ASML Holding N.V. announced that its Supervisory Board has agreed to appoint Mr. Gerard Kleisterlee as its next Chairman, effective upon the closing of the AGM on 29 April 2016. Mr. Kleisterlee was first appointed to ASML's Supervisory Board on 22 April 2015. He is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of the management board of Royal Philips N.V., and currently holds non-executive board positions at Shell and Vodafone (chairman).

Mr. Kleisterlee will succeed Mr. Arthur van der Poel, who will retire from the Supervisory Board.