On June 5, 2018, ASMI announced the start of a share buyback program of ASMI’s common shares up to €250 million. This program followed on ASMI’s announcement on February 28, 2018, that it intended to use €250 million of the proceeds of the partial sale of a stake of approximately 9% in ASMPT for a new share buyback program. The 2018 program started on June 6, 2018, and ended on October 11, 2018. In total, we repurchased 5,443,888 shares at an average price of €45.92, including expenses, under the 2018 program. This share buyback program was executed by a third party. ASMI has the intention to reduce its capital by withdrawing the shares repurchased as part of the 2018 share buyback program, save for such number of treasury shares as maybe necessary to fund ongoing share and option programs for employees and board members. This withdrawal of shares is intended to be proposed to the Annual General Meeting in 2019. The repurchase program is part of ASMI's commitment to use excess cash for the benefit of its shareholders.
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For previous share buyback programs, please visit this page.
