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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Safe  Harbor Statement under  the U.S. Private Securities  Litigation 
Reform Act of 1995: All  matters discussed in this statement,  except 
for   any   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 statements. These  include, but are  not limited  to, 
economic  conditions  and  trends   in  the  semiconductor   industry 
generally  and  the  timing  of  the  industry  cycles  specifically, 
currency fluctuations, financing and  liquidity matters, the  success 
of  restructurings,  the   timing  of   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. 
 
Investor Contacts: 
Erik Kamerbeek 
Investor Relations 
+31 88 100 8500 
 
Mary Jo Dieckhaus 
Investor Relations 
+1 212-986-290 
 
Media Contact: 
Ian Bickerton 
+31 625 018 512 
 
 
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