DIODES INCORPORATED

4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200

Plano, Texas 75024

(972) 987-3900

PROXY STATEMENT

ANNUAL MEETING: MAY 27, 2014 26, 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION

This proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Diodes Incorporated (the “Company”) for use at the annual meeting (the “Meeting”) of the stockholders of the Company to be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2014,26, 2015, at the Company’s executive offices,Hilton Times Square Hotel, located at 4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75024,234 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036, at 10:11:00 a.m. (Central(Eastern Time), and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. Only stockholders of record at the close of business on April 1, 20142015 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to notice of and to vote, in person or by proxy, at the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Matters to be Considered at the Meeting:Meeting

The matters to be considered and voted upon at the Meeting will be:

Voting Recommendations of the Board

Our Board recommends that you vote your shares “FOR” each of the nominees to the Board, “FOR” the approval of executive compensation, and “FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP.

Important Changes to Voting Shares Held in “Street Name”

There have been important changes in how your shares held in street name by a brokerage firm may be voted in the election of directors or on executive compensation. Previously, if you were the beneficial owner of shares held in street name by a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, and you failed to instruct the organization as to how to vote such shares, the organization could, in its discretion, vote such shares in the election of directors or on executive compensation. Brokerage firms who are members of the New York Stock Exchange are no longer allowed to vote your shares held in street name in the election of directors or on executive compensation, if you fail to instruct the organization how to vote such shares. Therefore, it is very important that you provide instructions on how to vote any shares beneficially owned by you in street name.

Internet Access to Proxy Materials

Under rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we have elected to provide access to our proxy materials over the Internet at www.proxyvote.com.www.proxydocs.com/diod. Stockholders will not receive printed copies of the proxy materials unless they request them.have requested us to provide proxy materials in printed form. On or about April 17, 2014,16, 2015, a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) was first sent to our stockholders of record and beneficial owners.

All stockholders receiving the Notice can request a printed copy of the proxy materials.

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The Notice provides you with instructions regarding how to:

Choosing to receive future proxy materials by email will save us the cost of printing and mailing documents to you and will reduce the impact of our annual meetings on the environment. If you choose to receive future proxy materials by email, you will receive an email next year with instructions containing a link to those materials and a link to the proxy voting site. Your election to receive proxy materials by email will remain in effect until you terminate it.it, and it is your responsibility to notify us of any change to your email address given to us.

The proxy materials include:

If you request printed copies of the proxy materials by mail, these materials will also include a proxy card.

How to Vote

Stockholder of Record. If your shares are registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, you are considered the stockholder of record with respect to those shares, and the Notice was sent directly to you by the Company.

If you are a stockholder of record, you may attend the Meeting and vote in person. You will be provided with a ballot at the Meeting.

If you do not wish to attend the Meeting and vote in person, you may vote by proxy. There are three ways to vote by proxy. You may submit a proxy by telephone by calling (800) 690-6903(855) 686-4804 and following the instructions provided. You may submit a proxy over the Internet at www.proxyvote.comwww.proxypush.com/diod by following the instructions provided. If you request and receive a printed copy of the proxy materials by mail, you can submit a proxy by signing and dating the enclosed proxy card and either mailing it in the postage-paid envelope provided to the address stated on the proxy card or transmitting it by facsimile to the Inspector of Elections at 972-731-3510.(972) 731-3510.

Telephone and Internet voting facilities for stockholders will be available 24 hours a day and will close at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 26, 2014.25, 2015. If a proxy is properly submitted and is not revoked, the proxy will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the stockholder’s instructions indicated on the proxy. If no instructions are indicated on the proxy with respect to any matter, the proxy will be voted on such matter as follows: “FOR” the election of the Board’s nominees, “FOR” the approval of executive compensation, “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014,2015, and in accordance with the recommendations of the Board as to any other matter that may properly be brought before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Beneficial Owner of Shares Held in Street Name. If your shares are held in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, then you are the beneficial owner of shares held in “street name,” and the Notice was forwarded to you by that organization. The organization holding your shares is considered the stockholder of record for purposes of voting at the Meeting. As a beneficial owner, you have the right to direct that organization on how to vote the shares held in your account by following the instructions they provided. If you wish to attend the Meeting and vote in person, you must obtain a proxy executed in your favor from the organization that holds your shares.

Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, we recommend that you also submit your proxy or voting instructions so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the Meeting.

How to Change or Revoke Your Vote

You may change your vote at any time before the vote at the Meeting. If you are a stockholder of record, you may change your vote by submitting a proxy over the Internet or telephone on a later date (only your last Internet or telephone proxy will be counted), or by filing a written revocation, or a duly executed proxy card bearing a later date, with the Company’s Secretary at the Meeting or at our offices located at 4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75024 prior to the vote at the Meeting. You may also change your vote by attending the Meeting and voting in person. Attending the Meeting in person will not automatically revoke a previously granted proxy unless you vote at the Meeting or file a written revocation with the Company’s Secretary at or before the Meeting.

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If you are a beneficial owner of shares held in street name, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to the brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other organization holding your shares by following the instructions they provided or, if you obtained a proxy in your favor from that organization, by attending the Meeting and voting in person.

Meeting Admission

You are entitled to attend the Meeting only if you were a Company stockholder as of the Record Date, or hold a valid proxy for the Meeting, or are a guest invited by the Company. You should be prepared to present photo identification for admittance. In addition, if you are a stockholder of record, your ownership as of the Record Date will be verified prior to admittance into the Meeting. If you are not a stockholder of record but hold shares in street name by a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization, you must provide proof of beneficial ownership as of the Record Date, such as your most recent account statement prior to the Record Date or similar evidence of ownership. Guests of the Company may be required to show proof of invitations prior to admittance into the Meeting. If you do not provide photo identification or do not comply with the other procedures outlined above, you may not be admitted to the Meeting.

Voting Rights

The authorized capital of the Company consists of (i) 70,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.66-2/3 per share (“Common Stock”), of which 46,728,20947,963,677 shares were issued and outstanding on the Record Date, and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Preferred Stock”), none of which were issued and outstanding on the Record Date. The Common Stock and the Preferred Stock are collectively referred to as the “Stock.”

A majority of the shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting, present either in person or by proxy, constitutes a quorum for the conduct of business at the Meeting. Votes withheld, abstentions and “broker non-votes” (as defined below) will be counted for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum.

Each stockholder is entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of Common Stock standing in his or her name on the books of the Company at the close of business on the Record Date on any matter submitted to the stockholders, except that in connection with the election of directors, each stockholder has the right to cumulate votes. Cumulative voting entitles a stockholder to give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock owned by such stockholder, or to distribute such stockholder’s votes on the same principle among as many candidates and in such manner as the stockholder shall desire.

If you are a stockholder of record and wish to exercise cumulative voting rights, you must submit a proxy by mail or attend the Meeting and vote in person. Your proxy card or ballot must specify how you want to allocate your votes among the nominees. Telephone and Internet voting facilities do not accommodate cumulative voting. If you hold your shares in street name, contact your brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer, or other similar organization for directiondirections on how to exercise cumulative voting rights using their voting instruction card, or to request a legal proxy so that you can vote your shares directly. Discretionary authority to cumulate votes is hereby solicited by the Board. If you return a signed proxy card or submit voting instructions in writing without providing instructions about cumulative voting, or if you submit a proxy by telephone or via the Internet, you will confer on the designated proxy holdersProxyholders named below discretionary authority to exercise cumulative voting. If they elect to do so, they will be authorized, in their discretion, to cast your votes for some or all of the nominees in the manner recommended by the Board or otherwise in the discretion of the proxy holders.Proxyholders. However, they will not cast any of your votes for a nominee as to whom you have instructed them on your proxy card, voting instruction card or otherwise to withhold a vote. If you do not wish to grant the proxy holdersProxyholders authority to cumulate your votes in the election of directors, you must explicitly state that objection on your proxy card or voting instruction card, as applicable.

In the election of directors, the candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected; provided, however, that the Board has adopted a policy requiring that in an uncontested election (such as the election held at this Annual Meeting), each nominee must agree that if elected, he or she will submit an irrevocable resignation promptly following the election if he or she fails to receive a majority of votes cast. An uncontested election means that there are as many candidates standing for election as there are vacancies on the Board. A majority of votes cast means that the number of shares cast “FOR” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes “WITHHELD.” See “Proposal One – Election of Directors” and “Corporate Governance – Director Resignation Policy.” Each proposal described in this proxy statement,Proxy Statement, other than the election of directors, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal at the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect with respect to the election of directors. With respect to all other proposals submitted to the stockholders, abstentions will be included in the number of votes present and entitled to vote on that proposal and, accordingly, will have the effect of a vote “AGAINST” the proposal. However, broker non-votes with respect to any other such proposal submitted to the stockholders will not be counted as shares present and

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entitled to vote on that proposal and, accordingly, will not have any effect with respect to the approval of that proposal (other than to reduce the number of affirmative votes required to approve the proposal). The vote with respect to executive compensation is not binding on the

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Company, the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”). However, the Board and the Compensation Committee will review the results of this vote and take it into consideration when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

Of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date, 8,365,7788,065,778 (or approximately 17.9%16.8%) were held in the name of Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation. See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Corporate Governance – Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions,” for additional information about Lite-On Semiconductor Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“LSC”). On the Record Date, an additional 1,968,4591,814,098 shares (or approximately 4.2%3.8%) were owned by directors and executive officers of the Company. LSC and each of the directors and executive officers have informed the Company that they will vote “FOR” the election of the Board’s nominees named herein, “FOR” the approval of executive compensation, and “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.2015.

