ASM INTERNATIONAL N.V. ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF SHARE BUYBACK PROGRAM

Almere, The NetherlandsOctober 15, 2018ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today announces that its €250 million share buyback program 2018 has been completed on October 11, 2018. On June 5, 2018, ASMI announced the start of a new share buyback program of its common...

London, 15/10/2018 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa - information technology)

On June 5, 2018, ASMI announced the start of a new share buyback program of its common shares for an amount of up to €250 million. We completed this 2018 share buyback program on October 11, 2018. In total, we repurchased 5,443,888 shares at an average price of €45.92, including expenses, under the 2018 program.

This share buyback program was executed by a third party. ASMI has the intention to reduce its capital by withdrawing the shares repurchased as part of the 2018 share buyback program, save for such number of treasury shares as maybe necessary to fund ongoing share and option programs for employees and board members. This withdrawal of shares is intended to be proposed to the Annual General Meeting in 2019. The repurchase program is part of ASMI's commitment to use excess cash for the benefit of its shareholders.

In addition, ASMI reports the following transactions for October 8 - 11, 2018, which has been the final week of the 2018 share buyback program. Note that the average price shown in the table is including expenses.  

For further details including individual transaction information please visit:
www.asm.com/investors/share-information/share-buyback .

ASM International NV, headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, its subsidiaries and participations design and manufacture equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. ASM International, its subsidiaries and participations provide production solutions for wafer processing (Front-end segment) as well as for assembly & packaging and surface mount technology (Back-end segment) through facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information, visit ASMI's website at www.asm.com .

Victor Bareño
T: +31 88 100 8500
E: victor.bareno@asm.com

Ian Bickerton
T: +31 625 018 512