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To: robert b furman who wrote (30534)	5/18/2006 6:01:11 PM
From: Donald Wennerstrom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95520

NORTH AMERICAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY POSTS APRIL 2006 BOOK-TO-BILL RATIO OF 1.11 SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 18, 2006 – North American-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.60 billion in orders in April 2006 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.11 according to the April 2006 Book-to-Bill Report published today by SEMI. A book-to-bill of 1.11 means that $111 worth of orders were received for every $100 of product billed for the month. The three-month average of worldwide bookings in April 2006 was $1.60 billion. The bookings figure is almost 16 percent higher than the final March 2006 level of $1.39 billion and over 60 percent higher than the $999 million in orders posted in April 2005. The three-month average of worldwide billings in April 2006 was $1.45 billion. The billings figure is eight percent above the final March 2006 level of $1.34 billion and almost 17 percent above the April 2005 billings level of $1.24 billion. "The book-to-bill continues into its fifth consecutive month of growth, and third over parity," said Stanley T. Myers, president and CEO of SEMI. "This continued trend points to increasing confidence in the market and a healthy year over year billings growth in 2006." The SEMI book-to-bill is a ratio of three-month moving averages of worldwide bookings and billings for North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers. Billings and bookings figures are in millions of U.S. dollars.