Corporate | 29 November 2005 09:56

Aixtron AG:Huga Optotech Inc. expands with a Thomas Swan CCS System

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Aachen, Germany / Taichung, Taiwan, 29th November, 2005 – AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIX, ISIN DE0005066203; NASDAQ: AIXG), a leading provider of deposition equipment for the semiconductor industry, announced the sale of a Thomas Swan MOCVD reactor to Huga Optotech Inc., Taiwan. The system is a high temperature reactor for growth of GaN based materials and is equipped with the Thomas Swan Closed Coupled Showerhead (CCS). It has a capacity of 19×2 inch and has been installed at Huga’s MOCVD Fab, located at the Taichung Industrial Park and will be used for the production of green and blue LED chips. Huga Optotech was established in 1998, and is now one of the leading LED suppliers in Taiwan with more than 200 employees. Dr. William Chang, General Manager of HUGA explains: “The sales price for LED chips has seen a dramatic downswing over the last years, and it is still dropping. Our industry is forced to cut down production cost by increasing throughput and yield. We have to establish ways of manufacturing our LED wafers more cost efficiently and high quality. This is the reason why Huga has now clearly voted for the CCS reactors to expand future MOCVD production capacity. The Thomas Swan CCS reactors will give us further competitive advantages.” Dr. Bernd Schulte, Executive Vice President and COO of AIXTRON AG, added: “The pressure on LED chip prices is indeed immense. LED chip manufacturers are having to cut their production cost literally day by day. With our MOCVD technologies, our customers are able to stay ahead of the industry’s pace. This is because our technology provides lowest cost of ownership, highest reliability and enables them to deliver excellent device quality in order to achieve better prices for their products on the market.” About AIXTRON AIXTRON AG (FSE: AIX, ISIN DE0005066203; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN: US0096061041) is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The Company’s technology solutions are used by a diverse range of customers worldwide to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials. Such components are used in fiber optic communication systems, wireless and mobile telephony applications, optical and electronic storage devices, computing, signaling and lighting, as well as a range of other leading-edge technologies. AIXTRON AG’s securities are listed on the Prime Standard market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and, as American Depositary Shares (ADS), on NASDAQ, and are included in the TecDAX index, the NASDAQ Composite Index, the MSCI World Small Cap Index and the Nature Stock Index (NAI). Founded in 1983, the Company is headquartered in Aachen, Germany. Additional information is available on AIXTRON’s website at www.aixtron.com. Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition, results of operations and earnings outlook of AIXTRON within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “intend,” “plans,” “believe,” “continue” and “estimate,” and variations of these words and similar expressions, identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, and are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove accurate. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed herein. In any forward- looking statement in which AIXTRON expresses an expectation or belief as to future results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis, but there can be no assurance that the statement or expectation or belief will result or be achieved or accomplished. Actual operating results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks, including risks arising from: actual customer orders received by AIXTRON; the extent to which chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, technology is demanded by the market place; the timing of final acceptance of products by customers; the financial climate and accessibility of financing; general conditions in the thin film equipment market and in the macro-economy; cancellations, rescheduling or delays in product shipments; manufacturing capacity constraints; lengthy sales and qualification cycles; difficulties in the production process; changes in semiconductor industry growth; increased competition; exchange rate fluctuations; availability of government funding; variability and availability of interest rates; delays in developing and commercializing new products; general economic conditions being less favorable than expected; and other factors. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and AIXTRON does not assume any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Any reference to the Internet website of AIXTRON is not an incorporation by reference of such information in this news release, and you should not interpret such a reference as an incorporation by reference of such information. Additional Information For additional information about factors that could affect our future financial and operating results, see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Regis.No. 333-122624) filed with the Commission on February 8, 2005 and available at the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. End of announcement (c)DGAP 29.11.2005 —————————————————————————— WKN: 506620; ISIN: DE0005066203; Index: TecDAX Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart