ASML Announces Completion of its Share Buyback Program.VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands -- ASML Holding ASML is a Dutch company and the world’s primary supplier of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Of all the major chip producers worldwide, more than 80% are ASML customers. NV (ASML ASML Abstract State Machine Language ASML Anisotropic Shielded Microstrip Line ) today announced completion of its share buyback program disclosed on April 19, 2006 as follows: E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]--During the period from July 10 through July 13, 2006, ASML acquired 3,270,298 of its shares from its broker pursuant to the share buyback program, at an average price of EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 15.48 per share. E[acute accent]--The aggregate number of shares bought back up to and including July 13, 2006 is 25,450,296 and represents 100 percent of the announced objective of maximum EUR 400 million to be repurchased during the term of the program. E[acute accent]--ASML's share buyback program announced on April 19, 2006 and completed on July 13, 2006 represents 5.25 percent of outstanding shares. E[acute accent]--To effect share repurchases under its buyback program, ASML entered into forward purchase transactions with a broker acting as principal. Under the terms of these transactions, the exact number of shares to be purchased by the broker and delivered to ASML, as well as timing of purchases, was left to the discretion of the broker, within pre-agreed ranges. E[acute accent]--ASML intends to cancel its repurchased shares. E[acute accent]About ASML E[acute accent]ASML is the world's leading provider of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry, manufacturing complex machines that are critical to the production of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. or chips. Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on under the symbol ASML. For more information, visit the Web site at ASML.com |
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