On October 29, 2008, Dr. Holger Jürgensen, Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1

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 29, 2008, Dr. Holger Jürgensen, Germany has informed us
according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG in conjunction with an
announcement dated August 10, 2007 that via shares his Voting Rights on
AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have
fallen below the 10% limit of the Voting Rights on August 08, 2007 and now
amount to 9.83% (this corresponds to 8864608 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 1 of the WpHG, 9.83% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 8864608 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to Mr Jürgensen from Camma GmbH.

03.11.2008  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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