Succession in the Chairmanship of the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE

Herzogenrath, February 26, 2025 - AIXTRON SE (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) announces the designation of Mr. Alexander Everke, a current member of the Supervisory Board, as the  successor to the Supervisory Board Chairmanship. Thanks to the successful completion of the succession planning, the current Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Kim Schindelhauer, intends to resign from his position at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in 2025. Additionally, the company will propose the election of Mr. Ingo Bank as a new member of the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2025.

Mr. Kim Schindelhauer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE, has informed the company today that he intends to resign from his position at his own request and with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2025. Mr. Schindelhauer was re-elected in 2023 for a maximum of three years to give the Supervisory Board sufficient time to identify a suitable successor. This process has now been successfully completed: Mr. Alexander Everke, former CEO of ams-OSRAM AG, who has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE since May 2024, is planned for election as his successor as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. The election of the new Supervisory Board Chairman will take place following the Annual General Meeting.

To fill the vacant board seat, the Supervisory Board will propose the election of Mr. Ingo Bank to the Supervisory Board of AIXTRON SE at the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Bank is currently CFO of the City Football Group and has extensive experience in both the finance and technology sectors. If elected at the Annual General Meeting, Mr. Bank shall become a member of the Supervisory Board's Audit Committee.

“It has been an honor for me to contribute to AIXTRON in various management roles for over 30 years. Now the time has come for me to pass on the baton. Mr. Everke is an excellent choice for the role of Supervisory Board Chairman. I wish AIXTRON and him all the best,“ said Kim Schindelhauer.

“I would like to thank Kim Schindelhauer for his unparalleled, long-standing commitment to the company in various management roles. His willingness to extend his Supervisory Board mandate once again in order to give the Supervisory Board the opportunity to identify his successor in the best possible way was exemplary. Furthermore, Kim Schindelhauer has shaped AIXTRON with his expertise and entrepreneurial decision-making, thereby making a significant contribution to the company's success,“ says Dr. Felix Grawert, President of AIXTRON SE.

In 1992, Kim Schindelhauer joined the former AIXTRON Semiconductor Technologies GmbH as Managing Director. In 1997, he played a leading role in the successful IPO of AIXTRON AG and subsequently became a member of the company's Executive Board. In 2002, he transitioned to the Supervisory Board, which he led for over 20 years with only a brief interruption in 2017, when he took over operational responsibility again as CEO and CFO for six months in a difficult situation. Under his leadership, AIXTRON grew from a niche provider of LED manufacturing equipment to a global market leader for compound semiconductor deposition equipment.

Ingo Bank is CFO of the City Football Group since May 2023. From May 2020 until April 2023, he served as CFO of ams-OSRAM AG, having joined the company from OSRAM Licht AG, where he had also served as CFO for four years. Mr. Bank began his career at the Philips technology group, where he spent 18 years working in a number of roles, including positions in the LCD division in Asia, as CFO of the lamps business and as global CFO for the healthcare division.

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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 optoelectronic applications based on compound or organic semiconductor materials. Such components are used in a broad range of innovative applications, technologies and industries. These include Laser and LED applications, display technologies, data transmission, SiC and GaN power management and conversion, communication, signaling and lighting as well as a range of other leading-edge applications.

Our registered trademarks: AIXACT®, AIXTRON®, Atomic Level SolutionS®, Close Coupled Showerhead®, CRIUS®, Gas Foil Rotation®, OVPD®, Planetary Reactor®, PVPD®, TriJet®
For further information on AIXTRON (FSE: AIXA, ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6) please visit our website at: www.aixtron.com.

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