ASMI Conference Call voor de media woensdag 10 uur

28/04/2009 19:26

Huijskens Communications

Geachte redactie,

Hierbij nodig ik u uit voor een CONFERENCE CALL met CEO CHUCK DEL PRADO van ASM International.

De CEO zal een toelichting geven op de cijfers van ASMI over het eerste kwartaal 2009. Er is alle gelegenheid voor het stellen van vragen.

De media call vindt plaats morgenochtend,

woensdag 29 april 2009 om 10:00 uur.

Gegevens om in te bellen:

U belt in Nederland (0031) met

020 - 535 65 40

Uw toegangscode als deelnemer is

90 72 06

Hartelijke groet van

Charles Huijskens.

Persbericht:

ASM INTERNATIONAL REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2009 OPERATING RESULTS

ALMERE, THE NETHERLANDS, April 28, 2009 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) reports today its first quarter 2009 operating results in accordance with US GAAP.

First quarter of 2009 net sales of EUR 89.1 million, down 41% from the fourth quarter of 2008 and down 55% from the first quarter of 2008;

Net loss allocated to the shareholders of the parent of the first quarter of 2009 was EUR 23.3 million, or EUR 0.45 diluted net loss per share, as compared to net loss of EUR 6.2 million, or EUR 0.12 diluted net loss per share for the fourth quarter of 2008 and net earnings of EUR 12.6 million or EUR 0.22 diluted net earnings per share for the first quarter of 2008;

Bookings in the first quarter of 2009 were EUR 84.4 million, up 4% from the fourth quarter of 2008. Bookings from our Front-end segment were down 32% and bookings from our Back-end segment were up 65%. Quarter-end backlog was EUR 86.1 million, down 5% from the end of the previous quarter;

Front-end segment cash balance increased from EUR 78.9 million per 31 December 2008 to EUR 82.6 million per 31 March 2009.

Investor contacts:

Erik Kamerbeek

+ 31 88 100 8500

Erik.kamerbeek@asm.com

Mary Jo Dieckhaus

+1 212-986-2900

MaryJo.Dieckhaus@asm.com

Naud van der Ven

+ 31 88100 8540

Media contact:

Charles Huijskens

+31 20 6855 955

Mobile: +31 653 105072

c.huijskens@huijskens.nl