Board/Management Information • Sep 13, 2022
Board/Management Information
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Duiven, the Netherlands, September 13, 2022 - BE Semiconductor Industries N.V. (the "Company" or "Besi") (Euronext Amsterdam: BESI; OTC markets: BESIY), a leading manufacturer of assembly equipment for the semiconductor industry, today announced that it intends to nominate Richard Norbruis for appointment to Besi's Supervisory Board at its 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in April 2023. The Supervisory Board intends to appoint Mr Norbruis as chairman, succeeding Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh who will step down from the Supervisory Board upon the expiration of his current term. Besi's Supervisory Board and the Board of Management are grateful for Lodewijk's contribution to the ongoing success of Besi.
Mr Norbruis (65) has an extensive background in international corporate law with approximately 40 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. He serves as a partner at Norbruis Clement Advocaten in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 2019. Between 2014-2018, he was a partner and member of the global leadership team at EY Law (Amsterdam and New York offices). Prior thereto, he was a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Amsterdam office) and a member of Freshfields' global leadership team between 2011-2014. Before joining Freshfields in 1999, he was a partner at NautaDutilh (Amsterdam and New York offices).
Besi is a leading supplier of semiconductor assembly equipment for the global semiconductor and electronics industries offering high levels of accuracy, productivity and reliability at a low cost of ownership. The Company develops leading edge assembly processes and equipment for leadframe, substrate and wafer level packaging applications in a wide range of end-user markets including electronics, mobile internet, cloud server, computing, automotive, industrial, LED and solar energy. Customers are primarily leading semiconductor manufacturers, assembly subcontractors and electronics and industrial companies. Besi's ordinary shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam (symbol: BESI). Its Level 1 ADRs are listed on the OTC markets (symbol: BESIY) and its headquarters are located in Duiven, the Netherlands. For more information, please visit our website at www.besi.com.
Richard W. Blickman, President & CEO Hetwig van Kerkhof, SVP Finance Leon Verweijen, VP Finance Claudia Vissers, Executive Secretary/IR coordinator Edmond Franco, VP Corporate Development/US IR coordinator Tel. (31) 26 319 4500 [email protected]
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