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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-11-315841
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111117
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20111117

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QIAGEN NV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001015820
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES) [2836]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			P7
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-178035
		FILM NUMBER:		111213996

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SPOORSTRAAT 50
		CITY:			KJ VENLO
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			5911
		BUSINESS PHONE:		31-77-320-8400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SPOORSTRAAT 50
		CITY:			KJ VENLO
		STATE:			P7
		ZIP:			5911
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;17, 2011
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REGISTRATION NO. 333 -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM S-8
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>under </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B><I>the SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>QIAGEN N.V. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>THE NETHERLANDS</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>NOT APPLICABLE</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Identification No.)</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Spoorstraat 50 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>5911 KJ Venlo </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Netherlands </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>+31-77-320-8400 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>QIAGEN N.V.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 STOCK PLAN </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Full Titles of the Plans) </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Roland Sackers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>QIAGEN Sciences
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>19300 Germantown Rd. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Germantown, MD 20874 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(240) 686-7700 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title of&nbsp;Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>to be</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Registered<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Per Share<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Proposed</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Maximum</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(2)</SUP></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Common Shares, par value EUR 0.01 per share</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9,000,000&nbsp;shares</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$14.12</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$127,080,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$14,564</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The number of common shares, par value EUR 0.01&nbsp;per share (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), stated above consists of the aggregate number of shares which may be sold
upon the exercise of options or issuance of stock awards which may hereafter be granted under the QIAGEN N.V. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan (the &#147;Stock Plan&#148;) and which have not been previously registered. The maximum number of
shares which may be sold upon the exercise of such options or issuance of stock awards granted under the Stock Plan is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain anti-dilution and other provisions of the Stock Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to grant or
otherwise issuable after the operation of any such anti-dilution and other provisions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to the provisions of Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act,
calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices per Common Share on The NASDAQ Global Select Market as of a date (November 10, 2011) within five business days prior to filing this Registration Statement.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>EXPLANATORY NOTE </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information
specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of Common Shares pursuant to the Stock Plan. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>PART II </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of
Certain Documents by Reference</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated
herein by reference: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010 filed on
March&nbsp;21, 2011. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since December&nbsp;31, 2010. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The description of the Common Shares
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;4.
Description of Securities</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Certain legal
matters in connection with the issuance of the Common Shares registered under this Registration Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, our U.S. counsel.
Attorneys at Mintz Levin own an aggregate of approximately 8,000 Common Shares. The validity of the issuance of the Common Shares registered under this Registration Statement has been passed upon for us by De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>. </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Incorporated by reference from the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form F-1, No.&nbsp;333-4922. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Not applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</U>. </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Articles of Association of the Registrant as confirmed by notorial deed as of June&nbsp;30, 2011 (unofficial English translation).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Certificate representing Common Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form F-1, No. 333-4922, effective June
27, 1996).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young Wirtschaftspr&uuml;fungsgesellschaft.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(99.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">QIAGEN N.V. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</U>. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represents a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table
in the effective Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Venlo, The Netherlands on November&nbsp;17, 2011. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Peer M. Schatz</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Peer M. Schatz</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mr.&nbsp;Peer&nbsp;M. Schatz, Mr.&nbsp;Roland Sackers, Dr.&nbsp;Joachim Schorr and Mr.&nbsp;Bernd Uder, and each of them singly, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him and in his name, place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of QIAGEN N.V., and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:36pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:15pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:16pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 17, 2011</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 17, 2011</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Roland Sackers</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dr.&nbsp;Joachim Schorr</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 17, 2011</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Bernd Uder</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Detlev H. Riesner</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board, Supervisory Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prof. Dr. Detlev H. Riesner</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Supervisory Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November 17, 2011</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dr.&nbsp;Werner Brandt</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Deputy Chairman of the Board, Supervisory Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Certificate representing Common Shares (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form F-1, No. 333-4922, effective June
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 4.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right">


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>QIAGEN N.V. </U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>with corporate seat in Venlo </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">dated 30&nbsp;June 2011 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Name, Seat. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;1. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The name of the company is: <B><U>QIAGEN N.V.</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company is established at Venlo, the Netherlands.</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Objects. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to incorporate, acquire, participate in, finance, manage and to have any other interest in other companies or enterprises of any nature; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to perform activities in the field of the biotechnology industry; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">to raise funds by way of securities, bank loans, bond issues, notes and to borrow in any other way, to lend, to provide guarantees, including guarantees for debts of
other persons, to assume commitments in the name of any enterprises with which it may be associated within a group of companies, </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and to perform all acts which in the broadest sense of the term, may be connected with or may be conducive to the foregoing. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Capital. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 3.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The authorised capital of the Company amounts to nine million euro (EUR 9,000,000), divided into four hundred and ten million (410,000,000)&nbsp;ordinary shares of one eurocent (EUR
0.01) each, forty million (40,000,000)&nbsp;financing preference shares of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) each and four hundred and fifty million (450,000,000)&nbsp;preference shares of one eurocent (EUR 0.01) each.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Where in these articles of association reference is made to shares and shareholders it shall include respectively the ordinary shares, the financing preference shares and the
preference shares and the holders of ordinary shares, the holders of financing preference shares and the holders of preference shares unless the contrary is expressly stated.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board shall have the power to resolve upon the issue of shares and to determine the price and further terms and conditions of such share issue, if and in so far as
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">body) for this purpose. A designation as referred to above shall only be valid for a specific period of no more than five years and may from time to time be extended with a period
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a designation as referred to in paragraph&nbsp;1 is not in force, the general meeting of shareholders shall have power to resolve upon the issue of shares, but only upon the
proposal of and for a price and against such further terms and conditions to be determined by the supervisory board.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of an issue of ordinary shares, the shareholders shall have a pre-emptive right in proportion to the number of ordinary shares which they own. Holders of preference
shares and holders of financing preference shares shall have no pre-emptive right in respect of shares to be issued. Holders of ordinary shares shall have no pre-emptive right in respect of preference shares or financing preference shares to be
issued. In respect of the issue of shares there shall be no pre-emptive right to shares issued against a contribution other than in cash or issued to employees of the company or of a group company. The supervisory board shall have the power to limit
or exclude any pre-emptive rights to which shareholders shall be entitled, but only if and in so far as it has been granted such authority by the general meeting, and provided further that the supervisory board can only exercise such authority if at
that time it also has authority to resolve upon the issue of shares. The provisions in the second sentence of paragraph&nbsp;1 of this article shall equally apply.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a designation as referred to in paragraph&nbsp;3 is not in force, the general meeting shall have power to limit or exclude any pre-emptive rights to which shareholders shall be
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A resolution by the general meeting in accordance with paragraph&nbsp;3 or 4 of this article requires in order to be validly adopted a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes
cast in a meeting of shareholders if less than fifty per cent (50%)&nbsp;of the issued share capital is present or represented.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A previous or simultaneous approving resolution of each group of holders of shares of the same class whose rights are prejudiced by such issue shall be required for the validity of
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This article 4 shall equally apply to the granting of rights to subscribe for shares, but shall not apply to the issue of shares to a person who exercises a previously acquired
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in the opinion of the supervisory board, a Person, who is not a Founding Shareholder of the company as defined below, shall, alone or pursuant to a mutual arrangement for
co-operation jointly with one or more other Persons, directly or indirectly have acquired or given notice of an intent to acquire (beneficial) ownership of a nominal amount of ordinary shares or financing preference shares, which in aggregate equals
twenty percent (20%)&nbsp;or more of the share capital of the company then outstanding in the form of ordinary shares and of financing preference shares; or</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has become the (beneficial) owner of a nominal amount of ordinary shares or financing preference shares which the supervisory
board determines to be substantial (which amount shall in no event be less than ten per cent (10%)&nbsp;of the shares then outstanding) and a determination by the supervisory board after reasonable inquiry and investigation, which may include a
review of the public record regarding such Person and any information the supervisory board may request from such Person and consultation with such persons as such board members shall deem appropriate, that (a)&nbsp;such (beneficial) Ownership by
such Person is intended to cause the company to repurchase the shares (beneficially) owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person with
short-term financial gain under circumstances where such members of the supervisory board determine that the best long term interest of the company and its shareholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or
series of transactions at that time or (b)&nbsp;such (beneficial) ownership by such Person is causing or is reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact (including but not limited to, impairment of relationships with customers or impairment
of the company&#146;s ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business prospects of the company. The holding of shares, or the acquisition of shares for the purposes of the preceding sentence includes the having of a right of usufruct
or a right of pledge, or the acquisition of a right of usufruct or a right of pledge, in or on shares, insofar as in addition to this the voting right vests in the holder of a usufruct or pledge. A Person shall be deemed the (&#147;beneficial)
owner&#148; of and shall be deemed to (&#147;beneficially) own&#148; any shares:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which such Person or any of such Person&#146;s Affiliates or Associates (beneficially) owns, directly or indirectly, where a (beneficial) owner of a share includes any Person who,
directly or indirectly, has or shares (a)&nbsp;voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of such shares; and/or (b)&nbsp;investment power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such
shares;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">of which such Person or any of such Person&#146;s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (beneficial) ownership pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; or</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">which are (beneficially) owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of such other Person) with which such Person or any of such Person&#146;s
Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any securities of the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding anything in this provision to the contrary, the phrase &#147;then outstanding,&#148; when used with reference to a Person&#146;s (beneficial) ownership of securities
of the company, shall mean the total number of shares of the company then issued and outstanding together with the number of such shares not then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would be deemed to own (beneficially) hereunder. As
used above, the term &#147;Associate&#148; of a specified Person means a Person that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified and the term &#147;Affiliate&#148; means (i)&nbsp;any
corporation or organization of which such Person is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the (beneficial) owner of ten percent (10%)&nbsp;or more of any class of equity securities, (ii)&nbsp;any trust or other estate in which such
Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, or (iii)&nbsp;any relative or spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same home as such Person.
