On April 22, 2009, cominvest Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany has informed us according

AIXTRON AG / Release of two announcements according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On April 22, 2009, cominvest Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that
via shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Germany, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 5% limit of the Voting Rights
on April 21, 2009 and now amount to 5.02% (this corresponds to 4558520
Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 2.41% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2190020 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

On April 21, 2009, cominvest Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that
via shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Germany, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have fallen below the 5% limit of the Voting
Rights on April 20, 2009 and then amounted to 4.99% (this corresponds to
4531836 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 2.38% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2163336 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

24.04.2009  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       AIXTRON AG
              Kackertstr. 15-17
              52072 Aachen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
 
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