ROTTERDAM, July 10 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Thursday

sentenced a former employee of semiconductor firms ASML

and NXP to three years in prison for sharing

sensitive company technology with a contact in Russia, in

violation of European Union sanctions.

The District Court of Rotterdam found the 43-year-old man,

German Aksenov, guilty of computer intrusion and illegally

providing technical assistance to Russia.

(Reporting by Nathan Vifflin in Rotterdam)