670       115,941       151,842  
Accounts payable to related party     -       1,098       -  
Income taxes payable     7,778       15,632       11,695  
Deferred income taxes     -       -       140  
Other accrued expenses and other current liabilities     71,062       28,524       54,729  
Total current liabilities     299,510       268,195       356,406  
Other liabilities     3,191       3,680       3,783  
Total liabilities     302,701       271,875       360,189  
             
Redeemable noncontrolling interest       3,656         3,656         3,656  
Equity            
Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders’ equity:            
Ordinary shares, US$0.3 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 356,699,482 shares issued; and 344,007,418 shares, 344,007,418 shares and 343,815,424 shares outstanding at June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2016, respectively     107,010       107,010       107,010  
Additional paid-in capital     106,837       106,591       105,881  
Treasury shares, at cost, 12,692,064 shares, 12,692,064 shares and 12,884,058 shares at June 30, 2017, March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2016, respectively     (9,020 )     (9,020 )     (9,157 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (2,041 )     (2,207 )     (1,897 )
Unappropriated retained earnings     225,312       267,228       247,902  
Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders’ equity     428,098       469,602       449,739  
Noncontrolling interests     (451 )     (96 )     1,684  
Total equity     427,647       469,506       451,423  
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity   $ 734,004     $ 745,037     $ 815,268  
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
    Three Months
Ended June 30,		     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
    2017     2016     2017
                 
Cash flows from operating activities:                
Net income (loss)   $ (983 )     $ 19,273       $ 809  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                
Depreciation and amortization     3,471         3,465         3,439  
Share-based compensation expenses     255         277         254  
Gain on disposals of property and equipment     ---         ---         (28 )
Loss (gain) on disposals of marketable securities, net     (37 )       49         (70 )
Equity in losses of equity method investees     697         198         134  
Deferred income tax benefit     (50 )       (86 )       (490 )
Inventories write downs     2,487         3,186         3,047  
Changes in:                
Accounts receivable     4,482         (14,975 )       23,349  
Inventories     (1,907 )       (7,027 )       (1,559 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     1,898         296         (1,380 )
Accounts payable     (2,271 )       13,180         (26,328 )
Accounts payable to related party     (1,098 )       ---         522  
Income taxes payable     (7,854 )       (3,082 )       1,482  
Other accrued expenses and other current liabilities     182         (1,669 )       1,836  
Other liabilities     (507 )       7         443  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (1,235 )       13,092         5,460  
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:                
Purchases of property, plant and equipment     (11,919 )       (1,680 )       (2,009 )
Proceeds from disposals of property and equipment     ---         ---         28  
Purchases of available-for-sale marketable securities     (15,979 )       (10,552 )       (5,101 )
Proceeds from disposals of available-for-sale marketable securities     16,497         12,831         6,520  
Proceeds from capital reduction of investment     ---         431         ---  
Purchase of equity method investment     (2,230 )       ---         ---  
Proceeds from (repayments of) refundable deposits, net     284         394         (310 )
Releases (pledges) of restricted marketable securities     (115 )       451         (222 )
Cash paid for loan made to related party     ---         (1,000 )       ---  
Cash received for loan made to related party     1,500         ---         1,500  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     (11,962 )       875         406  
                 
 
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
    Three Months
Ended June 30,		     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
    2017     2016     2017
Cash flows from financing activities:                
Proceeds from disposals of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests by Himax Imaging, Inc.   $ ---       $ 1       $ 4  
Purchases of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling
  interests		     (1 )       ---         ---  
Releases of restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (for borrowing of short-term debt)     ---         42,000         31,000  
Proceeds from short-term debt     27,000         49,000         27,161  
Repayments of short-term debt     (27,000 )       (91,000 )       (58,161 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (1 )       1         4  
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     59         (66 )       23  
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     (13,139 )       13,902         5,893  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     190,345         150,521         184,452  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $   177,206       $   164,423       $   190,345  
                 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:                
Cash paid during the period for:                
Interest   $   113       $   182       $   137  
Income taxes   $   7,986       $   6,591       $   53  
                 
Supplemental disclosures of investing activities affecting both cash and non-cash items:                
Purchases of property, plant and equipment   $ 13,292       $ 1,638       $ 2,733  
Decrease (increase) in payable for purchases of equipment and asset retirement obligations     (1,373 )       42         (724 )
Cash paid   $   11,919       $   1,680       $   2,009  
                 
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:                
Dividend payable   $   41,281       $   22,348       $   ---  
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
        Six Months
Ended June 30,
        2017     2016  
               
Cash flows from operating activities:              
Net income (loss)       $ (174 )     $ 31,855  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:              
Depreciation and amortization         6,910         6,915  
Share-based compensation expenses         509         554  
Gain on disposals of property and equipment         (28 )       ---  
Loss (gain) on disposals of marketable securities, net         (107 )       90  
Equity in losses of equity method investees         831         359  
Deferred income tax benefit         (540 )       (265 )
Inventories write downs         5,534         5,896  
Changes in:              
Accounts receivable         27,831         (10,776 )
Inventories         (3,466 )       (21,177 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets         518         (332 )
Accounts payable         (28,599 )       27,420  
Accounts payable to related party         (576 )       ---  
Income taxes payable         (6,372 )       (431 )
Other accrued expenses and other current liabilities         2,018         (5,508 )
Other liabilities         (64 )       (3 )
Net cash provided by operating activities         4,225         34,597  
               