Organizations holding Common Stock in “street name” that are members of a stock exchange are required by the rules of the exchange to transmit the proxy materials to the beneficial owner of the Common Stock and to solicit voting instructions with respect to the matters submitted to the stockholders. If the organization has not received instructions from the beneficial owner by the date specified in the statement accompanying such proxy materials, the organization may give or authorize the giving of a proxy to vote the Common Stock in its discretion as to “routine” matters, but not as to “non-routine” matters, without specific instructions from the beneficial owner.matters. When an organization is unable to vote a client’s shares on a proposal, the missing votes are referred to as “broker non-votes.” If you hold Common Stock in “street name” and you fail to instruct the organization that holds your shares as to how to vote such shares, that organization may, in its discretion, vote such Common Stock “FOR” ratification of the appointment of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014,2015, but not with respect to the election of the nominees to the Board, the approval of the Company’s executive compensation, or any other non-routine matter submitted to the stockholders.

Procedures for Stockholder Nominations and Proposals

Under the Company’s Bylaws, any stockholder generally may submit proposals or nominate one or more persons for election as directors by following the procedures described in this proxy statementProxy Statement under “Proposals of Stockholders and Stockholder Nominations for 20152016 Annual Meeting.” No notice of a stockholder proposal or nomination was timely received in connection with the Meeting.

Cost of Proxy Solicitation

This proxy solicitation is made by the Board, and the Company will bear the costs of this solicitation, including the expense of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing this proxy statementProxy Statement and any other material used in this proxy solicitation. If it should appear desirable to do so to ensure adequate representation at the Meeting, officers and regular employees may communicate with stockholders of record, beneficial owners, banks, brokerage houses, custodians, nominees and others, by telephone, facsimile transmissions, telegraph, email or in person to request that the proxies be furnished. No additional compensation will be paid for these services to officers or employees of the Company. The Company will reimburse banks, brokerage houses, and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries, for their reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy materials to their principals. The estimated cost for this proxy solicitation is approximately $60,000.

Other Business

As of the date of this proxy statement,Proxy Statement, the Board knows of no business to be presented for consideration at the Meeting other than as stated in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. However, if any other matters properly come before the Meeting, including a motion to adjourn the Meeting to another time or place in order to solicit additional proxies in favor of the recommendationrecommendations of the Board, the designated proxyholders, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu and Richard D. White, members of the Company’s management (the “Proxyholders”), will vote the shares represented by the proxies on such matters in accordance with the recommendation of the Board, and authority to do so is included in the proxy. Such authorization includes authority to appoint a substitute nominee or nominees to the Board’s nominees identified herein where death, illness or other circumstances arise which prevent any such nominee from serving in such position and to vote such proxy for such substitute nominee. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu and Richard D. White, the designated proxyholders (the “Proxyholders”), are members of the Company’s management.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of Common Stock as of the Record Date by each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than depositories).

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The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Company as of the Record Date by (i) each director and nominee of the Company, (ii) each Named Executive Officer (“NEO”) of the Company (as defined below), and (iii) all directors, nominees and executive officers of the Company as a group.

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PROPOSAL ONE

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Company’s Bylaws provide that the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by the Board, but may not be less than five nor more than seventeen. Currently, the Board has fixed the number of directors at seven. The Company’s Bylaws further provide for the election of each director at each annual meeting of stockholders.

The persons nominated have been nominated for election to the Board to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. All nominees are currently directors of the Company and have indicated their willingness to serve. Unless otherwise instructed, proxies will be voted in such a way as to elect as many of these nominees as possible under applicable voting rules. In the event that any of the nominees should be unable or unwilling to serve as a director, proxies will be voted for the election of such substitute nominees, if any, as shall be designated by the Board. The Board has no reason to believe that any nominee will be unable or unwilling to serve.

The Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines provides that a member of the Board will not be eligible to stand for re-election to the Board after attaining the age of 75 (“Board Member Age Requirement”). In 2014, the Board amended this requirement to permit the Board to waive the requirement for up to three years for any director.  Mr. L.P. Hsu attained the age of 75 in late 2014, and the Board waived the Board Member Age Requirement to allow him to be eligible to stand for re-election to the Board at the Meeting.  

The seven nominees who receive the highest number of affirmative votes will be elected. The Board has adopted a policy requiring that in an uncontested election (such as the election held at this Annual Meeting), each nominee must agree that if elected, he or she will submit an irrevocable resignation promptly following the election if he or she fails to receive a majority of votes cast. An uncontested election means that there are as many candidates standing for election as there are vacancies on the Board. A majority of votes cast means that the number of shares cast “FOR” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes “WITHHELD.” See “Corporate Governance – Director Resignation Policy.”

None of the nominees were selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding, other than that with the directors of the Company acting within their capacity as such. There are no family relationships among the directors of the Company as of the date hereof, and, except as set forth below, as of the date hereof, no directorships are now, or in the past five years have been, held by any director in a company that has a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

The following table and discussion sets forth certain biographical information concerning the nominees of the Company as of the Record Date:

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Raymond Soong           Director and Chairman of the Board

Chair, Compensation Committee

Chair, Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee

Member, Risk Oversight Committee

Mr. Soong was appointed the Chairman of the Board of the Company in 1992.1993. Mr. Soong is also the Chairman of the Board ofCo-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, LSC, Lite-On Technology Corporation (“LTC”), and Silitech Technology Corporation Leotek Technology Corporation and Lite-On IT Corporation(“Silitech”), and a board member of Actron Technology Corporation Logah Technology Corporation and Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, each of(“Actron”), which is a member or an affiliate of the Lite-On Group. In 1975, after serving as a senior engineer for RCA Corporation and as a chief engineer for Texas Instruments, Taiwan, LimitedLtd. (“TI Taiwan”), Mr. Soong, together with several of his co-workers, founded Taiwan Lite-On Electronic Co., Ltd. (“Taiwan Lite-On”), a manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems. Mr. Soong is a graduate of, and received an Honorary Doctorate from, the National Taipei University of Technology’s Electronic Engineering Department and also received an Honorary Doctorate from National Chiao TungChiao-Tung University.

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As Chairman of the Boards of Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, LSC, Lite-On Technology Corporation,LTC, and Silitech, Technology Corporation, Leotek Technology Corporation and Lite-On IT Corporation and a board member of Actron, Technology Corporation, Logah Technology Corporation and Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation,  Mr. Soong has significant board experience, which provides him valuable insight on Board management. With his background in the semiconductor industry as a senior engineer for RCA Corporation and as a chief engineer for TI Taiwan, Mr. Soong also brings extensive experience and knowledge of the semiconductor industry to the Board.

C.H. ChenDirector and Vice Chairman of the Board

Chair, Risk Oversight Committee

Mr. Chen was appointed the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board in June 2005. Mr. Chen is also the Chairman of the Board of Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation and On-Bright Electronic Inc., Vice Chairman of the Board of LSC, and a board member of Lite-On Technology Corporation, Dynacard Corporation,LTC and Actron TechnologyCo-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, each of which is a member or an affiliate of the Lite-On Group. Mr. Chen is also a board member of Kwong Lung Enterprise Co., Ltd. Mr. Chen served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 until 2005. From 1969 to 1990, Mr. Chen held various positions at Texas Instruments Incorporated (“TI”), most recently as the Vice President of TI Taiwan. In 1990, he left TI to found Dyna Image Corporation, which merged with LSC in 2000. Mr. Chen received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University.

Mr. Chen has extensive experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly in Asia, including as a director of several Asian semiconductor companies. This experience provides the Board with a valuable perspective on the current and future trends and challenges in the semiconductor industry in Asia. As the Company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Chen’s understanding of the Company enables him to provide advice to the Board on matters concerning the operations of the Company.

Michael R. Giordano            Director

Chair, Audit Committee (Financial Expert)

Mr. Giordano, CIMA, joined the private-banking firm of UBS Financial Services, Inc. as Senior Vice President-Investment Consulting when UBS AG acquired PaineWebber, Inc. in 2000. PaineWebber, Inc. had acquired his previous employer, Kidder Peabody and Co., Inc., by whom he was employed since 1979. Mr. Giordano advises corporations, foundations, trusts, and municipal governments in investments and finance. Mr. Giordano also served as Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the Leo D. Fields Co. from 1980 to 1990, when GWC Holdings acquired it, and, from 2001 to 2003, served as a board member of Professional Business Bank, a publicly traded corporation. Formerly a captain and pilot in the United States Air Force, Mr. Giordano received his Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from California State Polytechnic University and his Master’s degree in Business Administration (Management and Finance) from the University of Utah. Mr. Giordano also completed post-graduate work in International Investments at Babson College and is certified by the Investment Management Consultants Association. He is also certified by the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California at Los Angeles as a Corporate Director, having demonstrated understanding of directorship and corporate governance.

Mr. Giordano is an experienced leader who has worked in the financial sector for more than 3536 years and possesses the skills necessary to lead the Company’s Audit Committee. As Senior Vice President-Investment Consulting with UBS Financial Services, Inc. since 1979, he has advised numerous public and private, profit and non-profit organizations in investments and finance. Mr. Giordano’s experience provides the Board with knowledge in financial and accounting matters.

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L.P. Hsu            Director

Member, Audit Committee

Member, Compensation Committee

Mr. Hsu has beenwas Chairman of Philips Taiwan Quality Foundation from 2002 to 2014 and has been the Honorary Chairman since 20022014, and was a board member of Winbond Electronics Corporation since 1999.from 1999 to 2014. He also currently serves as a consultant to Lite-On Technology Corporation andLTC, a supervisor memberof the Board of Directors of Nuvoton Technology Corporation.Corporation (“Nuvoton”), and a board member of Corporate Synergy Development Center. Previously, he served as a board member of Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation from 2003 to 2012, a board member of ZyXEL Communications Corporation from 2006 to 2009, a board member of Lite-On Technology CorporationLTC from 2004 to 2006, the Supervisora supervisor of the Board atof Directors of Delta Electronics, Inc. from 2000 to 2003, a board member of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. from 1991 to 2000, and the Vice Chairman and board member at HannStar Display from 1998 to 2000. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of HannStar Display in 2001 and the Executive Vice President of Philips Taiwan Limited from 1989 to 1998. Since 1998, Mr. Hsu has been an Esteemed Chair Lecturer and Adjunct Professor at the College of Management at National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan, where he served as Associate Professor from 1971 to 1972. Mr. Hsu completed the International Executive Program at International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan.

