form10-q.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
[X]
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
OR
[ ]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the transition period from ____________ to ___________
Commission
File Number 1-12031
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
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23-2372688
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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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,
New Jersey
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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
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes X No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit and post such files). Yes No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ___
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Accelerated
filer X
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Non-accelerated
filer ___ (Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)
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Smaller
reporting company ___
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No X
As of
November 4, 2009, the registrant had outstanding 36,755,846 shares of common
stock.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
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September
30,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
10,608,785 |
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$ |
28,321,581 |
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Short-term
investments
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55,415,258 |
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49,132,619 |
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Accounts
receivable
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1,886,345 |
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2,450,444 |
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Inventory
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42,700 |
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2,209 |
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Other
current assets
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502,479 |
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462,908 |
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Total
current assets
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68,455,567 |
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80,369,761 |
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net of accumulated depreciation of
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$15,435,321
and $13,902,617
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11,509,541 |
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12,859,628 |
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ACQUIRED
TECHNOLOGY, net of accumulated amortization of
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$15,292,677
and $14,021,374
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1,658,040 |
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2,929,344 |
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OTHER
ASSETS
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237,758 |
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69,772 |
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ |
81,860,906 |
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$ |
96,228,505 |
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LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES:
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
1,915,730 |
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$ |
1,585,015 |
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Accrued
expenses
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4,719,417 |
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5,296,433 |
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Deferred
license fees
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6,097,868 |
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6,148,267 |
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Deferred
revenue
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287,634 |
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2,739,790 |
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Total
current liabilities
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13,020,649 |
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15,769,505 |
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DEFERRED
LICENSE FEES
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2,946,237 |
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3,407,037 |
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DEFERRED
REVENUE
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225,000 |
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337,500 |
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STOCK
WARRANT LIABILITY
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3,810,190 |
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— |
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Total
liabilities
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20,002,076 |
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19,514,042 |
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COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 9)
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SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY:
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Preferred
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 200,000
shares of Series A Nonconvertible Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding (liquidation value of $7.50 per share or
$1,500,000)
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2,000 |
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2,000 |
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Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized,
36,677,168 and 36,131,981 shares issued and outstanding at September
30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
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366,772 |
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361,320 |
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Additional
paid-in capital
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254,673,492 |
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256,696,849 |
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Unrealized
gain on available-for-sale securities
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77,575 |
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126,497 |
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Accumulated
deficit
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(193,261,009 |
) |
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(180,472,203 |
) |
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Total
shareholders’ equity
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61,858,830 |
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76,714,463 |
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ |
81,860,906 |
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$ |
96,228,505 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
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Three
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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REVENUE:
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Commercial
revenue
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$ |
1,621,416 |
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$ |
1,324,924 |
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Developmental
revenue
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3,523,977 |
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1,300,715 |
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Total
revenue
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5,145,393 |
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2,625,639 |
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OPERATING
EXPENSES:
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Cost
of chemicals sold
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277,218 |
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226,574 |
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Research
and development
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4,938,705 |
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4,848,724 |
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Selling,
general and administrative
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2,656,005 |
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2,445,145 |
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Patent
costs
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955,119 |
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839,443 |
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Royalty
and license expense
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111,122 |
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98,617 |
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Total
operating expenses
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8,938,169 |
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8,458,503 |
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Operating
loss
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(3,792,776 |
) |
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(5,832,864 |
) |
INTEREST
INCOME
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121,927 |
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545,561 |
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INTEREST
EXPENSE
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(386 |
) |
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(15,680 |
) |
LOSS
ON STOCK WARRANT LIABILITY
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(1,001,612 |
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— |
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NET
LOSS
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$ |
(4,672,847 |
) |
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$ |
(5,302,983 |
) |
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BASIC
AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
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$ |
(0.13 |
) |
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$ |
(0.15 |
) |
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WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES USED IN COMPUTING BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON
SHARE
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36,481,603 |
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35,989,473 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
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Nine
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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REVENUE:
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Commercial
revenue
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$ |
4,229,609 |
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$ |
4,275,476 |
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Developmental
revenue
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6,705,996 |
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3,212,580 |
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Total
revenue
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10,935,605 |
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7,488,056 |
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OPERATING
EXPENSES:
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Cost
of chemicals sold
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766,396 |
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669,012 |
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Research
and development
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15,482,462 |
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13,506,318 |
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Selling,
general and administrative
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7,994,021 |
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7,658,508 |
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Patent
costs
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2,510,379 |
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2,226,853 |
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Royalty
and license expense
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279,484 |
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297,086 |
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Total
operating expenses
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27,032,742 |
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24,357,777 |
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Operating
loss
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(16,097,137 |
) |
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(16,869,721 |
) |
INTEREST
INCOME
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563,920 |
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2,202,123 |
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INTEREST
EXPENSE
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(3,327 |
) |
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(34,560 |
) |
LOSS
ON STOCK WARRANT LIABILITY
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(1,121,080 |
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— |
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NET
LOSS
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$ |
(16,657,624 |
) |
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$ |
(14,702,158 |
) |
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BASIC
AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
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$ |
(0.46 |
) |
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$ |
(0.41 |
) |
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WEIGHTED
AVERAGE SHARES USED IN COMPUTING BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER COMMON
SHARE
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36,388,939 |
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35,887,264 |
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
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Nine
Months Ended September 30,
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2009
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2008
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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Net
loss
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$ |
(16,657,624 |
) |
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$ |
(14,702,158 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Amortization
of deferred license fees and deferred revenue
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(3,342,522 |
) |
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(756,200 |
) |
Depreciation
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1,552,826 |
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1,421,274 |
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Amortization
of intangibles
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1,271,304 |
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1,271,304 |
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Amortization
of premium and discount on investments, net
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(356,571 |
) |
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(942,761 |
) |
Stock-based
employee compensation
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1,420,170 |
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1,117,727 |
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Stock-based
non-employee compensation
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7,011 |
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4,119 |
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Non-cash
expense under a materials agreement
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851,587 |
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882,540 |
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Stock-based
compensation to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory
Board
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321,300 |
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|
345,691 |
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Loss
on stock warrant liability
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1,121,080 |
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— |
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(Increase)
decrease in assets:
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Accounts
receivable
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|
564,099 |
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|
602,655 |
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Inventory
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(40,491 |
) |
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|
38,956 |
|
Other
current assets
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(39,571 |
) |
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|
24,031 |
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Other
assets
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(167,986 |
) |
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|
7,500 |
|
Increase
in liabilities:
|
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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|
1,396,958 |
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|
2,350,366 |
|
Deferred
license fees
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|
— |
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|
2,000,000 |
|
Deferred
revenue
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|
266,667 |
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|
300,000 |
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Net
cash used in operating activities
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(11,831,763 |
) |
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(6,034,956 |
) |
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CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Purchase
of property and equipment
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(202,739 |
) |
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(1,171,327 |
) |
Purchase
of short-term investments
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|
(57,674,990 |
) |
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|
(62,028,220 |
) |
Proceeds
from sale of short-term investments
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51,700,000 |
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88,158,000 |
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|
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
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|
(6,177,729 |
) |
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|
24,958,453 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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|
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|
Proceeds
from the issuance of common stock
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|
52,887 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Proceeds
from the exercise of common stock options and warrants
|
|
|
1,102,335 |
|
|
|
2,387,660 |
|
Payment
of withholding taxes related to stock-based employee
compensation
|
|
|
(858,526 |
) |
|
|
(766,721 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
296,696 |
|
|
|
1,620,939 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(DECREASE)
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
(17,712,796 |
) |
|
|
20,544,436 |
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
|
|
28,321,581 |
|
|
|
33,870,696 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
|
|
$ |
10,608,785 |
|
|
$ |
54,415,132 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
following non-cash activities occurred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
loss on available-for-sale securities
|
|
$ |
48,922 |
|
|
$ |
42,762 |
|
Common
stock issued to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board that was
earned in a previous period
|
|
|
309,802 |
|
|
|
299,968 |
|
Common
stock issued to employees that was earned in a previous period, net of
shares withheld for taxes
|
|
|
827,275 |
|
|
|
867,510 |
|
Common
stock issued for royalties that was earned in a previous
period
|
|
|
81,954 |
|
|
|
66,403 |
|
Common
stock issued to non-employee that was earned in a previous
period
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
991 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Universal
Display Corporation (the “Company”) is engaged in the research, development and
commercialization of organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) technologies and
materials for use in flat panel display, solid-state lighting and other product
applications. The Company’s primary business strategy is to develop and license
its proprietary OLED technologies to product manufacturers for use in these
applications. In support of this objective, the Company also develops new OLED
materials and sells those materials to product manufacturers. Through internal
research and development efforts and relationships with entities such as
Princeton University (“Princeton”), the University of Southern California
(“USC”), the University of Michigan (“Michigan”), Motorola, Inc. (“Motorola”)
and PPG Industries, Inc. (“PPG Industries”), the Company has established a
significant portfolio of proprietary OLED technologies and materials (Note 5 and
6).