&#147;Person&#148;, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall mean any natural Person, company, government or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a government, and a &#147;Founding Shareholder&#148;, for the purposes of this
paragraph, shall include those persons who acquired shares pursuant to the deed of incorporation of the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A resolution to grant a right to subscribe for preference shares shall only be valid if the exercise of such right is subject to an event as described in paragraph
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All notifications to shareholders must be made in accordance with the provisions relating to the convening of a general meeting as set out in article 30,
paragraph&nbsp;2.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Issuance price. Payment of shares. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 5. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Without prejudice to what has been provided in section 2:80.2 Civil Code, shares shall at no time be issued below par. Ordinary shares and financing preference shares must be fully
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preference shares may be issued against partial payment, with the proviso that the obligatory payable part of the nominal amount (call) must be equal in respect of each preference
share -&nbsp;regardless of the time of issue of such preference share&nbsp;- and that at least one-fourth part of the nominal amount must be paid upon subscription for the share.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board may with the approval of the supervisory board resolve on which day and up to which amount a further call must be paid on preference shares which have not yet
been paid up in full. The managing board shall give immediate notice of such resolution to the holders of preference shares; the period intervening between that notice and the day, on which the call must have been paid, must be at least thirty
days.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment must be made in cash to the extent that no other contribution has been agreed upon. If the company so agrees, payment in cash can be made in a currency other than Dutch
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of payment in a foreign currency the obligation to pay is fulfilled to the extent of the sum for which the payment is freely convertible into Dutch currency.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">decisive factor is the rate of exchange on the day of payment, or as the case may be after application of the next sentence, on the day mentioned therein.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company can require payment at the rate of exchange on a certain day within two months prior to the ultimate day on which payment must be made, provided the shares or depositary
receipts issued therefor shall immediately upon their issue be admitted to a listing at a stock exchange outside of the Netherlands.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Acquisition by the company of its shares. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;6. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to authorisation by the general meeting and with due observance of the other provisions of Section&nbsp;2:98 Civil Code, the managing board may
cause the company to acquire for consideration fully paid up shares in its own share capital. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Reduction of capital. Cancellation of
shares. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 7. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With due observance of the provisions of Section&nbsp;2:99 Civil Code, upon the proposal of the supervisory board, the general meeting may resolve to reduce the issued capital by cancelling shares or by
reducing the nominal amount of the shares by an amendment of the company&#146;s articles of association. The shares referred to in such resolution must be designated therein and provisions for the implementation of the resolution must be made
therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cancellation with repayment of shares or partial repayment on shares or release from the obligation to pay up as referred to in
Section&nbsp;2:99 Civil Code may also be made or be given exclusively with respect to ordinary shares or exclusively with respect to preference shares or exclusively with respect to financing preference shares. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A partial repayment or release must be made pro rata to all shares concerned. The pro rata requirement may be waived with the consent of all the
shareholders concerned. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Shares.&nbsp;Share&nbsp;certificates. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;8. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shares shall be issued in registered form only and shall be numbered consecutively, the ordinary shares from 1 onwards, the preference shares from P1 onwards and the financing
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">either in the form of an entry in the share register without issue of a share certificate; shares of this type are referred to in these articles of association as type&nbsp;I
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in the form of an entry in the share register with issue of a share certificate, which share certificate shall consist of a &#147;mantel&#148; (main part) only; shares of this type
are referred to in these articles of association as type II shares.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the competence of a shareholder to convert its ordinary shares of a certain type into ordinary shares of another type, the supervisory board can resolve that the
registration in the register of type I shares can only be effected for a specific minimum number of ordinary shares, to be determined by the supervisory board.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the discretion of the supervisory board, single or multiple share certificates shall be issued for type II shares. If a shareholder transfers one or more, but not all, of his
ordinary shares represented by a multiple share certificate, the company shall upon his written request issue a share certificate for the remaining ordinary shares initially represented by such share certificate, provided the original share
certificate has been delivered to the company simultaneously with such request.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On behalf of the company, all share certificates shall be signed by or on behalf of a managing director; the signature may be effected by printed facsimile. In addition all share
certificates may be validly signed on behalf of the company by one or more persons designated by the managing board for that purpose.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All share certificates shall be identified by numbers and/or letters.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board can determine that for the purpose to permit or facilitate trading of shares at a foreign stock exchange, share certificates shall be issued in such form as
the supervisory board may determine, in order to comply with the requirements set by such foreign exchange.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Missing or damaged share certificates. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;9. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon written request by or on behalf of a shareholder, missing or damaged share certificates may be replaced by new share certificates bearing the same numbers and/or letters,
provided the shareholder who has made such request, or the person making such request on his behalf, provides satisfactory evidence of his title and, in so far as applicable, the loss of the share certificates to the supervisory board, and further
subject to such conditions as the supervisory board may deem appropriate.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, as and when the supervisory board deems such appropriate, the replacement of missing share certificates may be made subject to the publication of the request, also stating the
numbers and/or letters of the missing share certificates, in at least three daily published newspapers to be designated by the supervisory board, which publication must be repeated twice at intervals of at least one month. In such case new share
certificates may not be issued until six months have expired since the last publication, unless the original share certificates have been previously produced to the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The issue of a new share certificate shall render the share certificates which it replaces invalid.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Share register. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;10. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the applicable statutory provisions in respect of registered shares, a share register shall be kept by or on behalf of the company, which register shall be regularly
updated and, at the discretion of the managing board, may, in whole or in part, be kept in more than one copy and at more than one address.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each shareholder&#146;s name, his address and such further information as required by law and such further information as the managing board deems appropriate, whether at the
request of a shareholder or not, shall be recorded in the register.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The form and the contents of the register shall be determined by the managing board with due observance of the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon his request a shareholder shall be provided with written evidence of the contents of the register with regard to the shares registered in his name free of charge, and the
statement so issued may be validly signed on behalf of the company by a person to be designated for that purpose by the managing board.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of paragraphs 1 up to and including 4 of this article shall equally apply to persons who hold a right of usufruct or a right of pledge on one or more
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board and supervisory board shall have power and authority to permit inspection of the register and to provide information recorded therein as well as any other
information regarding the direct or indirect shareholding of a shareholder of which the company has been notified by that shareholder to the authorities entrusted with the supervision and/or implementation of the trading of securities on a foreign
stock exchange on behalf of the company and its shareholders, in order to comply with applicable foreign statutory provisions or applicable provisions set by such foreign stock exchange, if and to the extent such requirements apply to the company
and its shareholders as a result of the listing of shares in the share capital of the company on such stock exchange or the registration of such shares or the registration of an offering of such shares under applicable foreign securities
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any shareholder shall, upon written request, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect the company&#146;s share register and a list of its shareholders and their
addresses and shareholdings, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. The request shall be directed to the managing directors of the company at its registered office in the Netherlands or at its principal place of
business.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Conversion of type I and type II shares. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;11. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the provisions of article 8, the holder of type I shares may, upon his written request, cause the company to convert such number of his type I shares into an identical
number of type II shares as set forth in such request, against the simultaneous issuance of the corresponding share certificates.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the provisions of article 8, the holder of type II shares may upon his written request and against simultaneous delivery to the company of the share certificates issued
for such type II shares, cause the company to convert such number of type&nbsp;II shares into an identical number of type I shares as set forth in such request.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Such request shall, if the managing board so requires, be made on a form to be obtained from the company free of
charge.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Transfer of shares. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;12. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The transfer of title to shares or the transfer of title to or a termination of a right of usufruct on shares or the creation or release of a right of usufruct or of a right of
pledge on shares shall be effected by way of a written instrument of transfer, and in accordance with the (further) provisions set forth in section 2:86, or, as the case may be, section 2:86c, Civil
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If it concerns a type II share, the corresponding share certificate must be delivered to the company. The company can only acknowledge the transfer of a type II share by endorsement
on the share certificate or by issuance of a new share certificate to the transferee, at the discretion of the managing board.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of paragraph 1 of this article shall equally apply to (i)&nbsp;the allotment of shares in the event of a judicial partition of any community of property,
(ii)&nbsp;the transfer of a registered share as a consequence of foreclosure of a right of pledge and (iii)&nbsp;the creation of limited rights in rem on a registered share.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any requests made pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of articles 9, 10 and 11 and this article 12 may be sent to the company at such address(es) as to be determined
by the managing board, at all times including an address in the municipality or city where a stock exchange on which shares in the share capital of the company are listed has its principal place of business.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company is authorized to charge such amounts as may be determined by the managing board provided they do not exceed cost price, to persons who have made a request pursuant to
and in accordance with the provisions of articles 9, 10 and 11 and this article 12.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Restriction on the transfer of preference shares. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 13. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each transfer of preference shares shall require the approval of the supervisory board. The approval shall be applied for in writing, stating the name and address of the intended
transferee, as well as the price or other consideration which the intended transferee is willing to pay or give.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the approval is refused, the supervisory board shall at the same time designate one or more prospective purchasers who are willing and able to purchase all the shares to which
the request for approval relates, against cash payment at a price to be fixed mutually by the transferor and the supervisory board within two months following such designation.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, within three months of receipt by the company of the request to approve the intended transfer, the transferor has not received a written notice to that end from the company or
due written refusal to approve the transfer was not simultaneously accompanied by the designation of one or more prospective purchasers as referred to in paragraph 2, the approval to transfer shall be deemed granted following expiry of said period
or upon receipt of the notice of refusal.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the transferor and the supervisory board have failed to reach agreement on the price meant in paragraph 2 within two months of the refusal of the approval, such price shall be
fixed by an expert, to be designated by the transferor and the managing board by mutual agreement or, failing agreement about that within three months following the refusal of the approval, by the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in
the district in which the Company has its corporate seat according to its articles of association, at the request of the party who is first to take action.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The transferor shall have the right to abandon the transfer, provided he so notifies the managing board in writing within one month of his being informed of both the name of the
designated prospective purchaser(s) and the fixed price.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of approval of the transfer in the sense of paragraph 1 or paragraph 3 the transferor shall be entitled to transfer all shares, to which his request relates, to the
purchaser mentioned in the request at the price or consideration mentioned by him, referred to in paragraph 1 of this article.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Usufructuaries. Pledgees. Holders of depositary receipts. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;14. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The usufructuary, who in conformity with the provisions of section 2:88, Civil Code has no right to vote, and the pledgee who in conformity with the provisions of section 2:89,
Civil Code has no right to vote, shall not be entitled to the rights which by law have been conferred on holders of depositary receipts for shares issued with the cooperation of the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Where in these articles of association persons are mentioned who are entitled to attend meetings of shareholders, this shall include the holders of depositary receipts for shares
issued with the cooperation of the company, and persons who in pursuance of section 2:88.4 or section 2:89.4, Civil Code have the rights that by law have been conferred on holders of depositary receipts for shares issued with the cooperation of the
company.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Managing board. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;15. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company shall be managed by a managing board consisting of one or more managing directors under the supervision of the supervisory board. The number of members of the managing
board shall be determined by the supervisory board.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Managing directors shall be appointed by the general meeting upon the joint meeting of the supervisory board and the managing board
-&nbsp;hereinafter referred to as: the &#147;<B><U>Joint Meeting</U></B>&#148;&nbsp;- having made a binding nomination for each vacancy. The managing board shall invite the Joint Meeting to make a nomination within sixty days, such that for each
appointment a choice can be made from at least two persons. However, the general meeting may at all times overrule the binding nature of such a nomination by a resolution adopted by at least a two thirds majority of the votes cast, if such majority
represents more than half the issued share capital. A second general meeting as referred to in article 2:120, paragraph 3 Civil Code may not be convened.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The nomination shall be included in the notice of the general meeting at which the appointment shall be considered.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a nomination has not been made or has not been made in due time, this shall be
stated in the notice and the general meeting shall make such appointment at its discretion. The managing directors appointed by the general meeting shall be appointed for the period commencing on the date following the annual general meeting which
must be held by virtue of section 2:108.2, Civil Code up to and including the date of that meeting held in the following financial year.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With due observance of these articles of association, the supervisory board may adopt a &#147;directiereglement&#148; (rules governing the internal organisation, hereinafter the
&#147;management rules&#148;) and the supervisory board shall have authority to amend the management rules from time to time.</FONT></TD></TR>
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rules shall include directions to the managing board concerning the general financial, economic, personnel and social policy of the company, to be taken into consideration by the managing board in the performance of its duties.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company has a policy in the area of remuneration of the managing board. The policy will be adopted by the general meeting upon a proposal of the supervisory board. The
remuneration of members of the managing board will, with due observance of the policy as referred to in the preceding sentence, be determined by the supervisory board.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;16. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The general meeting shall at all times be entitled to suspend or dismiss a managing director. The general meeting may only adopt a resolution to suspend or dismiss a managing
director by at least a two thirds majority of the votes cast, if such majority represents more than half of the issued share capital, unless the proposal was made by the Joint Meeting in which case a simple majority is sufficient.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board shall also at all times be entitled to suspend (but not to dismiss) a managing director. Within three months after a suspension of a managing director has
taken effect, a general meeting of shareholders shall be held, in which meeting a resolution must be adopted to either terminate or extend the suspension for a maximum period of another three months. If neither such resolution is adopted nor the
general meeting of shareholders has resolved to dismiss the managing director, the suspension shall terminate after the period of suspension has expired.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board may grant special and general powers of attorney to persons, whether or not such persons are employed by the company,
authorizing them to represent the company and bind it vis-a-vis third parties. The scope and limits of such powers of attorney shall be determined by the managing board. The managing board may in addition grant to such persons such titles as it
deems appropriate.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The powers of the managing board in this
paragraph&nbsp;2 shall be subject to the approval of the supervisory board to be specified in a resolution adopted pursuant to Article 19, paragraph 1.</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board shall have power to enter into and perform agreements and all &#147;rechtshandelingen&#148; (legal acts) contemplated thereby as specified in section 2:94.1,
Civil Code in so far as such power is not expressly excluded or limited by any provision of these articles or by any resolution of the supervisory board.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Chairman of the managing board. Resolutions of the managing board. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Resolutions of the managing board shall be validly adopted, if adopted by simple majority of votes, at least one of whom so voting in favour of the proposal must be the chairman.
Each managing director has the right to cast one vote. In case of absence a managing director may issue a proxy, however, only to another managing director.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board may adopt resolutions without holding a meeting, provided such resolutions are adopted in writing or by legible and reproducible electronic communications and no
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A certificate signed by a managing director confirming that the managing board has adopted a particular resolution, shall constitute evidence of such resolution vis-a-vis third
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The management rules shall include provisions on the manner of convening board meetings and the internal procedure at such meetings. These meetings may be held by telephone
conference communications, as well as by video communications, provided all participating managing directors can hear each other simultaneously.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Mandatory prior approval for management action. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;19. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Without prejudice to any other applicable provisions of these articles of association, the managing board shall require the prior approval of the supervisory board for any action
specified from time to time by a resolution to that effect adopted by the supervisory board, of which the managing board has been informed in writing.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Without prejudice to any other applicable provisions of these articles of association, the managing board shall require the approval of the general meeting of shareholders if
required by law and the provisions of these articles of association.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Prevented
from acting. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;20. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In case a managing director is &#147;belet of ontstent&#148; (prevented from acting), the remaining managing directors or managing director shall temporarily be responsible for the entire management. In
case all managing directors are, or the only managing director is prevented from acting, one or more persons appointed by the supervisory board for this purpose from time to time shall be temporarily responsible for the management. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Supervisory board. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;21. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">enterprise which it operates. The supervisory board shall assist the managing board with advice relating to the general policy aspects connected with the activities of the company.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board shall provide the supervisory board in good time with all relevant information as well as with all other information as the supervisory board may request, in
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The general meeting shall determine the compensation of the members of the supervisory board, upon the (non-binding) recommendation by the compensation committee. Expenses incurred
by the supervisory directors shall be reimbursed.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Number of supervisory
directors. Appointment. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;22. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board shall consist of such number of members as the Joint Meeting may from time to time determine, with a minimum of three members. Notwithstanding the provisions
of paragraph 2 of this article the supervisory directors shall be appointed by the general meeting upon the Joint Meeting having made a binding nomination for each vacancy. Article 15, paragraph 2 applies equally. The supervisory directors appointed
by the general meeting shall be appointed for the period commencing on the date following the annual general meeting which must be held by virtue of section 2:108.2, Civil Code up to and including the date of that meeting held in the following
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If during a financial year a vacancy occurs in the supervisory board, the supervisory board may appoint a supervisory director who will cease to hold office at the next following
annual general meeting as referred to in the previous paragraph. The supervisory board may in such manner appoint supervisory directors up to a maximum of one third (1/3)&nbsp;of the number of supervisory directors as determined in accordance with
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whenever a supervisory director must be appointed by the general meeting the information referred to in section 2:142.3, Civil Code shall be made available to the shareholders for
their prior inspection.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Organisation of the supervisory board.