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Having served as a senior executive at several technology companies, including as Chief Executive Officer of HannStar Display and Executive Vice President of Philips Taiwan Limited, Mr. Hsu has the experience to offer valuable insight to the Board on strategic and operational issues. Through his past and present services as a board member of several technology companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., Lite-On Technology Corporation,LTC, Winbond Electronics Corporation, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, ZyXEL Communications Corporation and HannStar Display, Mr. Hsu also has an understanding of the role of the Board in properly governing the Company. Having a background in teaching business management at the National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan, Mr. Hsu provides the Board with knowledge of business management concepts and techniques.

Keh-Shew LuDirector, President and Chief Executive Officer

Member, Risk Oversight Committee

Dr. Lu was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in June 2005 after serving on the Board since 2001. Dr. Lu is also a board member of Lite-On Technology CorporationLTC and Nuvoton, Technology Corporation, two publicly held companies. Dr. Lu is the founding Chairman of the Asia American Citizen’s Council and a board member of the Texas Tech Foundation. From 2001 to 2005, Dr. Lu was a partner of the WK Technology Venture Fund. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Lu served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Worldwide Mixed-Signal and Logic Products of TI. His responsibilities included all aspects of the analog, mixed-signal and logic products for TI’s worldwide business, including design, process and product development, manufacturing and marketing. From 1996 to 1998, Dr. Lu was the manager of TI’s worldwide memory business. In addition, he served as the President of TI Asia from 1994 to 1997 where he supervised all of TI activities in Asia, excluding Japan. Dr. Lu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, and a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University.

Having worked in the semiconductor industry for more than 40 years and, particularly, having served in various managerial and senior executive capacities at TI, Dr. Lu possesses a wealth of semiconductor management experience. Dr. Lu also is knowledgeable in the role and function of the Board as a result of serving for many years as a board member of several public and private companies.

John M. StichDirector

Member, Audit Committee

Member, Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee

Mr. Stich serves as the Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Dallas, a position to which he was appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004. He also serves numerous non-profit organizations, including as a board member of the Board of Directors of the Japan America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth, a director ofthe Center for International Exchange – USA, and Numismatics International, and as a member of the Consular Corps of Dallas/Fort Worth and a member of the Dallas-Sendai Friendship City Committee. Mr. Stich served as a board member of the Board of Directors of Spansion, Inc., a flash memory company, from 2006 to 2010, and during that time at Spansion, Inc., he also served as the chairman of the audit committee, a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee and a member of the compensation committee of that company from 2006 to 2010.company. From 2000 to 2006, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Asian Network, a consulting business that helped high-technology companies establish and expand their business in Asia. Prior to this position, Mr. Stich was the Chief Marketing Officer for TI in Japan from 1994 to 1999, and Vice President of Semiconductors for TI Asia from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Stich joined TI in 1964 and has served in various management positions, including 24 years leading TI’s Asian business growth while living in Taipei, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Mr. Stich received his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University.

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With decades of managerial experience at TI in the semiconductor industry, Mr. Stich brings to the Board demonstrated management skills at senior levels. His position as the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Asian Network and his position as the Chief Marketing Officer for TI in Japan and Vice President of Semiconductors for TI Asia give Mr. Stich insight into marketing and product management of semiconductor products in Asia. He has served on the Board and the Audit Committee of the Company for the past 1314 years. In addition, with service as chairman of the audit committee, as well as a member of both the nominating and corporate governance committee and the compensation committee at Spansion Inc., Mr. Stich possesses experience in accounting principles, financial reporting rules and regulations, corporate governance and director and executive compensation.

Michael K.C. Tsai          Director

Member, Compensation Committee

Member, Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee

Mr. Tsai has been the Chairman of the Board of Maxchip Electronics Corp. since 2008 and the Chairman of the Board of Zentel Electronics Corp. since 2010. He has been a director of Powerchip Semiconductor Corp. since 1994 and served as its Vice Chairman from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Tsai was the Chairman of the Board of uPI Semiconductor Corp. from 2007 to 2011 and the

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Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc. from 1991 to 19941994.  From 1990 to 1994, he served as a board member and an investor representative of Tailink Venture Corp. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Esprit Systems, Inc. from 1989 to 1990. He held numerous executive positions in sales, marketing, planning and general management with the Acer Group from 1978 to 1988. Mr. Tsai began his career as an electronic design engineer with Tatung Corp. in 1977. Mr. Tsai received his Bachelor’s degree in Control Engineering and Computer Science from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan in 1975.

Mr. Tsai’s decades of experience serving on the boards of numerous technology and semiconductor companies, and holding various management positions in companies in the technology and semiconductor industry, provide an insightful view of the semiconductor industry to the Board. Mr. Tsai also brings a range of boardroom experience and corporate governance knowledge to further strengthen the operation of the Board.

See “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Corporate Governance – Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” for a discussion of the relationships among Actron, Technology Corporation, Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, Dynacard Corporation, Logah Technology Corporation, Lite-On Technology Corporation, Lite-On IT Corporation,LTC, LSC, On-Bright Electronic Inc.,Silitech, and the Company.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE SEVEN NOMINEES TO THE BOARD SET FORTH ABOVE.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Committees of the Board

The Board has four standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee and the Risk Oversight Committee (the “Committees”). Each Committee consists of two or more directors who serve at the discretion of the Board. The Board usually makes Committee and Committee chair assignments annually at its meeting immediately following the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders. The current composition of each Committee is as follows:

Director Independence.Independence

The Board has determined that six of the seven current directors are “independent directors” as shown in the above table, and as the term “independent director” is defined under the rules of Nasdaq. The Board also has determined that each member of its Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee meets the applicable independence requirements prescribed by Nasdaq and the SEC.

Audit Committee.

The Audit Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding the engagement of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the plan, scope and results of the audit, reviews the Company’s policies and procedures with the Company’s management concerning internal accounting and financial controls, and reviews changes in accounting policy and the scope of the non-audit services, which may be performed by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also monitors policies to prohibit unethical, questionable or illegal activities by the Company’s employees. The “Audit Committee Report” section of this Proxy Statement describes in more detail the Audit Committee’s responsibilities, particularly with regard to the Company’s financial statements and its interactions with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The Board has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is “independent,”“independent” as that term is defined under the rules of Nasdaq and the SEC, and is able to read and understand fundamental financial statements. The Board also has determined that Mr. Giordano qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the rules of the SEC.

Compensation Committee.

The Compensation Committee makes recommendations to the Board regarding compensation, benefits and incentive arrangements for the Chief Executive Officer and other officers and key employees of the Company. The Compensation Committee also administers the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), the 2001 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (“2001(the “2001 Incentive Plan”), the Company’s 401(k) profit sharing plan (the “401(k) Plan”) and the Company’s non-qualified deferred compensation plan. The Board has determined that each member of the Compensation Committee is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of Nasdaq.

Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee.Committee

The principal purposes of the Governance and Stockholder Relations Committee (the “Governance Committee”) are to help ensure that the Board (i) identifies individuals qualified to become members of the Board, consistent with criteria approved by the

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Board, and (ii) selects the nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has determined that each member of the Governance Committee is “independent” as that term is defined under the rules of Nasdaq.

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Risk Oversight Committee.Committee

The Risk Oversight Committee assists the Board in overseeing the Company’s risk management process by (i) overseeing the Company’s efforts to align its management of risks with its strategic objectives, (ii) overseeing the establishment and implementation of a risk oversight framework, and (iii) reviewing the effectiveness of the risk oversight framework in the identification, assessment, monitoring, management and disclosure of significant risks. The Risk Oversight Committee’s assistance provides a reasonable assurance that processes are in place to identify, assess, monitor, manage and disclose risks that may have a material adverse effect on the achievement of the Company’s strategic objectives.

Charters of the Committees.

All four Committees operate pursuant to written charters, current copies of which are available on the Company’s website, at www.diodes.com, in the “Investors – Corporate Governance” section.

Meetings of the Board and Committees

The following table represents the number of meetings and actions taken by written consent of the Board and the Committees in 2013:2014:

Each person who was a director of the Company or a member of a Committee was present for at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and all such Committees held during 2013.2014.

It is the policy of the Company to require Board members to attend the annual meetings of stockholders, if practicable. With the exception of Mr. Soong, each director attended the 20132014 annual meeting of stockholders.

Board Leadership Structure

The Chairman of the Board conducts each Board meeting and sets the agenda of each Board meeting after consulting with the Chief Executive Officer and members of the Board. The Chairman of the Board also has the responsibility, in conjunction with the Chief Executive Officer, to establish effective communications with the Company’s stakeholders, including stockholders, customers, employees, communities, suppliers, creditors, governments and corporate partners. The Vice Chairman of the Board has the responsibility to assist the Chairman of the Board in fulfilling these responsibilities.

Although the Board has no policy requiring the separation of the position of the Chairman of the Board and the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, each position is currently held by a different person. Since the early 1990s, the Board has chosen to separate these positions because the Board believes that each position is meant to oversee different tasks. The Chairman of the Board should devote his time to managing the affairs of the Board and, along with fellow members of the Board, to overseeing the Chief Executive Officer and the senior management of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer should devote his time to managing the daily business operations of the Company along with senior management of the Company. The Board currently believes that the separation of the position of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company is the best solution to govern the Company efficiently.

