Himax Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 9, 2023 8:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jordan Wu - President, Chief Executive Officer

Eric Li - Chief Investor Relations Officer

Mark Schwalenberg - Director, Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Donnie Teng - Nomura

Operator

Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Himax Technologies Inc. third quarter 2023 earnings conference call.

At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers’ presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. To ask a question during this session, you will need to press star-one-one on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star-one-one again.

As a reminder, this call is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your host, Mr. Mark Schwalenberg from MZ Group. Sir, you may begin.

Mark Schwalenberg

Thank you. Welcome everyone to the Himax Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. Joining us from the company are Mr. Jordan Wu, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Jessica Pan, Chief Financial Officer, and Mr. Eric Li, Chief IR/PR Officer. After the Company’s prepared comments, we have allocated time for questions in a question and answer session.

If you have not yet received a copy of today’s results release, please email HIMX@mzgroup.us, access the press release on financial portals, or download a copy from Himax’s website at www.himax.com.tw.

Before we begin the formal remarks, I’d like to remind everyone that some of the statements in this conference call, including statements regarding expected future financial results and industry growth, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those described in this conference call. A list of risk factors can be found in the company's SEC filings, Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2022 in the section entitled Risk Factors, as may be amended.

Except for the company’s full year of 2022 financials, which were provided in the company’s 20-F and filed with the SEC on April 6, 2023, the financial information included in this conference call is unaudited and consolidated and prepared in accordance with IFRS accounting. Such financial information is generated internally and has not been subjected to the same review and scrutiny, including internal auditing procedures and external audits by an independent auditor to which we subject our annual consolidated financial statements, and may vary materially from the audited consolidated financial information for the same period. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.