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ALMERE, THE NETHERLANDS, October 29, 2009 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) reports today its third quarter 2009 (unaudited) operating results in accordance with US GAAP.

Third quarter of 2009 net sales of EUR 180.2 million, up 51% from the second quarter of 2009 and down 5% from the third quarter of 2008. Front-end sales were up 37%, Back-end sales were up 55%;

Restructuring expenses of EUR 9.2 million were incurred and an inventory impairment charge of EUR 5.9 million was recognized in the third quarter of 2009;

Net loss (allocated to the shareholders of the parent) of the third quarter of 2009 was EUR 15.8 million, or EUR 0.31 diluted net loss per share, as compared to net loss of EUR 55.7 million, or EUR 1.08 diluted net loss per share for the second quarter of 2009 and net earnings of EUR 2.4 million or EUR 0.05 diluted net earnings per share for the third quarter of 2008;

Bookings in the third quarter of 2009 were EUR 204.5 million, up 31% from the second quarter of 2009. Bookings from our Front-end segment were up 98% and bookings from our Back-end segment were up 20%. Quarter-end backlog was EUR 146.6 million, up 20% from the end of the previous quarter.

ASM International N.V. completes divesture of RTP business

ALMERE, The Netherlands - October 29, 2009 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) today announced that it has signed and completed the contract to divest its Levitor RTP business to Levitech, a company controlled and managed by the current RTP business unit management. As already mentioned in the press release of June 10, the Levitech management will take over all current Levitor business, including its approximately 20 employees and customer service, and will develop new RTP-related products. The divested RTP business will be for the risk and account of Levitech as of 18 June 2009. ASM is providing € 4 million working capital, which has been expensed during the second quarter, and will have a non-controlling minority share in the company.