Nominating Procedures and Criteria and Board Diversity

Among its functions, the Governance Committee considers and approves nominees for election to the Board. In addition to the candidates proposed by the Board or identified by the Governance Committee, the Governance Committee considers candidates for director suggested by stockholders provided such recommendations are made in accordance with the procedures set forth under “Proposals of Stockholders and Stockholder Nominations for 20152016 Annual Meeting.” Stockholder nominations that comply with these

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procedures and meet the criteria outlined below will receive the same consideration that the Governance Committee’s nominees receive.

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Essential criteria for all candidates considered by the Governance Committee include the following:

In evaluating candidates for certain Board positions, the Governance Committee evaluates additional criteria, including the following:

In selecting nominees for the Board, the Governance Committee evaluates the general and relevant specialized criteria set forth above prior to commencement of the recruitment process, determines whether a nominee fulfills the independentindependence requirements of the SEC and Nasdaq, evaluates recommendations received from other existing members of the Board, reviews the education of the nominee, evaluates the quality of experience and achievement of the nominee, reviews the nominee’s current or past membership on other companies’ boards, determines that the nominee has the ability and the willingness to spend the necessary time required to function effectively as a director (except in extraordinary circumstances, no director shall serve on the board of more than four other public companies), and determines that the nominee has a genuine interest in representing the stockholders and the interests of the Company overall.

If the Governance Committee is evaluating a nominee for re-election, the Governance Committee will review the nominee’s performance, including the following: availability for and attendance at meetings,meetings; contribution to Board processes such as information gathering and decision making,making; accessibility for communicationscommunication with other directors and management,management; participation in Committee activities,activities; depth of knowledge of the Company and its industry,industry; the Company’s performance during the nominee’s previous term, in light of the role played by the Board and the nominee in guiding management,management; and any specialized expertise or experience that has contributed or may contribute to the functioning of the Board or the success of the Company.

The Governance Committee believes that the Board should include individuals with a broad range of relevant professional expertise, experience and education and reflect the diversity and cultural and geographical perspectives of the Company’s employees, customers and suppliers.

The Governance Committee, as well as the full Board, has recommended the Board’s nominees for election at the Meeting. Stockholders have not proposed any candidates for election at the Meeting.

Director Resignation Policy

Under the Company’s director resignation policy, promptly following the receipt of the final report from the Inspector of Elections relating to an election of directors of the Company (other than elections in which the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected), any nominee who receives a greater number of votes “WITHHELD” from his election than votes “FOR” his election, will tender his resignation for consideration by the Board. Subject to certain conditions, the Governance Committee will meet to consider the tendered resignation and make a recommendation to the Board concerning the action, if any, to be taken with respect to the director’s resignation.

The Board will consider and act upon the Governance Committee’s recommendation within 90 days of certification of the vote at the Meeting. In considering the director’s resignation, the Governance Committee and the Board will consider all factors they deem relevant, including, without limitation, the underlying reason for the vote result, if known, the director’s contributions to the Company during his tenure, and the director’s qualifications. The Board may accept the resignation, refuse the resignation, or refuse the resignation subject to such conditions designed to cure the underlying cause as the Board may impose. Within four business days

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of the decision regarding the tendered resignation, the Company will file with the SEC a report on Form 8-K disclosing the decision with respect to the resignation, describing the deliberative process and, if applicable, the specific reasons for rejecting the tendered resignation.

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Communications with Directors

You may communicate with the chair of our Audit Committee, our Compensation Committee, our Governance Committee or our Risk Oversight Committee or with our independent directors individually or as a group, by writing to any such person or group c/o Richard D. White, Secretary, Diodes Incorporated, 4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75024.

Communications are distributed to the Board, or to any individual director, depending on the facts and circumstances set forth in the communication. In that regard, the Board has requested that certain items that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board should be excluded, including, but not limited to, the following: junk mail and mass mailings; product complaints; product inquiries; new product suggestions; résumés and other forms of job inquiries; surveys; and business solicitations or advertisements. In addition, material that is unduly hostile, threatening, illegal or similarly unsuitable will not be distributed, provided that any communication that is not distributed will be made available to any independent director upon request.

Communications that include information that would be better addressed by the Company’s ethics and compliance hotline, supervised by the Audit Committee at (866) 913-2994,(855) 316-2192, will be delivered to the Audit Committee.

Corporate Policies

Hedging Policy

In 2013, the Board amended theThe Company’s insider trading policy to prohibitprohibits all executive officers and directors of the Company from engaging in any hedging or monetization transactions involving the Company’s securities, including zero cost collars, forward sale contracts, and trading in options, puts, calls, or other derivative instruments related to the Company’s Common Stock.

No executive officers or directors of the Company currently are parties to a hedge with respect to any shares of Common Stock of the Company held by them.Company.

Pledging Policy

In 2013, the Board adopted an amendment to theThe Company’s insider trading policy to prohibitprohibits executive officers and directors from pledging the Company’s securities. Acquiring Company shares on margin also is prohibited.

No executive officers and directors of the Company currently are parties to a pledge of any shares of the Common Stock of the Company.

Stock Ownership Policy

Stock Ownership Policy for Directors. In 2014, the Board revised its stock ownership policy previously adopted in 2007 for non-employee directors in order to further align the interests of our directors with the long-term interests of our stockholders. The Company’s stock ownership policy provides that all non-employee directors are required to acquire (and thereafter throughout the term of appointment maintain ownership of) a minimum number of shares of Common Stock with a value equal to three times the annual retainer received by them as directors within five years of the later of (1) the adoption of this stock ownership policy, or (2) their respective appointment or initial election.

All of the directors are currently or are expected to be in compliance with our stock ownership policy in accordance with the time frame requirements.

Stock Ownership Policy for Executive Officers. In 2013, the Board adopted a stock ownership policy for certain of our executive officers in order to further align the interests of our key executive officers with the long-term interests of our stockholders. The Company’s stock ownership policy provides that all individuals holding the positions with the Company listed below are required to acquire (and thereafter throughout the term of employment maintain ownership of) a minimum number of shares of Common Stock with a value equal to the multiple of such executive officer’s annual base salary (excluding bonus) within five years of the later of (1) the adoption of this stock ownership policy, or (2) their respective appointment (other than a newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer, who has seven years to comply), as follows:

All of the executive officers are currently or are expected to be in compliance with our stock ownership policy in accordance to the time frame requirements.

For purposes of this stock ownership policy, stock ownership includes any shares owned by an executive officer or director or his or her immediate family members or held by him or her as part of a tax or estate plan in which the executive officer or director retains beneficial ownership. The value of shares held is calculated once per year, on the last business day of the fiscal year. For purposes of determining compliance with this stock ownership policy, “value” means an assumed per share value based on the closing price of Common Stock on the last business day of the fiscal year. An executive officer or director subject to this stock ownership

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policy is not required to acquire shares of Common Stock in accordance with this policy if acquisition at such time would result in a violation of the Company’s insider trading policy, in which event the executive officer or director is required to comply with this stock ownership policy as soon as reasonably feasible thereafter. A hardship exception is available at the discretion of the Compensation Committee, but no exceptions have been solicited or granted to date.

If any executive officer or director wasis determined to own less than the minimum number of shares of Common Stock, such executive officer or director shall have the two open periods after the two subsequent “Blackout Periods” to obtain the minimum number of shares of Common Stock. Blackout Period is (i) a period starting on the first day of the third month (March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1) in each calendar quarter and ending two business days after earnings for that calendar quarter have been publicly released (trading can begin on the third business day after announcement); and (ii) any other period of significant corporate activity designated from time to time by the Company.

Stock Retention Policy

In 2013, the Board adopted a policy on stock retention for executive officers and directors of the Company. In addition to the stock ownership policy described above, under which each executive officer or director must maintain a certain multiple of his or her annual base salary or annual retainer throughout the term of employment or appointment, each executive officer or director who acquires shares of our Common Stock through the exercise of a stock option shallis required to retain 33% of the “net” shares acquired (i.e., net of the tax impact of the stock option exercise) until the earlier to occur of the first anniversary of the date of exercise or the date the individual ceases to be an executive officer or director. This stock retention policy applies to all stock option grants awarded to executive officers or directors.

New Policies Adopted in 2014

Clawback Policy

In 2014, the Board adopted a policy regarding recoupment of executive compensation for executive officers of the Company (“Clawback Policy”). In the event the Company is required to restate any interim or annual financial statement filed with the SEC to correct an accounting error due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct (as defined), with any financial reporting requirement under the federal securities laws, the Board, or any committee of independent directors (as defined in Nasdaq Rule 4200(a)(15)) appointed by the Board (“Independent Committee”), shall review each performance basedperformance-based award (as defined) paid or granted to or exercised by each covered person (as defined) during the covered period (as defined).

If the Board or the Independent Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, that (1) a covered person has committed misconduct and (2) the payment, grant, amount, value or vesting during the covered period of any performance basedperformance-based award would have been different had it been determined, in whole or in part, based on the achievement of the financial results as subsequently restated, then the Board or such Independent Committee may take such actions as it deems appropriate, to recoup any portion of any such performance basedperformance-based award that would not have been awarded to the covered person had the financial results been properly reported.

The Company shall not take any action more than three years after the end of the covered period.

A copy of each abovementionedsuch corporate policy is contained in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, which is available on the Company’s website, www.diodes.com, in the “Investors – Corporate Governance” section.

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Executive Officers of the Company

None of the executive officers was selected pursuant to any arrangement or understanding, other than that with the executive officers of the Company acting within their capacity as such. Executive officers serve at the discretion of the Board. The following table and discussion sets forth certain biographical information concerning the Company’s executive officers as of the Record Date:

(1)These five executive officers are the Company’s NEOs.

(2)See “Proposal One - Election of Directors” for biographical information regarding Dr. Keh-Shew Lu.

(3)Mr. Chang left the Company on March 31, 2015.

