Universal Display Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Universal Display Corporation (NASDAQ: PANL), enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED ^® technology and materials, today announced its results for the third quarter of 2012.

For the third quarter of 2012, the Company reported a net loss of $5.5 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, on revenues of $12.5 million. For the third quarter of 2011, the Company reported net income of $6.0 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, on revenues of $21.8 million.

“The long-term outlook for OLED technology remains strong, despite this quarter’s results,” said Sidney D. Rosenblatt, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Universal Display. “Material sales in the quarter were consistent with the first quarter of the year, reflecting what we believe to be a temporary slowdown in industry growth. We believe that a more indicative measure of our continued strong growth and the outlook for OLED technology is the 29 percent growth in year-over-year revenues over the first three quarters of the year despite having only received half of the year’s Samsung licensing revenue.”

Results for the third quarter of 2012 do not include the recognition of any revenue under a licensing agreement with Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (SDC), under which SDC is obligated to make payments to the Company of $15 million in each of the second and fourth quarters of this year. Had the Company recognized these payments on a pro rata quarterly basis over the year, it would have resulted in an additional $7.5 million of royalty and license fees revenue in the third quarter. The SDC licensing revenue is subject to a royalty fee of 3% payable to the Company’s university partners, and 16.5% in South Korean taxes.

Third Quarter Results

Revenues for the third quarter of 2012 were $12.5 million compared to revenues of $21.8 million in the same quarter of 2011. Material sales were $11.0 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $15.4 million in the third quarter of 2011 due to lower volumes of green emitter and host materials. The anticipated ramp up of phosphorescent green materials did not occur this quarter. Royalty and license fees were $396,000 in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $4.6 million in the same quarter of 2011. Third quarter 2011 revenues included a partial license payment from SDC as the SDC Agreement was signed last August, whereas there were no similar revenues in the third quarter of this year.

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