On July 23, 2010 , Standard Life Investments Limited, Edinburgh, UK has informed us according to Article

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

23.07.2010 13:53

Dissemination 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 July 23, 2010 , Standard Life Investments Limited, Edinburgh, UK  has
informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares
its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights
on July 12, 2010  and on that day amounted to 3.04% (this corresponds to
3072691 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 3.04% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3072691 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company  .
 



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Language:     English
Company:      AIXTRON AG
              Kaiserstr. 98
              52134 Herzogenrath
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
 
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