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Richard D. White           Chief Financial Officer Secretary and TreasurerSecretary

Mr. White was appointed the Company’s Chief Financial Officer in May 2009. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance. Mr. White has 3334 years of senior level finance experience, including 25 years at TI, where he served as Vice President of Finance and Production Planning for MOS memory, Controller for TI’s Asia Pacific Division in Singapore, and various other financial positions in the United States, France and Germany. From 1999 to 2005, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for Optisoft, Inc., and from 2005 to 2006, he served as a Partner of Tatum, LLC. Mr. White, a licensed certified public accountant, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Mark A. King            Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Mr. King was appointed to his current position in 2005. He previously served as the Company’s Vice President, Sales and Marketing from 1998 to 2005 and Vice President, Sales from 1991 to 1998. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. King served for nine years in various sales management positions at Taiwan Lite-On. Mr. King holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arizona.

Joseph Liu           Senior Vice President, Operations

Mr. Liu was appointed to his current position in 2000. He previously served as the Company’s Vice President, Far East Operations from 1998 to 2000, Vice President, Operations from 1994 to 1998, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer from 1990 to 1998 and Vice President, Administration from 1990 to 1994. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Liu held various management positions with TI Taiwan since 1970, including Planning Manager, Financial Planning Manager, Treasury Manager, Cost Accounting Manager and General Accounting Manager, including a one-year assignment in TI Dallas from 1979 to 1980. He was the Controller of TI Asia in Singapore and Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986, Financial Planning Manager of TI Latin America Division (for TI Argentina, TI Brazil and TI Mexico) in Dallas from 1986 to 1989 and Chief Coordinator of Strategic Business Systems for TI Asia Pacific Division in Dallas from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Liu holds an Executive MBA from Pepperdine University.

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Hans Rohrer           Senior Vice President, Business Development

Mr. Rohrer was appointed to his current position in 2008. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of Zetex plc from 2006 until it was acquired by the Company in June 2008. He began his career in research and development at Diehl Data Systems before working at TI from 1976 to 1980, where he held a variety of engineering and marketing positions. From 1980 to 1998, Mr. Rohrer held several senior managerial positions at National Semiconductor Corporation (“NSM”) and led NSM’s European organization from 1990 to 1998 as vice presidentVice President and general manager.General Manager. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Rohrer served as President of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (“TSMC”) – Europe. Mr. Rohrer was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Acuid Corporation from 2002 until joining Zetex plc in 2006. Mr. Rohrer holds a Master’s degree in Electronics from Aalen University and received further business and management education from Stanford University and INSEAD.  Mr. Rohrer also served on several boards of publicly traded companies as well as privately held companies and is Chairman of the Board of Greenpeak Technologies.

Clemente “Clay” Beltran           Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain/Planning, Outsourcing and Quality

Mr. Beltran was appointed to his current position in December 2011. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Vice President of Business Development in 2011 for Semtech Corporation after serving as its Vice President of Worldwide Operations from 2006 to 2010. Prior to Semtech, Mr. Beltran served as Director of Worldwide Operations Planning and Backend Operations for Intersil Corporation from 2002 to 2006. He served as Director of Operations for Elantec Semiconductor, Inc., a manufacturer of analog integrated circuits from 1999 until that company was acquired by Intersil in 2002. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from UCLA,University of California, Los Angeles, as well as an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Chieh Chang           Vice President, Senior General Manager, Worldwide Analog Products

Mr. Chang was appointed to his current position in March 2013 upon the Company’s acquisition of BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited.Limited (“BCD”). Mr. Chang was one of the founders of BCD and served as BCD’s Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to March 2013 and as a Board member from 2001 to March 2013. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Chang served on the board of directors of Genesis Microchip Inc., a publicly traded semiconductor company acquired by ST Microelectronics NV. From 2000 to 2003, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Programmable Microelectronics Corporation (subsequently Chingis Technology Corporation), a fabless semiconductor design company acquired by Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. From 1992 to 1996, he was the Director of Technology at Cirrus Logic, Inc., a semiconductor company. Since SeptemberFrom 1995 to 2014, Mr. Chang has served on the board of directors of Oplink Communications, Inc. Mr. Chang received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University and ana Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Julie Holland           Vice President, General Manager, Worldwide Analog Products

Ms. Holland joined the Company in 2008. She previously spent over 20 years at TI where she held several key management roles, last serving as director and general manager of the Connectivity Solutions business unit prior to her departure in 2007. Her responsibilities included leading business and technical teams in the United States, Asia and Japan in the development, production and marketing of multiple analog and interface product lines. Prior to joining the Connectivity Solutions business unit, Ms. Holland served at TI as Director, Worldwide Bus Solutions from 2000 to 2001 and as Director, Computer Peripheral and Control Products from 1997 to 1999. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics at Northwestern University and her Master’s degree in Engineering Management at Southern Methodist University. She is an alumna of Leadership America and Leadership Texas, and was named a Fellow of the International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation.

Edmund Tang           Vice President, Corporate Administration

Mr. Tang was appointed to his current position in 2006. He has 3133 years of managerial and engineering experience, including 25 years at TI, where he last served as its Vice President and global memory quality manager of the world-wide MOS memory operation from 1997 to 2001, and prior to that he was TI’s Vice President and General Manager of Asia memory operations. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Tang served as the Asia President of FSI International Inc. (“FSI”), a global supplier of wafer cleaning and processing technology, responsible for FSI’s business in Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, and China. Mr. Tang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University.

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Francis Tang           Vice President, Worldwide Discrete Products

Mr. Tang was appointed to his current position in 2006. He previously served as the Company’s Global Product Manager since 2005. From 2002 until joining the Company, Mr. Tang served as general manager of T2 Microelectronics in Shanghai, China where he managed complex mixed-signal SOC product development. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Tang was the senior strategic marketing director for Acer Labs, Inc. USA, and prior to that, he was employed by NSM for 17 years, where he held various management positions in analog and mixed-signal circuit design, applications and strategic marketing. Mr. Tang holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Missouri – Rolla.

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Compensation of Directors

The following table sets forth the compensation paid toof each director, who is not a NEO, for service in 2013:2014:

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The following table shows the aggregate number of shares underlying outstanding restricted stock unitsRSUs and outstanding stock options held by non-employee directors as of December 31, 2013:2014:

Since 2007, each non-employee director of the Company has received a quarterly retainer of $20,000, the Chairman of the Audit Committee has received an additional $5,000 quarterly retainer, and each other member of the Audit Committee has received an additional $2,500 quarterly retainer.

In addition, the following amounts of RSUs, which vest in four equal annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant, were granted in 20132014 to each non-employee director:

The Board may modify such compensation in the future.

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During 2013,2014, the Compensation Committee consisted of three directors: Raymond Soong (Chairman), L.P. Hsu, and Michael K.C. Tsai. During 2013,2014, no executive officer of the Company served on the compensation committee (or equivalent) of the Board of Directors of another entity whose executive officer(s) served on the Company’s Compensation Committee or Board.

Report of the Audit Committee

The Report of the Audit Committee of the Board does not constitute soliciting material and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Proxy Statement into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates this information by reference, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under such Acts.

AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT

The Board maintains an Audit Committee comprised of three of the Company’s directors, Michael R. Giordano (Chairman), L.P. Hsu and John M. Stich. Each member of the Audit Committee meets the independence and experience requirements of Nasdaq and the independence requirements of the SEC. Mr. Giordano qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the rules of the SEC. The Audit Committee assists the Board in monitoring the accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices of the Company.

Management is responsible for the preparation of the Company’s financial statements and financial reporting process, including its system of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee:

The independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for performing an audit of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States and expressing an opinion on whether the Company’s financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position and results of operations for

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the periods presented and conform with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee:

The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, which was adopted by the Board and is assessed annually for adequacy by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee held seven (7) meetings during fiscal 2013,2014, and took action by written consent on one (1) occasion.

In performing its functions, the Audit Committee acts only in an oversight capacity. It is not the responsibility of the Audit Committee to determine that the Company’s financial statements are complete and accurate, are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States or present fairly the results of operations of the Company for the periods presented or that the Company maintains appropriate internal controls. Nor is it the duty of the Audit Committee to determine that the audit of the Company’s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or that the Company’s auditors are independent. Based upon the reviews and discussions described above, and the report of the independent

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registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee has recommended to the Board, and the Board has approved, that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20132014 for filing with the SEC. The Audit Committee also has recommended, and the Board also has approved, the selection of Moss Adams LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.2015.

Code of Ethics

The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions of the Company. The Code of Ethics is available on the Company’s website at www.diodes.com in the “Investors – Corporate Governance” section. The Company intends to disclose future amendments to, or waivers from, certain provisions of the Code of Ethics applicable to senior financial executives on the Company’s website within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.

Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions

Policy Regarding Related Person Transactions

The Audit Committee has adopted a written policy (the “Policy”) to review any transaction (a “related person transaction”) in which the Company was, or is to be, a participant and in which any director, executive officer, or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or any immediate family member of any such person, has a direct or indirect material interest. The Policy requires the following:

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From time to time, the Audit Committee also will review any transaction it deems significant to the Company, including, but not limited to, transactions with Keylink International (B.V.I.) Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Keylink”), and Chengdu Ya Guang Electronic Engineering Factory and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Ya Guang”), and Zetex (Chengdu) Electronic Company Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“ZCEL”). Keylink is the Company’s 5% joint venture partner in the Company’s Shanghai, China manufacturing facilities;facilities, and Ya Guang is the Company’s 5% joint venture partner in the Company’s Chengdu, China manufacturing facilities, and ZCEL, also located in Chengdu, China with manufacturing facilities, is 33% owned by an indirect subsidiary of the Company.facilities.

