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Almere City midfielder returns to the Eredivisie with Telstar loan
Telstar have signed Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp on loan from Almere City for one season. A purchase option is not included in the deal. Ritmeester van de Kamp (21) was a key player for Almere City. However, the club has now cooperated on a loan deal. 'We've agreed with Jochem that, in combination with a multi-year contract extension, he has the option to be loaned out to an Eredivisie club for a season in the event of relegation,' explains technical manager Chiel Dekker. 'Jochem is now exercising this option with this temporary move to Telstar. We wish him the best of luck there and will welcome him back to Almere with open arms next summer.' Earlier this summer, captain van de Kamp attracted interest from NAC Breda and even reached a personal agreement with the Brabant club. However, NAC had pushed for a loan deal with an option to buy, and Almere City declined. At Telstar, the youth international, who has played 56 matches in the Dutch top flight so far, will return to the Eredivisie. GBeNeFN | Max Bradfield
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08-08-2025
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Vitesse Arnhem lose last bid to save professional status, angering supporters
AMSTERDAM, Aug 8 (Reuters) - One of the Netherlands' oldest clubs, Vitesse Arnhem, lost a final bid to save their professional licence on Friday and were effectively kicked out of the league, sparking fan protests. The Central Netherlands Court rejected the club's appeal to overturn a decision by the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) to revoke their professional licence. Dutch media showed images of scuffles in Arnhem city centre as supporters gathered. One journalist was slapped, the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper reported, as anger was directed against media. The court upheld the KNVB decision after the football association said the club had circumvented and undermined the licensing system for years and had spurned repeated opportunities to regularise their affairs, including debt reported to be around 14 million euros ($16.3 million). The club, established in 1892, had been sanctioned last year and relegated to the Dutch second division because of financial irregularities, which the KNVB said included the absence of a bank account, the absence of a controlling accountant, and the fact that no conclusive budget could be provided. Vitesse were the first Dutch club to have foreign owners in 2010 when Georgian businessman Merab Jordania took over the club with Russian Valeriy Oyf becoming majority owner in 2018. The club's financial fortunes changed drastically after sanctions that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The decision means Saturday's scheduled match against Almere City has been cancelled and leaves the Dutch second division with 19 clubs. In a statement, Vitesse said they were 'devastated' by the verdict. 'What the future holds is unclear,' the statement said. 'The club is exploring options and continues to talk to stakeholders to safeguard football in Arnhem.' Vitesse, who were four-time runners-up in the Dutch league but never won the championship, will be forced to either continue as an amateur club or cease to exist. The Dutch league has two divisions, but there is no mandatory promotion and relegation between the second tier of the professional competition and the amateur ranks. 'The worst-case scenario has come true," said Arnhem's Alderman for Sports Affairs Bob Roelofs. "This is a tragedy for the city, for the supporters, for Vitesse. The city has lost a large part of its DNA." ($1 = 0.8581 euros)
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28-07-2025
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ASM share buyback update July 14 – 18, 2025
Almere, The NetherlandsJuly 21, 2025, 5:45 p.m. CET ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) reports the following transactions, conducted under ASM's current share buyback program. Date Repurchased shares Average price Repurchased value July 16, 2025 4,942 € 509.82 € 2,519,531 July 17, 2025 4,348 € 518.38 € 2,253,926 Total 9,290 € 513.83 € 4,773,457 These repurchases were made as part of the €150 million share buyback program which started on April 30, 2025. Of the total program, 43.6% has been repurchased. For further details including individual transaction information please visit: About ASM International ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and process solutions to produce semiconductor devices for wafer processing, and have facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol: ASM). For more information, visit ASM's website at This press release contains inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. Contacts Investor and media relations Investor relations Victor Bareño Valentina Fantigrossi T: +31 88 100 8500 T: +31 88 100 8502 E: E: in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
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28-07-2025
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ASM announces completion of share buyback program