Interim
Financial Information
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring
adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position as of September
30, 2009, the results of operations for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, and cash flows for the nine months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008. While management believes that the disclosures presented are
adequate to make the information not misleading, these unaudited consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated
financial statements and the notes thereto in the Company’s latest year-end
financial statements, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as amended. The
results of Company’s operations for any interim period are not necessarily
indicative of the results of operations for any other interim period or for the
full year.
Management’s
Use of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
Cash and
cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets and accounts payable
are reflected in the accompanying financial statements at fair value due to the
short-term nature of those instruments. See Note 4 for a discussion of
short-term investments and stock warrant liability.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
April 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
guidance which amends the list of factors an entity should consider in
developing renewal or extension assumptions used in determining the useful life
of recognized intangible assets. The new guidance applies to
(1) intangible assets that are acquired individually or with a group of
other assets and (2) intangible assets acquired in both business
combinations and asset acquisitions. Under the new guidance, entities estimating
the useful life of a recognized intangible asset must consider their historical
experience in renewing or extending similar arrangements or, in the absence of
historical experience, assumptions that market participants would use about
renewal or extension. This new guidance is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim
periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this new guidance did not
have any impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
In June
2008, the FASB approved guidance related to the determination of whether a
freestanding equity-linked instrument should be classified as equity or debt. If
an instrument is classified as debt, it is valued at fair value, and this value
is remeasured on an ongoing basis, with changes recorded on the statement of
operations in each reporting period. This new guidance is effective for
financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. At January 1, 2009, the Company had warrants to purchase
838,446 shares of common stock outstanding containing a “down-round” provision.
In accordance with this new guidance, the fair value of these warrants is
required to be reported as a liability, with the changes of fair value recorded
on the statement of operations. As such, on January 1, 2009, the fair value of
these warrants of $2,689,110 was reclassified from equity to a liability. As a result of the
change, the original
fair value of the warrants at the date of issuance of $6,557,928 was recorded as
a reduction to additional paid-in capital. In addition, accumulated deficit, as
of January 1,
2009,
decreased from $180,472,203 to $176,603,385 to reflect the cumulative effect of
the adoption of this new guidance. The change in fair value of these warrants
resulted in a $1,001,612 and $1,121,080 loss on the statement of operations for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. The Company
will continue to report the warrants as a liability, with changes in fair value
recorded in the statement of operations, until such time as these warrants are
exercised or expire.
In
November 2008, the FASB approved guidance related to defensive intangible
assets, which are acquired intangible assets that the acquirer does not intend
to actively use but intends to hold to prevent its competitors from obtaining
access to them. As these assets are separately identifiable, an acquiring entity
is required to account for defensive intangible assets as a separate unit of
accounting which should be amortized to expense over the period the intangible
asset will directly or indirectly affect the entity’s cash flows. Defensive
intangible assets must be recognized at fair value. This new guidance is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008. The Company does not expect this new guidance will have
an impact on its results of operations or financial position.
In April
2009, the FASB issued guidance which provides additional provisions for
estimating fair value when the volume and level of activity for an asset or
liability have significantly decreased and guidance on identifying circumstances
that indicate a transaction is not orderly. This new guidance is effective
for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009, and is
to be applied prospectively. The adoption of this new guidance did
not have any impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial
position.
In April
2009, the FASB issued guidance which enhances consistency in financial reporting
by increasing the frequency of fair value disclosures. This new guidance relates
to fair value disclosures for any financial instruments that are not currently
reflected on the balance sheet of companies at fair value. Prior to issuing this
new guidance, fair values for these assets and liabilities were disclosed only
once a year. The new guidance now requires these disclosures to be made on a
quarterly basis, providing qualitative and quantitative information about fair
value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance
sheet at fair value. This new guidance is effective for interim and annual
periods ending after June 15, 2009. The Company adopted this new guidance
and has included additional disclosure in these notes to consolidated financial
statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”
or “ASC”), as the single source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the
FASB. The Codification reorganizes various U.S. GAAP pronouncements
into accounting topics and displays them using a consistent
structure. Also included in the Codification are certain rules and
interpretive releases of the SEC, under authority of federal securities laws
that are also sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for SEC
registrants. The Codification is effective for interim and annual
periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Codification has no impact on
the Company’s results of operations or financial position other than changing
the way specific accounting standards are referenced.
In
September 2009, the FASB issued guidance which will affect the revenue
recognition accounting policies for transactions that involve multiple
deliverables. The new guidance requires companies to allocate revenue in
arrangements involving multiple deliverables based on the estimated selling
price of each deliverable, even though those deliverables are not sold
separately either by the company itself or other vendors. This new guidance
eliminates the requirement that all undelivered elements have objective and
reliable evidence of fair value before a company can recognize the portion of
the overall arrangement fee that is attributable to items that already have been
delivered. In the absence of vendor-specific objective evidence and third-party
evidence for one or more elements in a multiple-element arrangement, companies
will estimate the selling prices of those elements. The overall arrangement fee
will be allocated to each element whether delivered or undelivered, based on
their relative selling prices, regardless of whether those estimated selling
prices are evidenced by vendor-specific objective evidence, third-party evidence
of fair value or are based on the company’s judgment. The new guidance will be
effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially
modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010. However,
early adoption is permitted. If a company elects early adoption and the period
of adoption is not the beginning of its fiscal year, the requirements must be
applied retrospectively to the beginning of the fiscal year. Retrospective
application to prior years is permitted, but not required. In the initial year
of application, companies are required to make qualitative and quantitative
disclosures about the impact of the changes. In many circumstances, the new
guidance under these consensuses will require significant changes to a company’s
revenue recognition policies and procedures, including system modifications. The
Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact to its
results of operations or financial position.
Correction
of Prior Year Consolidated Financial Amounts
Management
has determined that the shares withheld to cover employee payroll taxes on
stock-based compensation in 2008 should have been recorded as a cash outflow
from financing activity in the 2008 consolidated cash flow
statement. This immaterial error has been corrected, resulting in a
decrease in net cash used in operating activities and a decrease in net cash
provided by financing activities of
$766,721
for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This correction did not change any
amounts on the consolidated balance sheet or statement of
operations. Management believes that the effect of these corrections
is not material to the Company’s financial position, results of operations or
liquidity for any period presented.
3.
|
CASH,
CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
|
The
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company classifies
its existing marketable securities as available-for-sale. These securities are,
carried at fair market value, with unrealized gains and losses reported in
shareholders’ equity. Gains or losses on securities sold are based on the
specific identification method.
Short-term
investments at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consisted of the
following:
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Aggregate
Fair
|
|
Investment
Classification
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Gains
|
|
|
(Losses)
|
|
|
Market
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
September
30, 2009 –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
|
$ |
8,451,442 |
|
|
$ |
1,498 |
|
|
$ |
(12,702 |
) |
|
$ |
8,440,238 |
|
U.S.
Government bonds
|
|
|
46,886,241 |
|
|
|
90,446 |
|
|
|
(1,667 |
) |
|
|
46,975,020 |
|
|
|
$ |
55,337,683 |
|
|
$ |
91,944 |
|
|
$ |
(14,369 |
) |
|
$ |
55,415,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
31, 2008 –
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
|
$ |
10,318,000 |
|
|
$ |
35,577 |
|
|
$ |
(3,323 |
) |
|
$ |
10,350,254 |
|
U.S.
Government bonds
|
|
|
38,688,122 |
|
|
|
96,121 |
|
|
|
(1,878 |
) |
|
|
38,782,365 |
|
|
|
$ |
49,006,122 |
|
|
$ |
131,698 |
|
|
$ |
(5,201 |
) |
|
$ |
49,132,619 |
|
All
short-term investments held at September 30, 2009 will mature within one
year.
