VELDHOVEN, The Netherlands and
SAN DIEGO, May 30, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- ASML Holding NV (ASML) and Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq:
CYMI) today announce that they have completed the previously
announced merger pursuant to which ASML has acquired Cymer. As a
result of the merger, each share of Cymer common stock outstanding
immediately prior to the completion of the merger was converted
into the right to receive $20.00 in
cash plus 1.1502 ASML ordinary shares. ASML's share capital will
increase by approximately 36.5 million shares as a result of the
merger.
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About ASML
ASML makes possible affordable
microelectronics that improve the quality of life. ASML invents and
develops complex technology for high-tech lithography machines for
the semiconductor industry. ASML's guiding principle is continuing
Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and
energy-efficient semiconductors. Our success is based on three
pillars: technology leadership combined with customer and supplier
intimacy, highly efficient processes and entrepreneurial people. We
are a multinational company with 55 locations in 15 countries,
headquartered in Veldhoven, the
Netherlands. We provide employment for more than 11,000
people on payroll and flexible contracts (expressed in full time
equivalents). Our company is an inspiring place where employees
work, meet, share and learn. 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 Cymer
Cymer, an ASML company, is an industry
leader in developing lithography light sources, used by chipmakers
worldwide to pattern advanced semiconductor chips. Cymer's light
sources, and ongoing innovations, are available to all
semiconductor companies to enable advanced device manufacturing
today and into the future. Cymer is pioneering the industry's
transition to EUV lithography, the next viable step on the
technology roadmap for the creation of smaller, faster and more
energy-efficient chips. The company is headquartered in
San Diego, California. More
information about Cymer, our products and technology, and career
opportunities is available on: www.cymer.com.
SOURCE Cymer, Inc.