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 23. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With due observance of these articles of association, the supervisory board may adopt a &#147;commissarissen reglement&#148; (rules governing the internal organisation of the
supervisory board, hereinafter the &#147;supervision rules&#148;) and it may further establish such committees as it shall deem appropriate, provided that the powers and authority of such committees are set forth in the supervision
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the expense of the company, the supervisory board may obtain such advice from experts as the supervisory board deems desirable for the proper fulfilment of its
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If there is only one supervisory director in office, such supervisory director shall have all rights and obligations granted to and imposed on the supervisory board and the chairman
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Within three months after a suspension of a supervisory director has taken effect, a general meeting shall be held, in which meeting a resolution must be adopted to either terminate
or extend the suspension for a maximum period of another three months. If neither such resolution is adopted nor the general meeting of shareholders has resolved to dismiss the supervisory director, the suspension shall terminate after the period of
suspension has expired. The supervisory director shall be given the opportunity to account for his actions at that meeting.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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represented. Each supervisory director has the right to cast one vote. In case of absence, a supervisory director may issue a proxy, however, only to another supervisory director. The supervisory board may also adopt resolutions without holding a
meeting, provided such resolutions are adopted in writing or by legible and reproducible electronic communications and no supervisory director has objected to this method of adoption of a resolution.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A certificate signed by a supervisory director confirming that the supervisory board has adopted a particular resolution, shall constitute evidence of such resolution vis-a-vis
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board shall meet whenever two or more of its members or the managing board so requests. Meetings of the supervisory board shall be convened by the chairman of the
supervisory board, either at the request of two or more supervisory directors or at the request of the managing board, or by the supervisory directors requesting the meeting to be held. If the chairman fails to convene a meeting so that it can be
held within four weeks of the receipt of the request, the supervisory board members making the request are entitled to convene the meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory rules shall include provisions on the manner of convening board meetings and the internal procedure at such meetings. These meetings may be held by telephone
conference communications, as well as by video communications, provided all participating supervisory directors can hear each other simultaneously.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Joint Meeting as referred to in these articles of association consists of the members of the supervisory board and the members of the managing board. The sole responsibility of
the Joint Meeting shall be to make a binding nomination for each vacancy in the managing board and the supervisory board and the actions as referred to in article 16, paragraph 1 and article 22, paragraph 1.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The chairman of the supervisory board is the chairman of the Joint Meeting. The Joint Meeting shall appoint one of its members as secretary.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Joint Meeting may only adopt resolutions if the majority of the members of the supervisory board and the majority of the members of the managing board are present or represented
in such meeting. Resolutions of the Joint Meeting shall be validly adopted, if adopted by simple majority of votes. Each member of the Joint Meeting has the right to cast one vote. In case of absence a member of the Joint Meeting may issue a proxy,
however, only to another member of the Joint Meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Joint Meeting may adopt its resolutions without holding a meeting, provided that such resolutions are adopted in writing or by legible and reproducible electronic communications
and no member of the Joint Meeting has objected to this method of adoption of a resolution.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A certificate signed by the chairman of the Joint Meeting confirming that the Joint Meeting has adopted a particular resolution, shall constitute evidence of such resolution
vis-a-vis third parties.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Joint Meeting shall adopt Joint Meeting rules. The Joint Meeting rules shall include provisions on the manner of convening meetings and the internal procedure at such meetings.
These meetings may be held by telephone conference communications, as well as by video communications, provided all participating members can hear each other simultaneously.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Indemnification. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;27. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of the company, or was serving at the request of
the company as a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of another company, a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful or out of his mandate. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by a judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere
or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and not in a manner which he</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">reasonably could believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding by or in the right of
the company to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he is or was a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a supervisory director,
managing director, officer or agent of another company, a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably could believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or wilful misconduct in the performance of his duty to the company, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or proceeding was brought or any
other court having appropriate jurisdiction shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification against such
expenses which the court in which such action or proceeding was brought or such other court having appropriate jurisdiction shall deem proper.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the extent that a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of the company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit of
proceeding, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) actually and reasonable incurred by him in connection
therewith.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any indemnification by the company referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall (unless ordered by a court) only be made upon a determination that indemnification of the supervisory
director, managing director, officer or agent is proper in the circumstances because he had met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2. Such determination shall be
made:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">either by the supervisory board by a majority vote in a meeting consisting of supervisory directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if the majority referred to under (a)&nbsp;adopts a resolution to that effect, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">by the general meeting of shareholders. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
a resolution of the supervisory board with respect to the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he
is not entitled to be indemnified by the company as authorized in this article.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The indemnification provided for by this article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-laws,
agreement, resolution of the general meeting of shareholders or of the disinterested supervisory directors or otherwise, both as to actions in his official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding such position, and shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent and shall also inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of the company,
or is or was serving at the request of the company as a supervisory director, managing director, officer, employee or agent of another company, a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his capacity as such, whether or not the company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this article.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whenever in this article reference is made to the company, this shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving company also any constituent company (including any
constituent company of a constituent company) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the power to indemnify its supervisory directors, managing directors, officers and agents, so that any
person who is or was a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of such constituent company, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent company as a supervisory director, managing director, officer or agent of another
company, a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this article with respect to the resulting or surviving company as he would have with respect to such constituent company if
its separate existence had continued.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>General meeting of shareholders.
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Annual general meeting of shareholders. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;28. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At this general meeting the following subjects shall be considered:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the written annual report prepared by the managing board on the course of business of the company and the conduct of its affairs during the past financial year, and the
report of the supervisory board on the annual accounts; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the adoption of the annual accounts; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the filling of any vacancies in the managing board and the supervisory board; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the proposals placed on the agenda by the managing board or by the supervisory board, together with proposals made by shareholders in accordance with paragraph 2 of
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the agenda of a general meeting includes the granting of discharge to the members of the managing board and the supervisory board with respect to the performance of their duties
in the respective financial year, the item of discharge will be put on the agenda as a separate item for the managing board and the supervisory board, respectively.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;29. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Extraordinary general meetings shall be held as often as deemed necessary by the managing board and/or the supervisory board and shall be held if one or more shareholders and other
persons entitled to attend such meetings jointly representing at least forty per cent (40%)&nbsp;of the issued share capital make a written request to that effect to the managing board or supervisory board, specifying in detail the business to be
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the managing board or the supervisory board fail to comply with a request referred to in paragraph 1 of this article in such manner that the general meeting can be held within
twelve weeks after the request, the persons who have made the request may convene the meeting themselves.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Place and notice of the general meetings. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;30.
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">General meetings shall be held at Amsterdam, Haarlemmermeer (Schiphol Airport), Rotterdam, Arnhem, Maastricht, Venlo or The Hague. The notice convening the meeting shall inform the
shareholders and other persons entitled to attend the general meeting accordingly.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The notice convening a general meeting shall be given in such manner as shall be authorized by law including but not limited to an announcement published by electronic
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The notice convening a general meeting shall be sent by either the managing board, the supervisory board or the persons who according to the law or these articles of association are
entitled thereto.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Notice period. Agenda. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;31. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The notice convening a general meeting shall be given with due observance of the statutory notice period. The notice shall contain the agenda and other meeting materials as required
by applicable law or these articles of association.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The agenda shall contain such subjects to be considered at the meeting as the person(s) convening the meeting or requesting the meeting
pursuant to article 29, paragraph 1 shall decide.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Furthermore an item,
which is requested in writing by one or more shareholders, who are entitled thereto pursuant to the law, shall be included in the agenda and announced in the same manner, provided such request is made in writing or by legible and reproducible
electronic communications in the form of a reasoned request or a proposal for a resolution to the supervisory board and the managing board, and such request is received no later than on the sixtieth day prior to the day of the
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at a general meeting of shareholders in respect of subjects which are not mentioned in the agenda.</FONT></TD></TR>
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Minutes.</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px; margin-top:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;32.</U></B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">General meetings shall be presided by the chairman of the supervisory board. In case of absence of the chairman of the supervisory board the meeting shall be presided by any other
person nominated by the supervisory board. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint the secretary of that meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The secretary of the meeting shall keep the minutes of the business transacted at the meeting, which minutes shall in evidence of their adoption be signed by the chairman and the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The chairman of the supervisory board may request a &#147;notaris&#148; (civil law notary) to include the minutes of the meeting in a &#147;notarieel proces-verbaal&#148; (notarial
report).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Attendance of general meetings. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;33. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All shareholders and other persons entitled to vote at general meetings are entitled to attend the general meetings, to address the
general meeting and to vote, provided that he has notified the managing board in writing of his intention to be present at the meeting or to be represented not later than on the close of business on the third day prior to the day of the meeting,
unless the managing board determines to permit notification within a shorter period of time prior to any such meeting.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the purpose of the provisions of this paragraph holders of a usufruct who have a voting right and holders of a pledge who have a voting right are put on a par with shareholders.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board may decide that each person entitled to attend general meetings (and vote thereat) may, either in person or by written proxy, vote at that meeting and/or
participate in that meeting by electronic means of communication, provided that such person can be identified through the electronic means of communication and that such person can directly monitor the business transacted at the general meeting
concerned. The managing board may attach conditions to the use of the electronic means of communication, provided these conditions are reasonable and necessary for the identification of such person and for the reliability and safety of the
communication. Those conditions shall be made public at the convocation of the general meeting and shall be posted on the company&#146;s website.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Persons entitled to attend the general meeting are those who at the record date have these rights and have been registered as such in a register designated by the managing board for
that purpose, regardless of who would have been entitled to attend the general meeting if no record date would apply. The record date shall be on such date prior to the day of the general meeting as prescribed by law. The convocation notice for the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The general meeting may adopt rules regarding, inter alia, the length of time for which shareholders may speak. In so far as such rules are not applicable, the chairman may
determine the time for which shareholders may speak if he considers this desirable with a view to the orderly proceeding of the meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The shareholders or their proxies must sign the attendance list, stating the number of the shares represented by them -&nbsp;insofar as applicable&nbsp;- the number of votes to be
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The shareholders or their proxies must sign the attendance list, stating the number of the shares represented by them -&nbsp;insofar as applicable&nbsp;- the number of votes to be
cast by them.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Proxies. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;34. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shareholders and other persons entitled to attend a general meeting of shareholders may be represented by proxies duly authorised in writing, and such proxies shall be admitted upon
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All matters regarding the admittance to the general meeting of shareholders, the exercise of voting rights and the result of votings, as well as any other matters regarding the
proceedings at the general meeting of shareholders shall be decided upon by the chairman of that meeting, with due observance of the provisions of section 2:13, Civil Code.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Adoption of resolutions. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;35. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise stated in these articles, resolutions shall be validly adopted if adopted by a simple majority of votes cast. Blank and invalid votes shall not be counted. The
chairman shall decide on the method of voting and on the possibility of voting by acclamation.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the voting concerns the appointment of a person and more than one person has been nominated for appointment, then votes shall be taken until one of the nominees has obtained a
simple majority of the votes cast, unless there is a tie vote concerning the appointment of persons, who have been named in a binding nomination, in which case the person first named in such nomination shall be deemed to have obtained most votes.
The further votes may, at the chairman&#146;s discretion, be taken at a subsequent meeting.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as provided in paragraph 2, in case of an equality of the votes cast the supervisory board shall decide.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Voting right per share. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;36. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the general
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 37. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A class meeting shall be held whenever a resolution by such meeting is required. Furthermore, such meeting shall be held if required by either the managing board or the supervisory
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The articles 30 up to and including 36 shall be equally applicable to resolutions to be adopted by the meeting of holders of shares of a specific class, provided that the notice
shall be sent not later than on the sixth day prior to the meeting, that the meeting itself appoints its chairman and that the meeting of holders of preference shares may also adopt all resolutions outside a meeting if so proposed by the supervisory
board. A resolution outside a meeting is only valid if all holders of preference shares have cast their votes in writing by cable, by telex or by telecopier in favour of the proposal
concerned.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Annual accounts. Report of the board of management.
