QIAGEN N.V. / Share buyback 23.10.2012 15:38 Dissemination of a Post-admission Duties announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure according to Art. 4 Para. 4 of the Regulation (EC) No. 2273/2003 QIAGEN N.V. Share Repurchase - Completion of first tranche On September 21, 2012, QIAGEN N.V. disclosed pursuant to art. 4 para. 2 of the Regulation (EC) no. 2273/2003 the beginning of the share buyback on October 1, 2012. The first tranche of this program for the Euro-equivalent amount of up to USD 10 million has been completed on October 18. The total number of shares which have been bought back within the framework of the share repurchase program in the time period from October 1, 2012 until and including October 18, 2012 amounts to 544,242 shares. The average purchase price per share was EUR 14.2690; a total price of EUR 7,765,776.38 (excl. ancillary costs), which represents based on the ECB reference rate as of October 1, 2012 an USD amount of 9,999,920.24, was paid to buy back the shares. The purchase of the shares of QIAGEN N.V. has been carried out by a financial institution that has been commissioned by QIAGEN N.V.; the shares are repurchased exclusively on the electronic trading platform of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (XETRA). Further information regarding the transactions according to art. 4 para. 3 and 4 of the Regulation (EC) no. 2273/2003 is published on the website of QIAGEN N.V. (www.qiagen.com). We will report on the execution of further tranches of the buy-back program in due course. Venlo, 22 October 2012 The Managing Board ### Contacts: QIAGEN Investor Relations John Gilardi +49 2103 29 11711 Albert F. Fleury +1 240 686 7400 e-mail: ir@qiagen.com Public Relations Dr. Thomas Theuringer +49 2103 29 11826 e-mail: pr@qiagen.com 23.10.2012 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: QIAGEN N.V. Spoorstraat 50 5911 KJ Venlo Netherlands Internet: www.qiagen.com End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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