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our forward-looking technologies, and enable them to form their own
impression of our systems", commented Dr. Bernd Schulte, Executive Board
member and Chief Operating Officer at AIXTRON SE.

About AIXTRON
AIXTRON SE is a leading provider of deposition equipment to the
semiconductor industry. The Company was founded in 1983 and is
headquartered in Herzogenrath (near Aachen), Germany, with subsidiaries and
sales offices in Asia, United States and in Europe. AIXTRON'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 a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and
industries. These include LED applications, display technologies, data
storage, data transmission, energy management and conversion,
communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading-
edge technologies.

Our registered trademarks: AIXACT(R), AIXTRON(R), Atomic Level
SolutionS(R), Close Coupled Showerhead(R), CRIUS(R), Gas Foil Rotation(R),
Optacap(TM), OVPD(R), Planetary Reactor(R), PVPD(R), TriJet(R)

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

Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements regarding the
business, results of operations, financial condition and earnings outlook
of AIXTRON within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the US
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be
identified by words such as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate",
"contemplate", "intend", "plan", "believe", "continue" and "estimate" and
variations of such words or similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements are based on our current views and assumptions and are subject
to risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Actual results and trends may differ materially
from those reflected in our forward-looking statements. This could result
from a variety of factors, such as actual customer orders received by
AIXTRON, the level of demand for deposition technology in the market, the
timing of final acceptance of products by customers, the condition of
financial markets and access to financing for AIXTRON, general conditions
in the market for deposition plants and macroeconomic conditions,
cancellations, rescheduling or delays in product shipments, production