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Samsung to sell small stake in Dutch chip equipment maker

By 김화균

Published : Sept. 8, 2016 - 17:26

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[THE INVESTOR] Samsung Electronics has decided to sell a part of its stake in Dutch chip equipment maker ASML Holding, a company official said on Sept. 8.

The Samsung official described the decision as a “usual business judgment” and it would not affect a strategic partnership between the two companies. 



Financial details of the planned stake sale were not disclosed, but Samsung is said to sell a 1.45 percent stake, or 6.03 million shares, in ASML for about US$680 million.

Samsung acquired a 2.9 percent stake in ASML in 2012.

Besides Samsung, Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing own shares in ASML.

(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)