Almere, The Netherlands - December 22, 2008 - ASM International N.V. (NASDAQ: ASMI and Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam: ASM) said today that the Enterprise Court in a ruling dated 22 December 2008 agreed to the requests submitted by ASMI in consultation with Hermes and Fursa on 4 December 2008 for a delay of the court hearing scheduled for approximately 15 December 2008. The Enterprise Court has requested the parties to report back by 15 January 2009. If applicable a new date for the hearing will be set by the Enterprise Court at a date not later than 5 February 2009 and if applicable a new date for an EGM will be set not later than 5 March 2009. A copy of the ruling is published on ASMI's web site