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!!! Press Release !!! AIXTRON AG GENERAL MEETING Aachen, May 23, 2002 - On May 22, 2002 in Aachen, Germany, the General Meeting of AIXTRON AG, the global market and technology leader in equipment for the production of compound semiconductors and other multicomponent materials, resolved a net dividend for fiscal year 2001 of EUR 0.18 per share. Dividends will be distributed on May 23, 2002. As a result, EUR 11.7 million of the total net retained earnings amounting to EUR 25.3 million will be distributed to shareholders, with EUR 13.6 million being carried forward to new account. Fiscal year 2001 was so far the most successful year in the history of AIXTRON AG, the high-tech company which originated as a spin-off of RWTH Aachen in 1983. In 2001 the Company generated revenues of EUR 240.1 million (+52% over 2000) and net income of EUR 33.6 million (+82% over 2000), producing an return-on-sales after tax of 14% (2000: 12%). The General Meeting also again authorized the company to buy back its own shares as well as the expansion of the Supervisory Board to a total of six members. Dr. Holger Jürgensen, Prof. Dr. Rüdiger v. Rosen and Kim Schindelhauer were elected as new members. This move is aimed at further increasing the Supervisory Board's expertise and ability to pass resolutions. The terms of office of the existing AIXTRON Supervisory Board members Dr. Wolfgang Blättchen, Karl-Hermann Kuklies and Joachim Simmroß have been extended. All members of the AIXTRON Supervisory Board will now serve until 2007. The General Meeting also approved an additional stock option plan which is open to all AIXTRON employees. The benchmark for exercising these options - in two years at the earliest - is an increase in the share price of at least 20 percent. For further information please contact:
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