GCI to launch offer for AIXTRON SE

AIXTRON SE  / Key word(s): Takeover

23.05.2016 07:44

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Ad Hoc Announcement as per § 15 WpHG

GCI to launch offer for AIXTRON SE

Herzogenrath, Germany, May 23, 2016 - AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA; NASDAQ: AIXG)
("AIXTRON") and Grand Chip Investment GmbH ("Grand Chip Investment"), a
100% indirect subsidiary of Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund LP ("FGC"),
have today entered into an agreement to take over AIXTRON. Fujian Grand
Chip Investment Fund LP is a Chinese investment fund; 51% of which is held
by the Chinese business man Zhendong Liu and 49% by Xiamen Bohao Investment
Ltd.

Pursuant to the agreement, Grand Chip Investment has today announced its
decision to launch a voluntary public takeover offer to acquire all of the
outstanding ordinary shares of AIXTRON SE, including all ordinary shares
represented by AIXTRON ADS. Under the terms of the agreement, AIXTRON
shareholders will be offered 6.00 Euros in cash per each ordinary share.
The transaction values AIXTRON's equity, including net cash, at
approximately 670 million Euros and reflects a 50.7% premium to the three-
month volume weighted average share price prior to announcement. The offer
shall be subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory
approvals and a minimum acceptance threshold of 60% of all of AIXTRON's
outstanding shares.

The agreement sets out the purpose and the principal terms of the
transaction with FGC and the future strategy. FGC intends to support
AIXTRON's strategy going forward. R&D competency and AIXTRON's existing
technology shall be maintained at the existing technology centers. FGC has
also agreed that AIXTRON shall further strengthen its technology and IP
Portfolio, which shall remain vested with AIXTRON, including in Germany.
AIXTRON's existing global set up will be maintained and expanded with
AIXTRON's three technology hubs in Herzogenrath (Germany), Cambridge (UK)
and Sunnyvale (USA). Further international technology hubs may be
established. AIXTRON's legal domicile and headquarters shall remain in
Herzogenrath, Germany.

In the event the takeover is successful, Martin Goetzeler is to remain CEO
of AIXTRON and Dr. Bernd Schulte is to remain in his function as COO.
Following a successful closing of the transaction it is anticipated that
Grand Chip Investment will nominate four candidates to the six-member
Supervisory Board.


About AIXTRON
AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the
semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is
headquartered in Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany, with subsidiaries and
sales offices in Asia, United States and in Europe. AIXTRON's technology
solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build
advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based
on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. Such components
are used in a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and
industries. These include LED applications, display technologies, data
storage, data transmission, energy management and conversion,
communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading-
edge technologies.

Our registered trademarks: AIXACT(R), AIXTRON(R), Atomic Level
SolutionS(R), Close Coupled Showerhead(R), CRIUS(R), Gas Foil Rotation(R),
OVPD(R), Planetary Reactor(R), PVPD(R), TriJet(R), Optacap(TM)

For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ:
AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) please visit our website at: www.aixtron.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements regarding the
business, results of operations, financial condition and earnings outlook
of AIXTRON within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the US
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be
identified by words such as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate",
"contemplate", "intend", "plan", "believe", "continue" and "estimate" and
variations of such words or similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements are based on our current views and assumptions and are subject
to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Actual results and trends may differ materially
from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. This could result
from a variety of factors, such as actual customer orders received by
AIXTRON, the level of demand for deposition technology in the market, the
timing of final acceptance of products by customers, the condition of
financial markets and access to financing for AIXTRON, general conditions
in the market for deposition plants and macroeconomic conditions,
cancellations, rescheduling or delays in product shipments, production
capacity constraints, extended sales and qualification cycles, difficulties
in the production process, the general development in the semi-conductor
industry, increased competition, fluctuations in exchange rates,
availability of public funding, fluctuations and/or changes in interest
rates, delays in developing and marketing new products, a deterioration of
the general economic situation and any other factors discussed in any
reports or other announcements filed by AIXTRON with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements contained in this
document are based on current expectations and projections of the executive
board and on information currently available to it and are made as at the
date hereof. AIXTRON undertakes no obligation to revise or update any
forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, unless expressly required to do so by law.

Contact:
Guido Pickert
Investor Relations & Konzernkommunikation      
T: +49 (2407) 9030-444   
F: +49 (2407) 9030-445   
invest@aixtron.com


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Language:     English
Company:      AIXTRON SE
              Dornkaulstraße 2
              52134 Herzogenrath
              Germany
Phone:        +49 (2407) 9030-0
Fax:          +49 (2407) 9030-40
E-mail:       invest@aixtron.com
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
ISIN:         DE000A0WMPJ6, US0096061041
WKN:          A0WMPJ, A0D82P
Indices:      TecDAX
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
              Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart;
              Terminbörse EUREX; Nasdaq
 
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Our registered trademarks: AIXACT®, AIXTRON®, Atomic Level Solutions®, Close Coupled Showerhead®, CRIUS®, EXP®, EPISON®, Gas Foil Rotation®, Optacap™, OVPD®, Planetary Reactor®, PVPD®, STExS®, Trijet®