On August 19, 2010, Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Minneapolis, USA 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)

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On August 19, 2010, 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 AG, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights
on August 12, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.06% (this corresponds to
3096330 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.06% of the Voting Rights (this
corresponds to 3096330 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to the company.
Furthermore, 0.04% 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 41166 Voting Rights).

On August 19, 2010, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings SARL,
Luxembourg, Luxembourg 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 August 12, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.04%
(this corresponds to 3076701 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.04% of the Voting Rights (this
corresponds to 3076701 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to the company.
Furthermore, 0.04% 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 41166 Voting Rights).

On August 19, 2010, Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Limited, London,
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 August 12, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.03% (this corresponds to
3063773 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.03% of the Voting Rights (this
corresponds to 3063773 Voting Rights) is to be attributed to the company.
Furthermore, 0.04% 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 41166 Voting Rights).

On August 19, 2010, Threadneedle Asset Management Limited, London, 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 August 12, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.03% (this corresponds to
3063773 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 3.03% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3063773 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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