AIXTRON awarded this year's German Investor Relations Award by Capital magazine

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AIXTRON awarded this year's German Investor Relations Award by Capital magazine

Analysts and portfolio managers give AIXTRON top marks.

AIXTRON AG is awarded this year's German Investor Relations Award by the German business magazine Capital. AIXTRON's President, Dr. Holger Jürgensen, and AIXTRON Investor Relations Manager Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck accepted the award as part of a commemorative event in Frankfurt. The Aachen-based company easily took first place - both overall and in the category of Neuer Markt companies. 257 German public companies were evaluated for the award, comprising all EUROSTOXX, DAX, MDAX and NEMAX companies and the 50 SDAX companies with the highest stock market turnover. Questionnaires were distributed to all DVFA (German Association of Financial Analysis and Asset Management) members for this year's ranking. The around 1,500 analysts and investment executives at banks, investment fund management companies and insurance companies rated the companies by three criteria: the quality, timeliness and credibility of their investor relations activities.

AIXTRON was awarded 489.5 of a possible 500 points. 56% of the analysts who evaluated AIXTRON rated its investor relations activities as "excellent" (the highest possible score). For the timeliness component, 50% put AIXTRON into the highest category: "The company immediately informs its investors of current developments". And as regards credibility, 50% again gave AIXTRON top marks: "The management openly discloses information".

AIXTRON is delighted that its investor relations work has been specially honored by this award. Last year, the Aachen-based company was awarded the German Investor Relations Award by the German news magazine FOCUS. AIXTRON's President, Dr. Holger Jürgensen, says: "Since communication with the capital markets forms an integral part of our corporate strategy, we feel it only stands to reason that the management should offer maximum transparency to the company's owners, meaning its shareholders, and give them clear, timely information." AIXTRON Investor Relations Manager, Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck, adds: "AIXTRON's investor relations department gives top priority to the information needs of capital market players. We want to have the same degree of contact with our investor, analyst and business press partners as we do with the buyers of our technology."

In the first half of 2000, AIXTRON met institutional and private investors at seven roadshows and twelve investment and analysts' conferences. The company also hosted numerous meetings and works tours at its Aachen headquarters. During the current year, the growth of AIXTRON's share price (+118%) as of August 31 far outperformed the development of the NEMAX 50 (+20%) and NEMAX All Share index (+21%).

For further information please contact:

Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck
Investor Relations Manager
AIXTRON AG
Kackertstr. 15-17
52072 Aachen
Germany
Tel: 49 241 8909-444
Fax: 49 241 8909-445
E-mail: invest@aixtron.com