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AIXTRON SE: Tender Offer by Grand Chip Investment GmbH / Prohibition of Acquisition of U.S. Business of AIXTRON by the U.S. President

AIXTRON SE / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Offer

03.12.2016 14:18

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AIXTRON SE: Tender Offer by Grand Chip Investment GmbH / Prohibition of
Acquisition of U.S. Business of AIXTRON by the U.S. President

Herzogenrath, Germany, December 3, 2016 - AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA, AIXC;
NASDAQ: AIXG), one of the world's leading providers of deposition equipment
to the semiconductor industry, announced today that the President of the
United States issued an order (the "Order") on December 2, 2016 prohibiting
the acquisition of the U.S. business of AIXTRON SE (AIXTRON) by Grand Chip
Investment GmbH (GCI) or its parent companies and their partners, directly
or indirectly. The Order defines the U.S. business of AIXTRON to include
AIXTRON, Inc. and any asset of AIXTRON used in, owed for the use in or
benefit of, the activities in interstate commerce in the United States of
AIXTRON, Inc. (including U.S. patents and patent applications).

The presidential order was limited to the U.S. business and did not
prohibit the acquisition of AIXTRON shares and ADSs by GCI.

The full text of the Order is accessible under: https://www.whitehouse.gov/
briefing-room/presidential-actions.

The Bidder and AIXTRON are evaluating the impact of the Order on the
conditions to be fulfilled under the takeover offer and will coordinate
with the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) to examine
the consequences of the Order on the takeover process.

Contact:

Guido Pickert
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
T: [phone]
F: [phone]
[e-mail]

For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA/AIXC, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6/
DE000A2BPYT0; NASDAQ: AIXG, ISIN US0096061041) please consult our website
at http://www.aixtron.com.

Additional information

This document is for informational purposes only and is neither an offer to
purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The takeover
offer for the outstanding ordinary shares (including ordinary shares
represented by American depositary shares) of AIXTRON SE commenced on 29
July 2016. The terms and conditions of the takeover offer have been
published in, and the solicitation and offer to purchase ordinary shares
(including ordinary shares represented by American depositary shares) are
made only pursuant to, the offer document and related offer materials