AIXTRON SE General Meeting 2013 / Shareholders Approve All Resolutions

AIXTRON SE General Meeting 2013
Shareholders Approve All Resolutions

Aachen, Germany, May 23, 2013 - Shareholders of AIXTRON SE (FWB: AIXA; NASDAQ: AIXG), a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today voted strongly in favor of the resolutions presented by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board to this year's Annual General Meeting.

Elections to the Supervisory Board
Following the resignation by the previous members of the Supervisory Board Dr. Holger Jürgensen and Karl-Hermann Kuklies as of January, 2013, AIXTRON's shareholders elected today two new members to the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE.

Dr. Biagosch worked for 28 years as an engineer for the international consulting firm McKinsey & Co. on various international projects for high-tech and other industries and was part of McKinsey's global Shareholder Council. Dr. Biagosch currently works as an independent entrepreneur.

Dr. Komischke, who is also an engineer, is currently Chairman of the Executive Board at Hoerbiger Holding AG, a manufacturer of performance-defining components for mechanical engineering in Switzerland.

Other resolutions
The following resolutions were also approved at AIXTRON's 16th Annual General Meeting:

- Approval of the activities of the members of the Executive Board and of the Supervisory Board during fiscal year 2012

- Approval of the system for remuneration of the members of the Executive Board

- Election of the auditors and the Group auditors for fiscal year 2013

- Authorization to purchase and use own shares and to exclude pre-emptive rights

All resolutions were approved with an approval rate of up to 99.4 percent. About 37 percent of AIXTRON SE's share capital was represented at the shareholder meeting held at the Eurogress in Aachen, Germany.

Presentation and speaker notes
The speaker notes and the slides to the presentation to Topic 1 of the agenda can be downloaded from the website www.aixtron.com/agm.

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For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) please consult our website at: www.aixtron.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
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