SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 10, 2012 (January 5, 2012)
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Universal Display Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant Specified in Charter)
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Pennsylvania
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1-12031
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23-2372688
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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incorporation or organization)
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375 Phillips Boulevard
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Ewing, NJ
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08618
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 671-0980
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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Item 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On January 5, 2012, the Registrant entered into an OLED Technology License Agreement with Lumiotec, Inc. of Japan (“Lumiotec”). Under the agreement, the Registrant granted Lumiotec license rights under various patents and associated know-how owned or controlled by the Registrant for Lumiotec to manufacture and sell certain OLED (organic light emitting diode) products for lighting applications. Lumiotec will pay the Registrant license fees and running royalties on its sales of these licensed products under the agreement. The term of the agreement runs through December 31, 2015. The Registrant separately agreed to sell to Lumiotec certain OLED materials for use by Lumiotec in manufacturing OLED products as authorized under the agreement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION
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Dated: January 10, 2012
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By: /s/ Sidney D. Rosenblatt
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Sidney D. Rosenblatt
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
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