For AIXTRON shareholders, this means that they will receive a free share for every current share they hold, while the share price at the time of the issue will be halved.

The timetable for this will proceed in such a manner that, after agreement from the shareholders´ meeting and the entry of the capital increase into the Company Register, the shareholders will be informed of the distribution methods of the shares in the national press at end-May. This information will also be available from banks and on AIXTRON's home page on the Internet (http://www.aixtron.com).

The free shares will be automatically credited to the repositories of the shareholders via the banks in the first few weeks of June. At the same time, the shares will be traded at half-price on the exchanges.

AIXTRON will cover the necessary commissions payable to the repository banks. At around the same time, all AIXTRON shares will be converted to single equities without a nominal value.