Oct. 29, 2009 (Hugin AS) --

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.



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