VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands
and SAN DIEGO, April 5, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- ASML Holding NV (ASML) and Cymer, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CYMI) today announce that the Antitrust Division of the
United States Department of Justice has cleared the previously
announced merger between Cymer and affiliates of ASML.
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Clearance of the merger has previously been granted by the U.S.
Committee on Foreign Investment in the
United States (CFIUS), as well as the Taiwanese, German and
Israeli antitrust authorities. Furthermore, Cymer stockholders have
approved the merger agreement.
Completion of the merger remains subject to additional customary
closing conditions and receipt of approvals under competition laws
in South Korea and Japan. Cymer and ASML continue to expect the
transaction to close in the first half of 2013.
About ASML
ASML is one of the world's leading
providers of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry,
manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production
of integrated circuits or chips. Headquartered in Veldhoven,
the Netherlands, ASML is traded on
Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML. ASML has 8,500
employees on payroll (expressed in full time equivalents), serving
chip manufacturers in more than 55 locations in 16 countries. More
information about our company, our products and technology, and
career opportunities is available on our website: www.asml.com
About Cymer
Cymer is an industry leader in developing
lithography light sources, used by chipmakers worldwide to pattern
advanced semiconductor chips. Cymer's light sources have been
widely adopted by the world's top chipmakers and its installed base
comprises approximately 3,900 systems. Continuing its legacy of
leadership, Cymer is currently pioneering the industry's transition
to EUV lithography, the next viable step on the technology roadmap
for the creation of smaller, faster chips. The company is
headquartered in San Diego, CA,
has more than 1,200 employees on payroll (expressed in full time
equivalents) and supports its customers from numerous offices
around the globe. Cymer maintains a Web site to which it regularly
posts press releases, SEC filings, and additional information about
Cymer. Interested persons can also subscribe to automated e-mail
alerts or RSS feeds. Please visit www.cymer.com.
Forward Looking Statements
"Safe Harbor" Statement
under the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: this
press release contains statements that constitute forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements, as they relate to ASML or
Cymer or the merger, involve risks and uncertainties that may cause
results to differ materially from those set forth in the
statements. We use words such as "anticipates," "believes,"
"plans," "expects," "projects," "future," "intends," "may," "will,"
"should," "could," "estimates," "predicts," "potential,"
"continue," "guidance" and similar expressions to identify these
forward-looking statements. These statements are not historical
facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates,
assumptions and projections about future events, and readers should
not place undue reliance on them. Actual results or developments
may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.
These forward looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including the inability to obtain regulatory
approval for the merger, the satisfaction of other conditions to
the closing of the merger and the possibility that the length of
time necessary to consummate the merger may be longer than
anticipated.
The foregoing risk list of factors is not exhaustive. You should
consider carefully the foregoing factors and the other risks and
uncertainties that affect the businesses of ASML and Cymer
described in the risk factors included in ASML's Annual Report on
Form 20-F and Cymer's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other
documents filed by ASML and Cymer from time to time with the SEC.
The parties disclaim any obligation to update the forward-looking
statements contained herein.
SOURCE Cymer, Inc.