Almere, The NetherlandsJuly 28, 2025, 5:45 p.m. CET ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today announces that its €150 million share buyback program 2025 has been completed. On February 25, 2025, ASM announced the authorization of a new share buyback program of up to €150 million. The program started on April 30, 2025, and was completed on July 25, 2025. In total, we repurchased 322,533 shares at an average price of €465.07, under the 2025 program. This share buyback program was executed by a third party. ASM has the intention to reduce its capital by withdrawing the shares repurchased as part of the 2025 share buyback program, save for such number of treasury shares as maybe necessary to fund ongoing share and option programs for employees and board members. The repurchase program is part of ASM's commitment to use excess cash for the benefit of its shareholders. Weekly update share buyback In addition, ASM reports the following transactions for July 22 - 25, 2025, which completed the 2025 share buyback program. Date Repurchased shares Average price Repurchased value July 22, 2025 3,219 € 508.65 € 1,637,359 July 23, 2025 61,700 € 459.41 € 28,345,474 July 24, 2025 71,352 € 449.20 € 32,051,654 July 25, 2025 52,363 € 430.52 € 22,543,088 Total 188,634 € 448.37 € 84,577,575 For further details including individual transaction information please visit: About ASM International ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and process solutions to produce semiconductor devices for wafer processing, and have facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol: ASM). For more information, visit ASM's website at This press release contains inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. Contacts Investor and media relations Investor relations Victor Bareño Valentina Fantigrossi T: +31 88 100 8500 T: +31 88 100 8502 E: E: in to access your portfolio
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22-07-2025
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ASM reports second quarter 2025 results
Almere, The Netherlands July 22, 2025, 6 p.m. CET Solid Q2 results against a backdrop of continued mixed market conditions ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today reports its Q2 2025 results (unaudited). Financial highlights € million Q2 2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 New orders 755.4 834.2 702.5 yoy change % at constant currencies 56% 14% (4%) Revenue 706.1 839.2 835.6 yoy change % as reported 6% 31% 18% yoy change % at constant currencies 6% 26% 23% Gross profit 352.0 447.8 433.2 Gross profit margin % 49.8 % 53.4 % 51.8 % Operating result 177.6 266.2 258.5 Operating result margin % 25.1 % 31.7 % 30.9 % Adjusted operating result 1 182.3 271.0 263.2 Adjusted operating result margin %1 25.8 % 32.3 % 31.5 % Net earnings (losses) 159.0 (28.9) 202.4 Adjusted net earnings 1 164.7 191.9 173.0 1 Adjusted figures are non-IFRS performance measures. Refer to Annex 3 for a reconciliation of non-IFRS performance measures. New orders of €702 million in Q2 2025 decreased by 4% over the same period last year at constant currency (decreased by 7% as reported). Compared to Q1 2025, orders decreased by 10% at constant currency. This sequential decrease is explained by lower advanced logic/foundry orders due to timing of orders. The y-o-y decrease was mainly due to the lumpy nature of quarterly order intake and compared to a relatively high memory contribution in Q2 2024. Revenue of €836 million increased by 23% at constant currencies (increased by 18% as reported) from Q2 last year. At constant currencies, revenue increased by 7% compared to Q1 2025, which was above our guidance range of +1% to +6% at constant currencies. Revenue in Q2 2025 was driven by foundry, followed by memory, and logic. Gross profit margin of 51.8% in Q2 2025 improved compared to 49.8% in Q2 last year, while it decreased, as expected, compared to 53.4% in Q1 2025. Q2 2025 margin remained healthy thanks to mix, including continued strong sales to China. Adjusted operating result margin of 31.5% increased by 5.7% points compared to the same period last year and slightly decreased by 0.8% points compared to previous quarter. The y-o-y improvement is mainly due to higher gross profit margin this quarter, and a one-off tax charge which resulted in a higher SG&A cost last year. Reported net earnings included a reversal of impairment of €34 million from our stake in ASMPT (Q1 included a €215 million impairment), triggered by the increase in market valuation in the recent period. There is no cash impact. Following the impairment, and in line with our accounting policy, the changes in the market value of ASMPT will be included in our quarterly net results in case of further decline or until the impairment charge has been reversed. Comment 'ASM continued to deliver solid quarterly results against a backdrop of mixed market conditions. Sales increased by 23% year-on-year at constant currencies to €836 million,' said Hichem M'Saad, CEO of ASM. 'Compared to the first quarter of 2025 revenue increased by +7%, which was above the top end of our guidance. The y-o-y increase was led by the logic/foundry segment as well as continued momentum in our spares & services business. The market environment continued to show a mixed picture in the second quarter. Growth in AI is fueling ongoing capacity expansions in the leading-edge logic/foundry and HBM-related DRAM segments, while conditions in most of the other market segments are still slow. Bookings amounted to €702 million in Q2 2025, down 10% compared to Q1 at constant currencies, mainly due to lower advanced logic/foundry bookings. However, the underlying trend in this segment, particularly in gate-all-around (GAA), remains healthy and we expect related leading-edge logic/foundry bookings to pick up again in Q3. The gross margin, while down from a high level of 53.4%, remained strong at 51.8%, again driven by product and customer mix, improved operational efficiency and a better-than-expected contribution from China sales. For the full year 2025, we still expect the gross margin to be in the upper half of the target range of 46%-50%. This excludes any potential direct impact from tariffs, which at this point remains difficult to predict. We have various scenarios in place to mitigate potential financial impacts. Operating profit increased strongly in Q2, by approximately 