ASM signs Term Sheet to divest RTP business

BILTHOVEN, NETHERLANDS, Jun 10 (MARKET WIRE) --

ALMERE, THE NETHERLANDS, June 10, 2009 -- ASM International (NASDAQ: ASMI
and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today announced that it has signed a Term
Sheet to divest its Levitor RTP business to a newly formed company owned
and managed by the current RTP business unit management. If the
transaction completes it is foreseen that management will take over all
current Levitor business including its approximately 20 employees,
customer service, and plans to develop new RTP-related products. ASM will
provide EUR 4 million working capital, which will be expensed, and will
retain a non-controlling minority share in the new company.

About ASM International

ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its
subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and materials used to
produce semiconductor devices. ASM International and its subsidiaries
provide 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 website at
www.asm.com.

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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
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and trends in the semiconductor industry generally and the timing of the
industry cycles specifically, currency fluctuations, financing and
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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 reports on Form 20-F and Form 6-K. The Company
assumes no obligation nor intends to update or revise any forward-looking
statements to reflect future developments or circumstances.

Press release 10 June 2009: http://hugin.info/132090/R/1321832/309615.pdf

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