Relationships and Transactions

The Audit Committee reviews all related party transactions for potential conflict of interest situations on an ongoing basis, in accordance with such procedures as the Audit Committee may adopt from time to time. We believe that all related party transactions are on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

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We conduct business with a related party company, LSC. LSC is our largest stockholder, owning approximately 18%17% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock as of December 31, 2013,2014, and is a member of the Lite-On Group of companies. Raymond Soong, our Chairman of the Board, is the Chairman of LSC, Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, LTC and Silitech. Mr. Soong also serves on the board of Actron, which is a member or affiliate of the Lite-On Group. In addition, C.H. Chen, our former President and Chief Executive Officer and our current Vice Chairman of ourthe Board, is also Vice Chairman of LSC and Lite-On Technology Corporation.LSC. Mr. Chen is also the Vice Chairman of Dynacard Corporation, the Chairmana board member of Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation the Chairmanand LTC, a significant shareholder of On-Bright Electronic Inc., and a board member of Actron Technology Corporation,LSC, each of which is a member or an affiliate of the Lite-On Group. In addition, Raymond Soong, the Chairman of our Board, is the Chairman of LSC and is also the Chairman of Lite-On IT Corporation and Lite-On Technology Corporation, a significant shareholder of LSC. Mr. Soong also serves on the board of Actron Technology Corporation, Logah Technology Corporation and Co-Tech Copper Foil Corporation, each of which is a member or affiliate of the Lite-On Group. Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board, is a board member of Lite-On Technology Corporation.LTC and Nuvoton. L.P. Hsu, a member of our Board,  since May 2007, serves as a consultant to Lite-On Technology CorporationLTC, and was previouslyhe also currently serves as a board membersupervisor of Lite-On Technology Corporation. the Board of Directors of Nuvoton.  Several of our directors and executive officers may own LSC common stock and/or hold options to purchase LSC common stock. The Company considers its relationship with LSC to be mutually beneficial, and the Company plans to continue its strategic alliance with LSC.

We sold products to LSC totaling 1% of our net sales forFor the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, LSC accounted for approximately 3%, 4%, and 2011. Also for the years ended December 31, 2013, 20124%, respectively, of our silicon wafer supply, and 2011, 2%, 3% and 5%3%, respectively, of our net sales were from semiconductor products purchased from LSC for subsequent sale, making LSC our largest supplier. We also rented warehouse space in Hong Kong, the lease term of which ended March 2011 from a member of the Lite-On Group.finished goods supply.

We sell products to, and purchase inventory from, companies owned by Keylink. We sold products to companies owned by Keylink totaling 1%, 3%1% and 2%3% of net sales for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, and 2011, respectively. Also for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, 1% of our net sales were from semiconductor products purchased from companies owned by Keylink. In addition, our subsidiaries in China lease our Shanghaitheir manufacturing facilities in Shanghai from, and subcontract a portion of theirour manufacturing process (metal plating and environmental services) to, Keylink. We also pay a consulting fee to Keylink. The aggregate amounts for these services for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and 2011 were approximately $19 million, $17 million $16and $19 million, respectively.

We purchased silicon wafers from Nuvoton that we use in the production of finished goods, totaling $12.7 million and $17$8.3 million, respectively.

Prior to the Company obtaining a controlling financial interest in Eris Technology Corporation (“Eris”), it treated Eris as a related party due to significant, but noncontrolling, equity investment. The Company subcontracts to Eris some of its wafers for assembly and test and also purchases finished goods not sourced from the Company’s wafers. With respect to assembly and test fees and the finished goods purchases, the Company paid Eris approximately $10 million and $16 millionrespectively, for the years ended December 31, 20122014 and 2011, respectively. On August 31, 2012, the Company obtained approximately 51% of the outstanding common stock of Eris and consolidated Eris beginning September 1, 2012.

2013. See “Risk Factors – One of our largest external suppliersuppliers is also a related party. The loss of this supplier could harm our business, operating results of operations and financial condition.” in Part I, Item 1A, and Note 14 of- “Related Party Transactions” and Note 17 of “Business Combination” of, to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014March 2, 2015 for additional information.

Notwithstanding such relationships and transactions, the Board has determined that each of Messrs. Soong, Chen, Hsu and SoongHsu is independent under the rules of Nasdaq and the SEC.

Mr. Kevin Chou, the son-in-law of Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, has been employed by the Company as a Senior Financial Analyst since August 2009. For 2013,2014, Mr. Chou’s total cash compensation was $122,730,approximately $129,000, and his total equity compensation was 1,200 restricted stock units,RSUs, which vest in four equal annual installments.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, the Company’s directors, executive officers and any persons holding ten percent or more of the Common Stock are required to report their ownership of Common Stock and any changes in that ownership to the SEC and to furnish the Company with copies of such reports.

Specific due dates for these reports have been established by the SEC, and the Company is required to report any failure to file on a timely basis. Based solely upon review of copies of reports filed by the Company’s directors and executive officers with the SEC during the most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2013,2014, all reports required to be filed in 20132014 were filed timely except for the late filing of a Form 4 by Mr. BeltranSilitek Corp. (also known as LSC) on August 12, 2013 for a stock award granted on July 1, 2013.

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PROPOSAL TWO

APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

At the Meeting, the stockholders are being asked to approve the compensation of the NEOs as disclosed below pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, including the information in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and in the Summary Compensation Table and other related tables and narrative disclosure below in “Executive Compensation.”

At the Company’s 20132011 annual meeting of the stockholders, the Company’s stockholders voted in favor of providing stockholders an advisory vote on the approval of the compensation of the Company’s NEOs on an annual basis.

As discussed below, our executive compensation programs are designed to attract, retain and motivate executives who are critical to our long-term growth and profitability. Under these programs, our executives are incentivized to achieve Company performance goals and individual objectives established by the Compensation Committee, without encouraging undue or unreasonable risk-taking.

The Compensation Committee reviews our executive compensation programs annually to ensure they align executive compensation with the interests of our stockholders and current market practices. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation” for information about our executive compensation programs, including information about the fiscal 20132014 compensation of the NEOs.

This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives our stockholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our NEOs. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our NEOs and the executive compensation philosophy and decisions described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Executive Compensation.”

Approval of the compensation paid to the NEOs, as disclosed below pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the SEC, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote on the proposal at the Meeting.

This vote is advisory and is not binding on the Company, the Board or the Compensation Committee. However, the Board and the Compensation Committee value the opinions of our stockholders and will review the result of the vote and take it into consideration when making future decisions regarding executive compensation.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NEOS AS DISCLOSED IN “COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS” AND “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.”

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) explains the Company’s compensation objectives and philosophy, as well as how and why compensation decisions were made in 20132014 for each person who served as the Company’s principal executive officer or principal financial officer during 20132014 and the Company’s three other most highly compensated executive officers (collectively, the “NEOs”). This section also explains how the compensation of NEOs is aligned with the interests of the Company’s stockholders and places in perspective the executive compensation information contained in the tables that appear under the caption “Executive Compensation.”

The Company has ten executive officers. The Company has a complex structure with manufacturing entities in Asia, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, sales offices in the United States, Europe and throughout Asia and design centers in the United States, Europe Taiwan and China.Asia. We hold our executives responsible for the Company’s performance and for a strong culture of ethical behavior.

For 2013,2014, our NEOs were:

* Mr. Chang left the Company on March 31, 2015.

To assist stockholders in finding important information, this CD&A is organized as follows:

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Executive Summary

Our 2013 performance2014 Performance

The Company’s primary performance objectives are:

In fiscal 2013,2014, the Company achieved significant progress in realizing these objectives:

objectives including:

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Stock Price Performance and Total Stockholder Return (“TSR”)

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20132014 President & CEO Compensation

Base Salary.  Dr. Lu’s base salary was set at $527,000$548,000 on June 1, 2014, a 4% increase from 2013, which was in approximately 87% of the median (50^th percentile)25th percentile of base salaries paid to executive officers with comparable duties by similarly sized companies in the semiconductor industry.  This salary was based on the Company’s relative performance versus its Peer Grouppeer group and the progress made by the Company in meeting its strategic objectives.  This amount was consistent withFor a more detailed description, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Summary of Compensation Approach – Compensation Objectives and Philosophy and How the Company’s Compensation Committee’s philosophy discussed below.Program Operates – Fixed and Variable Compensation – Base Salaries.”

Annual Bonus.Dr. Lu’s annual bonus for 20132014 was $760,000,$920,000, an increase of approximately 25%21% from 2012,2013, and was determined by takingthe executive bonus formula which takes into account the Company’s revenue and net income growth in 2014, as well as qualitative and quantitative factors including the integration of BCD, and the semiconductor industry compared tosignificant improvement in the Company’s growthgross margin, operating profit, net income and earnings per share in 2013, the completion2014.  For a more detailed description, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Summary of the acquisition of BCD during the first quarter of 2013, the completion of a five-year, $300 million senior credit facilityCompensation Approach – Compensation Objectives and meetingPhilosophy and How the Company’s Compensation Program Operates – Fixed and Dr. Lu’s 2013 performance objectives.Variable Compensation – Bonuses.”

Long-Term Incentive (“LTI”) Opportunity.  Dr. Lu’s aggregate LTI award opportunity in the form of equity awards (excluding PRSAs) for 20132014 was $2,898,400,$3,488,000, which was based upon three elements: first, the Company’s compensation philosophy that the total compensation of an executive officer (i.e., the aggregate of all cash and equity awards,awards) should be competitive withat the median (50^th(50th percentile) of the total compensation paid to  executive officers with comparable duties and responsibilities by other similarly sized companies in the semiconductor industry; second, the Company’s overall performance in 2013;2014; and third, that the Company had achieved 22 consecutive24 years of profitability, its revenue CAGR for the last ten10 years had outperformed that of its competitors in its semiconductor SAM, and its stock price had increased in mid-May 2013,on May 27, 2014, when stock awards were approved, to $24.20$26.41 from $17.35$23.56 at December 31, 2012,2013, an increase of approximately 39%12%.

Total Compensation.  Dr. Lu’s total compensation for 20132014 of $4,197,865$5,007,729 was 83%approximately 19% higher than 2012 when taking2013.  

