On October 10, 2008 , Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA has

AIXTRON AG / Release of an announcement 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 October 10, 2008 , Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Springfield, Massachusetts, USA has informed us according to Article 21,
Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG,
Aachen, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3%
limit of the Voting Rights on October 02, 2008  and now amount to 3.12%
(this corresponds to 2833430 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 3.12% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2833430 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company  from Oppenheimer Funds, Centennial, CO, USA.

10.10.2008  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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