Notification concerning transactions by persons performing managerial responsibilities pursuant to section 15a of the WpHG Directors' Dealings notification transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The person with duty of notification is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details of the person subject to the disclosure requirement Last name: Riesner First name: Detlev Position: Member of an administrative or supervisory body Information about the transaction with duty of notification Description of the financial instrument: Common Shares ISIN/WKN of the financial instrument: NL0000240000 Type of transaction: Sale of Common Shares Date: 04.03.2014 Price: 21.8123 Currency: USD No. of items: 582 Total amount traded: 12695 Place: New York Explanation for publication: Sale of 582 Common Shares to reimburse the tax liability subsequent to the RSU Release of 1,868 Common Shares on 02/28/2014 according to a longterm Rule 10b5-1 Sales Plan. Information about the company with duty of publication Issuer: QIAGEN N.V. Spoorstraat 50 5911 KJ Venlo Niederlande ISIN: NL0000240000 WKN: 901626 End of Directors' Dealings Notification (c) DGAP 06.03.2014 DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de ID 18373