SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Defined Benefit Pension Plans And Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

14. SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN:

On March 18, 2010, the Compensation Committee and the Board of Directors of the Company approved and adopted the Universal Display Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP). The SERP is currently unfunded and includes salary and bonus as part of the plan. The purpose of the SERP is to provide certain of the Company’s key employees with supplemental pension benefits following a cessation of their employment and to encourage their continued employment with the Company. As of March 31, 2020, there were seven participants in the SERP.

The Company records amounts relating to the SERP based on calculations that incorporate various actuarial and other assumptions, including discount rates, rate of compensation increases, retirement dates and life expectancies. The net periodic costs are recognized as employees render the services necessary to earn the SERP benefits.

The components of net periodic pension cost were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019
Service cost	$	273	$	288
Interest cost		321		403
Amortization of prior service cost		275		399
Amortization of loss		545		411
Total net periodic benefit cost	$	1,414	$	1,501