Qiagen N.V. (NYSE:QGEN) agreed to acquire 96.3% stake in BLIRT S.A. (WSE:BLR) from N50 Cyprus Limited, Marian Popinigis and others on May 11, 2022. As agreed between the shareholders and QIAGEN, there will be changes in the company's authorities. CEO Marian Popinigis will resign, and a management board will be appointed composed of Thierry Bernard as CEO and Roland Sackers and Katarzyna Spirin-Polak as management board members.

Wenanty Plichta and Jan Kospin are resigning as members of the supervisory board. The closing of the transaction in the second quarter of 2022.