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Forward Looking Statements
This document contains statements relating to certain projections and business trends that are forward-looking, including statements with respect to the acquisition of HMI by ASML, the expected benefits of the acquisition of HMI by ASML, including enhancement of ASML’s existing product portfolio, improvement in ASML and HMI’s metrology technologies and support of EUV technologies, the benefits of the acquisition to ASML’s holistic lithography strategy, expected trends in holistic lithography, expected sales in holistic lithography, expected timing of EUV volume production, the timing of closing of the acquisition, the issuance of ASML shares pursuant to the transaction, the financing of the acquisition and the impact of the acquisition on ASML’s earnings per share. You can generally identify these statements by the use of words like "may", "will", "could", "should", "project", "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "plan", "estimate", "forecast", "potential", "intend", "continue" and variations of these words or comparable words. These statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections about the business and our future financial results and readers should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the inability to obtain HMI shareholder and regulatory approval of the transaction, the satisfaction of other conditions to the closing of the transaction, the possibility that the length of time necessary to consummate this transaction may be longer than anticipated, the achievement of the expected benefits of the transaction, risks associated with integrating the businesses of ASML and HMI, the possibility that the businesses of ASML and HMI may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed transaction, the expected developments in metrology technologies, the anticipated effect of this transaction on ASML’s earnings per share, the development of the holistic lithography market, and other risks indicated in the risk factors included in ASML's Annual Report on Form 20-F and other filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this document. ASML and HMI do not undertake any obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.