FAQs

QIAGEN does not have a direct stock purchase plan. Please contact your stockbroker to purchase QIAGEN shares.

Each year at QIAGEN's Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of QIAGEN decide whether dividends will be paid. Up until today, QIAGEN's shareholders have followed the suggestion of management to reinvest the profits to achieve further growth.

Contact our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at 800-937-5449 (inside the U.S.) or +1 (718) 921-8124 (from outside the U.S.).

A transfer agents maintains stock registries for its client companies, such as QIAGEN. It issues and cancels stock certificates, resolves issues related to lost or stolen stock certificates and answers questions from stockholders about their accounts.

You are a registered holder if you are in possession of a stock certificate. You are a street-name holder if your broker holds your shares in an account for you.

If you are a registered holder (see the previous question and answer), please contact our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at 800-937-5449 (inside the U.S.) or +1 (718) 921-8124 (from outside the U.S.). If you are a street-name holder (see the previous question and answer), please contact your broker.

QIAGEN completed two stock splits effective as of July 05, 1999 and July 05, 2000. The stock split ratios were 2 shares to 1 share and 4 shares to 1 share, respectively.
Our stockholders authorized the above stock splits at the annual general meetings held on June 18, 1999 and June 16, 2000.

Please send an e-mail to IR@QIAGEN.com, visit Request Information in the Investor Relations section of QIAGEN’s web site or call +49 (2103) 29-11709 and ask for Investor Relations.

To order a printed copy of QIAGEN’s annual report, please send an e-mail to IR@QIAGEN.com, visit Request Information in the Investor Relations section of QIAGEN’s web site or call +49 (2103) 29-11709 and ask for Investor Relations. You may also view our Financial Reports online.

QIAGEN’s annual general meeting is usually held in the middle of June. Please visit the calendar section of QIAGEN’s web site for updated information.

Stockholders with questions about their accounts may contact our transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, at 800-937-5449 (inside the U.S.) or +1 (718) 921-8124 (from outside the U.S.).