ASM International announces Invitation to further meeting with
Persons with Industry Background
BILTHOVEN, the Netherlands, February 11, 2008 -- With reference to
its public announcement of January 11, 2008, ASM International
(NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today announced that its
Management Board and Supervisory Board have reviewed and discussed
the plans as presented by persons with semiconductor equipment
industry backgrounds on January 10, 2008. The ASMI Boards value the
constructive efforts to assist the company in optimizing its
front-end operations as reflected in these plans. The Management
Board will invite representatives of this group to further discuss
and clarify their plans at a further meeting to be held before the
end of February.
Following the meeting with representatives of this group,
the Management Board and Supervisory Board intend to invite
representatives of Fursa for a meeting to discuss ASMI's response to
the plans as presented.
About ASM
ASM International N.V. and its subsidiaries design and manufacture
equipment and materials used to produce semiconductor devices. The
company provides production solutions for wafer processing (Front-end
segment) as well as assembly and packaging (Back-end segment) through
facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Asia. ASM
International's common stock trades on NASDAQ (symbol ASMI) and the
Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol ASM). For more information,
visit ASMI's web site at www.asm.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: All matters discussed in this statement, except
for any historical data, are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to,
economic conditions and trends in the semiconductor industry
generally and the timing of the industry cycles specifically,
currency fluctuations, the timing of significant orders, market
acceptance of new products, competitive factors, litigation involving
intellectual property, shareholder and other issues, commercial and
economic disruption due to natural disasters, terrorist activity,
armed conflict or political instability, epidemics and other risks
indicated in the Company's filings from time to time with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to,
the Company's
Contacts ASM:
Naud van der Ven: +31 30 229 8540
Erik Kamerbeek: +31 30 229 8500
Mary Jo Dieckhaus: + 1 212 986 2900