On February 21, 2012 William Blair & Company, LLC, Chicago, USA has informed us according to Article

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On February 21, 2012 William Blair & Company, LLC, Chicago, USA has
informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares
its Voting Rights on AIXTRON SE, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have fallen below the 3% threshold of the Voting
Rights on February 20, 2012 and on that day amounted to 2.72% (this
corresponds to 2777947 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 2.72% of
the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2777947 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.



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Language:     English
Company:      AIXTRON SE
              Kaiserstr. 98
              52134 Herzogenrath
              Germany
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
 
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