Voting Rights Announcements | 2 October 2008 19:21


AIXTRON AG: Release according to Article 26, Section 1 of the WpHG [the German Securities Trading Act] with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

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

Release of a Voting Rights announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of
EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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On October 02, 2008 , cominvest Asset Management GmbH, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany has informed us according to Article 21, Section 1 of the WpHG that
via shares its Voting Rights on AIXTRON AG, Aachen, Deutschland, ISIN:
DE000A0WMPJ6, WKN: A0WMPJ, have fallen below the 5% limit of the Voting
Rights on October 01, 2008  and now amount to 4.98849% (this corresponds to
4534269 Voting Rights).
According to Article 22, Section 1, Sentence 1, No. 6 of the WpHG, 2.69727%
of the Voting Rights (this corresponds to 2451681 Voting Rights) is to be
attributed to the company.

02.10.2008  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language:     English
Issuer:       AIXTRON AG
              Kackertstr. 15-17
              52072 Aachen
              Deutschland
Internet:     www.aixtron.com
 
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