The
following table provides the assets and liabilities carried at fair value
measured on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2009:
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
Value Measurements, Using
|
|
|
|
Total
carrying value as of September 30, 2009
|
|
|
Quoted
prices in active markets (Level 1)
|
|
|
Significant
other observable inputs
(Level
2)
|
|
|
Significant
unobservable inputs
(Level
3)
|
|
Investments
|
|
$ |
55,415,258 |
|
|
$ |
55,415,258 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Stock
warrant liability
|
|
|
3,810,190 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,810,190 |
|
Level 1
inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities
in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability,
either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially
the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3 inputs are unobservable
inputs based on management’s own assumptions used to measure assets and
liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification is
determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value
measurement.
The
following table is a reconciliation of the changes in fair value of the
Company’s stock warrant liability, which has been classified in Level 3 in the
fair value hierarchy:
|
|
Three
months ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
Nine
months ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
value of stock warrant liability, beginning of period
|
|
$ |
2,808,578 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative
effect of reclassification of stock warrant liability under ASC 815, see
Note 2
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,689,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
loss for period
|
|
|
1,001,612 |
|
|
|
1,121,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair
value of stock warrant liability, end of period
|
|
$ |
3,810,190 |
|
|
$ |
3,810,190 |
|
The fair
value of the stock warrant liability was determined using the Black-Scholes
option pricing model with the following inputs at September 30,
2009:
Contractual
life (years)
|
|
|
0.38-1.89 |
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
|
60.03-76.57 |
% |
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
|
0.18-0.95 |
% |
Annual
dividend yield
|
|
|
— |
|
5.
|
RESEARCH
AND LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH PRINCETON, USC AND
MICHIGAN
|
The
Company funded OLED technology research at Princeton and, on a subcontractor
basis, at USC, for 10 years under a Research Agreement executed with Princeton
in August 1997 (the “1997 Research Agreement”). The Principal
Investigator conducting work under the 1997 Research Agreement transferred to
Michigan in January 2006. Following this, the 1997 Research Agreement
was allowed to expire on July 31, 2007.
As a
result of the transfer, the Company entered into a new Sponsored Research
Agreement with USC to sponsor OLED technology research at USC and, on a
subcontractor basis, Michigan. This new Research Agreement (the “2006
Research Agreement”) was effective as of May 1, 2006, and had an original
term of three years. The 2006 Research Agreement superseded the 1997
Research Agreement with respect to all work being performed at USC and
Michigan. Payments under the 2006 Research Agreement are made to USC
on a quarterly basis as actual expenses are incurred. The Company
incurred $2,155,570 in research and development expense for work performed under
the 2006 Research Agreement during the original term, which ended on April 30,
2009.
Effective
May 1, 2009, the Company amended the 2006 Research Agreement to extend the term
of the agreement for an additional four years. Under the amendment, the Company
is obligated to pay USC up to $7,456,294 for work actually performed during the
extended term, which runs through April 30, 2013. From May 1, 2009
through September 30, 2009, the Company incurred $528,647 in research and
development expense for work performed under the amended 2006 Research
Agreement.
On
October 9, 1997, the Company, Princeton and USC entered into an Amended
License Agreement (as amended, the “1997 Amended License Agreement”) under which
Princeton and USC granted the Company worldwide, exclusive license rights, with
rights to sublicense, to make, have made, use, lease and/or sell products and to
practice processes based on patent applications and issued patents arising out
of work performed by Princeton and USC under the 1997 Research
Agreement. Under this agreement, the Company is required to pay
Princeton royalties for licensed products sold by the Company or its
sublicensees. For licensed products sold by the Company, the Company
is required to pay Princeton 3% of the net sales price of these
products. For licensed products sold by the Company’s sublicensees,
the Company is required to pay Princeton 3% of the revenues received by the
Company from these sublicensees. These royalty rates are subject to
renegotiation for products not reasonably conceivable as arising out of the 1997
Research Agreement if Princeton reasonably determines that the royalty rates
payable with respect to these products are not fair and
competitive.
The
Company is obligated under the 1997 Amended License Agreement to pay to
Princeton minimum annual royalties. The minimum royalty payment is
$100,000 per year. The Company accrued royalty expense in connection
with this agreement of $64,986 and $57,083 for the three months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $160,116 and $162,035 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The
Company also is required under the 1997 Amended License Agreement to use
commercially reasonable efforts to bring the licensed OLED technology to
market. However, this requirement is deemed satisfied if the Company
invests a minimum of $800,000 per year in research, development,
commercialization or patenting efforts respecting the patent rights licensed to
the Company.
In
connection with entering into the 2006 Research Agreement, the Company amended
the 1997 Amended License Agreement to include Michigan as a party to that
agreement effective as of January 1, 2006. Under this amendment,
Princeton, USC and Michigan have granted the Company a worldwide exclusive
license, with rights to sublicense, to make, have made, use, lease and/or sell
products and to practice processes based on patent applications and issued
patents arising out of work performed under the 2006 Research
Agreement. The financial terms of the 1997 Amended License Agreement
were not impacted by this amendment.
6.
|
EQUITY
AND CASH COMPENSATION UNDER THE PPG INDUSTRIES
AGREEMENTS
|
On
October 1, 2000, the Company entered into a five-year Development and
License Agreement (“Development Agreement”) and a seven-year Supply Agreement
(“Supply Agreement”) with PPG Industries. Under the Development
Agreement, a team of PPG Industries scientists and engineers assisted the
Company in developing its proprietary OLED materials and supplied the Company
with these materials for evaluation purposes. Under the Supply
Agreement, PPG Industries supplied the Company with its proprietary OLED
materials that were intended for resale to customers for commercial
purposes.
On
July 29, 2005, the Company entered into an OLED Materials Supply and
Service Agreement with PPG Industries (the “OLED Materials
Agreement”). The OLED Materials Agreement superseded and replaced in
their entireties the Development Agreement and Supply Agreement effective as of
January 1, 2006, and extended the term of the Company’s relationship with
PPG Industries through December 31, 2008. Under the OLED
Materials Agreement, PPG Industries continues to assist the Company in
developing its proprietary OLED materials and supplying the Company with those
materials for evaluation purposes and for resale to its customers. On
January 4, 2008, the term of the OLED Materials Agreement was extended for an
additional three years, through December 31, 2011.
Under the
OLED Materials Agreement, the Company compensates PPG Industries on a cost-plus
basis for the services provided during each calendar quarter. The
Company is required to pay for some of these services in all cash and for other
of the services through the issuance of shares of the Company’s common
stock. Up to 50% of the remaining services are payable, at the
Company’s sole discretion, in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, with
the balance payable in all cash. The actual number of shares of
common stock issuable to PPG Industries is determined based on the average
closing price for the Company’s common stock during a specified number of days
prior to the end of each calendar half-year period ending on March 31 and
September 30. If, however, this average closing price is less than
$6.00, the Company is required to compensate PPG Industries in all
cash.
The
Company is also required under the OLED Materials Agreement to reimburse PPG
Industries for its raw materials and conversion costs for all development
chemicals produced on behalf of the Company.
The
Company issued 91,392 and 63,354 shares of the Company’s common stock to PPG
Industries as consideration for services provided by PPG Industries under the
OLED Materials Agreement during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the
Company recorded $269,288 and $324,505 to research and development expense,
respectively, for these shares. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
2008, the Company recorded $851,589 and $882,540, respectively, to research and
development expense for these shares. Of the shares earned in the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, 17,831 shares were issued in October
2009.
