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Company Website: http://www.unilens.com/ Company Description: UNILENS - UNIQUELY POSITIONED FOR GROWTH Unilens, the Eye Care Professional's specialty contact lens company, is changing the way presbyopes and astigmatics see the world today, thanks to the company's cutting edge, proprietary engineering and manufacturing technology. Unilens' technology touches the eyes of hundreds of thousands of patients throughout the world, primarily through its' highly successful multifocal lens designs, known as the C-VUE brand. Established in 1989, Unilens Vision Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary Unilens Corp., USA, develops, manufactures, distributes and licenses customized, specialty contact lens products out of an operating headquarters in Largo, Florida. THE UNILENS FAMILY OF SPECIALTY CONTACT LENSES: SOFT MULTIFOCALS » C-VUE Disposable Multifocal » C-VUE55 Multifocal » C-VUE55 Toric Multifocal » EMA Multifocal » Unilens 38™ Multifocal » SoftSITE™ Multifocal » SimulVue 38™ Bifocal GP MULTIFOCALS » C-VUEGP Multifocal » QuantumTHIN™ Multifocal RGP » Unilens™ Aspheric RGP » Equiform SV SOF-FORM PRODUCTS » Sof-Form II » Sof-Form 55 EW » Sof-Form 55 Toric » Sof-Form 55 Aphakic LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS » LifeStyle MVt Toric Bifocal » LifeStyle 4Vue Standard and Hi-Add » LifeStyle Xtra Multifocal » LifeStyle MV2 LOMBART DIVISION PRODUCTS » SoftCon EW » Aquaflex Standard and Aquaflex Super Thin » LL-38 Sphere » LL-38 Thin Sphere » LL-55 Sphere » Soft 55 (Softcon) » Soft 55 EW (Softcon EW) » LL Bifocal (Bisoft) Beigledog's commentary: Unilens vision is a maker of contact lenses that focuses primarily on small niche markets including multifocal and toric lenses. They license their C-Vue multifocal lenses to Bausch & Lomb (under B&L's Soft Lens and Pure Vision brands) and it is the #1 selling multifocal lens in the world. The lisencing percentage was recently lowered under the B&L contract but the next step-down isn't until 2014. Under terms of the contract, the company cannot disclose how much licensing fees increased without the step-down in the 2007 fiscal year. Unilens recently added a toric multifocal lens that they expect to create a new market for contact lenses. Traditionally, people who have astigmatism and presbyopia (require multifocal lenses) have used a near-sighted lens in one eye and a far-sighted lens in the other. The brand new C-Vue Toric Multifocal lens will create a new market that the company believes could grow to from a $10 million market to a $100 million market. The company is involved in four separate lens segments. Gas permeable lenses are a dying technology that the company runs for cash. Sales are declining about 5% per year in this segment. The Lombart business buys mature lens designs from other companies and primarily sells them to existing customers (but not new customers). This business is also run for cash and produces very good margins. In the 2006 fiscal year, Unilens purchased automation equipment for the manufacturing of their contact lenses. Currently, nearly 50% of lens manufacturing is outsourced to third parties. Unilens is investing in the company by moving their production process to producing lathe lenses (instead of mold manufacturing) which should help lower their cost structure. In the 2007 fiscal year (which ends in June), the company adjusted some of their prices (lower) on their new products because they were priced too high. Now the company is gaining traction and from my interaction with the company, they expect good things in the next few years. Finally, something that you don't find very often in microcap land...a 9% dividend yield (at today's $3.30 price). UVICF pays a $.075 quarterly dividend which is funded through cash flow from operations. Contact Information: Primary IR Contact Michael J. Pecora Chief Financial Officer 10431 72nd Street North Largo, FL33777 Phone: (727) 544-2531 Fax: (727) 545-1883 Gary Bryant Newport Capital Consultants 16 Carmel Woods Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 Phone (949) 493-9432 Share Structure: OS: ~4.5 million Float: ~2.3 million
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