VENLO, The Netherlands, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --


        
        - All current members of the Supervisory Board to stand for re-election by
          shareholders for the standard one-year term
        - Dr. Werner Brandt, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and a member since 2007,
          to stand a final time for re-election

QIAGEN N.V. (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) announced today that all current members of the Supervisory Board will stand for re-election for the standard one-year term at the next Annual General Meeting on June 23, 2015.

In addition, Dr. Werner Brandt, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, has decided to stand for re-election for a final one-year term at this Meeting. Dr. Brandt, who has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2007, cited business and personal commitments for his decision not to stand for re-election at the subsequent Annual General Meeting in approximately 14 months in June 2016. The timing of this decision was also intended to provide ample time for the selection of a successor.

Further information on the composition of the Supervisory Board can be found on the QIAGEN website at http://www.qiagen.com .

About QIAGEN

QIAGEN N.V., a Netherlands-based holding company, is the leading global provider of Sample to Insight solutions to transform biological materials into valuable molecular insights. QIAGEN sample technologies isolate and process DNA, RNA and proteins from blood, tissue and other materials. Assay technologies make these biomolecules visible and ready for analysis. Bioinformatics software and knowledge bases interpret data to report relevant, actionable insights. Automation solutions tie these together in seamless and cost-effective molecular testing workflows. QIAGEN provides these workflows to more than 500,000 customers around the world in Molecular Diagnostics (human healthcare), Applied Testing (forensics, veterinary testing and food safety), Pharma (pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies) and Academia (life sciences research). As of December 31, 2014, QIAGEN employed approximately 4,300 people in over 35 locations worldwide. Further information can be found at http://www.qiagen.com.

Certain of the statements contained in this news release may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. To the extent that any of the statements contained herein relating to QIAGEN's products, markets, strategy or operating results, including without limitation its expected operating results, are forward-looking, such statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Such uncertainties and risks include, but are not limited to, risks associated with management of growth and international operations (including the effects of currency fluctuations, regulatory processes and dependence on logistics), variability of operating results and allocations between customer classes, the commercial development of markets for our products in applied testing, personalized healthcare, clinical research, proteomics, women's health/HPV testing and nucleic acid-based molecular diagnostics; changing relationships with customers, suppliers and strategic partners; competition; rapid or unexpected changes in technologies; fluctuations in demand for QIAGEN's products (including fluctuations due to general economic conditions, the level and timing of customers' funding, budgets and other factors); our ability to obtain regulatory approval of our products; difficulties in successfully adapting QIAGEN's products to integrated solutions and producing such products; the ability of QIAGEN to identify and develop new products and to differentiate and protect our products from competitors' products; market acceptance of QIAGEN's new products, the consummation of acquisitions, and the integration of acquired technologies and businesses. For further information, please refer to the discussions in reports that QIAGEN has filed with, or furnished to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 


        
        Contact:
        John Gilardi
        Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
        +49-2103-29-11711
        +1-240-686-2222
        Email: ir@qiagen.com

        ir.qiagen.com [http://www.qiagen.com/About-Us/Investors ]

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