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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Bennett Paul J

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

6101 GATEWAY DRIVE

(Street)

CYPRESS

90630

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/28/2006

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC [ UEIC ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SR VP

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	15,200	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	09/24/1997⁽¹⁾	09/24/2006	Common Stock	12,500	3.1875	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	08/11/1999⁽¹⁾	08/11/2008	Common Stock	10,000	5.8125	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	01/28/2000⁽¹⁾	01/28/2009	Common Stock	20,000	7.5	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	10/07/2000⁽¹⁾	10/07/2009	Common Stock	20,000	11.016	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	08/24/2001⁽¹⁾	08/24/2010	Common Stock	10,000	20.188	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	02/05/2003⁽¹⁾	02/05/2012	Common Stock	10,000	15.98	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	11/12/2003⁽¹⁾	11/12/2012	Common Stock	10,000	8.45	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	03/24/2005⁽¹⁾	03/24/2014	Common Stock	40,000	12.58	D
Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy)	01/21/2006⁽¹⁾	01/21/2015	Common Stock	20,000	17.585	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Employee Stock Option (Rt to Buy) grant to Reporting Person in accordance with one of Universal Electronics Inc?s various Stock Incentive Plans which provides for ratable vesting of either three and four years from the date of grant and an expiration of ten years from the date of grant or earlier under certain circumstances.

Remarks:

	/s/Paul J. M. Bennett, by Richard A. Firehammer, Jr., pursuant to Limited Power of Attorney dated March 9, 2006 (attached)	03/28/2006
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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 LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints Richard A. Firehammer, Jr. as the undersigned's

true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as

hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of
the
undersigned to:

(1)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and
file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to
the
securities of Universal Electronics Inc., a Delaware corporation (the

"Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
any
national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered
necessary or
advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to
time (the "Exchange Act");

(2)	seek or obtain, as the
undersigned's
representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information
on transactions
in the Company's securities from any third party,
including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned
hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and


(3)	perform any and all other acts which in
the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for
and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.


The undersigned
acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney
authorizes, but does not
require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their
discretion on information
provided to such attorney-in-fact without
independent verification of such
information;

(2)	any documents
prepared and/or executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney will be in such form and
will contain such information and
disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion, deems
necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither
the Company nor such
attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the
undersigned's
responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such
requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of
the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act; and


(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the
undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's
obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the
reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The
undersigned hereby gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about
the foregoing matters as fully to all
intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if present,
hereby ratifying all that such
attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.


	This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th
day of March, 2006.



/s/Paul J. M. Bennett
Signature


Paul
J. M.
Bennett
Print Name



STATE OF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY

OF ORANGE


	On this 9th day of March, 2006, Paul J. M. Bennett

personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the

foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.

	IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.



/s/Jeremy
K. Black
Notary Public

February 17, 2008
My
Commission Expires