On January 26, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, has informed us according to Article 21, Section

AIXTRON AG / Release of an announcement according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] (share)

28.01.2010 

Dissemination of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by
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The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On January 26, 2010, BlackRock, Inc., New York, USA, has informed us
according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via shares its Voting
Rights on AIXTRON AG, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN: DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN:
A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights on January 21, 2010
and on that day amounted to 3.09% (this corresponds to 3106821 Voting
Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.09% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3106821 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

On January 26, 2010, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., New York, USA,
has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via
shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights
on January 21, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.03% (this corresponds to
3052645 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.03% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3052645 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

On January 26, 2010, BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA,
has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that via
shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Herzogenrath, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have exceeded the 3% limit of the Voting Rights
on January 21, 2010 and on that day amounted to 3.03% (this corresponds to
3052645 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG in
connection with Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 2 of the WpHG, 3.03% of the
Voting Rights (this corresponds to 3052645 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.



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Language:     English
Company:      AIXTRON AG
              Kaiserstr. 98
              52134 Herzogenrath
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
 
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