On October 27, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, has informed us according to Article 21, Section

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

29.10.2010 16:03

Dissemination of a Voting Rights Announcement, transmitted by
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On October 27, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, 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 fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting Rights on October
21, 2010 and on that day amounted to 2.80% (this corresponds to 2833715
Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.80% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2833715 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

On October 27, 2010, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA,
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 fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting
Rights on October 21, 2010 and on that day amounted to 2.79% (this
corresponds to 2815161 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.79% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2815161 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

On October 27, 2010, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA,
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 fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting
Rights on October 21, 2010 and on that day amounted to 2.79% (this
corresponds to 2815161 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 2.79% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2815161 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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