FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug. 26, 2016 /CNW/ - Grand Chip Investment
GmbH with registered office in Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
("Bidder") today announced interim results of its voluntary public takeover offer (the "Takeover Offer") to the
shareholders of AIXTRON SE (NASDAQ: AIXG), with registered office in Herzogenrath, Germany,
("AIXTRON") for the acquisition of their no-par value registered shares in AIXTRON (collectively, "AIXTRON Shares"),
including all AIXTRON Shares represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs"), at the price of EUR 6.00 per tendered
AIXTRON Share in cash.
The acceptance period for the Takeover Offer expires on October 7, 2016, 24:00 hrs local time Frankfurt am Main, Germany ("Frankfurt Time")/6:00 p.m. local
time New York, United States ("New York Time"), unless
extended pursuant to the applicable rules under the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act.
As of August 26, 2016, 14:00 hrs Frankfurt Time/08:00 a.m. New York time (the "Reference Date"), AIXTRON's
share capital amounted to EUR 112,737,030.00 and was divided into 112,737,030 registered shares with
no-par value (the "AIXTRON Share Capital").
As of the Reference Date, the Takeover Offer has been accepted for a total of 4,647,223 AIXTRON Shares. This corresponds to
approximately 4.12% of the AIXTRON Share Capital and the existing voting rights of AIXTRON.
For the purpose of the minimum acceptance threshold (the "Minimum Acceptance Threshold") as set out in Section 4.2.1
of the Offer Document for the Takeover Offer (the "Offer Document"), this corresponds to an acceptance rate of 4.12%. The
Minimum Acceptance Threshold will be reached if, at the time of the expiration of the acceptance period, the aggregate number of
AIXTRON Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) for which the Takeover Offer has been validly accepted without the
acceptance having been validly withdrawn amounts to a total of at least 67,632,213 AIXTRON Shares (including the AIXTRON Shares
represented by ADSs). The Minimum Acceptance Threshold corresponds to an acceptance quota of at least 60% of the total number of
112,720,355 AIXTRON Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) issued on the announcement date of the Takeover Offer
(May 23, 2016).
Complete terms and conditions of the Takeover Offer can be found in the Offer Document published on the
website http://www.grandchip-aixtron.com . Questions and requests for assistance or copies of the Offer
Document and other Takeover Offer documents may be directed to (i) with respect to the tender of AIXTRON Shares, the German
Information Agent and (ii) with respect to the tender of ADSs, the U.S. Information Agent. Contact information with
respect to each of the German Information Agent and the U.S. Information Agent is set forth below. Copies of any Takeover
Offer documents will be furnished promptly upon request at the Bidder's expense.
Important Information
This press release 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 AIXTRON Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) commenced on
July 29, 2016. The terms and conditions of the Takeover Offer are published in, and the solicitation and offer to purchase
AIXTRON Shares (including AIXTRON Shares represented by ADSs) are made only pursuant to the Offer Document and related offer
materials prepared by the Bidder. The English translation of the Offer Document and related offer materials have been filed with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO. AIXTRON filed a
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC with respect to the Takeover Offer.
The Tender Offer Statement, including the Offer Document, a related letter of transmittal and other related offer materials,
as they may be amended from time to time, contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision is made
with respect to the Takeover Offer because the Offer Document and certain related documents included in the Tender Offer Statement,
and not this press release, govern the terms and conditions of the Takeover Offer.
Those materials and other documents filed by the Bidder or AIXTRON with the SEC are available at no charge on the SEC's website
at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the Bidder's Tender Offer Statement and other
documents it has or will file with the SEC are or will be available at http://www.grandchip-aixtron.com
SOURCE Grand Chip Investment GmbH
