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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001341004-18-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180117

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ASML HOLDING NV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000937966
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33463
		FILM NUMBER:		18531262

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DE RUN 6501
		CITY:			DR VELDHOVEN
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			5504
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31402683000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P.O. BOX 324
		CITY:			AH VELDHOVEN
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			5500

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ASM LITHOGRAPHY HOLDING NV
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950215
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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">REPORT OF A FOREIGN ISSUER</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>

<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">For January 17, 2018</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">ASML Holding N.V.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; COLOR: #000000">&#8220;ASML Announces Appointment of New CFO to the Board of Management&#8221; press release dated January 17, 2018</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">ASML Announces Appointment of New CFO to the Board of Management</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands, 17 January 2018 - ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) today announces that the Supervisory Board intends to appoint Roger Dassen as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the Board of Management, subject to notification of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 25 April 2018. Dassen succeeds Wolfgang Nickl who will leave ASML at the end of April (as announced on 12 September 2017). Roger Dassen (age 52) will join ASML on June 1, 2018.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">Roger Dassen is the Global Vice Chairman, Risk, Regulatory, and Public Policy of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL). In this capacity, he also serves as the Global Chief Ethics Officer and a member of the DTTL Executive. Dassen is a former CEO of Deloitte Netherlands. He has been a Deloitte Netherlands audit partner since 1996 and has served as advisory partner and/or global LCSP for a number of the firm&#8217;s largest clients.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">Dassen is professor of auditing at the Free University of Amsterdam. He has a master&#8217;s degree in economics and business administration, and a PhD in business and economics from the University of Maastricht.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">&#8220;We are very pleased to have Roger Dassen join us as our CFO. We welcome his deep financial expertise and broad managerial experience. The Board of Management is confident that he will quickly integrate into our senior management team to support ASML in delivering our company&#8217;s growth objectives,&#8221; said Peter Wennink, President and Chief Executive Officer at ASML.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">About ASML</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">ASML is one of the world&#8217;s leading manufacturers of chip-making equipment. Our vision is to enable affordable microelectronics that improve the quality of life. To achieve this, our mission is to invent, develop, manufacture and service advanced technology for high-tech lithography, metrology and software solutions for the semiconductor industry. ASML's guiding principle is continuing Moore's Law towards ever smaller, cheaper, more powerful and energy-efficient semiconductors. This results in increasingly powerful and capable electronics that enable the world to progress within a multitude of fields, including healthcare, technology, communications, energy, mobility, and entertainment. ASML is a multinational company with offices in 60 cities in 16 countries, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. We employ more than 19,000 people on payroll and flexible contracts (expressed in full time equivalents). ASML is traded on Euronext Amsterdam and NASDAQ under the symbol ASML. More information about ASML, our products and technology, and career opportunities is available on www.asml.com.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN-TOP: 12pt">This press release contains inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.</div>

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