Performance Incentive.  In 2009, the Company and Dr. Lu entered into account the reductionan employment agreement, which provides for a portion of his compensation to be in the numberform of PRSAs that would only vest upon the Company achieving $1 billion in revenue for a fiscal year, provided Dr. Lu’s outstanding options effected in 2013 (forLu is then employed by the Company. As of the Record Date, none of these PRSAs have vested. For further information concerningdetails on this options reduction,employment agreement, including the Net Sales Target required for vesting, see Part 1, Items 3“Executive Compensation – Narrative to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of “Legal Proceedings” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014)Plan-Based Awards Table – Employment Agreements. Excluding the $1,021,440 impact of this options reduction on Dr. Lu’s compensation for 2012, Dr. Lu’s 2013 total compensation increased 26% from 2012. Since 2008, Dr. Lu’s total compensation has increased at a 7% CAGR, while the Company’s stock price per share has improved from $6.06 at December 31, 2008 to $23.56, a 31% CAGR. See the following details for Dr. Lu’s total compensation trend.

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Our Compensation Program Incorporates Best Practices

Best Practices in Our Compensation ProgramProgram.

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Practices We Do Not Engage In or AllowAllow.

Stockholder Engagement

At the Company’s 2013 Annual Meeting,2014 annual meeting, the Company provided stockholders a non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation for 2012.2013. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), a proxy advisory firm, recommended a vote “FOR” approval of the Company’s executive compensation for 2012.2013. The stockholders approved the NEOs’ compensation for 20122013 by a vote of approximately 73%79% (computed without regard to abstentions and broker non-votes).

Since

Based on previous discussions with stockholders, the 2013 Annual Meeting,Company identified that the principal issue was that executive bonuses have been based upon the Compensation Committee’s subjective assessment of the responsibilities of each executive officer and the accomplishments and contributions of that officer to the achievement of the Company’s management has discussed its executive compensationfinancial and strategic objectives, rather than objective performance criteria.

In response to the 2014 say-on-pay vote and these discussions with outside groups, including ISS and California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). Based on those discussions,stockholders, the Compensation Committee andhas modified the Board madeexecutive bonus program to provide that a significant portion of an executive officer’s bonus will be performance-based. For 2014, performance-based bonuses were based on a formula that compares (1) the following additionCompany’s actual revenue growth to the growth of the Company’s SAM and (2) the Company’s actual net income to that of the prior year indexed to the revenue growth of the Company’s SAM.  For a more detailed description of the executive compensation program:

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bonus formula, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – Summary of Compensation Approach

– Compensation Objectives and Philosophy and How the Company’s Compensation Program Operates – Fixed and Variable Compensation – Bonuses.”

Of the $2.4 million of executive bonuses paid for services rendered in 2014, 70% ($1.7 million) was based directly on this performance formula and the balance was based upon the Compensation Committee’s subjective assessment of the responsibilities and contributions of each executive officer (excluding a retention bonus paid to Mr. Chang in connection with the Company’s acquisition of BCD in 2013).

Summary of Compensation Approach

Our Compensation Objectives and Philosophy and How the Company’s Compensation Program Operates.

The objective of the Company’s compensation program is to promote the continued profitability and growth of the Company for the benefit of its stockholders.  

The Company seeks to attract, retain and motivate executives critical to the Company's long-term growth and profitability.  The executive compensation consists primarily of base salaries, cash bonuses, equity awards and benefits.

The Compensation Committee determines the Company’s compensation philosophy and the form of the compensation and benefits for NEOs and all other executive officers.  The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter approved by the Board.  A copy of the charter is available at www.diodes.com in the “Investors – Corporate Governance” section.  

In support of this compensation philosophy, the Company generally believes that:

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The following policies and procedures reinforce the Company’s compensation objectives and philosophy.

Compensation Risk Assessment.  The Compensation Committee has conducted an annual compensation risk assessment and concluded that the Company’s compensation policies and practices do not encourage excessive or unnecessary risk-taking and are not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Compensation Committee took into account the significant proportion of the annual compensation that is based on equity incentives that have long maturities and vesting periods, and the Company’s clawback, stock retention and stock ownership policies that align the NEO’s and other executive officers’ compensation with the interests of the Company’s stockholders.

Annual Evaluation Procedures.The Compensation Committee determines the compensation for all the executive officers, including the NEOs.  The Compensation Committee meets in an executive session at the beginning of each fiscal year to (i) evaluate the performance of the NEOs and all other executive officers during the prior fiscal year; (ii) determine their final annual bonuses, if any, for the prior fiscal year; (iii) establish overall performance goals and objectives, if any, for the current fiscal year; and (iv) establish the formula for determining the total aggregate executive bonus poolamount for the current fiscal year.  The Compensation Committee meets again in executive session mid-year to (i) set the NEOs’ and all other executive officers’ base salaries for the next 12 months; and (ii) consider and approve any equity incentive compensation.  At the end of each fiscal year, the Compensation Committee (i) reviews the formula established at the beginning of the fiscal year for determining the total aggregate executive bonus poolamount for that fiscal year and makes any appropriate changes to such formula; (ii) certifies satisfaction of the performance goals and (ii)��objectives; and (iii) determines the preliminary annual bonuses, if any, for all executive officers for the current fiscal year.  The Compensation Committee may meet from time to time during the year to assess the adequacy of the Company’s compensation for all executive officers.  For a discussion of the criteria used by the Compensation Committee to evaluate the performance of NEOs in 2013,2014, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis – 20132014 Named Executive Officer Compensation –- How and Why Executive Compensation Decisions Were Made.”

Management’s Role in Determining Executive Compensation.The Compensation Committee discusses with, and takes into consideration, the recommendations of the Chief Executive Officer concerning the annual evaluation of the NEOs and other executive officers, except for matters related to the Chief Executive Officer’s own evaluation and compensation.  The Compensation Committee also periodically receives reports and recommendations from outside compensation consultants.  The Chief Executive Officer has a role in determining executive compensation because he evaluates employee performance, recommends performance goals and objectives, and recommends salary levels, bonuses and incentive awards of the executive officers, and the NEOs, other than himself.

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Elements of Executive Compensation.During 2014, the Company’s compensation for executive officers consisted of the components listed in the table below, which provides a brief description of the principal elements of compensation, how performance is factored into each element of compensation, and the primary objectives served by each element of compensation.  

Fixed and Variable Compensation.In 2014, the Compensation Consultant.Committee continued its practice of awarding the majority of total direct compensation to the executive officers in the form of variable compensation. Variable compensation is tied to progress towards and the achievement of financial and strategic goals, including stock price appreciation, and incorporates elements such as annual incentive bonuses, stock options, PRSAs and RSUs.  Fixed compensation includes elements such as annual base salaries and benefits and perquisites.

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Base Salaries.  In determining the executive officers’ base salaries, the Compensation Committee first looks to its compensation philosophy that base salaries should only be a portion of total compensation and may generally be at or lower than the median base salaries paid to officers with comparable duties by other companies of similar size in the semiconductor industry.  The Compensation Committee then considers each executive officer's scope of responsibility, level of experience, individual performance, and past and potential contribution to the Company's business, as well as the Company’s performance and the current year’s change in the cost of living.  The Compensation Committee does not assign any particular formula or weight to the foregoing factors.  To ensure that the base salaries are adequate and consistent with the Company’s compensation philosophy, the Compensation Committee also periodically reviews independent surveys of executive compensation, such as the 2014 Survey discussed below in “Compensation Consultant, Selection of Peer Group and Compensation Survey – Selection of New Group Companies,” and compares the executive officers’ base salaries to amounts paid to officers with comparable duties by similarly sized companies in the semiconductor industry.  In addition, the Compensation Committee discusses and takes into consideration the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer regarding each executive officer’s base salary, other than the Chief Executive Officer’s own base salary.  

Bonuses.The Compensation Committee believes that bonuses should be a component of the total compensation of the executive officers to reward executive officers for their contributions to the growth in the Company’s revenue and profitability and achievement of Company and individual objectives

In 2014, the Compensation Committee took steps to further align the Company’s bonus program with the Company’s performance.  This year the Compensation Committee (i) established a formula to determine the maximum aggregate amount of executive bonuses available for distribution for that year and (ii) designated that a significant portion of an executive officer’s bonus would be based directly on the bonus performance formula with the remaining amount being distributed at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. The performance portion for each executive officer is calculated as the bonus performance formula factor multiplied by 70% of the executive officer’s prior year total bonus.  

The bonus performance formula compares (1) the Company’s actual revenue growth to the growth of the Company’s SAM and (2) the Company’s actual net income to the Company’s calculated net income based on a profit fall-through factor of SAM growth.  These two factors – relative revenue growth and net income growth – are weighted 40% and 60%, respectively.  The formula determines a “multiplier.”  The aggregate amounts available for executive bonuses in 2014 was limited to the product of (x) the multiplier and (y) the aggregate amount of the executive bonuses paid in 2014.  Each executive officer was entitled to receive a performance-based bonus equal to 70% of the product of (x) the multiplier and (y) his or her bonus for 2013.  The balance of the aggregate amount available for executive bonuses was available to be distributed to executive officers in the discretion of the Compensation Committee.  No bonus would be paid if the Company’s actual 2014 revenue growth and net income, as determined under this formula, was less than 80% of the prior year’s performance.  

If one or both of the two factors in the bonus performance formula, the Company’s relative net sales growth and the Company’s net income, increases or decreases for a fiscal year, then the bonus multiplier for that fiscal year may increase or decrease compared with prior year’s bonus multiplier. In 2014, the Company’s net sales grew by approximately 8% while net income increased approximately 140% from $26.5 million in 2013 to $63.7 million in 2014, which resulted in a 2014 bonus multiplier of 116%, and increased the 2014 aggregate amount available for bonus amount compared with 2013.