40% adjusted for a one-off expense last year, on the back of increased sales, gross margin improvement and continued cost control, whilst continuing to invest in R&D. We are well positioned to at least maintain our ALD and epi market share from the first to the second GAA logic/foundry nodes and remain focused on further share gains in memory, as ALD and epi intensity grows in upcoming DRAM nodes.' Outlook We expect revenue in the second half of 2025 to be approximately similar to the level in the first half, at constant currencies. For Q3 2025, we expect total ASM revenue to be flat to slightly lower, in a range of 0% to -5% at constant currencies compared to Q2 2025. As a reminder, with the Q1 2025 results we changed our quarterly revenue guidance from absolute Euro amounts to growth rates at constant currencies, given the increased exchange rate volatility in the recent periods and ASM's significant USD revenue exposure (>80% of sales).For Q3 2025, we expect advanced logic/foundry bookings to be higher than in Q2 2025 and China bookings to be lower, with the overall book-to-bill in Q3 projected to be below 1. Based on comparable sales in the second half versus the first half, we expect revenue growth at constant currencies in 2025 to be around the midpoint of the guidance range of +10% to +20%. We continue to expect to outperform the WFE market, which is forecasted to grow slightly this year. Uncertainties related to tariffs, geopolitical tensions and the overall economic outlook continue to be relatively key growth driver for ASM this year is the high-volume manufacturing ramp of the 2nm GAA node. Despite some further shifts in capex forecasts among customers in this segment, our view for a strong increase in advanced logic/foundry sales in 2025 has not changed. Demand in advanced HBM-related DRAM applications remains solid, but conditions in the other parts of the memory market are sluggish. Against a very strong level last year, we still expect the memory contribution to drop this year (to less than 20% of equipment sales in 2025 versus 25% in 2024). In the power/analog/wafer segment equipment demand remains depressed with no meaningful sales recovery in the remainder of the year, despite some early signs of improvement in the related end markets. Demand in the Chinese market held up better than initially expected in the first half. We now expect China equipment sales in 2025 to be around the top end of the previously guided range of low to high 20s percentage of total ASM revenue. China sales and bookings in the second half are projected to be lower than in the first half. Share buyback program The €150 million share buyback program, announced in February 2025, started on April 30, 2025. On June 30, 2025, 40% of the program was completed at an average share price of €486.48 under ASM's share buyback program (of which 28.6% has been delivered and settled in cash within the reporting period, and the remainder on July 1, 2025). Investor Day We will host our 2025 Investor Day on September 23. Speakers will include our CEO, CFO and other members of ASM's senior management team. Further details will be announced later. Interim financial report ASM International N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: ASM) today also publishes its Interim Financial Report for the six-month period ended June 30, 2025. This report includes an Interim Management Board Report, including ESG update, and condensed consolidated interim financial statements prepared in accordance with IAS 34 (Interim Financial Reporting). The Interim Financial Report comprises regulated information within the meaning of the Dutch Financial Markets Supervision Act ('Wet op het Financieel Toezicht') and is available in full on our website About ASM ASM International N.V., headquartered in Almere, the Netherlands, and its subsidiaries design and manufacture equipment and process solutions to produce semiconductor devices for wafer processing, and have facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. ASM International's common stock trades on the Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange (symbol: ASM). For more information, visit ASM's website at Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: All matters discussed in this press release, except for any historical data, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions and trends in the semiconductor industry generally and the timing of the industry cycles specifically, currency fluctuations, corporate transactions, financing and liquidity matters, the success of restructurings, the timing of significant orders, market acceptance of new products, competitive factors, litigation involving intellectual property, shareholders or other issues, commercial and economic disruption due to natural disasters, terrorist activity, armed conflict or political instability, changes in import/export regulations, pandemics, epidemics and other risks indicated in the company's reports and financial statements. The company assumes no obligation nor intends to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future developments or circumstances. This press release contains inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation. Quarterly earnings conference call details ASM will host the quarterly earnings conference call and webcast on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. CET. Conference-call participants should pre-register using this link to receive the dial-in numbers, passcode and a personal PIN, which are required to access the conference call. A simultaneous audio webcast and replay will be accessible at this link. Contacts Investor and media relations Investor relations Victor Bareño Valentina Fantigrossi T: +31 88 100 8500 T: +31 88 100 8502 E: E: in to access your portfolio
