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Capital Investor Relations Award 2001: Analysts and fund managers again reward AIXTRON for its transparent, reliable investor relations

AIXTRON AG is once again among the winners at the Capital Investor Relations Award. The company came second in the Neuer Markt segment and as a result finished third overall. AIXTRON Executive Board member Kim Schindelhauer and Investor Relations (IR) Manager Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck received the award during the "Capital Investor Relations Prize 2001" ceremony organized by Capital magazine's main editorial staff in Frankfurt.
"This latest award from Capital business magazine is a further tribute to our investor relations work by capital market professionals. We have been honored for our capital market communications every year in the past three years. Our IR activities focus on the continuity of our information policy with the aim of increasing shareholder value. The success of this strategy, coupled with our commitment to corporate governance, is demonstrated by the fact that AIXTRON shares have substantially outperformed the market as a whole, by the considerable interest of the capital markets as reflected in the high volume of research coverage devoted to AIXTRON, as well as by the awards we have received," said Kim Schindelhauer of AIXTRON's Executive Board.
"We meet the needs of the capital markets and satisfy their information requirements with the same maximum quality of service and willingness to engage in a partnership that we offer our customers," said AIXTRON's IR manager Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck.
237 German public companies were evaluated - all the firms listed on the EUROSTOXX, DAX, MDAX, NEMAX, plus the 50 SDAX companies with the highest market trading. The DVFA (German Society of Investment Analysts and Asset Managers) used standardized questionnaires to gather the opinions of its members. More than 230 analysts and investment managers at over 90 international banks and funds assessed investor relations work for topicality, credibility and quality. The results were evaluated at the University of Vienna. AIXTRON received 456.3 out of a possible 500 points.

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