For the
three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded $392,147
and $267,874 to research and development expense for the cash portion of the
reimbursement of expenses to and work performed by PPG Industries, respectively.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded
$1,413,161 and $771,565 to research and development expense for the cash portion
of the reimbursement of expenses to and work performed by PPG Industries,
respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Gain
on
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series
A
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|
Available-for-
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Sale
Securities
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
BALANCE,
JANUARY 1, 2009
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,000 |
|
|
|
36,131,981 |
|
|
$ |
361,320 |
|
|
$ |
256,696,849 |
|
|
$ |
126,497 |
|
|
$ |
(180,472,203 |
) |
|
$ |
76,714,463 |
|
Cumulative
effect of the adoption of revisions to ASC 815, see Note 2
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(6,557,928 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,868,818 |
|
|
|
(2,689,110 |
) |
Exercise
of common stock options and warrants (A)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
251,179 |
|
|
|
2,512 |
|
|
|
1,099,823 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,102,335 |
|
Stock-based
employee compensation, net of shares withheld for taxes
(B)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
145,704 |
|
|
|
1,457 |
|
|
|
2,029,167 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,030,624 |
|
Stock-based
non-employee compensation
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
7,007 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7,011 |
|
Issuance
of common stock to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board
(C)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
56,178 |
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
630,540 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
631,102 |
|
Issuance
of common stock in connection with materials and license agreements
(D)
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
85,576 |
|
|
|
856 |
|
|
|
715,208 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
716,064 |
|
Issuance
of common stock under an Employee Stock Purchase Plan
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6,100 |
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
|
52,826 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
52,887 |
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(16,657,624 |
) |
|
|
(16,657,624 |
) |
Unrealized
loss on available-for-sale securities
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(48,922 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(48,922 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,706,546 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,000 |
|
|
|
36,677,168 |
|
|
$ |
366,772 |
|
|
$ |
254,673,492 |
|
|
$ |
77,575 |
|
|
$ |
(193,261,009 |
) |
|
$ |
61,858,830 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(A)
|
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company issued 251,179
shares of common stock upon the exercise of common stock options and
warrants, net of shares tendered to exercise certain options, resulting in
cash proceeds of $1,102,335.
|
(B)
|
Includes
$1,468,982 (206,307 shares) that was earned in a previous period and
charged to expense when earned, but issued in 2009, less shares withheld
for taxes in the amount of $641,707 (63,372 shares).
|
(C)
|
Includes
$309,802 (39,482 shares) that was earned in a previous period and charged
to expense when earned, but issued in 2009.
|
(D)
|
The
Company was required to pay Motorola royalties of $163,916 for the year
ended December 31, 2008. In March 2009, the Company issued
to Motorola 12,015 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at
$81,954, and paid Motorola $81,962 in cash to satisfy the royalty
obligation.
|
8.
|
STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
|
Equity
Compensation Plan
In 1995,
the Board of Directors of the Company adopted a Stock Option Plan (the “1995
Plan”), under which options to purchase a maximum of 500,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock were authorized to be granted at prices not less than the
fair market value of the common stock on the date of the grant, as determined by
the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Through
September 30, 2009, the Company’s shareholders have approved increases in
the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 1995 Plan to 7,000,000, and
have extended the term of the plan through 2015. The 1995 Plan was
also amended and restated in 2003, and is now called the Equity Compensation
Plan. The Equity Compensation Plan provides for the granting of
incentive and nonqualified stock options, shares of common stock, stock
appreciation rights and performance units to employees, directors and
consultants of the Company. Stock options are exercisable over
periods determined by the Compensation Committee, but for no longer than
10 years from the grant date.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company did
not grant any options to employees. The Company recorded as compensation expense
related to the vesting of all employee stock options charges of $28,649 and
$39,845 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively,
and charges of $70,619 and $143,577 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
and 2008, respectively.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company also granted to a
non-employee an option to purchase 500 shares of the Company’s common stock. The
stock option vested immediately and had an exercise price equal to the closing
market price of the common stock on the date of grant. The fair value of the
option granted was $4,028, which was charged to research and development expense
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company granted a total of 142,650
shares of restricted stock to employees. These shares of restricted
stock had a fair value of $1,441,458 on the date of grant and will vest in equal
increments annually over three years from the date of grant, provided that the
grantee is still an employee of the Company on the applicable vesting
date. The Company recorded as compensation expense related to the
vesting of restricted stock awards to employees charges to general and
administrative expense of $252,420 and $164,582 and to research and development
expense of $113,745 and $86,756 for the three months ended September 30, 2009
and 2008, respectively, and a charge to general and administrative expense of
$743,901 and $482,196 and to research and development expense of $348,752 and
$252,924 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company also granted to employees
4,216 shares of the Company’s common stock, which were issued and fully vested
at the date of grant. The Company recorded for the fair value of
fully vested shares issued charges to research and development expense of $6,917
and $12,500 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively, and $34,677 and $26,500 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008, respectively.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company granted to non-employees
450 shares of common stock. The fair value of shares issued to
non-employees during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $493
and $2,983, respectively, which was charged to research and development
expense.
In
connection with all common stock issued to employees for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, 86,583 shares of common stock with a fair value of $858,526
were withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company issued 16,696 shares of common
stock to members of its Board of Directors as partial compensation for services
performed. The Company recorded for the fair value of shares issued
to its Board of Directors charges to general and administrative expense of
$49,025 and $87,708 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively, and $147,075 and $281,543 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008, respectively.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company granted a total of 23,714
shares of restricted stock to certain members of its Scientific Advisory
Board. These shares of restricted stock will vest and be issued in
equal increments annually over three years from the date of grant, provided that
the grantee is still engaged as a consultant of the Company on the applicable
vesting date. The Company recorded charges to research and
development expense for the vesting of all restricted stock awards to its
Scientific Advisory Board of $95,763 and $24,370 for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $174,224 and $64,148 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
On April
7, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted an Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The ESPP was approved by the Company’s
shareholders and became effective on June 25, 2009. The Company has
reserved 1,000,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the
ESPP. Unless sooner terminated by the Board of Directors, the ESPP
will expire when all reserved shares have been issued.
Eligible
employees may elect to contribute to the ESPP through payroll deductions during
consecutive three-month purchase periods, the first of which began on July 1,
2009. Each employee who elects to participate will be deemed to have
been granted an option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock on the
first day of the purchase period. Unless the employee opts out during
the purchase period, the option will automatically be exercised on the last day
of the period, which is the purchase date, based on the employee’s accumulated
contributions to the ESPP. The purchase price will equal 85% of the
lesser of the price per share of common stock on the first day of the period or
the last day of the period.
Employees
may allocate up to 10% of their base compensation to purchase shares of common
stock under the ESPP; however, each employee may purchase no more than 12,500
shares on a given purchase date, and no employee may purchase more than $25,000
of common stock under the ESPP during a given calendar year.
For nine
months ended September 30, 2009, the Company issued 6,100 shares of its common
stock under the ESPP, resulting in proceeds of $52,887. For the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009, the Company recorded charges of $6,793 to
general and administrative expense and $10,448 to research and development
expense related to the ESPP equal to the amount of the discount and the value of
the look-back feature.
Net
Loss Per Common Share
Basic net
loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the
weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the
period. Diluted net loss per common share reflects the potential
dilution from the exercise or conversion of securities into common
stock. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the
effects of the exercise of the combined outstanding stock options and warrants
of 4,139,393 and 4,672,275, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of
diluted EPS as the impact would have been antidilutive.
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COMMITMENTS
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Commitments
Under the
2006 Research Agreement with USC, the Company is obligated to make certain
payments to USC based on work performed by USC under that agreement, and by
Michigan under its subcontractor agreement with USC. See Note 5 for
further explanation.
Under the
terms of the 1997 Amended License Agreement, the Company is required to make
minimum royalty payments to Princeton. See Note 5 for further
explanation.
The
Company is required under a license agreement with Motorola to pay royalties to
Motorola based on gross revenues earned by the Company from its sales of OLED
products or components, or from its OLED technology licensees, whether or not
these revenues relate specifically to inventions claimed in the patent rights
licensed from Motorola. All royalty payments are payable, at the
Company’s discretion, in either all cash or up to 50% in shares of the Company’s
common stock and the remainder in cash. The number of shares of
common stock used to pay the stock portion of the royalty payment is calculated
by dividing the amount to be paid in stock by the average daily closing price
per share of the Company’s common stock over the 10 trading days ending two
business days prior to the date the stock is issued. The Company accrued royalty
expense in connection with this agreement of $43,636 and $39,034 for the three
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $111,868 and
$127,551 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
Opposition
to European Patent No. 0946958
On
December 8, 2006, Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd. (“CDT”), which was acquired
in 2007 by Sumitomo Chemical Company (“Sumitomo”), filed a Notice of Opposition
to European Patent No. 0946958 (the “EP ‘958 patent”). The EP ‘958
patent, which was issued on March 8, 2006, is a European counterpart patent to
U.S. patents 5,844,363, 6,602,540, 6,888,306 and 7,247,073. These
patents relate to the Company’s FOLED technology. They are
exclusively licensed to the Company by Princeton, and under the license
agreement the Company is required to pay all legal costs and fees associated
with this proceeding.