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;38. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The financial year of the company shall run from the first day of January up to and including the thirty-first day of December.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each year the managing board shall cause annual accounts to be drawn up, consisting of a balance sheet as at the thirty-first day of December and a profit and loss account in
respect of the preceding financial year, together with the explanatory notes thereto. The managing board shall furthermore prepare a report on the course of business of the company in the preceding year.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board shall, within the provisions of the law, make available: the annual accounts, the annual report, the accountant(s) declaration and all other documents pursuant to
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board shall draw up the annual accounts in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles and all other applicable provisions of the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board shall on behalf of the company, cause the annual accounts to be examined by one or more registered accountant(s) designated for the purposes by the general
meeting of shareholders or other experts designated for the purpose in accordance with section 2:393, Civil Code. The auditor or the other expert designated shall report on his examination to the supervisory board and the managing board and shall
issue a certificate containing the results thereof. The supervisory board shall ensure that the report on the annual accounts shall be available at the offices of the company for the shareholders.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Copies of the annual accounts, the annual report of the managing board, the report of the supervisory board, and the information to be added to each of such documents pursuant to
the law shall be made available at the office of the company for inspection by the shareholders and the other persons entitled to attend meetings of shareholders, as from the date of the notice convening the general meeting of shareholders at which
meeting they shall be discussed, until the close thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Discharge of managing
board and supervisory board. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;39. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the agenda of a general meeting includes the granting of discharge to the members of the managing board and the supervisory board and if such discharge is granted, the members of
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the managing board and the supervisory board shall be fully discharged from liability in respect of the exercise of their duties during the financial year concerned, unless a proviso is made by
the general meeting of shareholders, and without prejudice to the provisions of sections 2:138 and 2:149, Civil Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Profit and loss.
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 40. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Out of the profit made in any financial year first of all, if possible, shall be distributed on the preference shares the percentage to
be mentioned hereinafter of the amount (call) paid obligatory on those shares as at the commencement of the financial year for which the distribution is made.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The above-mentioned percentage shall be equal to the Average Main Refinancing Rates during the financial year for which the distribution is made. Average
Main Refinancing Rate shall be understood to mean the average value on each individual day during the financial year for which the distribution is made of the Main Refinancing Rates prevailing on such day. Main Refinancing Rate shall be understood
to mean the rate of the Main Refinancing Operation as determined and published from time to time by the European Central Bank.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the amount paid obligatory on the preference shares has been decreased or, in pursuance of a resolution on a further call, has been increased in the
financial year for which the above-mentioned distribution is made, the distribution shall be decreased, or, if possible, increased by an amount equalling the above-mentioned percentage of the amount of the decrease, or increase, calculated as from
the date of the decrease, or as from the point of time, at which the further call has become obligatory.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If preference shares have been issued in the course of any financial year, the dividend on the preference shares shall be decreased pro rata for such financial year until the date of issue, in which
connection part of a month shall be counted as a full month.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If and to the
extent that the profit is not sufficient to make the payment referred to in this paragraph in full, the deficit will be distributed against the reserves, with the exception of the reserve which was formed as share premium upon the issue of financing
preference shares.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of cancellation with repayment of preference shares a distribution will be made on the cancelled preference shares on the day of repayment, which distribution will be
calculated as much as possible in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 and 3 of this article and pro rata temporis to be calculated on the period from the day on which a distribution as meant in paragraphs&nbsp;1 and 3 was made for the last
time - or if the preference shares have been issued following such day: from the day of issue - until the day of repayment, without prejudice to the provisions of article 2:105, paragraph 4 Civil Code.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If in any financial year the profit meant in paragraph 1 is not sufficient to make the distributions described above in this article and in addition no distribution or only a part
distribution is made from the reserves, as meant in paragraph 1, such that the deficit is not fully distributed, the provisions above in this article and the provisions of paragraphs 4 and 7 shall not be applied until the deficit has been
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Out of the profit remaining after application of the previous paragraphs such amounts shall be allocated to reserve as the supervisory
board shall determine.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Insofar as the profit is not allocated to reserve
upon application of the preceding sentence:</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">if possible, a dividend shall be distributed on each financing preference share equalling a percentage calculated on the nominal amount, increased by the amount of
share premium that was paid upon the first issue of financing preference shares and which percentage is related to the average effective yield on the prime interest rate on corporate loans in the United States of America as quoted in the Wall Street
Journal, calculated and fixed in the manner as stated hereinafter. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The percentage of the dividend for the financing preference shares is calculated by taking the average effective yield of the above-mentioned loans, for the last twenty
exchange days, prior to the day on which financing preference shares are issued for the first time or on which the dividend percentage is adjusted, possibly increased or decreased by a maximum of one per cent point, depending on the then prevailing
market conditions, as the managing board shall resolve subject to the approval of the supervisory board. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the first time on the first of January of the calendar year following on the day after three years have lapsed since the day on which financing preference shares
are issued for the first time and every time three years later, the dividend percentage of all financing preference shares concerned may be adjusted to the then average effective yield of the prime interest rate on corporate loans in the United
States of America as quoted in the Wall Street Journal, calculated and fixed in the manner as stated in b. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If in any financial year the distributions meant above in paragraph 4 of this article have not been made, the provisions of paragraphs 4 second sentence and 7 of this article shall
not be applied until the deficit has been recovered and after the provisions above in paragraphs 1 and 3 become applicable. The managing board shall be authorised subject to the approval of the supervisory board to decide to distribute an amount
equal to the deficit meant in the previous sentence against the reserves, with the exception of the reserve which was formed as share premium upon the issue of financing preference shares.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If financing preference shares are issued in the course of any financial year, the dividend on the financing preference shares shall be decreased pro rata for such financial year
until the first day of issue.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Insofar as the profit is not distributed or allocated to reserve upon application of the previous paragraphs of this article, it shall be at the free disposal of the general
meeting, with the proviso that no further dividend will be distributed on the preference shares and the financing preference shares.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The managing board may with due observance of Article 2:105 Civil Code and with the approval of the supervisory board distribute an interim dividend, if and to the extent that the
profit so permits. Interim dividends may be distributed on one class of shares only.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The general meeting may resolve on a proposal made by the supervisory board wholly or partly to distribute dividends or reserves, instead of cash, in the form of shares in the
capital of the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of cancellation with repayment of financing preference shares a distribution will be made on the cancelled financing preference shares on the day of repayment, which
distribution will be calculated as much as possible in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4 and 5 of this article that pro rata temporis to be calculated on the period from the day on which a distribution as meant in paragraphs 1 and 3 was
made for the last time -&nbsp;or if the financing preference shares have been issued following such day: from the day of issue&nbsp;- until the day of repayment, without prejudice to the provisions of article 2:105.4 Civil Code.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A deficit as meant in article 2:104 Civil Code, may only be applied against the share premium formed upon the issue of financing preference shares, if all other reserves are
depleted.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company can only declare distributions in so far as its &#147;eigen vermogen&#148; (shareholders equity) exceeds the amount of the paid up and called portion of the share
capital, plus the &#147;wettelijke&#148; (statutory) reserves.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Distributions
charged to share premium reserves or other reserves. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;41. </U></B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the provisions of article 40, paragraph 12, the supervisory board may cause the company to declare distributions out of a share premium
reserve or out of any other reserve shown in the annual accounts, not being a &#147;wettelijke&#148; (statutory) reserve. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Distributions.
Payments. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;42. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Distributions pursuant to article 40 or article 41 shall be payable as from a date to be determined by the supervisory board. The date of payment on type I shares may differ from
the date of payment on type II shares.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Distributions under article 40 or article 41 shall be made payable at an address or addresses in the Netherlands, to be determined by the supervisory board, as well as at least one
address in each country where the shares of the company are listed on a stock exchange.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The supervisory board may determine the method of payment of cash distributions on shares, however as far as type II shares are concerned, with due observance of the provisions of
paragraph&nbsp;4.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cash distributions in respect of type II shares shall, if such distributions are made payable only outside the Netherlands, be paid in the currency of a country where the shares of
the company are listed on a stock exchange, converted at the rate of exchange determined by the Dutch Central Bank at the close of business on a day to be determined for that purpose by the supervisory board. If and in so far as on the first day on
which a distribution is payable, the company is unable to make any such payment, because of governmental action or other exceptional circumstances beyond its control, the supervisory board may instead in that event designate one or more addresses in
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The person entitled to a distribution shall be the person in whose name the share is registered at the date to be determined for that purpose by the supervisory board in respect of
each distribution for the different types of shares, which date should be between the date of determination of distributions and the date of payment.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notice of distributions and of the dates and addresses referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this article shall in any event be published in the Netherlands, in a daily
newspaper and further in such manner as the supervisory board may deem desirable.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Distributions in cash that have not been collected within five years and two days after they have become due and payable shall revert to the company.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In case of a distribution in the form of shares in the share capital of the company pursuant to article 40, paragraph 9, such shares shall be recorded in the share register,
however, with respect to the holder of type II shares, in so far as he accepts these shares. Each holder of type II shares shall be provided with one or more share certificates with respect to the type II shares to which he is entitled and recorded
in the share register.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of paragraph 5 shall apply equally in respect of distributions -&nbsp;including pre-emptive subscription rights in the event of a share issue&nbsp;- made otherwise
than pursuant to article 40 or article 41, provided that in addition thereto in the &#147;Staatscourant&#148; (Dutch Official Gazette) shall be announced the issue of shares with a pre-emptive subscription right and the period within which such
right can be exercised. Such pre-emptive subscription right can be exercised during at least two weeks after the day of notice in the &#147;Staatscourant&#148; (Dutch Official
Gazette).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Special resolutions of the general meeting. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Resolutions of the general meeting in a meeting that has not been convened by the managing board and/or the supervisory board or resolutions regarding subjects included on the
agenda for the meeting at the request of shareholders pursuant to article 31, paragraph 2 shall only be valid if adopted with a majority of two thirds (2/3)&nbsp;of the votes cast representing more than half of the issued share capital, unless these
articles require a greater majority or quorum, in which case the greater majority or quorum shall apply, and provided , however, that as set forth in paragraph&nbsp;2 of this article certain resolutions shall only be valid if proposed by the
supervisory board. A second general meeting as referred to in Article 2:120, paragraph 3, Civil Code may not be convened.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">issue shares or to grant rights to subscribe for shares; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">limit or exclude any pre-emptive rights to which shareholders shall be entitled, </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">shall only be valid if such resolution has been proposed to the general meeting by the supervisory board. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">such resolution is adopted by a majority representing at least two thirds (2/3)&nbsp;of the issued share capital. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A second general meeting as referred to in Article 2:120, paragraph 3 Civil Code may not be convened. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A resolution of the general meeting to amend the articles of association shall further only be valid if:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the complete proposal has been made available for inspection by the shareholders and the other persons entitled to attend the general meeting of shareholders, at the
office of the company as from the day of notice convening such meeting until the close of that meeting; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a resolution to amend the articles of association by which the rights conferred on holders of shares of a specific class as such are changed has been approved by the
relevant class meeting. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Dissolution. Liquidation. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;44. </U></B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the company is dissolved, the liquidation shall be carried out by the person designated for that purpose by the general meeting of shareholders, under the supervision of the
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The general meeting of shareholders shall upon the proposal of the supervisory board determine the remuneration payable to the liquidators and to the person responsible for
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The liquidation shall take place with due observance of the provisions of the law. During the liquidation period these articles of association shall, to the extent possible, remain
in full force and effect.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After settling the liquidation, the liquidators shall render account in accordance with the provisions of the law.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After the company has ceased to exist, the books and records of the company shall remain in the custody of the person designated for that purpose by the liquidators during a
seven-year period.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Distribution to shareholders upon dissolution.
