On May 4, 2011, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Minneapolis, USA has informed us according to Article 21,

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On May 4, 2011, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Minneapolis, USA has informed
us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its
Voting Rights on AIXTRON SE, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0WMPJ6,
WKN: A0WMPJ, have fallen below the 3% limit of the Voting Rights on April
29, 2011 and on that day amounted to 2.97% (this corresponds to 3010974
Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.97% of the Voting Rights (this
corresponds to 3010974 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to the company.
Furthermore, 0.02% of the Voting Rights is also to be attributed to the
company according to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG,
(this corresponds to 17170 Voting Rights).



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