The
European Patent Office (the “EPO”) conducted an Oral Hearing in this matter on
October 6, 2009. At the Oral Hearing, the EPO panel announced its
decision to reject the opposition and to maintain the patent as
granted. The minutes of the Oral Hearing were dispatched on October
27, 2009, and are available online through the EPO website.
The
Company anticipates that the EPO will issue a formal written decision within the
next few weeks. From receipt of this decision, CDT will have two
months to file an appeal if so desired. At this stage of the
proceeding, Company management believes that the EPO decision would be upheld if
challenged on appeal.
Opposition
to European Patent No. 1449238
On March
8, 2007, Sumation Company Limited (“Sumation”), a joint venture between Sumitomo
and CDT, filed a first Notice of Opposition to European Patent No. 1449238 (the
“EP ‘238 patent”). The EP ‘238 patent, which was issued on November
2, 2006, is a European counterpart patent, in part, to U.S. patents 6,830,828,
6,902,830, 7,001,536 and 7,291,406, and to pending U.S. patent application
11/879,379, filed on July 16, 2007. These patents and this patent
application relate to the Company’s PHOLED technology. They are
exclusively licensed to the Company by Princeton, and under the license
agreement the Company is required to pay all legal costs and fees associated
with this proceeding.
Two other
parties filed additional oppositions to the EP ‘238 patent just prior to the
August 2, 2007 expiration date for such filings. On July 24,
2007, Merck Patent GmbH, of Darmstadt, Germany, filed a second Notice of
Opposition to the EP ‘238 patent, and on July 27,
2007,
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, of Mannheim, Germany, filed a third Notice of
Opposition to the EP ‘238 patent. The EPO combined all three
oppositions into a single opposition proceeding.
The EPO
set a January 6, 2008 due date for the Company to file its response to the
opposition. The Company requested a two-month extension to file this
response, and the Company subsequently filed its response in a timely
manner. The Company is currently waiting for the EPO to notify it of
the date of the oral hearing. The Company is also waiting to see
whether the other parties in the opposition file any additional documents, to
which the Company may respond.
At this
time, Company management cannot make any prediction as to the probable outcome
of the opposition. However, based on an analysis of the evidence
presented to date, Company management continues to believe there is a
substantial likelihood that the patent being challenged will be declared valid,
and that all or a significant portion of its claims will be upheld.
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CONCENTRATION
OF RISK
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Contract
research revenue, which is included in developmental revenue in the accompanying
statement of operations, of $1,125,069 and $610,316 for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $2,928,880 and $1,841,368 for the
nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, has been derived
from contracts with United States government agencies. One non-government
customer accounted for 27% and 47% of consolidated revenue for the three months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and 31% and 48% of consolidated
revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. Accounts receivable from this customer were $688,558 at
September 30, 2009. Revenues from outside of North America
represented 76% and 74% of consolidated revenue for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and 71% and 72% of consolidated
revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
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DEVELOPMENTAL
REVENUE
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For the
three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009, developmental revenue
included the recognition of a non-refundable payment of $1,500,000 that the
Company received from Kyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”) during the third quarter
of 2008. This payment was for technical assistance previously
provided under an evaluation agreement with a subsidiary of Kyocera established
by it to conduct OLED research, development, manufacturing and sales
activities. The Company had previously classified this payment as
deferred revenue because it was creditable against a portion of the upfront fee
under its license agreement with Kyocera. The license agreement was
to become effective upon notice from Kyocera given on or before
December 31, 2009.
In
September 2009, the Company received notification from Kyocera that it was
terminating the evaluation agreement because its OLED subsidiary was being
dissolved on September 30, 2009. Based on this notification,
management determined and confirmed that Kyocera will not be sending a notice
declaring the license agreement effective. As a result of this
development, the Company recorded the $1,500,000 payment in developmental
revenue for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009, as no
additional services are required to be provided.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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The
following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and related notes above.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT
CONCERNING
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
discussion and analysis contains some “forward-looking statements.”
Forward-looking statements concern our possible or assumed future results of
operations, including descriptions of our business strategies and customer
relationships. These statements often include words such as “believe,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “seek,” “will,” “may” or similar
expressions. These statements are based on assumptions that we have made in
light of our experience in the industry, as well as our perceptions of
historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other
factors we believe are appropriate in these circumstances.
As you
read and consider this discussion and analysis, you should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements. You should understand that these
statements involve substantial risk and uncertainty and are not guarantees of
future performance or results. They depend on many factors that are discussed
further in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, as amended, as supplemented by any
disclosures in Item 1A of Part II below. Changes or developments in
any of these areas could affect our financial results or results of operations,
and could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in
the forward-looking statements.
All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or the
documents incorporated by reference, as the case may be. We do not undertake any
duty to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
OVERVIEW
We are a
leader in the research, development and commercialization of organic light
emitting diode, or OLED, technologies for use in flat panel display, solid-state
lighting and other applications. Since 1994, we have been exclusively engaged,
and expect to continue to be exclusively engaged, in funding and performing
research and development activities relating to OLED technologies and materials,
and in attempting to commercialize these technologies and materials. Our
revenues are generated through contract research, sales of development and
commercial chemicals, technology development and evaluation agreements and
license fees and royalties. In the future, we anticipate that revenues from
licensing our intellectual property will become a more significant part of our
revenue stream.
While we
have made significant progress over the past few years developing and
commercializing our family of OLED technologies (PHOLED, TOLED, FOLED, etc.) and
materials, we have incurred significant losses and will likely continue to do so
until our OLED technologies and materials become more widely adopted by product
manufacturers. We have incurred significant losses since our inception,
resulting in an accumulated deficit of $193,261,009 as of September 30,
2009.
We
anticipate fluctuations in our annual and quarterly results of operations due to
uncertainty regarding, among other factors:
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timing of our receipt of license fees and royalties, as well as fees for
future technology development and evaluation;
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timing and volume of sales of our OLED materials for both commercial usage
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timing and magnitude of expenditures we may incur in connection with our
ongoing research and development activities; and
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timing and financial consequences of our formation of new business
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RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Three
Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30,
2008
We had a
net loss of $4,672,847 (or $0.13 per basic and diluted share) for the quarter
ended September 30, 2009, compared to a net loss of $5,302,983 (or $0.15 per
basic and diluted share) for the same period in 2008. The decrease in net loss
was primarily due to an increase in revenues of $2,519,754, partially offset
by:
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a
loss on stock warrant liability of $1,001,612;
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increase in operating expenses of $479,666; and
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decrease in interest income of
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Our
revenues were $5,145,393 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to
$2,625,639 for the same period in 2008. Commercial revenue increased to
$1,621,416 from $1,324,924 for the same period in 2008. Commercial revenue
relates to the incorporation of our OLED technologies and materials into our
customers’ commercial products, and includes commercial chemical revenue,
royalty and license revenues, and commercialization assistance revenue.
Developmental revenue increased to $3,523,977 for the quarter ended September
30, 2009, from $1,300,715 for the same period in 2008. Developmental revenue
relates to OLED technology and material development and evaluation activities
for which we are paid, and includes contract research revenue, development
chemical revenue and technology development revenue.
Our
commercial chemical revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 was
$808,200 compared to $1,025,000 for the corresponding period in 2008. For the
quarter ended September 30, 2009, the majority of our commercial chemical
revenue was from sales of our proprietary OLED materials to Samsung Mobile
Display Co., Ltd. (“Samsung SMD”). We also sold small quantities of
our proprietary OLED materials to two other customers for commercial usage
during the quarter. We recorded commercial chemical revenue and
license revenue on account of the sales to those customers. For the
corresponding period in 2008, the majority of our commercial chemical revenue
was from Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (“Samsung SDI”), whose OLED business was
transferred to Samsung SMD in September 2008 (Samsung SDI and Samsung SMD are
collectively referred to herein as “Samsung”). We also sold small
quantities of our proprietary OLED materials to two other customers for
commercial usage during the third quarter of 2008, and we recorded commercial
chemical revenue and license revenue on account of those sales.
The
decrease in commercial chemical revenue from the third quarter of 2008 to the
third quarter of 2009 resulted primarily from a lower volume of OLED material
sales to Samsung. Our understanding is that this lower sales volume
was due to Samsung’s implementation of manufacturing process efficiencies,
improved materials utilization and more efficient and improved device
structures, offset in part by increased production volume. We cannot
accurately predict how long our material sales to Samsung or other customers
will continue, as they frequently update and alter their product offerings in
response to market demands. Continued sales of our OLED materials to
these customers will depend on several factors, including pricing, availability,
continued technical improvement and competitive product offerings.
