Anual report 2021

We are shaping the future. With innovation and precision.

AIXTRON-Group

THE AIXTRON SHARE

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

COMBINED MANAGEMENT AND GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2020

GROUP CONSOLIDATED FINACIAL STATEMENTS

2021 at a Glance 

Key Figures

Company Profile

AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany (Städteregion Aachen). The Company holds investments in Asia, the United States, and in Europe. The Company’s technology solutions are used by a broad range of customers worldwide for the manufacture of high-performance and optoelectronic applications based on compound semiconductors. These devices are used in a variety of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include laser, LED, and display technologies, optical and wireless data transmission, SiC and GaN power electronics, and many other leading-edge applications.

Our registered trademarks: AIXACT(R), AIXTRON(R), APEVA(R); Close Coupled Showerhead(R), EXP(R), EPISON(R), Gas Foil Rotation(R), OptacapTM, OVPD(R), Planetary Reactor(R), PVPD(R), STExS(R), TriJet(R)

For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) please visit our website at: www.aixtron.com.

In this Annual Report, we use only the grammatically masculine form, such as “shareholder” or “employee”, in the interests of better readability. It always refers simultaneously to all the genders of the people it refers to: male, female, diverse.

AIXTRON is committed to the principles of transparent, responsible corporate governance aimed at creating sustainable value. Through appropriate management and supervision of the Company, we - the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board - aim to underpin the trust placed in us by our shareholders, the financial markets, our customers, business partners, employees and the general public. We are convinced that good corporate governance as well as the sustainable and responsible actions of our employees is an essential basis for the success of our Company.

The declaration of corporate governance in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) as well as the current joint declaration of conformity by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board in accordance with § 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) are published in the Annual Report and on the AIXTRON website in German and English language.

Declaration of Conformity
 

The German Corporate Governance Code was revised on December 16, 2019 and became the basis for the Declaration of Conformity upon publication in the Federal Gazette on March 20, 2020 (“DCGK 2020”). The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE declare that AIXTRON SE has complied with the recommendations of the DCGK 2020 and will continue to comply with them in the future, in each case with the following exception:

Consideration of the Chairmanship and Deputy Chairmanship of the Supervisory Board as well as the Chairmanship and Membership of Committees in Supervisory Board Compensation (G.17 DCGK 2020)

According to G.17 DCGK 2020, Supervisory Board compensation shall take into account the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board as well as the Chair and membership of committees. The Supervisory Board compensation resolved by the Annual General Meeting on May 16, 2018, only takes into account the chairmanship and deputy chairmanship of the Supervisory Board and the chairmanship of the Audit Committee in addition to membership of the Supervisory Board. Further consideration of the deputy chairmanship of the Audit Committee and a chairmanship and deputy chairmanship of the other committees is not considered appropriate, as the time and effort involved in these activities is already adequately covered by the Supervisory Board compensation.

Herzogenrath, February 21, 2022 
AIXTRON SE

The Executive Board of AIXTRON SE

Dr. Felix Grawert             Dr. Christian Danninger             Dr. Jochen Linck
Chairman                                             Member                                                            Member

For the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE

Kim Schindelhauer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board