BARRY L. COX - Corporate Board Profile

PIXELWORKS, INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2012-04-12	Barry L. Cox has served as a Director of Pixelworks since March 2012. Mr. Cox currently serves as an advisor to semiconductor industry, including as a Director of Audience, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company and as a Director of Summit Microelectronics, Inc., a privately held provider of precision analog semiconductors. Mr. Cox was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI), a publicly traded, semiconductor capital equipment company from May 2003 until February 2006 and of Quantum Effect Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: QEDI), a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company, from July 1998 until it was acquired by PMC Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS) in August 2000. From September 2000 until December 2005, Mr. Cox maintained a relationship with Lightspeed Venture Partners where he worked with portfolio companies in all aspects of corporate development. Previously, Mr. Cox has held executive management positions with Weitek Corporation and ATEQ Corporations, which he co-founded. He also served at Intel Corporation, most recently as the President of Intel Europe. Mr. Cox provides our Board with over 45 years of experience in executive leadership positions with semiconductor businesses and has an extensive background in international management. He has served as a member of the board of directors of sixteen corporations and has been involved in three public offerings, two secondary offerings and eight mergers. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. in engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
2013-04-10	Barry L. Cox has served as a Director of Pixelworks since March 2012. Committees: Audit and Office of the Chairman. Director Compensation Table — 2012 shows total compensation of $120,348.
2014-04-17	Barry L. Cox has served as a Director of Pixelworks since March 2012. Mr. Cox has served on the Board of Directors of Audience, Inc., a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company (NASDAQ: ADNC) since October 2009 and was its Chairman of the Board from October 2009 until September 2011. Mr. Cox has served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company since November 2012. Additionally, Mr. Cox was a member of the Board of Directors of Summit Microelectronics, a privately held fabless semiconductor company from April 1999 to May 2012 and a member of the Board of Directors of Grandis, Inc., a magnetic memory licensing company from March 2009 to April 2011. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. in engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from Boston University. Mr. Cox provides our Board with over 45 years of experience in executive leadership positions with semiconductor businesses. He has served as a member of the board of directors of eighteen corporations and has been involved in four public offerings, two secondary offerings and eleven mergers.
2015-04-16	Barry L. Cox has served as a Director of Pixelworks since March 2012. Mr. Cox has served on the Board of Directors of Audience Inc., a public traded semiconductor company (NASDAQ: ADNC), and was its Chairman of the Board from October 2009 until September 2011. Additionally, Mr. Cox joined the Board of Directors of Adesto Technologies (NASDAQ: ATML) in July 2014 and has served as its Chairman of the Board since October 2014. Mr. Cox previously served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc., a privately held fabless conductor company, from November 2012 until its acquisition on March 2014. Mr. Cox was also a member of on the Board of Directors of Summit Microelectronics, a privately held fabless semiconductor company from April 1999 until its acquisition on May 2012, and a member of the Board of Directors of Grandis, Inc., a magnetic memory licensing company, from March 2009 until its acquisition on April 2011. Mr. Cox holds a B.S. in engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an M.B.A. from Boston University. Mr. Cox has over 45 years of experience in executive leadership positions in both public and private companies. He has served on the board of directors of nineteen corporations and has been involved in four public offerings, three secondary offerings and twelve acquisitions. Members of our Board who were not officers or employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries ("non-employee Directors") received cash compensation as follows during 2014: $6,750 per quarter for service on the Board, with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, who received $15,500 per quarter of service; $2,000 per quarter for service on the Audit Committee, with the exception of the Chairman of the Audit Committee, who received $4,000 per quarter of service; $1,250 per quarter for service on the Compensation Committee, with the exception of the Chairman of the Compensation Committee, who received $2,500 per quarter of service; and $750 per quarter for service on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, with the exception of the Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, who received $1,500 per quarter of service. During 2014, non-employee Directors who continued to serve on the Board after the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders received an award of 8,000 restricted stock units ("RSUs"). Each member of the Office of the Chairman Committee received an award of 11,000 RSUs upon re-appointment to the committee. The award amount is equal to the quotient of $60,000 divided by the closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date, rounded up to the nearest 1,000. These RSUs are scheduled to vest on the first to occur of (1) the day before the next annual meeting of the Company's shareholders that follows the grant date or (2) the first anniversary of the grant date and are payable in shares of the Company’s common stock. The Director Compensation Table — 2014 below, provides additional details regarding RSUs granted during 2014. The following table reflects our non-employee Directors’ compensation for fiscal year 2014. Barry L. Cox: $35,000 fees earned and paid in cash, $108,490 stock awards, total $143,490.