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): December 29, 2004 (December 28, 2004)
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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 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 28, 2004, the Registrant entered into a Fifth Amendment to its Development and License Agreement with PPG Industries, Inc. Under that agreement, a team of PPG Industries’ scientists and engineers (the “Development Team”) assists the Registrant in developing and commercializing various materials for use in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). PPG Industries also supplies the Registrant with OLED materials that it qualifies and resells for evaluation purposes.
The Fifth Amendment amends the Development and License Agreement with regard to the notice period for non-renewal of that Agreement and various matters regarding the Development Team and compensation for the work to be performed and the OLED materials to be provided by PPG Industries during 2005.
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.
| UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Sidney D. Rosenblatt | |
| Sidney D. Rosenblatt | ||
| Executive Vice President, Chief Financial | ||
| Officer, Treasurer and Secretary | ||
Dated: December 29, 2004