ASML confirms completion of its 2013-2014 share buyback program
December 23 2014 - 2:01AM
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VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, 23 December 2014 -
ASML Holding NV (ASML) today announces the completion of its share
buyback program announced on 17 April 2013.
During the period from 18 April 2013 up to and
including 22 December 2014, ASML purchased 14,595,554 of its shares
at an average price of EUR 68.51 per share. With these purchases,
the EUR 1,000 million share buyback program has been completed. Of
the shares purchased during this period, 9,464,503 have been
cancelled with the remaining shares intended to be cancelled in
2015.
Further details of the buybacks are available at
www.asml.com/sharebuyback
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 over 70 locations in 16 countries,
headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We employ more than
13,800 people on payroll and flexible contracts (expressed in full
time equivalents). Our company is an inspiring place where
employees work, meet, learn and share. 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
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