The bonus multiplier, the total aggregate bonus amount, and bonuses, both performance and discretionary, paid to all executive officers for 2012, 2013 and 2014 are as follows (amounts in millions):

To determine each executive officer’s bonus the Compensation Committee applied the bonus performance formula to each executive officer’s 2013 bonus to determine the 70% performance portion of the executive officer’s bonus while the remaining portion of the executive officer’s bonus was distributed based on the areas of responsibilities of each executive officer during 2014, as well as the Compensation Committee’s assessment of the accomplishments and contributions made by each executive officer to the achievement of the Company’s financial and strategic objectives, all as more completely described herein for each NEO.  

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Equity Awards.  The Compensation Committee believes that equity awards should be a significant component of the total executive compensation in order to align the executive officers’ compensation with the Company’s long-term performance, encourage executive officers to make value-enhancing decisions for the benefit of stockholders, and encourage the retention of their talents over time.    

Under the Company's 2013 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company may grant any type of equity award whose value is derived from the value of the Common Stock of the Company, including, but not limited to, shares of Common Stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), RSUs, and restricted stock.  Each executive officer is eligible to receive equity awards.  Historically, equity awards have been primarily in the form of stock options; however, since 2006, RSUs and restricted stock have also been granted to encourage long-term retention.  

Why We Use Stock Options.  The Compensation Committee believes that stock options are an appropriate equity vehicle for a portion of long-term incentive compensation for the Company’s executive officers because stock options are performance-based, providing value only if the Company’s stock price increases over time, which aligns the executive officers’ interests with the long-term interests of stockholders.  We do not grant “discounted” stock options nor have we ever re-priced stock options.

Why We Use Full-Value Awards Including RSUs and Restricted Stock.  The Compensation Committee believes that full-value awards are appropriate equity vehicles for a portion of long-term incentive compensation for the Company’s executive officers because these awards align executive officers’ interests with the interests of stockholders by focusing executive officers on long-term Company performance.  The value of these awards increases if the Company’s stock price increases, and the value of these awards decreases if the stock price declines.  Full-value awards also serve to retain executive officers because they provide executive officers some economic value (if time-based vesting requirements are met) regardless of stock price changes.

The Compensation Committee’s policy is to grant equity awards annually in recognition of each executive officer's current and potential contributions to the Company.  The exercise price of stock options granted to date has been no less than the fair market value of the Common Stock of the Company as of the date of grant.  To encourage retention, all awards generally vest in four equal annual installments on the first four anniversaries of the grant date.  Decisions made by the Compensation Committee regarding the timing and size of subsequent awards take into consideration the Company's and the individual's performance, allocation between cash and non-cash components of the executive compensation, the size, term and value of awards made in prior years, and the executive officer’s total compensation in relation to the Peer Group survey.  

Additional Benefits and Perquisites.All executive officers are entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable and documented business expenses, paid time off in accordance with the Company's policies, access to the Company’s 401(k) Plan, as well as health insurance benefits (all of which are also available to all employees) and the Company’s Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan, among others.

Compensation Consultant, Selection of Peer Group and Compensation Surveys

Compensation Consultant.The Compensation Committee's charter enables the Compensation Committee to retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser (“Compensation Adviser”) to assist in the evaluation of the NEOs’ and all other executives officers’ compensation, and provides the Compensation Committee with the sole authority to approve the Compensation Adviser’s fees and other retention terms.  In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, Radford, an Aon Hewitt company (“Radford”), was engaged to provide consulting services on executive compensation, assist in reviewing a list of comparable companies for the 2012 Peer Group (as defined below), provide information on market trends and review competitive levels of pay for executive and outside director compensation compared to the Compensation Committee’s approved 2012 Peer Group (the “Survey”“2012 Survey”).

The Compensation Committee intends In November, 2014, Radford was engaged to update the 2012 Survey at least every three years with the assistance of Radford or another independent consulting firm. The Compensation Committee’s reason for updating the Survey at least every three years as opposed to every year is that the Compensation Committee does not believe that the executive compensation benchmark or the comparable companies are likely to have significant changes every one or two years. The Compensation Committee plans to continue to focus on reviewing trends within the Company’s industry and to updateassist in reviewing the Survey in 2014, including retaining a Compensation Adviser to review the alignment between the Company’s executive compensation and the Company’s performance.2015 Peer Group of companies as discussed below.

Compensation Consultant’s Independence and Conflict of Interest.In accordance with its charter, the Compensation Committee may, at its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a Compensation Adviser and shall be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any Compensation Adviser retained by the Compensation Committee.  The Company shall provide appropriate funding, as determined by the Compensation Committee, for payment of reasonable compensation to a Compensation Adviser retained by the Compensation Committee.  Furthermore, the Compensation Committee may select, or receive advice from a Compensation Adviser, other than in-house legal counsel, only after taking into consideration the following factors: (i) the provision of other services to the Company by the person that employs the Compensation Adviser;Adviser, (ii) the amount of fees received from the Company by the person that employs the Compensation Adviser, as a percentage of the total revenue of the person that employs the Compensation Adviser;Adviser, (iii) the policies and procedures of the person that employs the Compensation Adviser that are designed to prevent conflicts of interest;interest, (iv) any business or personal relationship of the Compensation Adviser with a member of the Compensation Committee;Committee, (v) any stock of the Company owned by the Compensation Adviser;Adviser, and (vi) any business

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or personal relationship of the Compensation Adviser or the person employing the Compensation Adviser with an executive officer of the Company.

To avoid conflicts of interest, Radford was retained directly by the Compensation Committee.  Radford has provided compensation survey data to the Company’s Human Resources department for review.

As noted previously, in 2012, Radford provided support to the Compensation Committee, including consulting services on executive compensation, detailed reviewSelection of executive compensation, selection of the Peer Group preparation of the Survey, and review of outside director compensation versus market practices. The Company paid approximately $35,000 in professional fees to Radford for Radford’s services as a Compensation Adviser to the Compensation Committee, which includes both the executive and

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director compensation work. The Company also participated in Radford’s survey database for industry-based global compensation and benefit information (broad-based survey data including executive positions) with fees of $18,450 in 2012 and $22,340 in 2013. Radford’s parent company also performed services totaling $6,000 in the area of risk services for the Company. Based on the consideration of the various factors as set forth in the rules promulgated by the SEC, the Compensation Committee does not believe that its relationship with Radford and the work of Radford on behalf of the Compensation Committee or the Company’s Human Resources department has raised any conflict of interest.

Selection of Comparator Peer GroupCompanies.

The Compensation Committee reviews data concerning the pay practices among semiconductor companies of similar size to the Company.  Although this data provides the Compensation Committee with a general frame of reference, the Compensation Committee does not target the compensation of any NEO or other executive officer at a specific percentile of the compensation paid by comparable companies.  The Compensation Committee referred to the 2012 Survey prepared by Radford when the Compensation Committee reviewed and approved executive compensation for 2013.2014.

Radford selected the companies for the 2012 Survey (the “Peer“2012 Peer Group”) based on revenues, market capitalization and overall position in the semiconductor or similar technology industry.  The 2012 Peer Group was composed of semiconductor companies or similar technology companies with annual revenue ranging from $300 million to $1.5 billion and market capitalization ranging from $500 million to $3.5 billion and with whom the Company competes for executive talent (the “Peer“2012 Peer Group Criteria”). Radford also provided the executive compensation data of four additional companies that did not fit within the

The 2012 Peer Group Criteria but are aspirational peers of the Company. These four companies were Texas Instruments Incorporated, ON Semiconductor Corporation, Microchip Technology Incorporated and Skyworks Solutions, Inc. Radford, however, did not include these four aspirational peers in the Survey’s analysis.

The2012 Survey compared the compensation paid to the following eight executive officers of the Company with those occupying similar positions in the 24 companies in the Peer Group: Chief Executive Officer; Chief Financial Officer; Senior Vice President, Operations; Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing; Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain/Planning, Outsourcing and Quality; Vice President, Corporate Administration; Vice President, Worldwide Discrete Products; and Vice President, Worldwide Analog Products. Hans Rohrer, our Senior Vice President, Business Development, and Chieh Chang, our Vice President, Senior General Manager, Worldwide Analog Products, were not included in the Survey.

The Peer Group consistsconsisted of the following:

Based on job descriptions provided by Microchip Technology Inc. in third quarter of 2012.

At the Company, the Survey compared the base salary, target incentive, target total cash, long-term incentive, and total direct compensation of eachtime of the Company’s selected executive officers in 2011 to2012 Survey, the amounts paid for the most comparable position by the Peer Group based on Radford’s Industry Q1 2012 Trend Report without taking into consideration the performance, experience, tenure or job criticality for each of the executive officers of the Company. The Survey placed a compensation premium of 20% on the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Administration and 15% on the Company’s Vice President, Corporate Supply Chain/Planning, Outsourcing and Quality, to reflect the additional responsibilities of these positions within the Company relative to the Peer Group.

In the Survey, base salary is the annual salary that each of the Company’s executive officers received from the Company in 2011, and target incentive is the annual bonus that each of the Company’s executive officers received from the Company in 2011. The target total cash is defined as the sum of base salary plus target incentive. Long-term incentive is defined as the sum of the Black-

Scholes-Merton value of the stock options plus the face value of RSUs and RSAs granted in 2011. Dr. Lu’s long-term, performance incentives of 600,000 shares of restricted stock, which are part of his employment agreement with the Company and subject to certain performance criteria, were not included in the Survey’s comparison of the long-term incentives provided by the Company with those of the Peer Group. As of the Record Date, none of these restricted stock awards to Dr. Lu have vested. Total direct compensation is defined as the sum of target total cash plus long-term incentive. For further discussion of the performance criteria of Dr. Lu’s long-term, performance incentives of 600,000 shares of restricted stock, see “Executive Compensation – Narrative to Summary Compensation Table and Plan-Based Awards Table –Employment Agreements.”

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The Surveysurvey showed that: