1、ANNUAL REPORT1999Systeem Overzicht PAS 5500/900ASML Mission Providing leading edge imaging solutions to continuously improve customers global competitiveness2456711122432346667Message to the ShareholdersFive-year Financial SummaryHighlights 1999ManagementReport of the Supervisory BoardASML worldwide
2、Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations12 Euro12 Business strategy12 Results of operations19 Foreign exchange management19 Financial condition,liquidity and capital resources21 Year 2000 readiness21 Risks affecting ASMLs business strategy23 New accounting
3、 pronouncementsLithography,the artist innovating the worldASMLs product familyASML Imaging SystemsPAS 5500/900 Step&Scan FoldoutFinancial Statements 1999Glossary of termsInformation and Investor RelationsCONTENTSIn this report the collective expres-sions ASML and ASM Lithographyare sometimes used fo
4、r convenience incontexts where reference is made toASM Lithography Holding N.V.and/or any of its subsidiaries ingeneral.Those expressions are alsoused where no useful purpose isserved by identifying the particularcompany or companies.Safe Harbor Statement under the U.S.Private Securities Litigation
5、Reform Actof 1995:The matters discussed in this document include forward-looking statements that are subject torisks and uncertainties including,butnot limited to,economic conditions,product demand and industry capacity,competitive products andpricing,manufacturing efficiencies,new product developme
6、nt,ability toenforce patents,availability of rawmaterials and critical manufacturingequipment,trade environment,and other risks indicated in filingswith the U.S.Securities and ExchangeCommission.ANNUAL REPORT19993MESSAGE TO THE SHAREHOLDERSScan systems.In April,ASML commenced shipping thePAS 5500/70