QIAGEN Underlines and Innovates Its Commitment to Sustainability With a EUR 400mn Sustainability-linked Credit Facility

Interest rate is linked to company’s environmental, social and governance rating

Transaction was well received and significantly oversubscribed by eleven banks

QIAGEN will donate margin gains of improved ESG rating to sustainability-linked causes

QIAGEN N.V. (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard QIA) announced today that it has successfully concluded a syndicated revolving credit facility for EUR 400mn with an interest rate linked to the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.

The agreement makes QIAGEN the first provider of molecular diagnostics solutions with a sustainability component built into corporate borrowing. It underlines QIAGEN’s commitment to people and planet by creating financial incentives to further integrate sustainability throughout every part of its business.

The facility will run for three years and each lender will be able to extend this period by one year two times. It replaces a facility of the same amount that runs until December 2021 and will be used for general corporate purposes including potential acquisitions. One factor determining the new facility’s credit margin will be QIAGEN’s sustainability rating, as assigned by ISS-ESG. This independent and highly regarded sustainability-ratings agency in July 2020 awarded QIAGEN its top-flight “Prime” rating.

“Our mission to make improvements in life possible includes sustainable business practices,” said Roland Sackers, Chief Financial Officer of QIAGEN. “By linking this new credit facility to our sustainability rating, we are creating a new incentive to further foster and embed sustainability in all business areas. An improved ESG rating triggers interest-margin gains and QIAGEN will donate any money saved this way to sustainable causes.”

The syndicated credit facility is provided by a group of eleven core relationship banks and syndication was significantly oversubscribed. Deutsche Bank AG and UniCredit Bank AG were mandated as coordinators with Deutsche Bank AG acting as the Documentation and Facility Agent and UniCredit Bank AG as the sustainability coordinator.

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Contacts

John Gilardi
Vice President Corporate Communications and Investor Relations
+49 2103 29 1171 and +49 152 018 11711 and +1 240 686 2222
john.gilardi@qiagen.com

Phoebe Loh
Director Investor Relations
+49 2103 29 11457
phoebe.loh@qiagen.com

Dr. Thomas Theuringer
Senior Director, Head of External Communications
+49 2103 29 11826
thomas.theuringer@qiagen.com

Robert Reitze
Senior Manager Public Relations
+49 2103 29 11676
robert.reitze@qiagen.com