</U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article&nbsp;45. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After payment of all liabilities and the cost of liquidation, the balance of the assets of the Company shall be divided as follows: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in the first place, if possible, the holders of preference shares shall be paid the nominal amount paid on their preference shares, increased by the
shortfall in the payment under article 40 and increased by an amount equal to the percentage on the nominal amount meant in article 40, calculated for the period, commencing on the first day of the last
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completely expired financial year preceding the dissolution and ending on the day of the distribution on preference shares meant in this article, with the proviso that all dividends which haven
been paid on the preference shares for this period shall be deducted from the distribution pursuant to this section; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">subsequently the holders of financing preference shares shall be paid the nominal amount paid on their financing preference shares, as well as the premium reserve paid
on their shares upon issue of the same, increased by the shortfall in the payment under article&nbsp;40 and increased by an amount equal to the percentage on the nominal amount meant in paragraph&nbsp;4.a. of article 40 (as possibly adjusted on the
basis of the provision of that article paragraph 4.c.) on the nominal amount after such amount has been increased by the premium reserve paid on their shares upon issue of the same, calculated for the period, commencing on the first day of the last
completely expired financial year preceding the dissolution and ending on the day of the distribution on financing preference shares meant in this article, with the proviso that all dividends which haven been paid on the preference shares for this
period shall be deducted from the distribution pursuant to this section; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the balance then remaining shall be distributed among the holders of ordinary shares in proportion to the number of ordinary shares held by each of them.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Unclaimed distributions upon dissolution. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Article 46. </U></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any amounts payable to shareholders or due to creditors which are not
claimed within six (6)&nbsp;months after the last distribution was made payable, shall be deposited with the &#147;consignatiekas&#148; (Public Administrator of Unclaimed Debts). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 5 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To QIAGEN N.V. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Spoorstraat 50 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5911 KJ VENLO </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Netherlands </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">J.J.J. Schutte</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M11316258/1/20466919/WGJ</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E joost.schutte@debrauw.com</FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Sir/Madam, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>QIAGEN N.V. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>SEC Registration </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>of 9,000,000 common shares </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>in the share capital of QIAGEN N.V. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Introduction</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I have
acted on behalf of De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. as Dutch legal adviser (<I>advocaat</I>) to QIAGEN N.V., with corporate seat in Venlo, (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;) in connection with the registration (the &#147;<B>Registration</B>&#148;)
by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>SEC</B>&#148;) of 9,000,000 common shares (the &#147;<B>Shares</B>&#148;), each having a nominal value of EUR 0.01, in the Company&#146;s share capital, to be
newly issued by the Company upon (i)&nbsp;the exercise of rights (the &#147;<B>Options</B>&#148;) to subscribe for shares in the Company&#146;s share capital granted under the Plan (as defined below) and (ii)&nbsp;the grant or exercise of stock
awards and other stock-based awards (the &#147;<B>Stock Awards</B>&#148;) under the Plan. I have taken instructions solely from yourselves. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Dutch Law</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This opinion
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Scope of Inquiry</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the
purpose of this opinion, I have examined the following documents: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>A copy of a notarial copy of the Company&#146;s deed of incorporation and its articles of association as most recently amended on 30&nbsp;June 2011 according to
the trade register extract referred to in paragraph 3.2, all as filed with the chamber of commerce and industry for Limburg (the &#147;<B>Chamber of Commerce</B>&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>A faxed copy of the trade register extract relating to the Company provided by the Chamber of Commerce and dated 14&nbsp;November 2011. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A print of an e-mailed copy received by me on 1&nbsp;September 2011 of the QIAGEN N.V. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan, as amended on 29&nbsp;July 2011 (including
the terms and the conditions of Options and Stock Awards (the &#147;<B>Terms and Conditions</B>&#148;) (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A faxed copy of an extract from the minutes of the Company&#146;s general meeting of shareholders held on 20&nbsp;July 2007, including a resolution to authorise the
Company&#146;s supervisory board (<I>raad van commissarissen</I>) for a period of five years commencing as of the effective date of the amendment of the articles of association referred to elsewhere in the minutes to (i)&nbsp;issue ordinary and
financing preference shares or rights to subscribe for such shares in the Company&#146;s capital for up to a maximum of the number of ordinary shares and financing preference shares authorized at the time of the effectiveness of the amendment of the
articles of association and to (ii)&nbsp;restrict or exclude the pre-emption right accruing to the shareholders up to a maximum of 50% of the number of ordinary shares to be issued or rights to subscribe for such shares to be granted under the
authorisation referred to under (i)&nbsp;(the &#147;<B>Delegations</B>&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prints of e-mailed copies received by me on 1&nbsp;September 2011 and 14&nbsp;November 2011, respectively, of written resolutions of the Company&#146;s supervisory
board dated 31&nbsp;January 2011 and 28&nbsp;October 2011, respectively, in respect of: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the issue of and the grant of options with respect to and the allocation of common shares designated for the granting of stock awards (e.g. restricted and unrestricted
stock awards) and grant of or exercise of other stock-based awards and the exercise of stock options granted in accordance with the Plan; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the elimination of any and all pre-emptive rights to which shareholders shall be entitled in the case of stock options, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and
other stock-based awards which have been or will be granted by the Compensation Committee to the members of the Supervisory Board and to consultants under the Amended Plan, during the period starting from January&nbsp;1, 2011 until December&nbsp;31,
2011; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the appointment of the compensation committee of the Company&#146;s supervisory board (the &#147;Compensation Committee&#148;) as the body to, among
other things, grant stock options, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and other stock-based awards to employees of the </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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Company and members of the Company&#146;s supervisory board on a monthly basis in accordance with the Plan and to determine the price and the further terms and conditions connected with the
granting of stock options, restricted and unrestricted stock awards and other stock-based awards in accordance with the Plan </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(such resolutions, together with any earlier or later resolutions to the same effect, the &#147;<B>Allocation Resolutions</B>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3.6</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A print of an e-mailed copy received by me on 21&nbsp;September 2011 of the minutes of a meeting of the Compensation Committee held on 30&nbsp;June 2011, including a
resolution to grant Options (such resolution, together with any earlier or later resolutions to the same effect with respect to Options and Stock Awards, the &#147;<B>Grant Resolutions</B>&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3.7</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>A print of an e-mailed copy received by me on 14&nbsp;November 2011 of a draft of a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Registration (excluding
the documents incorporated into the registration statement by reference and any annexes to it) (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, I have obtained the following confirmations on the date of this opinion: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>3.8</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Confirmation by telephone from the court registry of the District Court in Roermond derived from that Court&#146;s Insolvency Register; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Confirmation through www.rechtspraak.nl, derived from the segment for EU registrations of the Central Insolvency Register; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in each case that the Company is not registered as being subject to insolvency proceedings as defined in Article 2(a) of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29&nbsp;May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (&#147;<B>Insolvency Proceedings</B>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I have
not examined any document, and do not express an opinion on, or on any reference to, any document other than the documents referred to in this paragraph 3. My examination has been limited to the text of the documents and I have not investigated the
meaning and effect of any document governed by a law other than Dutch law under that other law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Assumptions</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For the
purpose of this opinion, I have made the following assumptions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Each copy document conforms to the original and each original is genuine and complete. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Each signature is the genuine signature of the individual concerned. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The extracts from minutes referred to in paragraph 3 are a true record of the proceedings described in them in duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings
and the resolutions set out in those minutes and any other resolutions referred to in paragraph 3, (i)&nbsp;were validly passed and remain in full force and effect without modification, and (ii)&nbsp;comply with the requirements of reasonableness
and fairness (<I>redelijkheid en billijkheid</I>) under Dutch law. Any confirmation referred to in paragraph 3 is true. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The Options and the Stock Awards to be granted and accepted under the Plan have been or will have been granted and accepted in accordance with the provisions of
the Plan. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The terms and conditions of Options and the Stock Awards will have been based on the form of&nbsp;the Terms and Conditions without material deviation.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4.6</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Allocation Resolutions and Grant Resolutions have been or will have been adopted in respect of Options and Stock Awards, as the case may be, relating to an
aggregate of 9,000,000 Shares. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>All Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of Options and Stock Awards and all Shares to be issued as a Stock Award are newly issued Shares.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>At the time of grant of the Options and the Stock Awards and at the time of issue of the Shares both the Company&#146;s authorized share capital
(<I>maatschappelijk kapitaal</I>) and the relevant Delegation are sufficient to allow for the issue of the Shares. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4.9</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The Shares will have been (i)&nbsp;issued in the form and manner prescribed by the Company&#146;s articles of association at the time of issue and
(ii)&nbsp;otherwise offered, issued and accepted by the Option holders and Stock Award holders exercising their Options and Stock Awards, as the case may be, and the recipients of Stock Awards, in accordance with the Plan and all applicable laws
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, Dutch law). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>4.10</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon issue of each Share the nominal amount of such Share will have been validly paid in cash and any agreed share premium will have been validly paid (a)&nbsp;in cash
or (b)&nbsp;through set-off by the Company; to the extent payment is made in a currency other than the euro the payment will, calculated in accordance with the exchange rate prescribed by law, correspond to at least the amount payable in euro.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>The Registration Statement has been or will have been filed with the SEC in the form referred to in paragraph 3. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Opinion</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based on the
documents and confirmations referred to and the assumptions made in paragraphs 3 and 4 and subject to the qualifications in paragraph 6 and to any matters not disclosed to me (including force (<I>bedreiging</I>), fraud (<I>bedrog</I>), undue
influence (<I>misbruik van omstandigheden</I>) or a mistake (<I>dwaling</I>) in connection with the issue of the Shares), I am of the following opinion: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>When issued, the Shares will have been validly issued and will be fully paid. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Qualifications</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This
opinion is subject to the following qualifications: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>This opinion is subject to any limitations arising from bankruptcy, suspension of payments, emergency measures, (other) Insolvency Proceedings or other laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>An extract from the trade register does not provide conclusive evidence that the facts set out in it are correct. However, under the 2007 Trade Register Act
(<I>Handelsregisterwet 2007</I>), subject to limited exceptions, a legal entity or partnership cannot invoke the incorrectness or incompleteness of its Trade Register registration against third parties who were unaware of the incorrectness or
incompleteness. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>6.3</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>A confirmation derived from an Insolvency Register does not provide conclusive evidence that an entity is not subject to Insolvency Proceedings.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Reliance</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This opinion is
solely for the purpose of the Registration. It is not to be transmitted to anyone nor is it to be relied upon for any other purpose or quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone without my written consent except that it may be
filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (but I do not admit that I am a person whose consent for that filing is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Yours faithfully, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For De Brauw Blackstone
Westbroek N.V. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 23.2 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We consent to the incorporation
by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the QIAGEN N.V. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan of our report dated March&nbsp;18, 2011, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of QIAGEN N.V. and
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of QIAGEN N.V., included in its Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young GmbH Wirtschaftspr&uuml;fungsgesellschaft </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">November&nbsp;17, 2011 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Mannheim, Germany
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>QIAGEN N.V. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 2005 STOCK PLAN </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(as amended on July&nbsp;29, 2011) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan amends and restates in its entirety the QIAGEN N.V. 1996 Employee, Director and Consultant Stock Option Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>DEFINITIONS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms, as used in this QIAGEN N.V. 2005 Stock Plan, have the following meanings: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Administrator</U> means the Board of Directors, unless it has delegated power to act on its behalf to the Committee, in which case the
Administrator means the Committee (See Paragraph 4). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Affiliate</U> means a corporation which, is a parent or subsidiary of
the Company, direct or indirect, in an unbroken chain of corporations if, each of the corporations (except for the ultimate parent corporation) owns stock possessing 50 percent or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in
one of the other corporations in such chain </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Agreement</U> means an agreement between the Company and a Participant
delivered pursuant to the Plan, in such form as the Administrator shall approve. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Board of Directors</U> means the
Supervisory Board of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Code</U> means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Committee</U> means the committee to which the Board of Directors has delegated power to act under or pursuant to the provisions of the
Plan. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Common Stock</U> means ordinary shares of the Company, 0.01 EUR par value per share. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Company</U> means QIAGEN N.V., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands having its corporate seat in
the Venlo, The Netherlands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Disability</U> or <U>Disabled</U> means a permanent and total disability in which an individual
is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less
than 12 months. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Employee</U> means any employee of the Company or of an Affiliate (including, without limitation, an
employee who is also serving as an officer or director of the Company or of an Affiliate), designated by the Administrator to be eligible to be granted one or more Stock Rights under the Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Fair Market Value</U> of a Share of Common Stock means: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market and sales prices are regularly reported for the Common Stock, the closing or last price of the
Common Stock on the composite tape or other comparable reporting system on the applicable date and if such date is not a trading day, the last market trading day prior to such date; </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) If the Common Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange but is traded on the
over-the-counter market, if sales prices are not regularly reported for the Common Stock for the trading day referred to in clause&nbsp;(1), and if bid and asked prices for the Common Stock are regularly reported, either (a)&nbsp;the average of the
mean between the bid and the asked price for the Common Stock at the close of trading in the over-the-counter market for the ten trading days on which Common Stock was traded immediately preceding the applicable date or (b)&nbsp;the mean between the
bid and the asked price for the Common Stock at the close of trading in the over-the-counter market for the trading day on which Common Stock was traded immediately preceding the applicable date and if such date is not a trading day, the last market
trading day prior to such date, as the Administrator shall determine; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) If the Common Stock is neither listed on a
national securities exchange nor traded in the over-the-counter market, such value as the Administrator, in good faith, shall determine. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ISO</U> means an option meant to qualify as an incentive stock option under Section&nbsp;422 of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Non-Qualified Option</U> means an option which is not intended to qualify as an ISO. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Option</U> means an ISO or Non-Qualified Option granted under the Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Participant</U> means an Employee, director, member of the Board of Directors or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate to whom one
or more Stock Rights are granted under the Plan. As used herein, &#147;Participant&#148; shall include &#147;Participant&#146;s Survivors&#148; where the context requires. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Plan</U> means this QIAGEN N.V. Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Plan. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Shares</U> means shares of the Common Stock as to which Stock Rights have been or may be granted under the Plan or any shares of
capital stock into which the Shares are changed or for which they are exchanged within the provisions of Paragraph&nbsp;3 of the Plan. The Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued shares or shares held by the Company in its
treasury, or both. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Stock-Based Award</U> means a grant by the Company under the Plan of an equity award or equity based
award which is not an Option or Stock Grant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Stock Grant</U> means a grant by the Company of Shares under the Plan.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Stock Right</U> means a right to Shares or the value of Shares of the Company granted pursuant to the Plan &#151; an ISO, a
Non-Qualified Option, a Stock Grant or a Stock-Based Award. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Survivor</U> means a deceased Participant&#146;s legal
representatives and/or any person or persons who acquired the Participant&#146;s rights to a Stock Right by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>PURPOSES OF THE PLAN</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Plan is intended to encourage ownership of Shares by Participants in order to attract such people, to induce them to work for the
benefit of the Company or of an Affiliate and to provide additional incentive for them to promote the success of the Company or of an Affiliate. The Plan provides for the granting of ISOs, Non-Qualified Options, Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards.
