Techne Corporation Declares Dividend

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Techne Corporation (Nasdaq:
TECH) announced that its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of
$0.26 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. The quarterly
dividend will be payable November 23, 2009 to all common shareholders of
record on November 9, 2009. Future cash dividends will be considered by the
Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

Techne Corporation has two operating subsidiaries: Research and Diagnostic
Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D Systems Europe,
Ltd. (R&D Europe) of Abingdon, England. R&D Systems is a specialty
manufacturer of biological products. R&D Systems has two subsidiaries,
BiosPacific, Inc. (BiosPacific), located in Emeryville, California and R&D
Systems China Co. Ltd., (R&D China), located in Shanghai, China. BiosPacific
is a worldwide supplier of biologics to manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic
systems and immunodiagnostic kits. R&D China and R&D Europe distribute
biotechnology products.

SOURCE Techne Corporation

Greg Melsen, Chief Financial Officer, or Kathy Backes, Controller, both of
Techne Corporation, +1-612-379-8854