Overview
- At its annual meeting, ASML cleared a €2.70 per-share final dividend and a share repurchase of up to 10% of its stock.
- Investors also granted the board authority to issue up to 5% new shares for general use and another 5% for deals.
- Shareholders approved PricewaterhouseCoopers as external auditor for fiscal 2027 with sustainability assurance.
- The decisions follow first-quarter results that beat forecasts, with €8.77 billion in sales and €2.76 billion in net income.
- ASML raised its 2026 sales outlook to €36–40 billion, and analysts at Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo lifted targets, pointing to demand for advanced chips used in AI and high-performance computing.