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The number of Shares subject to this Plan as to which Stock Rights may be issued from time to time pursuant to this Plan, shall be 31,000,000 or the equivalent of such number of Shares after the
Administrator, in its sole discretion, has interpreted the effect of any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization or similar transaction in accordance with Paragraph 24 of the Plan. The maximum number of Shares with respect to
which ISOs may be issued under the Plan shall not exceed 1,600,000. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Option ceases to be outstanding, in whole or in
part (other than by exercise), or if the Company shall reacquire (at no more than its original issuance price) any Shares issued pursuant to a Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award, or if any Stock Right expires or is forfeited, cancelled, or otherwise
terminated or results in any Shares not being issued, the unissued Shares which were subject to such Stock Right shall again be available for issuance from time to time pursuant to this Plan. </FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator of the Plan will be the Board of Directors, except to the extent the Board of Directors delegates its authority to the Committee, in which case the Committee shall be the Administrator.
Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Administrator is authorized to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interpret the provisions of the Plan and all Stock Rights and to make all rules and determinations which it deems necessary or advisable for the administration of the
Plan; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Determine which Employees, directors and consultants shall be granted Stock Rights; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Determine the number of Shares for which a Stock Right or Stock Rights shall be granted; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Specify the terms and conditions upon which a Stock Right or Stock Rights may be granted; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">e.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Adopt any sub-plans applicable to residents of any specified jurisdiction as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with or take advantage of any tax or
other laws applicable to the Company or to Participants or to otherwise facilitate the administration of the Plan, which sub-plans may include additional restrictions or conditions applicable to Stock Rights or Shares issuable pursuant to a Stock
Right; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">provided, however, that all such interpretations, rules, determinations, terms and conditions shall be made and
prescribed in the context of preserving the tax status under Section&nbsp;422 of the Code of those Options which are designated as ISOs. Subject to the foregoing, the interpretation and construction by the Administrator of any provisions of the Plan
or of any Stock Right granted under it shall be final, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, if the Administrator is the Committee. In addition, if the Administrator is the Committee, the Board of Directors may take any action under
the Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the extent permitted under applicable law, the Board
of Directors or the Committee may allocate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any one or more of its members and may delegate all or any portion of its responsibilities and powers to any other person selected by it. The Board
of Directors or the Committee may revoke any such allocation or delegation at any time. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator will, in its sole discretion, name the Participants in the Plan, provided, however, that each Participant must be an Employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate at
the time a Stock Right is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may authorize the grant of a Stock Right to a person not then an Employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate. The actual grant of such Stock
Right shall be conditioned upon such person becoming eligible to become a Participant at or prior to the time of the execution of the Agreement evidencing such Stock Right. ISOs may be granted only to Employees. Non-Qualified Options, Stock Grants
and Stock-Based Awards may be granted to any Employee, director or consultant of the Company or an Affiliate. No resident of the United States shall be granted in any one year Stock Rights to purchase more than 500,000 Shares. The granting of any
Stock Right to any individual shall neither entitle that individual to, nor disqualify him or her from, participation in any other grant of Stock Rights. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Option shall be set forth in writing in an Option Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant. The Administrator may
provide that Options be granted subject to such terms and conditions, consistent with the terms and conditions specifically required under this Plan, as the Administrator may deem appropriate including, without limitation, subsequent approval by the
shareholders of the Company of this Plan or any amendments thereto. The Option Agreements shall be subject to at least the following terms and conditions: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Non-Qualified Options</U>: Each Option intended to be a Non-Qualified Option shall be subject to the terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to be
appropriate and in the best interest of the Company, subject to the following minimum standards for any such Non-Qualified Option: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Option Price</U>: Each Option Agreement shall state the option price (per share) of the Shares covered by each Option, which option price shall be determined by the
Administrator but shall not be less than the par value per share of Common Stock except that for a Participant subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the option price shall not be less than the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Number of Shares</U>: Each Option Agreement shall state the number of Shares to which it pertains. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Option Periods</U>: Each Option Agreement shall state the date or dates on which it first is exercisable and the date after which it may no longer be exercised, and
may provide that the Option rights accrue or become exercisable in installments over a period of months or years, or upon the occurrence of certain conditions or the attainment of stated goals or events. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Option Conditions</U>: Exercise of any Option may be conditioned upon the Participant&#146;s execution of a Share purchase agreement in form satisfactory to the
Administrator providing for certain protections for the Company and its other shareholders, including requirements that: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">i.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Participant&#146;s or the Participant&#146;s Survivors&#146; right to sell or transfer the Shares may be restricted; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ii.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Participant or the Participant&#146;s Survivors may be required to execute letters of investment intent and must also acknowledge that the Shares will bear legends
noting any applicable restrictions. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ISOs</U>: Each Option intended to be an ISO shall be issued only to an Employee and be subject to the following terms and conditions, with such additional
restrictions or changes as the Administrator determines are appropriate but not in conflict with Section&nbsp;422 of the Code and relevant regulations and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Minimum standards</U>: The ISO shall meet the minimum standards required of Non-Qualified Options, as described in Paragraph 6(A) above, except clause
(a)&nbsp;thereunder. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Option Price</U>: Immediately before the ISO is granted, if the Participant owns, directly or by reason of the applicable attribution rules in Section&nbsp;424(d) of
the Code: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">i.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10% <U>or less</U> of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, the Option price per share of the Shares covered by each
ISO shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per share of the Shares on the date of the grant of the Option; or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ii.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">More than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, the Option price per share of the Shares covered by each ISO
shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Term of Option</U>: For Participants who own: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">i.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10% <U>or less</U> of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, each ISO shall terminate not more than ten years from the
date of the grant or at such earlier time as the Option Agreement may provide; or </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="13%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ii.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">More than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or an Affiliate, each ISO shall terminate not more than five years from the date
of the grant or at such earlier time as the Option Agreement may provide. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Limitation on Yearly Exercise</U>: The Option Agreements shall restrict the amount of ISOs which may become exercisable in any calendar year (under this or any other
ISO plan of the Company or an Affiliate) so that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time each ISO is granted) of the stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by the Participant in any calendar year does not
exceed $100,000. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK GRANTS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each offer of a Stock Grant to a Participant shall state the date prior to which the Stock Grant must be accepted by the Participant, and the principal terms of each Stock Grant shall be set forth in an
Agreement, duly executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant. The Agreement shall be in a form approved by the Administrator and shall contain terms and conditions which the Administrator
determines to be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company, subject to the following minimum standards: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Agreement shall state the purchase price (per share), if any, of the Shares covered by each Stock Grant, which purchase price shall be determined by the
Administrator but shall not be less than the minimum consideration required by the law of The Netherlands on the date of the grant of the Stock Grant; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Agreement shall state the number of Shares to which the Stock Grant pertains; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Agreement shall include the terms of any right of the Company to restrict or reacquire the Shares subject to the Stock Grant, including the time and events upon
which such rights shall accrue and the purchase price therefor, if any. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board shall have the right to grant other Stock-Based Awards based upon the Common Stock having such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including, without limitation, the grant of Shares
based upon certain conditions, the grant of securities convertible into Shares and the grant of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards or stock units. The principal terms of each Stock-Based Award shall be set forth in an Agreement, duly
executed by the Company and, to the extent required by law or requested by the Company, by the Participant. The Agreement shall be in a form approved by the Administrator and shall contain terms and conditions which the Administrator determines to
be appropriate and in the best interest of the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the extent a Stock-Based Award is subject to Section&nbsp;409A of
the Code, such Stock-Based Award shall be paid as provided in the Agreement on the earliest to occur of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">death, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">disability within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">separation from service with the Company and all of its Affiliates or, in the case of a Specified Employee (which for these purposes is a key employee
of the Company or an Affiliate as defined in Section&nbsp;416(i) of the Code without regard to paragraph (5)&nbsp;thereof), 6 months after a separation from service with the Company and all of its Affiliates, </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a &#147;change in control event&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, or </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#149;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a fixed date as specified by the Administrator in the applicable Agreement. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of a Stock-Based Award subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code shall not be
accelerated, except as provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company intends that the Plan and any Stock-Based Awards granted hereunder to a United States citizen be exempt from the application
of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, or meet the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3)&nbsp;and (4)&nbsp;of subsection (a)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code (and any successor provisions of the Code) and the regulations and other guidance issued
thereunder (the &#147;Requirements&#148;), and be operated in accordance with such Requirements, so that any compensation deferred under any Stock-Based Award (and applicable investment earnings) shall not be included in income under
Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Any ambiguities in the Plan shall be construed to effect the intent as described in this Paragraph 8. If any provision of the Plan is found to be in violation of the Requirements, if applicable, then such provision
shall be deemed to be modified or restricted to the extent and in the manner necessary to render such provision in conformity with the Requirements, or shall be deemed excised from the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced to the
maximum extent permitted by the Requirements as if such provision had been originally incorporated in the Plan as so modified or restricted, or as if such provision had not been originally incorporated in the Plan, as the case may be. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND ISSUE OF SHARES</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An Option (or any part or installment thereof) shall be exercised by giving written notice to the Company or its designee, together with provision for payment of the full purchase price in accordance with
this Paragraph for the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised, and upon compliance with any other condition(s) set forth in the Option Agreement. Such notice shall be signed by the person exercising the Option, shall state the number of
Shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised and shall contain any representation required by the Plan or the Option Agreement. Payment of the purchase price for the Shares as to which such Option is being exercised shall be made
(a)&nbsp;in United States dollars in cash or such other currencies as may be determined by the Administrator, or (b)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal as of the
date of the exercise to the cash exercise price of the Option, or (c)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of the grantee&#146;s personal recourse note, bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the
applicable Federal rate, as defined in Section&nbsp;1274(d) of the Code, or (d)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, in accordance with a cashless exercise program established with a securities brokerage firm, and approved by the
Administrator, or (e)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, by any combination of (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;and (d)&nbsp;above, or (e)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, payment of such other lawful consideration as the Board may
determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator shall accept only such payment on exercise of an ISO as is permitted by Section&nbsp;422 of the Code. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon written confirmation of the exercise of the Option by the Company, the Company shall then reasonably promptly deliver the Shares as to which such Option was exercised to the Participant (or to the
Participant&#146;s Survivors, as the case may be). In determining what constitutes &#147;reasonably promptly,&#148; it is expressly understood that the issuance and delivery of the Shares may be delayed by the Company in order to comply with any law
or regulation (including, without limitation, state securities or &#147;blue sky&#148; laws) which requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares prior to their issuance. The Shares shall, upon delivery, be fully paid,
non-assessable Shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator shall have the right to accelerate the date of exercise of any installment of any
Option; provided that the Administrator shall not accelerate the exercise date of any installment of any Option granted to an Employee as an ISO (and not previously converted into a Non-Qualified Option pursuant to Paragraph 27) without the consent
of the Participant if such acceleration would violate the annual vesting limitation contained in Section&nbsp;422(d) of the Code, as described in Paragraph 6.B.d. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator may, in its discretion, amend any term or condition of an outstanding
Option provided (i)&nbsp;such term or condition as amended is permitted by the Plan, (ii)&nbsp;any such amendment shall be made only with the consent of the Participant to whom the Option was granted, or in the event of the death of the Participant,
the Participant&#146;s Survivors, if the amendment is adverse to the Participant, and (iii)&nbsp;any such amendment of any ISO shall be made only after the Administrator determines whether such amendment would constitute a &#147;modification&#148;
of any Option which is an ISO (as that term is defined in Section&nbsp;424(h) of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holder of such ISO. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ACCEPTANCE OF STOCK GRANTS AND STOCK-BASED AWARDS AND ISSUE OF SHARES</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award (or any part or installment thereof) shall be accepted by executing the applicable Agreement and delivering it to the Company or its designee, together with provision
