Authorities Approve ASML
Acquisition of HMI
Clearance
of the
transaction has previously been granted by the Taiwanese Fair Trade
Commission,
the Competition Commission of Singapore, the Korean Fair Trade
Commission, the
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the
Investment Commission of Taiwan. As a result, clearance has been
obtained from
all necessary authorities. Furthermore, the shareholders of HMI
approved the
transaction on 3 August 2016.
HMI’s
Board of
Directors approved on October 8 that the record date of share
conversion to be
November 22, 2016.
About
ASML
ASML is
one of the
world’s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. Our vision is
to enable
affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To
achieve this,
our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced
technology
for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the
semiconductor industry. ASML’s guiding principle is continuing Moore’s Law towards ever smaller,
cheaper,
more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in
increasingly
powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress
within a
multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications,
energy,
mobility, and entertainment. We are a multinational company with over
70
locations in 16 countries, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.
We
employ close to 15,000 people on payroll and flexible contracts
(expressed in
full time equivalents). ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ
under
the symbol ASML. More information about ASML, our products and
technology, and
career opportunities is available on: www.ASML.com
About
HMI
Established
in 1998,
HMI has been committed to the research and development of the most
advanced
E-beam Inspection (EBI) tools and solutions for the leading
semiconductor
manufacturing fabs. Today, HMI is the leading supplier of EBI tools for
both
foundry and memory fabs worldwide. Based on our proprietary electron
gun and column
technologies and highly effective defect inspection algorithms, we
deliver
multiple product lines, including eScan® Series / ePTM Series /
eXplore®
Series, for various R&D and production applications.
The
e-beam system used by HMI is ideally positioned for sub-10 nm logic
nodes,
because of e-beam’s ability to see in great detail even the tiniest
features on
these very advanced chips.
ASML Media Relations contacts:
Lucas
van Grinsven -
Corporate Communications - +31 6 101 99 532 - Veldhoven, the
Netherlands
Niclas
Mika -
Corporate Communications - +31 6 201 528 63 - Veldhoven, the Netherlands
Investor Relations Contacts
Craig
DeYoung -
Investor Relations - +1 480 696 2762 - Chandler, Arizona, USA
Marcel
Kemp -
Investor Relations - +31 40 268 6494 - Veldhoven, the Netherlands
HMI contact:
Leila
Chen – Investor Relations - +886 3666 9229 Ext. 5161 – Taipei, Taiwan |
Date: 2016-10-26 