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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (date of earliest event reported) May&nbsp;11, 2012 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As previously reported, on February&nbsp;14, 2012, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (&#147;ECD&#148;) and its wholly owned subsidiary United Solar Ovonic LLC (&#147;USO&#148;) (together, the
&#147;Company&#148;) voluntarily filed petitions for relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On May&nbsp;7, 2012, ECD and USO issued a press release announcing the cancellation of the auction of the going-concern sale of USO,
scheduled for May&nbsp;8, 2012 and discontinuance of the court-approved sale process because of the failure to receive an acceptable qualified bid by the bid deadline. The Company also announced that it will begin reducing its workforce, terminating
approximately 300 employees worldwide. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
</B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the announcement described above, ECD terminated Julian Hawkins, its President and Chief
Executive Officer (&#147;CEO&#148;), and Joseph P. Conroy, its Executive Vice President of Operations, both effective as of May&nbsp;11, 2012. In connection with his termination, Mr.&nbsp;Hawkins resigned from the Board, effective as of May&nbsp;16,
2012. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Conroy are entitled to certain severance benefits, as generally described under &#147;Post-Employment Benefits&#148; in the Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on October 28, 2011. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;99.1 Press release, dated May&nbsp;7, 2012, issued by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Jay B. Knoll</FONT></TD></TR>
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</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: May&nbsp;16, 2012 </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press release, dated May 7, 2012, issued by Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Energy Conversion Devices Cancels Going Concern Auction of United Solar </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AUBURN HILLS, Mich., May 7, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (&#147;ECD&#148;) (OTC:ENERQ.PK), a leader in materials science and renewable energy technologies, and its wholly-owned
subsidiary United Solar Ovonic LLC (&#147;USO&#148;) today announced that they are cancelling the auction of the going concern sale of USO scheduled for May 8, 2012 and discontinuing the court-approved sale process because of the failure to receive
an acceptable qualified bid by the bid deadline. Quarton Partners, the companies&#146; investment banker, is continuing to work with prospective buyers on alternative transactions. In addition, the companies have retained auction services provider
Hilco Industrial to prepare for an orderly sale of the companies&#146; assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Today&#146;s announcement is one that everyone here at
ECD and UNI-SOLAR worked extremely hard to avoid,&#148; said Julian Hawkins, ECD&#146;s President and CEO. &#147;On behalf of the management team and the board, I wish to express the sincere thanks to past and present members of the ECD/UNI-SOLAR
team for their dedication, commitment and passion. Each one of you has played an integral role in forever changing the world of clean energy.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with these activities, the companies will immediately begin reducing their workforce, terminating approximately 300 employees worldwide. The companies will retain a smaller workforce to
support the bankruptcy process and the sale of its solar and other assets, including ECD&#146;s interest in Ovonyx, Inc. USO is also retaining a small number of employees to continue to develop its core solar technologies under government-funded
contracts. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ECD and USO voluntarily filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of
Michigan on February 14, 2012. Additional information regarding the bankruptcy proceedings are available at www.energyconversiondevices.com/restructuring.php. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Safe Harbor Statement </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, objectives,
goals, strategies, future events, future net sales or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, restructuring, plans or intentions relating to expansions, business trends and other information that is not historical information. All
forward-looking statements are based upon information available to us on the date of this release and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of our </FONT></P>

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control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The risks and uncertainties and the terms of any reorganization or liquidation plan ultimately confirmed by the Court can affect the value of our various pre-petition liabilities, common stock and other
securities. No assurance can be given as to what values, if any, will be ascribed in the bankruptcy proceedings to each of these constituencies. A plan of reorganization or liquidation could result in holders of our liabilities and securities
receiving no value for their interests. Because of such possibilities, the value of these liabilities and securities is highly speculative. Accordingly, we urge caution be exercised with respect to existing and future investments in any of these
liabilities and securities. The risk factors identified in the ECD filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, could impact
any forward-looking statements contained in this release. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. assumes no responsibility to update any forward-looking statements contained herein, except as required by law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONTACT: Kim Paulson </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Senior
Manager, Corporate Communications </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. </FONT></P>
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