for payment of the full purchase price, if any, in accordance with this Paragraph for the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award is being accepted, and upon compliance with any other conditions set forth in the applicable
Agreement. Payment of the purchase price for the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award is being accepted shall be made (a)&nbsp;in United States dollars in cash or such other currencies as may be determined by the Administrator
check, or (b)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, through delivery of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value equal as of the date of acceptance of the Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award to the purchase price of the Stock Grant or
Stock-Based Award, or (c)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, by delivery of the grantee&#146;s personal recourse note bearing interest payable not less than annually at no less than 100% of the applicable Federal rate, as defined in
Section&nbsp;1274(d) of the Code, or (d)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, by any combination of (a), (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company shall then, if required pursuant to the applicable Agreement, reasonably promptly deliver the Shares as to which such Stock Grant or Stock-Based Award was accepted to the Participant (or to
the Participant&#146;s Survivors, as the case may be), subject to any escrow provision set forth in the applicable Agreement. In determining what constitutes &#147;reasonably promptly,&#148; it is expressly understood that the issuance and delivery
of the Shares may be delayed by the Company in order to comply with any law or regulation (including, without limitation, state securities or &#147;blue sky&#148; laws) which requires the Company to take any action with respect to the Shares prior
to their issuance. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator may, in its discretion, amend any term or condition of an outstanding Stock Grant,
Stock-Based Award or applicable Agreement provided (i)&nbsp;such term or condition as amended is permitted by the Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;any such amendment shall be made only with the consent of the Participant to whom the Stock Grant or Stock-Based
Award was made, if the amendment is adverse to the Participant. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>RIGHTS AS A SHAREHOLDER</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Participant to whom a Stock Right has been granted shall have rights as a shareholder with respect to any Shares covered by such Stock
Right, except after due exercise of the Option or acceptance of the Stock Grant or as set forth in any Agreement and tender of the full purchase price, if any, for the Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise or acceptance and registration
of the Shares in the Company&#146;s share register in the name of the Participant. </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ASSIGNABILITY AND TRANSFERABILITY OF STOCK RIGHTS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By its terms, a Stock Right granted to a Participant shall not be transferable by the Participant other than (i)&nbsp;by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, or (ii)&nbsp;as approved by the
Administrator in its discretion and set forth in the applicable Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an ISO transferred except in compliance with clause (i)&nbsp;above shall no longer qualify as an ISO. The designation of a beneficiary of a
Stock Right by a Participant, with the prior approval of the Administrator and in such form as the Administrator shall prescribe, shall not be deemed a transfer prohibited by this Paragraph. Except as provided above, a Stock Right shall only be
exercisable or may only be accepted, during the Participant&#146;s lifetime, by such Participant (or by his or her legal representative) and shall not be assigned, pledged or hypothecated in any way (whether by operation of law or otherwise) and
shall not be subject to execution, attachment or similar process. Any attempted transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of any Stock Right or of any rights granted thereunder contrary to the provisions of this Plan, or the
levy of any attachment or similar process upon a Stock Right, shall be null and void. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE OTHER THAN &#147;FOR CAUSE&#148; OR DEATH OR DISABILITY</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement, in the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee,
director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate before the Participant has exercised an Option, the following rules apply: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Participant who ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate (for any reason other than termination &#147;for cause&#148;,
Disability, or death for which events there are special rules in Paragraphs 14, 15, and 16, respectively), may exercise any Option granted to him or her to the extent that the Option is exercisable on the date of such termination of service, but
only within such term as the Administrator has designated in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as provided in Subparagraph (c)&nbsp;below, or Paragraph 15 or 16, in no event may an Option intended to be an ISO, be exercised later than three months after
the Participant&#146;s termination of employment. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of this Paragraph, and not the provisions of Paragraph 15 or 16, shall apply to a Participant who subsequently becomes Disabled or dies after the
termination of employment, director status or consultancy; provided, however, in the case of a Participant&#146;s Disability or death within three months after the termination of employment, director status or consultancy, the Participant or the
Participant&#146;s Survivors may exercise the Option within one year after the date of the Participant&#146;s termination of service, but in no event after the date of expiration of the term of the Option. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if subsequent to a Participant&#146;s termination of employment, termination of director status or termination of
consultancy, but prior to the exercise of an Option, the Board of Directors determines that, either prior or subsequent to the Participant&#146;s termination, the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute &#147;cause&#148;, then such
Participant shall forthwith cease to have any right to exercise any Option. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">e.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Participant to whom an Option has been granted under the Plan who is absent from the Company or an Affiliate because of temporary disability (any
disability other than a Disability as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof), or who is on leave of absence for any purpose, shall not, during the </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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period of any such absence, be deemed, by virtue of such absence alone, to have terminated such Participant&#146;s employment, director status or consultancy with the Company or with an
Affiliate, except as the Administrator may otherwise expressly provide. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">f.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as required by law or as set forth in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement, Options granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change of a
Participant&#146;s status within or among the Company and any Affiliates, so long as no material additional expense to the Company shall be incurred and the Participant continues to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or any
Affiliate; provided, however, if a Participant&#146;s employment by either the Company or an Affiliate shall cease (other than to become an employee of an Affiliate or the Company) or the entity that employees the Participant is no longer deemed an
Affiliate, such termination shall affect the Participant&#146;s rights under any Option granted to such Participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Participant&#146;s Option Agreement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE &#147;FOR CAUSE&#148;</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement, the following rules apply if the Participant&#146;s service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an
Affiliate is terminated &#147;for cause&#148; prior to the time that all his or her outstanding Options have been exercised: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All outstanding and unexercised Options as of the time the Participant is notified his or her service is terminated &#147;for cause&#148; will immediately be forfeited.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Plan, &#147;cause&#148; shall include (and is not limited to) dishonesty with respect to the employer, insubordination, substantial malfeasance or
non-feasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, noncompetition or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company
or any Affiliate, conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any Affiliate and any interpretation under applicable law including, but not limited to, German Law Civil Code Section&nbsp;626. The determination of the
Administrator as to the existence of &#147;cause&#148; will be conclusive on the Participant and the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Cause&#148; is not limited to events which have occurred prior to a Participant&#146;s termination of service, nor is it necessary that the Administrator&#146;s
finding of &#147;cause&#148; occur prior to termination. If the Administrator determines, subsequent to a Participant&#146;s termination of service but prior to the exercise of an Option, that either prior or subsequent to the Participant&#146;s
termination the Participant engaged in conduct which would constitute &#147;cause&#148;, then the right to exercise any Option is forfeited. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any provision in an agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, which contains a conflicting definition of &#147;cause&#148; for termination and
which is in effect at the time of such termination, shall supersede the definition in this Plan with respect to that Participant. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR DISABILITY</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement, a Participant who ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate by reason of Disability may
exercise any Option granted to such Participant: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the extent that the Option has become exercisable but has not been exercised on the date of Disability; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically over time, to the extent of a pro rata portion through the date of Disability of any additional vesting
rights that would have accrued on the next vesting date had the Participant not become Disabled. The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued in the current vesting period prior to the date of Disability. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Disabled Participant may exercise such rights only within the period ending one year after the date of the Participant&#146;s
termination of employment, directorship or consultancy, as the case may be, notwithstanding that the Participant might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if the Participant had not become Disabled
and had continued to be an employee, director or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator shall make the determination both of whether Disability has occurred and the date of its occurrence (unless a procedure for such determination is set forth in another agreement between
the Company and such Participant, in which case such procedure shall be used for such determination). If requested, the Participant shall be examined by a physician selected or approved by the Administrator, the cost of which examination shall be
paid for by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON OPTIONS OF DEATH WHILE AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Option Agreement, in the event of the death of a Participant while the Participant is an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an
Affiliate, such Option may be exercised by the Participant&#146;s Survivors: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To the extent that the Option has become exercisable but has not been exercised on the date of death; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event rights to exercise the Option accrue periodically over time, to the extent of a pro rata portion through the date of death of any additional vesting rights
that would have accrued on the next vesting date had the Participant not died. The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued in the current vesting period prior to the Participant&#146;s date of death. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Participant&#146;s Survivors wish to exercise the Option, they must take all necessary steps to exercise the Option within one
year after the date of death of such Participant, notwithstanding that the decedent might have been able to exercise the Option as to some or all of the Shares on a later date if he or she had not died and had continued to be an employee, director
or consultant or, if earlier, within the originally prescribed term of the Option. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE ON UNACCEPTED STOCK GRANTS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an Affiliate for any reason before the Participant has accepted a Stock Grant, such offer
shall terminate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Paragraph 17 and Paragraph 18 below, a Participant to whom a Stock Grant has been
offered and accepted under the Plan who is absent from work with the Company or with an Affiliate because of temporary disability (any disability other than a permanent and total Disability as defined in Paragraph 1 hereof), or who is on leave of
absence for any purpose, shall not, during the period of any such absence, be deemed, by virtue of such absence alone, to have terminated such Participant&#146;s employment, director status or consultancy with the Company or with an Affiliate,
except as the Administrator may otherwise expressly provide. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, for purposes of this Paragraph 17 and Paragraph 18 below, any change of
employment or other service within or among the Company and any Affiliates shall not be treated as a termination of employment, director status or consultancy so long as the Participant continues to be an employee, director or consultant of the
Company or any Affiliate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE OTHER THAN &#147;FOR CAUSE&#148; OR DEATH OR DISABILITY</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Agreement, in the event of a termination of service (whether as an employee, director
or consultant), other than termination &#147;for cause,&#148; Disability, or death for which events there are special rules in Paragraphs 19, 20, and 21, respectively, before all Company rights of repurchase shall have lapsed, then the Company shall
have the right to repurchase that number of Shares subject to a Stock Grant as to which the Company&#146;s repurchase rights have not lapsed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE &#147;FOR CAUSE&#148;</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Agreement, the following rules apply if the Participant&#146;s service (whether as an employee, director or consultant) with the Company or an
Affiliate is terminated &#147;for cause&#148;: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All Shares subject to any Stock Grant shall be immediately subject to repurchase by the Company at the purchase price, if any, thereof. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Plan, &#147;cause&#148; shall include (and is not limited to) dishonesty with respect to the employer, insubordination, substantial malfeasance or
non-feasance of duty, unauthorized disclosure of confidential information, breach by the Participant of any provision of any employment, consulting, advisory, nondisclosure, noncompetition or similar agreement between the Participant and the Company
or any Affiliate, conduct substantially prejudicial to the business of the Company or any Affiliate and any interpretation under applicable law including, but not limited to, German Law Civil Code Section&nbsp;626. The determination of the
Administrator as to the existence of &#147;cause&#148; will be conclusive on the Participant and the Company. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">c.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Cause&#148; is not limited to events which have occurred prior to a Participant&#146;s termination of service, nor is it necessary that the Administrator&#146;s
finding of &#147;cause&#148; occur prior to termination. If the Administrator determines, subsequent to a Participant&#146;s termination of service, that either prior or subsequent to the Participant&#146;s termination the Participant engaged in
conduct which would constitute &#147;cause,&#148; then the Company&#146;s right to repurchase all of such Participant&#146;s Shares shall apply. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">d.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any provision in an agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, which contains a conflicting definition of &#147;cause&#148; for termination and
which is in effect at the time of such termination, shall supersede the definition in this Plan with respect to that Participant. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF TERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR DISABILITY</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Agreement, the following rules apply if a Participant ceases to be an employee, director or consultant of the Company or of an Affiliate by reason of
Disability: to the extent the Company&#146;s rights of repurchase have not lapsed on the date of Disability, they shall be exercisable; provided, </FONT></P>

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however, that in the event such rights of repurchase lapse periodically over time, such rights shall lapse to the extent of a pro rata portion of the Shares subject to such Stock Grant through
the date of Disability as would have lapsed had the Participant not become Disabled. The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued prior to the date of Disability. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator shall make the determination both of whether Disability has occurred and the date of its occurrence (unless a procedure
for such determination is set forth in another agreement between the Company and such Participant, in which case such procedure shall be used for such determination). If requested, the Participant shall be examined by a physician selected or
