US Department of Justice clears ASML acquisition of Cymer

Date Announced: 05 Apr 2013

Latest step in lithography consolidation: clearance in Japan and Korea still required.

VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands/SAN DIEGO, United States, 5 April 2013 - 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.

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.

Source: ASML

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