We
recorded royalty revenue of $401,718 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009,
compared to $148,261 for the same period in 2008. This revenue
primarily represents royalties received under our patent license agreement with
Samsung, which we entered into in April 2005. Under this
agreement, we receive royalty reports at a specified period of time after the
end of the quarter during which royalty-bearing products are sold by
Samsung. Royalty revenue for these sales is recognized when the
report is received. Consequently, our royalty revenues from Samsung
for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 represent royalties for
licensed products sold by Samsung during the second quarters of 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
License
revenue for the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 included license fees
of $244,600 and $151,663, respectively. These revenues were derived
from our patent license agreement with Samsung, as well as a cross-license
agreement we executed with DuPont Displays, Inc. (“DuPont”) in
December 2002. License revenue for the quarter ended September
30, 2009 also included amounts received under a patent license agreement we
entered into with Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (“Konica Minolta”) in August
2008, and a joint development agreement we previously entered into with a
subsidiary of Konica Minolta. Under our agreements with Samsung,
DuPont and Konica Minolta, we received upfront payments that have been
classified as deferred license fees and deferred revenue. The deferred license
fees are being recognized as license revenue over the term of the agreement with
Samsung and, based on current assumptions, over 10 years with DuPont and
Konica Minolta. For each of the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, we
also recorded license revenue from two other customers who purchased our
proprietary OLED materials for commercial usage.
Commercial
revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 included $166,898 in
commercialization assistance revenue that we received under a business support
agreement executed during the fourth quarter of 2008. We received no
such revenue for the same period in 2008.
We earned
$1,125,069 in contract research revenue from agencies of the U.S. Government for
the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared to $610,316 in corresponding
revenue for the same period in 2008. The increase was due to the
overall value of our government contracts increasing by approximately 50%, as
well as the timing of expenses incurred under these contracts.
We earned
$717,656 in development chemical revenue for the quarter ended September 30,
2009, compared to $628,033 in corresponding revenue for the same period in
2008. The increase was due primarily to increased development
chemical sales to three customers, offset to some extent by decreased
development chemical sales to two other customers. We cannot
accurately predict the timing and frequency of development chemical purchases by
our customers due to participants in the OLED industry having differing OLED
technology development and product launch strategies, which are subject to
change at any time.
We
recognized $1,681,252 in technology development revenue for the quarter ended
September 30, 2009, compared to $62,366 in corresponding revenue for the same
period in 2008. Technology development revenue for the third quarter
of 2009 included a non-refundable payment of $1,500,000 that we received from
Kyocera Corporation (“Kyocera”) during the third quarter of
2008. This payment was for technical assistance previously provided
under an evaluation agreement with a subsidiary of Kyocera established by it to
conduct OLED research, development, manufacturing and sales
activities. We had previously classified this payment as deferred
revenue because it was creditable against a portion of the upfront fee under our
license agreement with Kyocera. The license agreement was to become
effective upon notice from Kyocera given on or before December 31,
2009.
In
September 2009, we received notification from Kyocera that it was terminating
the evaluation agreement because its OLED subsidiary was being dissolved on
September 30, 2009. Based on this notification, we determined and
confirmed that Kyocera will not be sending us a notice declaring the license
agreement effective. As a result of this development, we recorded the
$1,500,000 payment as technology development revenue for the third quarter of
2009.
Technology
development revenue for the third quarter of 2009 also included amounts received
under two joint development agreements that we entered into during the second
half of 2008. Payments received under these agreements were
classified as deferred revenue and are recognized as revenue over the life of
the applicable agreement. The amount and timing of our receipt of
fees for technology development and similar services is difficult to predict due
to participants in the OLED industry having different technology development
strategies, which are subject to change at any time.
Total
operating expenses were $8,938,169 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009,
compared to $8,458,503 for the same period in 2008. Operating expenses remained
relatively consistent over these corresponding periods.
Interest
income decreased to $121,927 for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, compared
to $545,561 for the same period in 2008. The decrease was mainly attributable to
decreased rates of return on investments during the quarter, compared to rates
for the same period in 2008, as well as a decrease in the amount of cash
available for investment. Due to current market conditions, we anticipate that
these lower rates of return will continue for the foreseeable
future.
At
January 1, 2009, the Company had warrants to purchase 838,446 shares of common
stock outstanding containing a “down-round” provision. On January 1, 2009, the
fair value of these warrants of $2,689,110 was reclassified from equity to a
liability upon the adoption of certain revisions to ASC 815. The change in fair
value of these warrants from June 30, 2009 to September 30, 2009 resulted in a
$1,001,612 non-cash loss on the statement of operations for the three months
ended September 30, 2009. There was no such loss for the same
period of 2008. The Company will continue to report the warrants as a
liability, with changes in fair value recorded in the statement of operations,
until such time as these warrants are exercised or expire.
Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30,
2008
We had a
net loss of $16,657,624 (or $0.46 per basic and diluted share) for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009, compared to a net loss of $14,702,158 (or $0.41
per basic and diluted share) for the same period in 2008. The increase in net
loss was primarily due to:
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increase in operating expenses of $2,674,965;
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decrease in interest income of $1,638,203; and
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offset by an increase in revenues of
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Our
revenues were $10,935,605 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared
to $7,488,056 for the same period in 2008. Commercial revenue remained
relatively consistent at $4,229,609, compared to $4,275,476 for the same period
in 2008. Commercial revenue relates to the incorporation of our OLED
technologies and materials into our customers’ commercial products, and includes
commercial chemical revenue, royalty and license revenues, and commercialization
assistance revenue. Developmental revenue increased to $6,705,996 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, from $3,212,580 for the same period in
2008. Developmental revenue relates to OLED technology and material
development and evaluation activities for which we are paid, and includes
contract research revenue, development chemical revenue and technology
development revenue.
Our
commercial chemical revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was
$2,063,965 compared to $2,948,890 for the corresponding period in 2008. For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the majority of our commercial chemical
revenue was from sales of our proprietary OLED materials to Samsung SMD. We also
sold small quantities of our proprietary OLED materials to two other customers
for commercial usage during the first nine months of 2009. We
recorded commercial chemical revenue and license revenue on account of the sales
to those customers. For the corresponding period in 2008, the majority of our
commercial chemical revenue was from Samsung SDI. We also sold small quantities
of our proprietary OLED materials to two other customers for commercial usage
during the first nine months of 2008, and we recorded commercial chemical
revenue and license revenue on account of those sales.
The
decrease in commercial chemical revenue from the first nine months of 2008 to
the first nine months of 2009 resulted primarily from a lower volume of OLED
material sales to Samsung. Our understanding is that this lower sales volume was
due to Samsung’s implementation of manufacturing process efficiencies, improved
materials utilization and more efficient and improved device structures, offset
in part by increased production volume. We cannot accurately predict how long
our material sales to Samsung or other customers will continue, as they
frequently update and alter their product offerings in response to market
demands. Continued sales of our OLED materials to these customers will depend on
several factors, including, pricing, availability, continued technical
improvement and competitive product offerings.
We
recorded royalty revenue of $937,856 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009, compared to $644,413 for the same period in 2008. This revenue primarily
represents royalties received under our patent license agreement with Samsung.
Under this agreement, we receive royalty reports at a specified period of time
after the end of the quarter during which royalty-bearing products are sold by
Samsung. Royalty revenue for these sales is recognized when the report is
received. Consequently, our royalty revenues from Samsung for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 represent royalties for licensed products sold by
Samsung during the first half of 2009 and the fourth quarter of
2008. For the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we also recorded
a small amount of royalty income from AIXTRON AG for the sale of an OVPD
tool. No such royalties were recorded for the same period in
2009.
License
revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 included license
fees of $727,095 and $682,173, respectively. These revenues were received under
our patent license agreement with Samsung, as well as our cross-license
agreement with DuPont. License revenue for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 also included amounts received under a patent license
agreement we entered
into with
Konica Minolta in August 2008, and a joint development agreement we previously
entered into with a subsidiary of Konica Minolta. Under our agreements with
Samsung, DuPont and Konica Minolta, we received upfront payments that have been
classified as deferred license fees and deferred revenue. The deferred license
fees are being recognized as license revenue over the term of the agreement with
Samsung and, based on current assumptions, over 10 years with DuPont and
Konica Minolta. For each of the nine-month periods ended September
30, 2009 and 2008, we also recorded license revenue from two other customers who
purchased our proprietary OLED materials for commercial usage.