approved by the Administrator, the cost of which examination shall be paid for by the Company. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EFFECT ON STOCK GRANTS OF DEATH WHILE AN EMPLOYEE, DIRECTOR OR CONSULTANT</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as otherwise provided in a Participant&#146;s Agreement, the following rules apply in the event of the death of a Participant while the Participant is an employee, director or consultant of the
Company or of an Affiliate: to the extent the Company&#146;s rights of repurchase have not lapsed on the date of death, they shall be exercisable; provided, however, that in the event such rights of repurchase lapse periodically over time, such
rights shall lapse to the extent of a pro rata portion of the Shares subject to such Stock Grant through the date of death as would have lapsed had the Participant not died. The proration shall be based upon the number of days accrued prior to the
Participant&#146;s death. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">22.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless the offering and sale of the Shares to be issued upon the particular exercise or acceptance of a Stock Right shall have been
effectively registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as now in force or hereafter amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), the Company shall be under no obligation to issue the Shares covered by such exercise unless and until the following conditions
have been fulfilled: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">a.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The person(s) who exercise(s) or accept(s) such Stock Right shall warrant to the Company, prior to the receipt of such Shares, that such person(s) are acquiring such
Shares for their own respective accounts, for investment, and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, the distribution of any such Shares, in which event the person(s) acquiring such Shares shall be bound by the provisions of the
following legend which shall be endorsed upon the certificate(s) evidencing their Shares issued pursuant to such exercise or such grant: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;The shares represented by this certificate have been taken for investment and they may not be sold or otherwise transferred by any person, including a pledgee, unless (1)&nbsp;either (a)&nbsp;a
Registration Statement with respect to such shares shall be effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (b)&nbsp;the Company shall have received an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it that an exemption from registration under such
Act is then available, and (2)&nbsp;there shall have been compliance with all applicable state securities laws.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">b.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the discretion of the Administrator, the Company shall have received an opinion of its U.S. counsel that the Shares may be issued upon such particular exercise or
acceptance in compliance with the 1933 Act without registration thereunder. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may delay issuance of
the Shares until completion of any action or obtaining of any consent which the Company deems necessary under any applicable law (including, without limitation, state securities or &#147;blue sky&#148; laws). </FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION OF THE COMPANY</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all Options granted under this Plan which as of such date shall not have been exercised and all Stock Grants and Stock-Based Awards which have not been
accepted will terminate and become null and void; provided, however, that if the rights of a Participant or a Participant&#146;s Survivors have not otherwise terminated and expired, the Participant or the Participant&#146;s Survivors will have the
right immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation to exercise or accept any Stock Right to the extent that the Stock Right is exercisable or subject to acceptance as of the date immediately prior to such dissolution or liquidation. Upon the
dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any outstanding Stock-Based Awards shall immediately terminate unless otherwise determined by the Administrator or specifically provided in the applicable Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">24.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ADJUSTMENTS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the
occurrence of any of the following events, a Participant&#146;s rights with respect to any outstanding Stock Right granted to him or her hereunder shall be adjusted as hereinafter provided, unless otherwise specifically provided in a
Participant&#146;s Agreement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A. <U>Stock Dividends and Stock Splits</U>. If (i)&nbsp;the shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares or if the Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock as a stock dividend on its outstanding Common Stock, or (ii)&nbsp;additional shares or new or different shares or other
securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of an Option or acceptance of a Stock Grant may be appropriately
increased or decreased proportionately, and appropriate adjustments may be made including, in the purchase price per share, to reflect such events. The number of Shares subject to the limitations in Paragraphs 3 and 5 shall also be proportionately
adjusted upon the occurrence of such events. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B. <U>Corporate Transactions</U>. If the Company is to be consolidated with or
acquired by another entity in a merger, sale of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets other than a transaction to merely change the state of incorporation or other internal reorganization of the Company and its Affiliates (a
&#147;Corporate Transaction&#148;), the Administrator or the board of directors of any entity assuming the obligations of the Company hereunder (the &#147;Successor Board&#148;), shall, as to outstanding Options, either (i)&nbsp;make appropriate
provision for the continuation of such Options by substituting on an equitable basis for the Shares then subject to such Options either the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock in connection with the Corporate
Transaction or securities of any successor or acquiring entity; or (ii)&nbsp;upon written notice to the Participants, provide that all Options must be exercised (either (a)&nbsp;to the extent then exercisable or, (b)&nbsp;at the discretion of the
Administrator, all Options being made fully exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph), within a specified number of days of the date of such notice, at the end of which period the Options shall terminate; or (iii)&nbsp;terminate all Options in
exchange for a cash payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Options (either (a)&nbsp;to the extent then exercisable or, (b)&nbsp;at the discretion of the Administrator, all Options being made fully
exercisable for purposes of this Subparagraph) over the exercise price thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With respect to outstanding Stock Grants, the
Administrator or the Successor Board, shall either (i)&nbsp;make appropriate provisions for the continuation of such Stock Grants on the same terms and conditions by substituting on an equitable basis for the Shares then subject to such Stock Grants
either the consideration payable with respect to the outstanding Shares of Common Stock in connection with the Corporate Transaction or securities of any successor or acquiring entity; or (ii)&nbsp;terminate all Stock Grants in exchange for a cash
payment equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such Stock Grants over the purchase price thereof, if any. In addition, in the event of a Corporate Transaction, the Administrator may waive any or all Company repurchase
rights with respect to outstanding Stock Grants. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C. <U>Recapitalization or Reorganization</U>. In the event of a recapitalization or
reorganization of the Company, other than a Corporate Transaction pursuant to which securities of the Company or of another corporation are issued with respect to the outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Participant upon exercising an Option or
accepting a Stock Grant after the recapitalization or reorganization shall be entitled to receive for the purchase price paid upon such exercise or acceptance the number of replacement securities which would have been received if such Option had
been exercised or Stock Grant accepted prior to such recapitalization or reorganization. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">D. <U>Adjustments to Stock-Based
Awards</U>. Upon the happening of any of the events described in Subparagraphs A, B or C above, any outstanding Stock-Based Award shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the events described in such Subparagraphs. The Administrator or the
Successor Board shall determine the specific adjustments to be made under this Paragraph 24 and, subject to Paragraph 4, its determination shall be conclusive. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">E. <U>Modification of ISOs</U>. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Subparagraph A, B or C above with respect to ISOs shall be made only after the Administrator determines
whether such adjustments would constitute a &#147;modification&#148; of such ISOs (as that term is defined in Section&nbsp;424(h) of the Code) or would cause any adverse tax consequences for the holders of such ISOs. If the Administrator determines
that such adjustments made with respect to ISOs would constitute a modification of such ISOs, it may refrain from making such adjustments, unless the holder of an ISO specifically requests in writing that such adjustment be made and such writing
indicates that the holder has full knowledge of the consequences of such &#147;modification&#148; on his or her income tax treatment with respect to the ISO. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">25.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>ISSUANCES OF SECURITIES</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as expressly provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of
stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares subject to Stock Rights. Except as expressly provided herein, no adjustments shall be made for dividends paid in cash
or in property (including without limitation, securities) of the Company prior to any issuance of Shares pursuant to a Stock Right. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">26.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>FRACTIONAL SHARES</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No
fractional shares shall be issued under the Plan and the person exercising a Stock Right shall receive from the Company cash in lieu of such fractional shares equal to the Fair Market Value thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">27.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>CONVERSION OF ISOs INTO NON-QUALIFIED OPTIONS; TERMINATION OF ISOs</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Administrator, at the written request of any Participant, may in its discretion take such actions as may be necessary to convert such Participant&#146;s ISOs (or any portions thereof) that have not
been exercised on the date of conversion into Non-Qualified Options at any time prior to the expiration of such ISOs, regardless of whether the Participant is an employee of the Company or an Affiliate at the time of such conversion. At the time of
such conversion, the Administrator (with the consent of the Participant) may impose such conditions on the exercise of the resulting Non-Qualified Options as the Administrator in its discretion may determine, provided that such conditions shall not
be inconsistent with this Plan. Nothing in the Plan shall be deemed to give any Participant the right to have such Participant&#146;s ISOs converted into Non-Qualified Options, and no such conversion shall occur until and unless the Administrator
takes appropriate action. The Administrator, with the consent of the Participant, may also terminate any portion of any ISO that has not been exercised at the time of such conversion. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">28.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>WITHHOLDING</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the
event that any U.S. federal, other country, state, or local income taxes, employment taxes, Federal Insurance Contributions Act (&#147;F.I.C.A.&#148;) withholdings or other amounts are required by applicable law or governmental regulation to be
withheld from the Participant&#146;s salary, wages or other remuneration in connection with the vesting, exercise or acceptance of a Stock Right or in connection with a Disqualifying Disposition (as defined in Paragraph 29) or upon the lapsing of
any right of repurchase, the Company may withhold from the Participant&#146;s compensation, if any, or may require that the Participant advance in cash to the Company, or to any Affiliate of the Company which employs or employed the Participant, the
statutory minimum amount of such withholdings unless a different withholding arrangement, including the use or sale of shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock or a promissory note, is authorized by the Administrator (and permitted by law). For
purposes hereof, the fair market value of the shares withheld for purposes of payroll withholding shall be determined in the manner provided in Paragraph 1 above, as of the most recent practicable date prior to the date of exercise. If the fair
market value of the shares withheld is less than the amount of payroll withholdings required, the Participant may be required to advance the difference in cash to the Company or the Affiliate employer. The Administrator in its discretion may
condition the exercise of an Option for less than the then Fair Market Value on the Participant&#146;s payment of such additional withholding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">29.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>NOTICE TO COMPANY OF DISQUALIFYING DISPOSITION</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Employee who receives an ISO must agree to notify the Company in writing immediately after the Employee makes a Disqualifying Disposition of any shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an ISO. A
Disqualifying Disposition is defined in Section&nbsp;424(c) of the Code and includes any disposition (including any sale or gift) of such shares before the later of (a)&nbsp;two years after the date the Employee was granted the ISO, or (b)&nbsp;one
year after the date the Employee acquired Shares by exercising the ISO, except as otherwise provided in Section&nbsp;424(c) of the Code. If the Employee has died before such stock is sold, these holding period requirements do not apply and no
Disqualifying Disposition can occur thereafter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>TERMINATION OF THE PLAN</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Plan will terminate on April&nbsp;25, 2015, the date which is ten years from the <U>earlier</U> of the date of its adoption by the
Board of Directors and the date of its approval by the shareholders of the Company. The Plan may be terminated at an earlier date by vote of the shareholders or the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that any such earlier
termination shall not affect any Agreements executed prior to the effective date of such termination. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">31.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AGREEMENTS</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Plan may be amended by the shareholders of the Company<B>. </B>The Plan may also be amended by the Administrator, including, without limitation, to the extent necessary to qualify any or all
outstanding Stock Rights granted under the Plan or Stock Rights to be granted under the Plan for favorable federal income tax treatment (including deferral of taxation upon exercise) as may be afforded incentive stock options under Section&nbsp;422
of the Code or any other tax regulation of any applicable jurisdiction, and to the extent necessary to qualify the shares issuable upon exercise or acceptance of any outstanding Stock Rights granted, or Stock Rights to be granted, under the Plan for
listing on any national securities exchange or quotation in any national automated quotation system of securities dealers or other exchange. Any amendment approved by the Administrator which the Administrator determines is of a scope that requires
shareholder approval shall be subject to obtaining such shareholder approval. </FONT></P>

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In addition, if Nasdaq amends its corporate governance rules so that such rules no longer require shareholder approval of &#147;material amendments&#148; of equity compensation plans, then, from
and after the effective date of such an amendment to the Nasdaq rules, no amendment of the Plan which (i)&nbsp;materially increases the number of shares to be issued under the Plan (other than to reflect a reorganization, stock split, merger,
spinoff or similar transaction); (ii)&nbsp;materially increases the benefits to Participants, including any material change to: (a)&nbsp;permit a repricing (or decrease in exercise price) of outstanding Options, (b)&nbsp;reduce the price at which
Shares or Options may be offered, or (c)&nbsp;extend the duration of the Plan; (iii)&nbsp;materially expands the class of Participants eligible to participate in the Plan; or (iv)&nbsp;expands the types of awards provided under the Plan shall become
effective unless shareholder approval is obtained. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any modification or amendment of the Plan shall not, without the consent
of a Participant, adversely affect his or her rights under a Stock Right previously granted to him or her. With the consent of the Participant affected, the Administrator may amend outstanding Agreements in a manner which may be adverse to the
Participant but which is not inconsistent with the Plan. In the discretion of the Administrator, outstanding Agreements may be amended by the Administrator in a manner which is not adverse to the Participant. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">32.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EMPLOYMENT OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Nothing in this Plan or any Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Company or an Affiliate from terminating the employment, consultancy or director status of a Participant, nor to prevent a Participant
from terminating his or her own employment, consultancy or director status or to give any Participant a right to be retained in employment or other service by the Company or any Affiliate for any period of time. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">33.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>GOVERNING LAW</U>. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Plan
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the law of The Netherlands. </FONT></P>
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