Cash flows from investing activities:              
Purchases of property, plant and equipment         (13,928 )       (3,882 )
Proceeds from disposals of property and equipment         28         ---  
Purchases of available-for-sale marketable securities         (21,080 )       (17,148 )
Proceeds from disposals of available-for-sale marketable securities         23,017         20,799  
Proceeds from capital reduction of investment       ---         431  
Purchase of equity method investment         (2,230 )       ---  
Proceeds from (repayments of) refundable deposits, net       (26 )       400  
Releases (pledges) of restricted marketable securities       (337 )       439  
Cash paid for loan made to related party       ---         (1,000 )
Cash received for loan made to related party         3,000         ---  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities         (11,556 )       39  
               
 
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
        Six Months
Ended June 30,
        2017     2016
Cash flows from financing activities:              
Proceeds from disposals of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interests by Himax Imaging, Inc.       $ 4       $ 1  
Purchases of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interests         (1 )       (1 )
Releases of restricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities (for borrowing of short-term debt)         31,000         42,000  
Proceeds from short-term debt         54,161         110,000  
Repayments of short-term debt         (85,161 )       (152,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities         3         ---  
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents         82         (42 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents         (7,246 )       34,594  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period         184,452         129,829  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period       $   177,206       $   164,423  
               
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:              
Cash paid during the period for:              
Interest expense       $   250       $   369  
Income taxes       $   8,039       $   6,662  
               
Supplemental disclosures of investing activities affecting both cash and non-cash items:              
Purchases of property, plant and equipment       $ 16,025       $ 3,026  
Decrease (increase) in payable for purchases of equipment and asset retirement obligations         (2,097 )       856  
Cash paid       $   13,928       $   3,882  
               
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:              
Dividend payable       $   41,281       $   22,348  
 
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Non-GAAP Unaudited Supplemental Data – Reconciliation Schedule
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Gross Margin, Operating Margin and Net Margin Excluding Share-Based Compensation and Acquisition-Related Charges:
  Three Months
Ended June 30,		     Three
Months
Ended
March 31,
     2017           2016          2017  
Revenues $ 151,730       $ 201,074       $ 155,210  
Gross profit   36,174         52,478         35,901  
Add: Share-based compensation – cost of revenues   25         27         25  
Gross profit excluding share-based compensation   36,199         52,505         35,926  
Gross margin excluding share-based compensation   23.9 %       26.1 %       23.1 %
Operating income (loss)   (940 )       21,899         1,573  
Add: Share-based compensation   255         277         254  
Operating income (loss) excluding share-based compensation   (685 )       22,176         1,827  
Add: Acquisition-related charges –intangible assets amortization   246         246         246  
Operating income (loss) excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges   (439 )       22,422         2,073  
Operating margin excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges   (0.3 %)       11.1 %       1.3 %
Net income (loss) attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders   (629 )       19,787         1,363  
Add: Share-based compensation, net of tax   212         230         212  
Add: Acquisition-related charges, net of tax   148         148         147  
Net income (loss) attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges   (269 )       20,165         1,722  
Net margin attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges   (0.2 %)       10.0 %       1.1 %
               
*Gross margin excluding share-based compensation equals gross profit excluding share-based compensation divided by revenues
*Operating margin excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges equals operating income excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges divided by revenues
*Net margin attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges equals net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges divided by revenues
       
Himax Technologies, Inc.
Non-GAAP Unaudited Supplemental Data – Reconciliation Schedule
(Amounts in Thousands of U.S. Dollars)
       
Gross Margin, Operating Margin and Net Margin Excluding Share-Based Compensation and Acquisition-Related Charges:      
      Six Months
Ended June 30,
        2017        2016   
Revenues     $ 306,940     $ 381,393  
Gross profit         72,075         99,653  
Add: Share-based compensation – Cost of revenues         50         53  
Gross profit excluding share-based compensation         72,125         99,706  
Gross margin excluding share-based compensation         23.5 %       26.1 %
Operating income         633         37,078  
Add: Share-based compensation         509         554  
Operating income excluding share-based compensation         1,142         37,632  
Add: Acquisition-related charges –Intangible assets amortization         492         492  
Operating income excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges         1,634         38,124  
Operating margin excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges         0.5 %       10.0 %
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders         734         32,875  
Add: Share-based compensation, net of tax         424         459  
Add: Acquisition-related charges, net of tax         295         295  
Net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges         1,453         33,629  
Net margin attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges         0.5 %       8.8 %
           
*Gross margin excluding share-based compensation equals gross profit excluding share-based compensation divided by revenues
*Operating margin excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges equals operating income excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges divided by revenues
*Net margin attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges equals net income attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges divided by revenues
 
Diluted Earnings (loss) Per ADS Attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders Excluding Share-based Compensation and Acquisition-Related Charges: (Amounts in U.S. Dollars)
       

 

   Three Months
Ended June 30,		     Six Months
Ended June 30,
            2017       2017
      Diluted GAAP earnings (loss) per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders   ($0.004)     $0.004
      Add: Share-based compensation per ADS   $0.001     $0.002
      Add: Acquisition-related charges per ADS   $0.001     $0.002
                 
      Diluted non-GAAP earnings (loss) per ADS attributable to Himax Technologies, Inc. stockholders excluding share-based compensation and acquisition-related charges   ($0.002)     $0.008
                 
Numbers do not add up due to rounding