Commercial
revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 included $500,693 in
commercialization assistance revenue that we received under a business support
agreement executed during the fourth quarter of 2008. We received no such
revenue for the same period in 2008.
We earned
$2,928,880 in contract research revenue from agencies of the U.S. Government for
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $1,841,368 in
corresponding revenue for the same period in 2008. The increase was due to the
overall value of our government contracts increasing by approximately 40%, as
well as the timing of expenses incurred under these contracts.
We earned
$1,625,653 in development chemical revenue for the nine months ended September
30, 2009, compared to $1,186,158 in corresponding revenue for the same period in
2008. The increase was due primarily to increased development chemical sales to
three customers, offset to some extent by decreased development chemical sales
to three other customers. We cannot accurately predict the timing and frequency
of development chemical purchases by our customers due to participants in the
OLED industry having differing OLED technology development and product launch
strategies, which are subject to change at any time.
We
recognized $2,151,463 in technology development revenue for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, compared to $185,054 in corresponding revenue for the
same period in 2008. Technology development revenue for the first nine months of
2009 included a non-refundable payment of $1,500,000 that we received from
Kyocera during the third quarter of 2008. This payment was for
technical assistance previously provided under an evaluation agreement with a
subsidiary of Kyocera established by it to conduct OLED research, development,
manufacturing and sales activities. We had previously classified this
payment as deferred revenue because it was creditable against a portion of the
upfront fee under our license agreement with Kyocera. The license
agreement was to become effective upon notice from Kyocera given on or before
December 31, 2009.
In
September 2009, we received notification from Kyocera that it was terminating
the evaluation agreement because its OLED subsidiary was being dissolved on
September 30, 2009. Based on this notification, we determined and
confirmed that Kyocera will not be sending us a notice declaring the license
agreement effective. As a result of this development, we recorded the
$1,500,000 payment as technology development revenue for the third quarter of
2009.
Technology
development revenue for the first nine months of 2009 also included amounts
received under two joint development agreements and one technical assistance
agreement that we entered into during the second half of 2008. Payments received
under these agreements were classified as deferred revenue and are recognized as
revenue over the life of the applicable agreement. The amount and timing of our
receipt of fees for technology development and similar services is difficult to
predict due to participants in the OLED industry having different technology
development strategies, which are subject to change at any time.
Total
operating expenses were $27,032,742 for the nine months ending September 30,
2009, compared to $24,357,777 for the same period in 2008.
We
incurred research and development expenses of $15,482,462 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, compared to $13,506,318 for the same period in 2008.
The increase was mainly due to:
·
|
increased
employee costs of $603,790;
|
|
|
·
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an
increase of $570,655 in costs incurred under our agreement with PPG
Industries;
|
|
|
·
|
increased
costs of $477,314 associated with subcontractors under our government
contracts;
|
|
|
·
|
increased
costs in operations of $190,038; and
|
|
|
·
|
increased
costs of $110,076 incurred in connection with stock compensation to
members of our Scientific Advisory
Board.
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses remained relatively consistent over the
corresponding periods. These expenses were $7,994,021 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $7,658,508 for the same period in
2008.
Patent
costs increased to $2,510,379 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
compared to $2,226,853 for the same period in 2008. The increase was mainly
attributable to higher prosecution and maintenance costs associated with an
increased number of patents and patent applications, as well as the timing of
costs for certain ongoing patent matters.
Interest
income decreased to $563,920 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
compared to $2,202,123 for the same period in 2008. The decrease was mainly
attributable to decreased rates of return on investments during the nine-month
period, compared to rates for the same period in 2008, as well as a decrease in
the amount of cash available for investment. Due to current market conditions,
we anticipate that these lower rates of return will continue for the foreseeable
future.
At
January 1, 2009, the Company had warrants to purchase 838,446 shares of common
stock outstanding containing a “down-round” provision. On January 1, 2009, the
fair value of these warrants of $2,689,110 was reclassified from equity to a
liability upon the adoption of certain revisions to ASC 815. The change in fair
value of these warrants from January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 resulted in a
$1,121,080 loss on the statement of operations for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009. There was no such loss for the same period of 2008. The
Company will continue to report the warrants as a liability, with changes in
fair value recorded in the statement of operations, until such time as these
warrants are exercised or expire.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As of
September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $10,608,785 and
short-term investments of $55,415,258, for a total of $66,024,043. This compares
to cash and cash equivalents of $28,321,581 and short-term investments of
$49,132,619, for a total of $77,454,200, as of December 31, 2008. The decrease
in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $11,430,157 was
primarily due to the usage of cash in operating activities.
Cash used
in operating activities was $11,831,763 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009, compared to $6,034,956 for the same period in 2008. The increase in cash
used in operating activities was mainly due to the following:
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additional
net losses, excluding the impact of non-cash items, of
$2,452,975;
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·
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the
receipt of an additional $2,033,333 in cash payments in 2008 compared to
2009 from various customers for license rights granted to these customers,
and/or joint development work performed or technical assistance provided
at the request of these customers; and
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|
|
·
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the
timing of payment of accounts payable and accrued expenses of
$953,407.
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Cash used
in investing activities was $6,177,729 for the nine months ended September 30,
2009. For the same period in 2008, cash provided by investing activities was
$24,958,453. The increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily due
to the timing of short-term investment purchases and the fact that the Company’s
investment portfolio contained instruments with longer periods to maturity than
in the past.
Cash
provided by financing activities was $296,696 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, compared to $1,620,939 for the same period in 2008. In the
first nine months of 2009, we received proceeds of $1,102,335 from the exercise
of options and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, compared to
$2,387,660 in the corresponding period of 2008.
Working
capital was $55,434,918 as of September 30, 2009, compared to working capital of
$64,600,256 as of December 31, 2008. Working capital decreased primarily due to
the use of cash in operating activities. We anticipate, based on our internal
forecasts and assumptions relating to our operations (including, among others,
assumptions regarding our working capital requirements, the progress of our
research and development efforts, the availability of sources of funding for our
research and development work, and the timing and costs associated with the
preparation, filing, prosecution, maintenance, defense and enforcement of our
patents and patent applications), that we have sufficient cash, cash equivalents
and short-term investments to meet our obligations for at least the next 12
months.
We
believe that potential additional financing sources for us include long-term and
short-term borrowings, public and private sales of our equity and debt
securities and the receipt of cash upon the exercise of warrants and options. It
should be noted, however, that additional funding may be required in the future
for research, development and commercialization of our OLED technologies and
materials, to obtain, maintain and enforce patents respecting these technologies
and materials, and for working capital and other purposes, the timing and amount
of which are difficult to ascertain. There can be no assurance that additional
funds will be available to us when needed, on commercially reasonable terms or
at all, particularly in the
current economic environment.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Accounting
for Warrants
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted certain revised provisions of ASC 815,
“Derivatives and Hedging”.
These provisions apply to any freestanding financial instruments or
embedded features that have the characteristics of a derivative and to any
freestanding financial instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s
own common stock. As a result, certain of our warrants are considered
to be derivatives and must be valued at the end of each period using various
assumptions as they are recorded as liabilities.
The fair
value of the stock warrant liability is determined using the Black-Scholes
valuation model using assumptions for certain components of the model, including
expected volatility and expected annual dividend yield. Although we use
available resources and information when setting these assumptions, changes in
assumptions could cause significant adjustments to the future valuation of the
stock warrant liability. The change in fair value of the stock warrant liability
is recorded as a gain or loss on the statement of operations.
Refer to
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as
amended, for a discussion of our other critical accounting
policies.
Contractual
Obligations
As of
September 30, 2009, we had the following contractual commitments:
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|
Payments
due by period
|
|
Contractual
Obligations
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Less
than 1 year
|
|
|
1-3
years
|
|
|
3-5
years
|
|
|
More
than 5 years
|
|
Sponsored
research obligation
|
|
$ |
6,927,647 |
|
|
$ |
1,994,995 |
|
|
$ |
4,932,652 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Minimum
royalty obligation (1)
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
100,000/year(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
(2)
|
|
$ |
7,427,647 |
|
|
$ |
2,094,995 |
|
|
$ |
5,132,652 |
|
|
$ |
200,000 |
|
|
$
100,000/year(1)
|
|
(1)
|
Under
our Amended License Agreement with Princeton University, the University of
Southern California and the University of Michigan, we are obligated to
pay minimum royalties of $100,000 per year until such time as the
agreement is no longer in effect. The agreement has no scheduled
expiration date.
