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FPD/PCB NEWS`January 31


USHIO merges with USHIO OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS

USHIO announced as follows that a Board of Directors meeting held on January 31, 2019 decided on a basic policy of implementing an absorption-type merger with USHIO OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, as of April 1, 2020.

FPD/PCB NEWS`January 28


SCREEN changes trade name of Japanese domestic group companies

SCREEN Holdings announced to change the names of the five companies comprising the Japanese domestic group of SCREEN Group member SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions on April 1, 2019.

New names of 5 companies are the following;SCREEN SPE Tech, SCREEN SPE Service, SCREEN SPE Works, SCREEN SPE Quartz, and SCREEN SPE SSERC.

FPD/PCB NEWS`January 23


Nikon ASML AND Carl Zeiss Sign Agreement to Settle All Litigation

Nikon, ASML Holding N.V. and Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to a comprehensive settlement of all legal proceedings over patents for lithography equipment and digital cameras.

The Memorandum of Understanding is a binding agreement that concerns all pending disputes between Nikon, ASML and Zeiss in Europe, Japan and the United States, including at the U.S.International Trade Commission. The three companies expect to execute a definitive settlement and cross-license agreement and dismiss all legal proceedings between the parties in February 2019.

The terms of the Memorandum include a payment to Nikon by ASML and Zeiss of a total of EUR 150 million (approximately Japanese Yen 19.0 billion). Furthermore, the cross-license agreement contemplated by the Memorandum includes mutual royalty payments of 0.8% over the sales of immersion lithography systems for 10 years from the signature date of the parties' definitive agreement.