Techne Increases Share Repurchase Program

Techne Corporation

announced that its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.30 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. The quarterly dividend will be payable November 19, 2012 to all common shareholders of record on November 5, 2012. Future cash dividends will be considered by the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. Techne's Board of Directors also authorized the repurchase of an additional $100 million of the Company's common stock in connection with its ongoing share repurchase program, which does not have an expiration date. Including the above amount, the total share repurchase authorization remaining is approximately $127 million. Repurchases under the program will be at the discretion of management and may be made in open market, pursuant to one or more 10b5-1 plans, structured transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, from time to time, depending on market conditions. The stock repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time. The share repurchase will be funded with a portion of the Company's existing cash and available-for-sale investments.