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(2)
|
See
Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as amended, for discussion
of obligations upon termination of employment of executive officers as a
result of a change in control of the
Company.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
Refer to
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as
amended, for a discussion of off-balance sheet arrangements. As of
September 30, 2009, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
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We do not
utilize financial instruments for trading purposes and hold no derivative
financial instruments, other financial instruments or derivative commodity
instruments that could expose us to significant market risk other than our
short-term investments and our stock warrant liability disclosed in Note 4 to
the consolidated financial statements included herein. We invest in investment
grade financial instruments to reduce our exposure. Our primary
market risk exposure with regard to financial instruments is to changes in
interest rates, which would impact interest income earned on
investments.
We record
as a liability the fair value of warrants to purchase 838,446 shares of our
common stock. The fair value of the stock warrant liability is
determined using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and is therefore
sensitive to changes in the stock price and volatility of our common
stock. Our primary market risk exposure to the stock warrant
liability is to changes in the stock price, which would impact the valuation of
the stock warrant liability. Increases in our stock price or the expected
volatility of our common stock would increase the fair value of the stock
warrant liability and therefore result in an additional loss on the statement of
operations. Decreases in these items would decrease the fair value of the stock
warrant liability and therefore result in an additional gain on the statement of
operations.
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our
management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and
procedures as of September 30, 2009. Based on that evaluation, the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, are
functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information
required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and
forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including
the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding disclosure. However, a controls system, no matter how
well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the
objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if
any, within a company have been detected.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the
three months ended September 30, 2009 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
Opposition
to European Patent No. 0946958
On
December 8, 2006, Cambridge Display Technology, Ltd. (“CDT”), which was acquired
in 2007 by Sumitomo Chemical Company (“Sumitomo”), filed a Notice of Opposition
to European Patent No. 0946958 (the “EP ‘958 patent”). The EP ‘958
patent, which was issued on March 8, 2006, is a European counterpart patent to
U.S. patents 5,844,363, 6,602,540, 6,888,306 and 7,247,073. These
patents relate to our FOLED technology. They are exclusively licensed
to us by Princeton, and under the license agreement we are required to pay all
legal costs and fees associated with this proceeding.
The
European Patent Office (the “EPO”) conducted an Oral Hearing in this matter on
October 6, 2009. At the Oral Hearing, the EPO panel announced its
decision to reject the opposition and to maintain the patent as
granted. The minutes of the Oral Hearing were dispatched on October
27, 2009, and are available online through the EPO website.
We
anticipate that the EPO will issue a formal written decision within the next few
weeks. From receipt of this decision, CDT will have two months to
file an appeal if so desired. At this stage of the proceeding, we
believe that the EPO decision would be upheld if challenged on
appeal.
Opposition
to European Patent No. 1449238
On March
8, 2007, Sumation Company Limited (“Sumation”), a joint venture between Sumitomo
and CDT, filed a first Notice of Opposition to European Patent No. 1449238 (the
“EP ‘238 patent”). The EP ‘238 patent, which was issued on November
2, 2006, is a European counterpart patent, in part, to U.S. patents 6,830,828,
6,902,830, 7,001,536 and 7,291,406, and to pending U.S. patent application
11/879,379, filed on July 16, 2007. These patents and this patent
application relate to our PHOLED technology. They are exclusively
licensed to us by Princeton, and under the license agreement we are required to
pay all legal costs and fees associated with this proceeding.
Two other
parties filed additional oppositions to the EP ‘238 patent just prior to the
August 2, 2007 expiration date for such filings. On July 24,
2007, Merck Patent GmbH, of Darmstadt, Germany, filed a second Notice of
Opposition to the EP ‘238 patent, and on July 27, 2007, BASF Aktiengesellschaft,
of Mannheim, Germany, filed a third Notice of Opposition to the EP ‘238
patent. The EPO combined all three oppositions into a single
opposition proceeding.
The EPO
set a January 6, 2008 due date for us to file our response to the
opposition. We requested a two-month extension to file this response,
and we subsequently filed our response in a timely manner. We are
currently waiting for the EPO to notify us of the date of the oral
hearing. We are also waiting to see whether the other parties in the
opposition file any additional documents, to which we may
respond.
At this
time, we cannot make any prediction as to the probable outcome of the
opposition. However, based on an analysis of the evidence presented
to date, we continue to believe there is a substantial likelihood that the
patent being challenged will be declared valid, and that all or a significant
portion of its claims will be upheld.
There
have been no material changes to the risk factors previously discussed in Part
I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, as amended.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
|
Issuance
of Unregistered Shares to PPG Industries
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2009, we issued 61,024 unregistered shares of
our common stock to PPG Industries, Inc. upon the exercise of outstanding
warrants. The warrants had an exercise price of $10.14 per share. All of the
shares were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration contained in
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Receipt
of Shares on Stock Option Exercises and Withholding of Shares to Satisfy Tax
Liabilities
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2009, certain of our employees, including
executive officers and a former executive officer, tendered to us a total of
39,110 shares of our common stock as payment of the exercise price for stock
options that had previously been granted to these individuals under our Equity
Compensation Plan. These stock options had a weighted average
exercise price of $12.28 per share, and expiration dates of August 12, 2009 and
October 12, 2009. The shares we received were valued based on the closing price
of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on the exercise
dates. The total value of the shares we received was
$480,137.
During
the quarter ended September 30, 2009 we acquired 1,044 shares of common stock
through transactions related to the vesting of restricted share awards
previously granted to certain employees. Upon vesting, the employees turned in
shares of common stock in amounts sufficient to pay their minimum statutory tax
withholding at rates required by the relevant tax authorities.
The
following table provides information relating to the shares we received during
the third quarter of 2009.
Period
|
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Price Paid per Share
|
|
|
Total
Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced
Program
|
|
|
Approximate
Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the
Program
|
|
July
1 – July 31
|
|
|
3,732 |
|
|
$ |
11.08 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
-- |
|
August
1 – August 31
|
|
|
504 |
|
|
|
10.30 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
-- |
|
September
1 – September 30
|
|
|
35,918 |
|
|
|
12.39 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
-- |
|
Total
|
|
|
40,154 |
|
|
$ |
12.25 |
|
|
|
n/a |
|
|
|
-- |
|
|
DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
|
None.
|
SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
|
None.
None.
The
following is a list of the exhibits included as part of this
report. Where so indicated by footnote, exhibits that were previously
included are incorporated by reference. For exhibits incorporated by
reference, the location of the exhibit in the previous filing is indicated
parenthetically, together with a reference to the filing indicated by
footnote.
Exhibit
|
|
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Number
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
10.1*
|
|
Amendment
No. 2 to the Commercial Supply Agreement between the registrant and
LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (now known as LG Display), dated as of August 11,
2009
|
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|
|
31.1*
|
|
Certifications
of Steven V. Abramson, Chief Executive Officer, as required by
Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
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|
|
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31.2*
|
|
Certifications
of Sidney D. Rosenblatt, Chief Financial Officer, as required
by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)
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32.1**
|
|
Certifications
of Steven V. Abramson, Chief Executive Officer, as required by
Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b), and by 18
U.S.C. Section 1350. (This exhibit shall not be
deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section. Further, this exhibit shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)
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|
|
|
32.2**
|
|
Certifications
of Sidney D. Rosenblatt, Chief Financial Officer, as required by
Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b), and by 18
U.S.C. Section 1350. (This exhibit shall not be
deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section. Further, this exhibit shall not be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.)
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*
|
|
Filed
herewith.
|
**
|
|
Furnished
herewith.
|
|
Note:
Any of the exhibits listed in the foregoing index not included with this
report may be obtained, without charge, by writing to Mr. Sidney D.
Rosenblatt, Corporate Secretary, Universal Display Corporation, 375
Phillips Boulevard, Ewing, New
Jersey 08618.
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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 thereunto
duly authorized:
UNIVERSAL
DISPLAY CORPORATION
Date:
November 9, 2009
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By: /s/ Sidney D.
Rosenblatt
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|
Sidney
D. Rosenblatt
|
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
|