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AIXTRON SE General Meeting 2013 / Shareholders Approve All Resolutions

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23.05.2013 / 16:03

AIXTRON SE General Meeting 2013
Shareholders Approve All Resolutions

Aachen, Germany, May 23, 2013 – Shareholders of AIXTRON SE (FWB: AIXA; NASDAQ: AIXG), a worldwide leading provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today voted strongly in favor of the resolutions presented by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board to this year’s Annual General Meeting.

Elections to the Supervisory Board
Following the resignation by the previous members of the Supervisory Board Dr. Holger Jürgensen and Karl-Hermann Kuklies as of January, 2013, AIXTRON’s shareholders elected today two new members to the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE.

Dr. Biagosch worked for 28 years as an engineer for the international consulting firm McKinsey & Co. on various international projects for high-tech and other industries and was part of McKinsey’s global Shareholder Council. Dr. Biagosch currently works as an independent entrepreneur.

Dr. Komischke, who is also an engineer, is currently Chairman of the Executive Board at Hoerbiger Holding AG, a manufacturer of performance-defining components for mechanical engineering in Switzerland.

Other resolutions
The following resolutions were also approved at AIXTRON’s 16th Annual General Meeting:

– Approval of the activities of the members of the Executive Board and of the Supervisory Board during fiscal year 2012

– Approval of the system for remuneration of the members of the Executive Board

– Election of the auditors and the Group auditors for fiscal year 2013

– Authorization to purchase and use own shares and to exclude pre-emptive rights

All resolutions were approved with an approval rate of up to 99.4 percent. About 37 percent of AIXTRON SE’s share capital was represented at the shareholder meeting held at the Eurogress in Aachen, Germany.

Presentation and speaker notes
The speaker notes and the slides to the presentation to Topic 1 of the agenda can be downloaded from the website www.aixtron.com/agm .

Contact:
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Guido Pickert
T: +49-241-8909-444
F: +49-241-8909-445
invest@aixtron.com

For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) please consult our 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’, ‘plan’, ‘believe’, ‘continue’ and ‘estimate’, and variations of these words and similar expressions, identify these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements reflect our current views and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements. The following factors, and others which are discussed in AIXTRON’s public filings and submissions with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, are among those that may cause actual and future results and trends to differ materially from our forward-looking statements: 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 update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law.

Contact:
Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
AIXTRON SE, Kaiserstr. 98, 52134 Herzogenrath, Germany
Phone: +49 241 8909 444, Fax: +49 241 8909 445, invest@aixtron.com
www.aixtron.com

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Language:	English
Company:	AIXTRON SE
	Kaiserstr. 98
	52134 Herzogenrath
	Germany
Phone:	+49 (241) 8909-444
Fax:	+49 (241) 8909-445
E-mail:	invest@aixtron.com
Internet:	www.aixtron.com
ISIN:	DE000A0WMPJ6, US0096061041
WKN:	A0WMPJ
Indices:	TecDAX
Listed:	Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX

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