ASML Holding NV (ASML) and Cymer, Inc. (CYMI) said Friday that the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice has cleared the proposed merger between Cymer and affiliates of ASML.
The deal has previously been cleared by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, as well as the Taiwanese, German and Israeli antitrust authorities.
Cymer shareholders have also approved the deal.
Completion of the merger remains subject to additional customary closing conditions and receipt of approvals under competition laws in South Korea and Japan.
Cymer and ASML continue to expect the deal to close in the first half of 2013.
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